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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
2
Friday market report shows hog prices down 10 to 15 cents with a top of 6.70. Receipts reach about 1,000 hogs while cattle hold steady. Lambs are steady to strong with strictly choice lambs around 6.25 and bulk good lambs near 8.00.
Hog prices slipped as ample supplies and weak wholesale pork demand weighed on the market. Cattle held steady in a quiet trim, with fat lambs rising 15 to 25 cents. Hog top at 7.50 for 160-210 lb. most 7.25-8.05. light hogs active. sows 6.00-6.40. Cattle around 1000 head, calves 300, selling generally steady. beef cows near 6.00. stockers and feeders softer. Sheep 4000 head with fat lambs 8.85-9.15, best around 9.25, others down to 8.00 and below.
Cattle on report mostly steady with fed yearlings 7.25 8.00 and calves 7.50 6.90. hogs with bids 7.15 for 140 160 lb and 6.35 on sows. sheep listing 8.75 9.00 for fat lambs with higher tone. cattle stockers 5.50 7.00. overall demand mixed as market openings show variances.
U S D A cattle receipts: 700 calves 100, fair activity, steers above 12.25, heifers over 10.25, cows 5.75, cutters 4.50. Hogs 7,500 opened active with 160-270 lb mostly 6.85, prime at 7.00. late bids 6.75. Sheep 1,000 bids steady for fat lambs, food and wool skins bid 8.50.
Dec 14 sales tally shows U B Peece hog sale results with counts and prices for S-Hoeavies and Mediums. Entries list lots by number sold and average price, including 4000 units with varied prices around 6.40 to 8.85 per head and multiple small lots with prices noted.
Sioux Falls livestock market Friday December 16 shows hogs at 3,500 head down 25 cents with top 6.85 and bulk around 6.50 to 6.75, sows 6.30 to 6.50, cattle steady to strong with unchanged quotations.
Huron market reports list prices for hens leghorn springs roosters and eggs with weights and prices per pound. Mitchell notes include hens over and under five pounds springs and various turkey and fowl pieces along with butterfat and butter prices.
Entries list heavy bred springs and Leghorn varieties with weights and prices, including hens by weight class, cocks, stag geese ducks and butterfat grades No 1 and No 2, reflecting a December market report from Watertown.
Sioux Falls report lists poultry prices for heavy hens under and over weight ranges, Leghorn hens and cocks, springs, heavy breed stags and cocks, ducks, geese, and butterfat No 1 and No 2. The numbers show specific price per pound and unit classifications.
Sioux City market lists poultry weights and prices led by hens over 5 lbs at 13, No. 1 turkeys at 17, and fat ducks at 10 per pound. Eggs show case prices with No. 1 at 6.00 and pullet eggs at 4.90, butter rates for creameries and fat content also noted.
Minneapolis grain market notes flour carload lots priced per 98 pound sacks in cotton sacks. Family Patents 5 20, Standard Patents 4 00, shipments 21, Bab Pure Bran 17 00, Standard middlings 17 25 per 50.
Chicago wholesalers report steady balance in poultry demand with prices for hens and young hens up four pounds, dressed turkeys firm, and various weights of young toms showing mixed adjustments. Butter quotations move within unsettled ranges amid current receipts and graded extras across multiple categories.
New York price report shows butter weak at 323,648 with mixed creamery and extra grades. Eggs steady at 9,709 with varied color. cheese and refrigerator specials quoted. live poultry and turkeys listed by grade and region. dressed poultry steady with regional price differentials noted. overall market dull to easy with no major changes in fresh and frozen goods.
New York and Chicago market excerpts show easy, uneven trading with bonds mixed and rails retreating. Foreign exchange softens with sterling and franc down while cotton, sugar, and coffee show improved or quiet tone amid weak wheat and lower corn. Cattle stable and hogs steady with some price drop noted.
In slow trading, Chicago prices for wheat fell about one cent per bushel with corn also down немного. Rain and scattered snow reduced buying strength while futures closed largely unchanged or slightly lower with May and July contracts down fractions. Minneapolis carrot range reports varied grain prices across several classes including No. 1 dark northern wheat and No. 3 yellow corn with other small changes in oats rye and flax.
Wheat receipts Friday rose to 165 cars from 92 a year ago with trading unchanged. Cash quotations ranged across No 1 heavy dark northern to various No grades, with protein premiums listed. Corn and oats quotes also shown, along with rye flax and sweet clover seed prices and trading basis noted with general lower or unchanged trends.
