Swine and Cattle Prices Edge Higher in Chicago Market
Official livestock receipts forecast tomorrow include 1,000 cattle, 16,000 hogs, and 9,000 sheep. Hog prices rose as light weights sold up to 9.90, with strong demand from outside buyers and small packers supporting steady to firm cattle prices amid a larger Chicago run. Lambs showed improved demand and tighter supply, with native lambs trading near 9.00–9.25 and ranch stock higher by about 25 cents early.
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Chicago
Enon Jeboeke Wavkog Eerens
Weicht Price
Cediun
Weicht
Vicks
Weicht Pree
Crocs
Livestock Prices and Poultry Quotes Reported
Hog quotations daily from J P Squire Co Muscatine Iowa show prime butchers 160 to 280 pounds at 8.45 to 9.05 dollars and 280 to 300 pounds at 8.30 to 8.40 dollars. Heavy archers and butcher packers priced from 7.55 to 7.75 dollars, with lighter packs at 6.65 to 10.0 dollars. Poultry prices include heavy hens 15 cents, light hens 11 cents, heavy springs 12 cents, Leghorn springs 15 cents, stags 8 cents, with 18 to 19 cents for general poultry.
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J. P. Squire Company
Muscatine
Grain prices rise on drought fears and feed outlook
Chicago reports show wheat and corn jumping amid drought damage fears. corn hits new highs for the year despite a large weekly wheat supply increase. weather forecasts suggest scattered showers and cooler temps, with Nebraska noting deteriorating late corn.
Iowa Hog Prices From Town Markets Today
The AP reports Iowa hog prices across Cedar Rapids Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa and Waterloo. Prices vary by weight and grade with prime hogs trading from about 6.50 to 8.95 per hundredweight and packers often at 6.20 to 7.95. receipts and ranges differ by city.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Chicago market summary with cattle hogs and calves prices
Receipts 30 000 hogs including 13 000 direct market active unevenly 10 to 20 cents higher. Top 9.95, 160-220 lbs 9.60-9.75. Cattle receipts 13 000 head calves 1 500. steers 600-1500 lbs 9.25-11.25. heifers 8.50-10.25. bulls 5.00-7.25. Lambs and feeders noted with varied prices across weights.
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Chicago
Ill
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Lambs Congo
Livestock Market Report Highlights Lamb Prices by Weight
Range of lamb prices listed by weight class and quality. Lbs categories include 91 to 100 with medium to choice at $7.25 to $9.75, common weights $5.50 to $7.25, 90 to 150 lbs medium to choice up to $4.00, and feeding lambs 5 to 75 lbs at $6.25 to $6.75.
Livestock Prices and Receipts In East St. Louis Auction
U S Dept of Agriculture report from East St Louis Illinois lists hog cattle and sheep receipts for Aug 4. Hog receipts 7300 head up 25 to 40 cents with price ranges across weights. Cattle receipts 6000 head including calves two thousand. steers heifers cows and vealers shown with varied price bands. Sheep receipts 1800 head with fat lambs higher and packers bidding steady to strong.
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East St. Louis
Ill
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Highlights Hog and Cattle Quotes
US Dept of Agriculture report from Kansas City shows hog receipts 7500 with direct sales up 1 to 20 cents, tops at 9.35 for 170-215 lb offerings. cattle receipts 12000 plus calves 3000 with fat yearlings steady to higher and various weight classes quoted from 4.00 to 10.75 for steers, lambs 69.00 top Idaho-Colorado, and ewes down to 2.25 for under 150 lbs.
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Kansas City
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Idaho
Colorado
Livestock Prices Mixed as Receipts Hit South St. Paul Market
Cattle receipts reach 3900 as buyers stay cautious while killers push for small gains. Best steers scarce with prices around 8.50 to 9.50. Hogs steady to higher with 225 to 300 lb. averages near 8.50 to 9.50. Sheep slaughter lambs up 25 cents, natives 7.50 to 8.50, packer throws 4.50 to 5.00. Receipts total includes 1000 calves and 2300 sheep with varied demand.
Omaha Market Report Shows Mixed Livestock Trends
Omaha August 4 AP cattle hog and sheep receipts detailed price ranges. Hogs top at 9.40 for 180 210 pounds with strong weights 170 229 pounds. sows 7.40 7.75. feeder pigs 7.50 8.00. Cattle receipts 8500 head with steers 7.50 9.75 and heavy weights to 10.15. Sheep and lambs 17,000 head with lambs 8.75 9.00, ewes 3.75, feeding lambs 5.75 6.30.
