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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1930
Page
14
Official figures show tomorrow’s receipts estimated at 14 000 hogs with 11 000 sheep and 10 000 cattle. Light hogs dropped to 9.85 top, bids for 260 to 290 pound hogs ranged 9.60 to 9.70, while light packing sows hit 8.45 as overall demand eased due to a 16 percent rise in market receipts.
The AP records current hog price quotes from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Meson City Ottumwa Waterloo and more. Prices cover prime lights mediums heavies and packers with varied weight ranges and receipts reported across cities.
Chicago market reports from the U S Department of Agriculture show hog receipts totaling 21 head with 7 500 direct. Heavier and weaker hogs bring top prices around 2 3.5s per cwt while packing sows stay steady to strong. Buyers paid 9 80 to 9 96 for 169 to 220 lb porkers and 9 70 to 9 99 for lighter 140 to 180 lb hogs.
Local grocers pay 21 cents for eggs. Poultry prices show heavy hens 15 cents, light hens 11, heavy springs 12, Leghorns 15. Hog quotes from J P Squire Co at Muscatine Ia. Cattle receipts include 7,500 head. prices for slaughter cattle range from 8.00 to 11.00 for various weights, with heifers and cows also listed. Sheep receipts at 12,000 head show lambs and feeding lambs with prices from 4.75 to 9.25 and related ranges.
U S Department of Agriculture notes receipts of hogs 5000 cattle 7000 calves 1500 sheep 4000 at Kansas City market. Hogs mostly steady to 10 cents higher with light hogs fetching higher prices. top 9.70 for 165 to 200 pounds. Cattle and calves mixed with varied gains and declines across weight classes and grades. Sheep receipts show lambs higher to 25 cents, with range for lambs 7.75 to 8.89. Ewes and cull stock lower in some categories.
Cattle receipts 1000 head slow trading steady in parts Montana steers and heifers largely unsold. Calves 1000 head dealers strong to higher with good to choice $9.50 to $12.00. Hogs 2599 head active and steady to firm with 160 to 220 lb at $9.50 to $9.75, 220 to 300 lb $8.75 to $9.50. Sheep 500 head opened steady with native ewes and wethers $8.25, lambs mostly $7.25 to $8.25, fat ewes $2.00 to $3.50.
Hog receipts 13 500 head with steady bids. sows strong higher. Cattle receipts 6 000 head with fat steers and heifers steady. bears cautious on cows. vealers 9 11. Bulls and stocker steers mixed. Sheep 4 000 head, lambs slow, prices mostly steady with some declines for lighter lambs.
Sioux City livestock market report from August 12 shows cattle receipts 3000 head with varied demand. heavy steer prices around 8 to 10 dollars, yearling heifers firm, stockers and feeders scarce. hogs 1500 head active with best cuts around 9.40, sows 7.90 to 8.15. sheep 4500 head with native lambs around 8.25 and best western lambs at 8.50 or higher.
U S Department of Agriculture cattle and hog receipts at St Joseph on August 12 show 3800 hogs and 1500 cattle with mixed demand. Hogs run steady to firm with top around 9.75 and lighter weights at 9.60 to 9.72. heavier hogs scarce. Cattle and calves show active demand for fed yearlings and best light steers with ten head at 19.00 for yearlings and 10.10 for steer. beef cows and westerns available with steady to firmer bids.
Chicago reports a drop as USDA cuts government corn yield forecasts by 600 to 700 million bushels. Prices fell after early buying faded, with futures closing 1/4 to 1 1/4 lower. Wheat and oats slipped, hog prices rose modestly, and crop-damage areas from Ohio to Mississippi showed reduced yields versus a five-year average.
Wheat receipts total 18 cars with prices slipping to 2 cents lower. No. 2 dark herd and other grades listed with quotes around 83 to 86 cents. Corn receipts 43 cars with No. 2 white about 96 cents and No. 2 yellow near 96 to 97 cents. Oats receipts 10 cars with No. 2 white around 43 to 43.5 cents. Milo maize at 1.92. Fair valued around 1.67 to 1.77. Rye 68 to 70 cents. Barley 60 cents.
Wheat receipts totaled 599 cars in Minneapolis on August 12, up from 523 last year. The market dipped 3 cents. Cash prices showed No 1 northern around 87 to 90 cents and various grades listed with protein percentages and arrival costs, including No 1 dark northern and amber durum types.
The market lists steady and strong trends across cutters, vealers, and feeders with ranges from $2.75 to $6.00. Best medium builds rise to $5.50, top vealers and replacement cattle remain strong, feeders 950 to 1000 pounds noted. Sheep receipts around 7,000 with lambs steady to higher and ewes at about $250.
Omaha stock market notes receipts for hogs at 7,500 head with mixed gains and highs around 9.35 to 9.50 for 170 to 230 lb hogs, cattle receipts 5,800 with fed yearlings at up to 10.50 and steer tops near 9.10, veal and cows lower. sheep receipts 14,000 with lambs strong and feeders up, slaughter lambs at 8.25 to 8.60 and feeding lambs around 5.10 to 6.25.