New York stocks showed only feeble early gains before drifting lower with most issues finishing in the red. Utilities edged higher at the close while a few aircraft and specialty stocks held up. transfers totaled about 1.1 million shares as investor interest remained weak.
New York December 16 government bonds quotes show Treasury 3s June 1052 at 105.2, Treasury 4s at 114.7, 4544s at 119.2, and 3s at 107.4. Fed Farm Mtg 3s near 105.29, Home Owners Loan 2s at 102.11, 3s at 106.27.
Fowler 29 of Denver on trial for Milan Miller slaying in Lead. He testifies of past beating by Miller and claims self defense. State rests after Aberdeen agent Moore details Fowler confession and gun recovery. Court recessed, noting subordination probe in gangster case and renewal of bail.
A summary of a case where a family found with eighty thousand dollars in cash and two two hundred twenty five thousand dollar paid up life insurance policies pled guilty to grand larceny. They received three years in prison with a suspended sentence for idleness and helped with the cleanup of the case. Indicted in 1920 while employed as.
A compilation of closing quotations lists numerous companies and percent figures across varied sectors including airlines, automakers, utilities, and consumer goods. The figures show market activity snapshots with many names such as AT&T, Boeing, Chrysler, Ford, General Electric, IBM, United Aircraft, and US Steel among others.
The page lists varied figures from multiple companies and banks with small percentage changes. Stocks referenced include Cities Service Ford Met Ltd and N. W. Banco with yields differing by several points. The overall tone reflects a brief market snapshot with incomplete OCR data.
In Hendaye Franco decreed restoring all civil rights and properties to former King Alfonso. Insurgent ministers at Burgos approved the measure as a potential step toward a Bourbon monarchy, while Rome observers doubted a return to Spain. Two insurgent attacks in northeast and southwest Spain were halted before a major offensive.
Rescue parties battled gales and heavy seas to reach 18 survivors of the motorship Fatterson marooned on the Cape Fair coast. The crew sent word by improvised flashlight signals that they were weak from exposure with two days of food left and two more crew members ill. Two sailors perished when the Alaskan whaling ship ran aground early Monday. Pilot Sheldon Simmons was forced to turn back near Juneau due to a heavy storm.
Federal probes tie Coster to arms shipments to warring nations labeled milk of magnesia and to the Cantabrica ship incident off Spain. Preceding birth certificates listing Adele Vinard midwife mirror aliases used by Coster-Musica. Vernard, linked to Justice agents, was arrested after a Brooklyn home visit and a later, tense standoff with police. Relations with McKesson and Robbins are described as dominating sales to 140 million in 1929.
F Ruggieri testified that five Canadian warehouses used as mailing addresses by McKes gon and Robbins hid no real stock. Treasurer Thompson suspected trouble in the department and private inquiry found the firm listed $18,000,000 that likely did not exist. The company filed for reorganization under the Chandler Act in federal court last Thursday, prompting federal and state investigations.
Huron College and Rich School students will sing Christmas carols from the Federal Building roof tomorrow and again Saturday evening. Floodlights courtesy of Northwestern Public Service Co will illuminate the performances. A Santa visit and a Farley radio address are planned with post office lobby decorations and a large Christmas tree.
A Berlin newspaper announcement signals possible German interest in Ukrainians in Germany. Stateless Ukrainians are asked to send names and dates to the Ukrainian confidential office for protection, amid Germany’s strict alien controls.
President Roosevelt said he had not decided on cabinet replacements though resignations by Attorney General Cummings and Secretary of Commerce Roper created vacancies. He declined to name possible appointees or timing for a Supreme Court vacancy and said no further resignations were known.
Robert J. Dore of 547 California Avenue Southwest posted a 350 bond in Municipal Court today on an intoxicated driving charge after being picked up by city patrolmen Thursday night.
Admitted include Gloria Glanzer Yale and Mrs Roy Burham Huron with medical conditions. Dismissed are Mrs Dolly Huckins and Mrs Glenn Spiller Buron plus Frank Widman Manchester and Mrs Frank DeNolf with baby daughter in Huron. Norma Coates Doland also listed. Recovery with Walker's lovers noted.
Short, retro classified notice offering a second hand soda fountain for sale and free baby chicks with prizes totaling 75 AA A dollars. It lists Sunshine State Hatchery in Huron and Baker as manager, with December 24 drawing and April 1 chick release.
WANTED ride to Black Hills on December 23 or 24 for two passengers. Phone 2447. LOST Four keys in a black keychain. Please call 3967 Howard. BEAUTIFUL KOLSTER Cabinet Radio in good condition priced reasonably. Cabinet can be repurposed into furniture. Phone 4161 or 3005.
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