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Omaha
Neb
U. 5
S. Dept. of Agriculture
Livestock Sale Totals From St Joseph Auction
Receipts at St Joseph Missouri Aug 4 include 5000 cattle hogs and sheep with prices moving up. Hogs mostly 10 to 15 cents higher. top $9.40 for 150 to 150 pounders. Cattle: 2500 head plus calves 800. slow trade but yearlings steady. top yearling price around $10.25. Sheep: 7000 head with lambs steady to 10 cents higher and top lambs at about $8.85, sheep to $4.00 for fat ewes.
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St. Joseph
Kansas
Sioux City Livestock Market Prices Report
Sioux City Iowa August 4 cattle receipts total 3000 head with calves 200 and yearlings strong in parts slow overall. Cows up 25 cents and stockers firm to higher while grain fed cattle at 8.00 to 9.25 and heavy weights above. Hogs receipts 239 pounds and up show higher bids to 9.30 with top ranges 9.10 to 9.25 for 170 to 230 pounds and 230 to 260 pounds 8.75 to 9.10. sows up 10 to 15 cents.
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Sioux City
U. S. Dept of Agriculture
Flour Prices and Shipments Reported in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis on August 4, flour remained unchanged in carload lots with family patents quoted at 5.65 to 5.75 per barrel in 28 pound cotton sacks. Shipments totaled 24 870 barrels with Bran priced at 20.50 to 21.00 per barrel.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Chicago market report on dairy eggs poultry and potatoes
Chicago price carousel shows butter receipts at 10.78 tubs firm creamery extra 37c standard 36 1 2c first 34 5c seconds 30 3 4c. Eggs receipts 14 285 cases firm extra firsts 24 2 4c fresh graded firsts 23 2 34c. Poultry alive receipts 5 cars 7 trucks steady with fowls 20c springs 26c broilers 22c roosters 16c turkeys 15 18c spring ducks 14 11c spring geese 15c. Potatoes receipts 97 cars on track 255 total with S US shipments. Sacks steady barrels steady trading slow. Prices vary by region with Irish cobblers and Early Ohio sacked and Virginia barrel types priced per quality.
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Chicago
Ill
U. S
Kansas
Missouri
Minnesota
New Jersey
Virginia
New York Market Reports Dairy and Egg Prices Aug 4
Butter receipts reach 5588 tubs with firmness across grades. Creamery butter gains. extra grade 37 5 38%4c, first 88 91 score 34 36% c. Egg receipts 12082 cases firm with mixed lots. extra 29 30c, extra firsts 27c, firsts 24 24%c, seconds 19 22c, medium firsts 17 21c, hennery brown extra 31 33c, white hennery close to 40 43c.
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New York
Hennery Brown
Hennery
Commodity prices from Kansas City market report
Kansas City market report lists eggs at first price six dollars, butter creamery forty cents, large quantities forty to thirty nine cents, butter fat thirty to thirty five cents, packing butter fourteen cents. Poultry prices show hens eleven to sixteen cents, broilers sixteen to twenty cents, roosters nine to thirteen cents.
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Kansas City
Sugar prices steady as refined bids cut to 4.60
New York sugar market reports raw sugar firm and unchanged while refined prices drop 10 points to 4.60 per hundredweight for fine granulated sugar. The move follows steady trading today with no change in raw sugar.
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New York
Hay Receipts Show Market Prices in Chicago Rail Cars
Chicago reports hay receipts of 13 cars with prime new timothy at $17.00 to $19.00, prime new clover mixed $17.00 to $18.00, prime new prairie $14.00 to $16.00, prime new straw $10.00 to $11.00, prime new oats and wheat $8.50 to $9.50, prime new leafy alfalfa $22.00 to $25.00, prime old timothy $21.00, prime old clover mixed with incomplete data, and prime old marsh hay listed at $10,008.
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Chicago
Timothy
Kansas City
Hay Market
Prairie
Wheat prices and grades from Omaha market listing
The Omaha market listing shows various wheat grades and prices, including No. 2 and No. 3 differentials. Figures include values around 76 to 78 cents and other mixed figures for spring and durum wheat.
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Omaha
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Notes
Local grain quotes show No 2 red at 84 cents, No 4 red at 54 cents, No 1 hard 84 and a half cents. Market screens reflect small bids and regional trading conditions.
Market Recap Weights and Lambs Steady at Western Sale
Livestock prices show heavies steady near $7.00 to $7.85 with light supplies and few lights. Sheep receipts around 8,000 head, fat lambs indicate steady strength, best westerns around $9.00.
