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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1936
Page
16
Chicago market notes higher hog prices with dressed pork supporting gains as receipts lag estimates. Cattle trade steady to higher. hogs mostly 11.00 to 11.40 per hundredweight. sows around 10.10. slaughter and lamb offerings described alongside August cattle receipts and hog totals vs prior years.
Chicago market report shows hog receipts 10 000 with 4 000 direct and prices 10 to 15 cents higher. top hogs 11 45 with bulk 190 250 lbs. Cattle receipts 9 000 including calves 1 500. fed steers and yearlings steady to higher with light cattle in demand. Sheep receipts 6 000 including 3 500 direct. fat native lambs steady to strong with top 10 15. Sheep and lambs show feeding lambs scarce and natives firm.
This report lists hog prices by weight range for Waterloo Ottumwa and City markets. Prices rise about ten cents across all grades from light to heavy, with values shown for 140 to 550 pound categories and packers, sows, and good butcher quotes.
Market results show hog grades and price ranges in Austin Minnesota. Prices vary by weight with thin margins across categories 250 to 550 pounds and sows in broader ranges.
Combined hog receipts at 21 yards and 9 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hours ended 8 a.m. Wednesday totaled 13 700 head, up from 15 500 a week earlier and 7 300 a day ago. Prices moved 5 to 15 cents higher with a generally active undertone as loading stayed slow.
The report lists live cattle prices by weight range from 160 to 350 pounds and heavier packing sows. Prices vary by weight and grade, with good and choice quality quoted for each bracket.
Receipts total 3,000 hogs with top at 10.90 and 180 to 250 lb pigs 9.25 to 10.75. Cattle receipts 5,500 with steers around 7.75 to 9.40 and cows 4.10 to 4.75. Sheep receipts 8,000 with lambs 8.50 to 9.50 and top 9.60, sheep steady.
Receipts 2 700 cattle steady to higher with lightweights up to $9.00. Beef cows and cutters mixed. Calves 1 500 steady to strong with dealer asks to $8.00. Hogs 5 5 receipts fairly active steady to 10 cents higher with top around $11.00 for 200 250 lbs. Sheep 2 500 natives and Dakotas with fat lambs strong to higher and slaughter sheep steady.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle receipts 2 500. beef steers and yearlings opened strong with higher asking prices delaying trade. Fat cattle stockers and feeder cattle about steady. select 900-940 lb yearlings around 9 25. Hogs receipts 2 000. prices 10 15 cents higher with tops near 10 90. Sheep receipts 3 000. undertone strong with natives above 9 25 and native feeders around 6 50.
Hogs edge higher in the local market with an advance of five cents on the best grades, lifting the top price to 10.95. Good packers gain ten cents, while other local markets stay unchanged.
Market notes list calf and cattle prices by weight and grade, with steer and yearling ranges. Also includes Chicago cash provisions for wheat corn oats rye soy barley seed lard and bellies with quoted figures and nearby prices.
Grain prices list wheat rye barley corn and soybeans with various grades and prices. Produce and poultry rates include eggs, hens, turkeys, lemons, apples, grapes, and other items with standard wholesale figures.
NY bonds firm as favorable corporate results lift prices. High priced liens Youngstown Sheet & Tube 342s and Chesapeake Corps run forward two points. Some issues gain fractions while a few lose ground. Government list mixed with modest gains. Treasury issues hover near recent levels.
Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fluctuated in a tight range with buying on opening, late selling tied to Buenos Aires and Canadian harvest news, and prices ending modestly higher for some contracts while corn oats and lard showed mixed moves.
Minneapolis AP reports wheat receipts at 151 cars with prices up for No 1 dark northern and fancy Montana grades. No 1 red and No 3 yellow corn prices listed. oats at No 3 white with slight change noted.
Receipt totals show butter at 9 650 and eggs at 6 275 with steady to firm quotes for extras firsts and local graded cases. Live poultry sales include hens and leghorn varieties with regional price ranges and various ducks geese and turkeys priced per pound. Potatoes on track deliveries and on farm supply details list U S and regional prices for Cobblers Early Ohio Russet and Bliss Triumphs by size and grade.
