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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1936
Page
13
Chicago AP reports Tuesday receipts estimated cattle at 8,000 hogs 18,000 sheep 10,000. Monday cattle demand rose with top steers at 10.40 and yearlings to 10.50 as western grassers strengthened. Wholesale beef pork prices showed little change with variety declines versus a year ago.
U S Dept Agriculture reports Chicago hogs receipts 2 000 with 7 000 direct weak to 10c lower. top 10 20. cattle receipts 18 000 calves 4 000 fed steers and yearlings up 25 50c. yearling top 10 50. 1 300 lb steers 10 40. grassers up 25c. cows and heifers up to 25c. sheep receipts 22 000 fat lambs steady to up 1 2c. natives $8 75 to 9 00. outsiders $9 25. feeding lambs strong. bulk $6 50 to 7 50.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle receipts 15 000 with steady to uneven demand. Grain fed steers 8 60 to 9 50, grassers 6 50 to 7 50, lower grades 4 00 to 6 00, fed heifers 7 00 to 9 00, grass heifers 3 50 to 15 50, cows 3 00 to 5 25, stocker calves 5 00 to 6 00. Hog receipts 14 500. prices 6 00 to 9 65 based on weight, sows down, heavy weights 8 00 and under. Sheep receipts 40 000. feeding lambs 7 00 to 7 50, fat lambs 8 75 to 9 00, slaughter ewes steady to weak.
Hog receipts 9,000 steady to 10c lower. top 9.70, 190-250 lbs 9.50-9.65, 160-190 lbs 9.00-9.60, pigs 6.00-8.25, sows 9.10-9.15. Cattle receipts 12,500 calves 3,000. steers and yearlings 8.25-9.60, heifers 8.25-9.00, cows 4.25-6.00, cutters 3.25-4.00, bulls 4.50-5.25, top dealers 7.50. Sheep receipts 15,000. lambs 25-35¢ lower, native lambs 8.75-9.00 and up.
Sioux City AP report from US Department of Agriculture shows cattle receipts at 8 500 with slaughter steers and yearlings active and prices 15 to 25 cents higher. Fed heifers scarce, beef cows steady, cutter grades firm, stockers and feeders up 25 cents. yearlings around 10.00 with some loads higher.
Receipts show hogs steady to 10c lower with demand dull and feeding cattle quoted by weight class. Feeder and stocker prices range for steer and heifer categories, while Des Moines AP notes 34 100 head traded across 21 concentration yards and 9 packers in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota.
The Associated Press notes hog price declines in Waterloo with 140 to 150 pound ranges at 6.55 to 7.25 dollars and similar shifts in Ottumwa and Mason City markets. Prices vary by weight from 140 pounds to over 500 pounds with packing sows and packers showing different ranges.
Minnaes market reports steady trade at Austin with hog prices by weight: 180-200 lbs pull 8.60 to 8.90, 200-270 lbs 9.00 to 9.30, 270-290 lbs 8.90 to 9.20, 290-325 lbs 8.80 to 9.10, 325-350 lbs 8.50 to 8.80, packing sows 275-550 lbs 7.15 to 8.45.
Hogs show softer prices on the local market with declines of 5 to 10 cents across grades. The top hog price drops to 9.60 while cattle and grain markets remain unchanged.
Market report shows calves priced for 140 to 190 pounds and cattle tiers from choice steers at about 8.25 to 9.00 per hundredweight, medium and good yearling steers around 7.25 to 9.00, and cows and bulls selling in varied ranges including canners and cutters at 3.25 down to 4.75. Lambs and ferns prices listed with lighter weights noted.
Market notes from Cedar Rapids list grain prices for wheat oats rye and barley with corn and soybeans. Wholesale fruits vegetables and other items include oranges lemons potatoes apples pears grapes cranberries and various hides and livestock prices. Currency appears as cents per unit and packages or crates with multiple small items listed.
Demand for rail bonds remains strong with gains across several railway issues. Optimistic business news prompts buyers to leave gilt edged lists while treasury loans show narrow moves and mixed results in the foreign division.