Grain and meat prices listed in historic market report
The document shows various commodity quotes including corn, mixed grains, yellow corn, white oats, rye, timothy seed, clover, lard, ribs and bellies with prices per unit such as 86 c and 89 c for different grades, plus specific amounts for lard at 10.40 and bellies at 14.09 noted in a dated market section.
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Cmeia
Wheat Receipts at Minneapolis Grain Total 860 Cars
Wheat receipts at Minneapolis totaled 860 cars, down from 1 016 a year earlier. Market up 1 percent to 45 cents per bushel. Cash bids quoted for No 1 northern and various durum and amber varieties with protein levels and futures mentions for September and December.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Montana
Kansas City Hay Market Receipts Aug 4
Hay receipts totaled 85 cars with alfalfa prices for No 1 and No 2 varied from 20 to 24 dollars. Prairie and other hay categories showed multiple price ranges, reflecting market spread. No further reliable data available due to fragmented OCR.
New York Poultry Prices Aug. 4
Dressed poultry steady with chickens at 22 to 36 cents for fresh and 20 to 36 cents for frozen. Fowls 174 to 29 cents, old roosters 14 to 20 cents, turkeys fresh 20 to 28 cents and frozen 32 to 43 cents, ducks 15 to 18 cents. Live poultry not quoted.
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New York Poultry
New York
United States Bond Market closes with mixed results
United States government bonds closed with First 4% bonds at 102.6, Fourth 4s at 103, and Treasury 4s at 112.27 on Aug. 4 in New York trading.
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New York
United States
Treasury
Bond trading slows as August opens in New York
New York bond market shows slow trading with minor gains in high grade issues. Domestic list sees Warner Brothers 63 and American Foreign Powers accumulate, Big Four 4s steady, and foreign issues inching upward while U S government bonds stay relatively quiet.
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New York
Warner Brothers 63
St. Paul
United States
Quiet Start to Stock Market With Modest Gains
New York reports a muted trading session as bulls spark only a flicker of life. Automotive centers resume activity and steel mills show slight gains, but overall sentiment remains cautious with negligible public participation and cautious Moody's outlook.
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New York
Youngstown
Moody's
London
Liverpool
Fire Destroys Gruver Barn Near Cairo Iowa
A large barn on the Clifford Gruver farm southwest of Cairo burned about 6 30 p m Saturday. The Gruvers were away. neighbors failed to save the structure or its contents. Small grain and harness were lost as well.
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Columbus Junction
Clifford Gruver
Cairo
Gruvers
Market Advances Lift Stocks Amid Strong Close
Stocks rose in a broad rally with Sterling Cables near 4.87, U S Steel American Can and Standards of New Jersey among leaders. American Telephone and others gained as Diamond Match jumped over six points and Warner Brothers dipped to a new low before recovering. Directors meet Thursday to consider dividends as buying orders increased late session.
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Sterling
U. S. Steel
American Can
Standards
New Jersey
Salifornia
American Telephone
Westinghouse Electric
du Pont
International Telephone
National Dairy
Vanadium
American Tobacco
Liggett and Myers
Electric Autolite
United Aircraft
American Smelting
Atchison
Warner Brothers
Bethlehem Steel
Consolidated Gas
Johns Manville
Brooklyn Union Gas
Standard Gas & Electric
United Carbon
Immediate Hearing Sought in Baker Injunction Suit
Iowa officials ask for an immediate district court trial against Norman Baker and four associates of the Baker institute alleging practicing medicine without license. Judge D W Jackson to hear at 10 am Tuesday. case could await the September term if not set for trial.
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Norman Baker
Baker Institute
Iowa
Baker
D. W. Jackson
John Fletcher
Gerald Blake
C.R. Stafford
Harold E. Wilson
Five Weeks of Heat Retain Iowa Names Reach Century Mark
Des Moines reports show Sac City at 113 degrees and numerous Iowa towns near 100 as a heat wave continues. Rain was sparse, offering little relief to crops and urban residents. one prostration in Des Moines and a hospital visit for 67 year old Alexander Blackford were noted. Morning thermometers in Des Moines read 90, a touch lower than yesterday. scattered light showers occurred statewide with minor rainfall totals.