OCR fragment lists several grain grades and prices including red winter wheat 88 percent, oats No 2 3643 37 sc, and barley with No 1 30s at 2.07 percent, indicating a market snapshot of futures or spot values without clear context or dates.
Aug 12 wheat prices list No 1 hard No 2 hard No 3 hard and cash grades with bid ranges. Corn mixed and yellow and white prices given across No 1 No 2 No 3 grades. Oats white grades with corresponding price ranges. Timothy seed and Clover seed priced per hundredweight.
Omaha August 12 report lists wheat prices for dark hard and northern spring grades with quoted ranges from 79 1/2 to 84 1/2 cents, durum and mixed grades included. Corn pricing shows Yellow No. 1 at 93 cents and No. 2 at 93 cents, mixed at 86 1/2 cents, oats White No.3 at 37 to 45 cents.
Minneapolis flour prices show Flour-20c lower in carload lots with family patents quoted 6.0546.15 a barrel in 98 and cotton sacks. Shipments total 45 179 barrels. Bran priced 24.00 to 24.50 and Standard Middlings at 25.00 to 25.50.
Chicago August 12 AP market summary reports chicken and poultry receipts one car and 27 trucks with prices for fowls springs broilers roosters turkeys spring ducks and spring geese. Butter receipts 14929 tubs with creamery extras standards and firsts quoted. Potatoes on track 53 cars with total US shipments 352 cars and prices for Irish cobblers russets by state. Closing futures note includes refrigerator and storage standards for November.
Market dispatch from New York on August 12 notes egg receipts at 34 245 cases with mixed colors and various sizes including extra firsts and whites. Butter receipts reach 18 981 tubs, creamery prices higher, with 92 score extra and 88 to 1 score first. cheese receipts total 137 933 pounds with state whole milk flats described as fresh and fancy.
New York markets report varied prices for dressed fowl at 17 30c and live poultry with irregular rates for broilers and fowls by freight or express. Turkeys, ducks and roosters show range values with freight and express options in cents per pound.
Kansas City August 12 AP Produce poultry roosters fetch 13 cents while butter packing butter remains at 18 cents. Other produce unchanged.
New York sugar prices remain unchanged with spot duty paid at 3.18 and refined at 4.59. Futures at midday show a net change of up to one point higher.
Kansas City dispatch reports no hay market activity due to rain shortening sales. Weather dampened buyers and sellers, with traders delaying consignments and market clerks closing early. The delay affects expected pricing and supply arriving to the market today.
Chicory Hay Market Chicago August 12 reports hay receipts totaling 17 cars, unchanged from prior levels. Weather and market demand influence current pricing as buyers monitor supply.
In Chicago on August 12 the local spot butter market showed a firmer tone with good demand and most sales advancing from the previous day. Egg tone held steady while demand remained fairly good. In live poultry hens and spring ducks sold to better prices.
New York markets rose from morning losses as improved crop reports and forecasts of showers turned bullish. Key shares like Warner Brothers recovered while American Steel and Dow components regained some ground. Union Pacific fell sharply amid mixed corporate news and weak weekly carload figures.
Stocks decline sharply as crop concerns mount after President Hoover cancels western trip. Call money soft at 2 1 2 percent, some at 2 percent outside. Major fall in Radio General Motors General Electric U S Steel Johns Manville and others with several issues hitting new lows.
New York traders noted a slight firming in bonds amid waning institutional buying and a 24 percent call money rate. Uncertainty over money rates persisted as agricultural demand boosted a firmer credit zone, with minimal municipal financing and utilities showing modest gains while government prices drifted lower.
United States government bonds closed in New York with Liberty 3s at 100.29 First 4s at 102.2 Fourth 41 8 at 103 Treasury 4s at 112.25.
Two houses on Main street were destroyed in Columbus City with one unoccupied, both near the old Hanna building. The Columbus Junction volunteer company aided, though fire protection is lacking. The Trader Family Reunion drew 150 descendants at the Columbus Chautauqua Park with elected officers and attendees from multiple states.
The eighth annual Stapp and Klotz family reunion took place Sunday at Columbus Chautauqua Park with 8 in attendance, 10 more than last year. Dinner and supper were served and officers were re-elected. Visitors from Chicago Fresno Ill Muscatine West Liberty and Detroit joined local members.
Mur Shea and Harvey Bell were sentenced to six months in the county jail after pleading guilty to larceny of copper cable wire from Olson Construction for the Moscow bridge project. Judge D W Jackson imposed the terms, with the offenders brought before the court by county attorney information and jailed by Sheriff Fred Nesper and deputies.
In a brief exchange from Travasa, Rome, a mistress notes a spider web and questions its meaning while a maid attributes it to a spider. The dialogue captures a weathered domestic scene in a historical setting.
Sunday visitors included Mrs Hart's brother Everett Weaver at Wayland with Lawrence Cornie who had spent a week there. Also Mr and Mrs R S McDaniel at Elmer Edmondson home Brighton. Church family traveled to Iowa City hospital. Ruth Welch with Paul Grauwinkle and Glenn Ball from Louisa Center neighborhood. Hugh McCulley of Grandview en route home from Yellowstone Park visiting relatives in Butte Nebraska.
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