U S bonds closed with various results in New York. Treasury 4s 47-52 at 119.60, 4s 44-54 at 114.17, 3 percents 40-43 June at 108.20, 35 cents 43-47 at 109.80, Treas 105 and 46-49 at 107.50, and 3s 51-55 at 9.50.
Chicago futures declined as foreign markets weaken with Liverpool and Winnipeg pushing prices down. December wheat slipped to about 1.14 a bushel while corn and oats also eased amid light activity, lifting selling pressure and restraining any late-session gains.
Chicago market notes list Wheat futures at Oct Dec and May with open high low close figures. Cash provisions show No 1 red No 2 red and dark varieties with prices. Corn oats rye soybeans barley seed veer seed and lard/ bellies prices also tabulated.
AP dispatch from Minneapolis notes receipts of 353 cars with wheat prices down about 2 cents. No. 1 heavy dark northern spring 60 pounds quoted at 1.42 to 1.48 per bushel, with other grades around 1.29 to 1.46. Corn No. 3 yellow runs about 1.01 to 1.07, with mild price uptick noted.
The report lists easy exchange demands in cents for nations and cities worldwide. It covers Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Finland Switzerland Spain Portugal Greece Poland Czechoslovakia Jugoslavia Austria Hungary Roumania Argentina Brazil Tokio Shanghai Hongkong Mexico City Montreal and New York references with nominal values and travel figures.
Domestic wool quotations were firm on the Boston market as sales were slow. Wool trade participants expect a pickup in the goods market to trigger higher mill calls for raw wool. Cable reports to private Boston interests show Australian markets active at firm prices.
Hay Market with Chicago figures shows Timothy or mixed rail and clover rail prices across grades No 1 No 2 and No 3. Prices range from 9 to 19 dollars and truck rates around 15 to 16 dollars with several intermediate values cited.
Minneapolis AP reports carload flour prices per barrel in cotton sacks with varied patent rankings and weights. Family patents show a 19s lower, $7.20 to $7.40, Standard patents range $6.85 to $7.05, shipments total 21.764, pure bran $26.50 to $27.00, and Standard middlings $31.50 to $32.50.
CHICAGO AP reports unsettled butter prices receipts 11 708 creamery specials 93 score 3034 31%c extras 92 30%4c firsts 294:29%4c standards 90 carrots 30%c. Eggs receipts 4281 steady extra firsts local 28c cars 28 2c graded firsts local 272c cars 2734c current receipts 26c refrigerator standards 26%4c. Live poultry receipts 1 car 23 trucks steady hens 41 2 lbs up 17%4c leghorn hens 12%2c springs 4 lbs up Plymouth White Rock 15%2c colored 14c. Broilers 16c colored 15c roosters 14 Legora roosters 13c hen turkeys 19c toms 18c No 2 turkeys 16c old ducks 4% lbs up 14c young white ducks 4% lbs up 16c young colored 14c small white ducks 13 2c small colored 12c old geese 13c young 15c. Potatoes receipts 167 on track 292 total US shipments Sat 897 Sun 58 western stock stronger demand best northern stock steady supplies moderate sacked per cwt Idaho russets Burbanks US No 1 2.25 2.55 mostly 2.30 2.40 US No 2 1.90 2.05 Colorado McClures US No 1 2.15 2.25 Wyoming Bliss Triumphs US No 1 and partly staled 2.15 Wisconsin round whites.
New York AP report shows butter receipts at 10,673 and steady to higher creamery butter, cheese and egg prices across grades. Live poultry values listed with various regional rates and weights, including meats and fowls with mixed colors and Leghorn figures.
Oils, coppers, rails and specialties led gains with several issues hitting new five year highs. Transfers near 2,000,000 shares marked opening strength, later tempered by modest selling. Unusual activity by Paramount Pictures Studebaker Packard and Standard Brands stood out in a mixed day for bonds and currencies.