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G. W. Ayers
Columbus Junction
Columbus Chautauqua Park
Columbus City
Ainsworth
Haskins
Washington
Wellman
Wapello
Cedar Rapids
Ayers
G.H. Lane
Hershey Hospital
Muscatine
Richie
F. L. Darrow
J. H. Wykert
J. C. Richie
U. S. Bureau of Fisheries
Mississippi
United States
Middlewest
Southwest
Boston
Plain States
Emporia
Kas
Omaha
Kansas City
Sac City
Fremont
Neb
Algona
Des Moines
Iowa
Charles D. Reed
Spencer
Humboldt
Knoxville
Fairfield
Waterloo
Atlantic
Alexander Blackford
Mercury
Creston
Charles City
Decorah
Huichol customs described by Prof Aguirre in Mexico
Prof Irio Aguirre, returning from the Huichol in Nayarit, recounts that the sun worshipers flee death by moving camps and allow polygamy. A husband earns the right to multiple wives after proving farming skill and may trade wives for livestock. Wives share meals in a circle as part of daily ritual.
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Mexico City
Nayarit
Irio Aguirre
National Museum
Mexico
Aguirre
Chile
Lightning Kills Four in French Storms
Four people died as severe storms struck southern France over the weekend. A lightning bolt struck the Poujol home at Aveze in Gard, killing a mother and daughter. In Clermont-Ferrand near Lyons two men perished. A separate note mentions Carroll hosting a second annual event with over 12,000 attendees and a tri-motor monoplane feature.
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Paris
France
Poujol
Aveze
Gard Department
Clermont-Ferrand
Lyons
Carroll
Worst Drought Ever Records Shatter Heat Toll Across States
Aug 4 AP report details the worst drought in U.S. history with dying pastures and depleted waters. Crop damages run into hundreds of millions of bushels of corn amid rising grain prices. Prayers for rain rise in Pennsylvania and New York as weather bureau predicts relief soon, while Ohio faces continued heat with expected cooler winds.
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Washington
Cis
Weather Bureau
Midwest
Mississippi
Albany
N. Y
Cleveland
Ohio
United States Weather Bureau
Beatty Named as Starting Judge at Iowa State Fair
H E Beatty of Carrolltown Michigan will serve as starting judge for the $20 000 horse racing program at the Iowa State fair August 23 to 28 John F Griffin superintendent of speed announced more than 300 horses are expected to be in the state fair stables for the opening of the race program Entries for late closing events in harness races will close Monday August 11 Officials named include Harrie Jones Rushville Ind judge Earl Vincent A gona clerk of course L A Rader Spencer timer William Crawford Knoxville timer L C Rood Des Moines timer J J Porter Brookfield Mo horse starter E L Maxwell Sac City paddock superintendent
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Des Moines
H. E. Beatty
Carrolltown
John F. Griffin
Speed
Harrie Jones
Rushville
Ind
Earl Vincent
Agona
L. A. Rader
Spencer
William Crawford
Knoxville
L. C. Rood
Timer
J. J. Porter
Brookfield
E. L. Maxwell
Sac City
Griffin
State Fair
Judges Named for Iowa State Fair Livestock Departments
Des Moines AP announces dairy cattle sheep and poultry judges for Iowa state fair. Dairy cattle judges include Newlin, Gillette, Fitch, Eves and Hansen with breed shows noted. Sheep judges cover lambs Shropshires South Downs and long wool breeds. Poultry judges listed as Atkin Grow and others with horse and beef cattle to be named later.
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Des Moines
Fair Board
George M. Newlin
Fond du Lac
Wis
Guernsey
L. S. Gillette
Fostoria
Ayrshires
J. B. Fitch
Manhattan
Kas
Threshers Hold Basket Picnic in Tennessee Neighborhood
Columbus Junction Iowa August 4 threshing finished in the Tennessee neighborhood at the John Lee home. About 75 attended a large picnic basket dinner with ice cream served by E A Leonhard who threshed for patrons. Married men defeated single men in a late afternoon ball game. Attending families included John Lee J B Gookin J J Jenkins Stagner Frank Moore John Rees Harry Chamberlain Henry Oak David Owen Fred Duncan Harry Duncan W T Duncan Jack Peters Donald and Wendell Morgan Jerry Bryans and Paul Kerr.
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Columbus Junction
Tennessee
John Lee
Lee
J. B. Gookin
J. J. Jenkins
Toolesboro Methodists Hold Annual Homecoming In Oakville
The Toolesboro Methodist church held its annual homecoming Sunday in Oakville with strong attendance from distant areas. Rev Melvin Booth of Reading Kansas and Rev B G Hawkins former pastor preached at morning and afternoon services. A basket dinner followed noon. A Peoria Illinois message reports Norman Willard, a former Oakville resident, in critical condition with little hope of recovery. his brother Leonard has gone to be at his bedside.
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Oakville
Toolesboro Methodist Church
Melvin Booth
Reading
Kas
B. G. Hawkins
Peoria
Ill
Norman Willard
Leonard Willard
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Iowa State College
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