AP dispatch from New York notes butter receipts at 9 633 firmer creamery higher than extra 34 42c. eggs receipts 29 969 firm with mixed colors and standard grades. cheese receipts 334 959 easy with prices unquoted. Poultry live by freight steady to weak rooks 19 22c. other freight prices unchanged.
Commodity market notes show futures for Idaho Russets in October with figures tied to supply expectations and storage considerations under evolving standards. Market participants monitor evolving guidelines and pricing signals affecting potato storage and processing demand.
Domestic wools received a fair fall in Boston with demand slightly quieter than last week. Good length fine domestic wools held firm prices as Texas wools averaged 85 86c scour basis, with lots around 87 88c and exceptional Staples estimated at 90c. some houses offered 36 cents.
Market listings show hay and straw prices in Chicago with figures for alfalfa timothy clover rye oat and wheat straw and marsh hay. Prices range from about 6 to 22 dollars per unit with several listings around 12 to 20 dollars depending on quality and type.
New York AP reports raw sugar unchanged at 3.70 per hundredweight. Futures for September and November slip to 2.71. Granulated sugar remains steady between 4 and 4.75 per hundredweight amid market quiet.
AP reports Minneapolis flour market figures with carload lots per barrel on 98 pounds and price ranges for patents and bran. Shipments total 22 934 bags with pure bran at 23.00 to 23.50 and standard middlings at 29.50 to 30.00.
New York AP reports foreign exchange act rates with numerous country and city figures including Great Britain 6.585, Germany free 40.23, Switzerland 32.60, Argentina 33.55, Brazil 8.72, Tokio 29.46, Shanghai 30.25, Mexico City 27.88, Montreal in 0 100.00, and Montreal nominal. The list covers nations, cities, and special categories such as registered, travel, and nominal quotes.
Stock market leaders rose on the day with gains in steels rails and specialties as optimism about business progress buoyed the market. Volume waned after an early surge with transfers around 1.35 million shares and a firm late session, led by U S Steel Bethlehem Crucible and other major names.
Mrs. George Gillmore announces the marriage of her daughter Ethelyn Oakley to Lenhard Holden in a Tuesday afternoon ceremony at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. P. Van Horn in Cedar Rapids. Attendants were Mrs. Dean Sauerbry and Gilbert Holden. The couple plan a motor trip to the Black Hills and Yellowstone before settling on the groom’s farm south of Ottosen.
A local ad lists for sale spring fries and fowl from Gordon Hatchery with a phone contact 134W. The notice also references the Cedar Rapids area and various local happenings including school board meeting notes and multiple social visits across Cedar Rapids Marion and surrounding towns.
Short personal ads seek ride information and rate details. Three consecutive days requested with two-line minimum per line. Individual lines list pricing and ride schedules.
Mrs. P. D. Bell and husband celebrated their golden wedding with a family dinner at Adams Tea Room in Monticello while about two hundred relatives attended a reception at the home of Mrs. Simon Neilly. The Bell family formerly lived in Monticello and guests included Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Bell.
C D Moore announces five judges for the Iowa Dairy and Junior Livestock Exposition in Cedar Rapids September 16 to 19. John B Gage of Kansas City will judge milking Shorthorns, Frank B Astroth of Bryn Mawr Farm will judge Jersey cattle and Guernseys, E N Hansen from Iowa State College Dairy Husbandry will judge Brown Swiss and Holsteins, Rex Beresford from ISU Animal Husbandry will judge junior livestock, and A E Brandt of ISU will judge the saddle horse show.
The annual church picnic is scheduled at Sacred Heart church grounds in Volga City on Labor Day Sept 7. The women’s groups from Volga City and Wadena parishes will serve supper, with an amateur hour and a dance in the opera house for evening entertainment.
The Gazette announces the second annual Music Teachers Directory is being compiled with last fall producing excellent results. Call 2-1121 and ask for Betty Brown to ensure representation this year. The notice also lists various local classified ads and services including pawn, repair, cleaning, and job want ads.
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