Published by J. E. Bennett & Co. Adams Express to Alaska Juneau and many others feature in today’s market quotations. The list covers numerous corporations and commodities with varied percentages showing daily price movement amid a dense catalog of stocks and bonds.
Republican U S Senate candidate Berry F Halden of Chariton will speak Tuesday at 8 p m in Marion's Garden theater. Verne Marshall Gazette editor will deliver a radio address at 9 30 p m from station WHO. Kenaya Camp Fire group hosted a pink and white birthday supper for Betty Lockner with several guests and guardians present. Mr and Mrs H B Christian from Miles City Mont arrive in Marion and plan visits to Savanna Chicago and Minneapolis.
A Sunday picnic dinner was held at the William Wittenberg home in Marengo to celebrate the birthday of their daughter Beatrice. Guests included the Kuch family with Lyle and Elmer, the Possehl family with Ella Mae and Betty, Arthur Possehl and Shirley Ann, Martha and Ford Wittenberg, Ernie Hall of Watkins, the Waline family with Theo and Kathleen of Marion, and Eleanor Schofield from Montezuma.
The Hopeful Workers 4-H club held achievement day at Merle Albaugh's home with nine members and eight guests. A program featured vocal and talk segments and demonstrations. Other notices include Kenyanorang Camp Fire, Octo club luncheon, I O O F encampment, and social events noting visitors and guests.
Ameigo club members to be entertained at a luncheon Tuesday at Mrs Ed Sigfred's home with Mrs A E Crew in charge of the program. Chatterbox Bridge club meets Tuesday at 1 45 p m at Mrs W A Jackson's home.
Mr and Mrs Earle Edwards attend multiple farewell events as they plan moves to Perry and a Florida trip. Guests include the Murphey and Biddick households and Cedar Rapids visitors. A sewing for Perkins hospital shifts to Oct 23 at Mrs George Starks. A Marion fire department meeting is scheduled for tonight. Mrs Jane Knight remains in critical condition after a fall.
The Martin's Creek Community club held an all day meeting at the home of Clyde and Mrs. Kearns with a picnic lunch for about fifty. Mrs. Harrison Oxley presided as plans were made to meet in November at Frank and Mrs. Huth's home.
The Toddville Progressive school circle hosts its annual supper and program at the school Saturday evening featuring three one act plays and several musical numbers. Local families Mr. and Mrs Glenn Kinser and others from Cedar Rapids Boise Idaho and Sioux City visit or travel through this weekend. Mrs L S Dove hosts Electa Circle of Kings Daughters with scripture verses and a devotional led by E A Barnes. Handicraft club No 1 meets Friday at 1 30 p m at Mrs Fred Lutz home led by Mrs Forest Blackford. Mr and Mrs J W Wagner of Sioux City visit relatives in Toddville last week, while Miss Blanche Hamm a Cornell College student visits her parents. Harriet Templeman Snyder of Tacoma Wash visits cousin Mrs J B Emmons and Miss Hattie Frager and Mrs M W Courtney over the weekend.
In Decorah the Luther College diamond jubilee drew more than 3000 attendees and gifts totaling over 50000 dollars. The celebration highlighted donations from supporters as the event marked the college milestone.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette offers one day to seven day ad rates with listed prices and volume discounts. The notice states the paper will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion and directs readers to place ads with the Ad-Taker at Dial 2-112.
A fragment lists a lost bag with a crippled boy's braces and shoes, a woman's apparel, and a liberal reward. It also advertises Ti Lona tablets at May Drug Co and various classified notices including dry cleaning supplies and car insurance offers, all styled as a crowded local page teaser.
Marie Perkins a 19 year old Coe College senior suffered a sprained back and arm bruises when the car she rode in ran over an embankment on a highway turn near Dyersville Saturday night She was taken to St Luke s hospital where she remains confined Miss Perkins parents live in Harrington Kansas and her address at school is Voorhees hall.
The text notes that green turtles are not green in color and explains the name comes from the yellowish fat used in turtle soup. It highlights a historical misunderstanding of the species color and links nomenclature to culinary use.
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