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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1930
Page
11
Chicago August 15 AP Official receipts show cattle 500 head hogs 000 head sheep 2000 head for tomorrow. Prices rose across livestock with hogs scarce and top at 10.60, 10.50 paid for 170 to 230 lb. lots. Early market saw heavy butchers at 10.30 to 10.40, while cattle and sheep traded at firmer levels amid improved demand.
The Associated Press lists Iowa hog prices by market with receipts and ranges. Cedar Rapids prime lights 9.45 9.60, mediums 9.25 9.45, heavies 8.80 9.00. Des Moines receipts 1,900 head with primes and packers listed. Additional figures cover Mason City Ottumwa Waterloo markets with varied weight classes and price spreads.
Chicago reports 14 000 hogs with 6000 directs as weights rise but overall supply weakens on fat beef cows and bulls. Hogs show mixed gains across weight classes with prices around 10 60 to 10 75 for medium to heavy ranges. Cattle receipts reach 1500 head and calves 1000. slaughter demand softens for fat beef cows and bulls while steers and yearlings hold or edge lower.
Poultry and eggs show local prices with hens at 11 to 15 cents, heavy and Leghorn springs 12 to 15 cents, and extra details for specific categories. Hog quotations from J P Squire Co Muscatine daily. Prime butchers priced from 9.75 to 9.85 per hundredweight and packers' values noted.
Chicago August 15 AP Corn futures showed a near five cent gain from early lows with No 2 corn available for immediate delivery 1 to 3 cents above 1.00 a bushel. Late day crop damage reports and car shortages pushed prices higher as oats and wheat also rose. Corn closed at 8 3/8 to 8 1/2 cents, with September at 8 5/8 to 3 4, December 9 4 5/8 to 3 4, and March 9 6 1/2 to 3 4. Wheat up 1 3/8 to 1 5/8 with September 9 1/4 to 3 8. December 9 6 5/8 to 3 4. March 10 1 3/8 to 1 2. Oats up 1 to 1 1/4. Soy crop concerns and strong corn demand supported gains as arrivals in Chicago totaled 278 cars, versus 111 last week and 46 a year ago.
Market report lists bids for choice and common beef cattle by weight ranges from 600 to 1500 pounds with prices from 4.50 to 11.90 per hundredweight. Heifers cows and bulls shown with varied grades. vealers milk fed top at 11.00. stocker and feeder cattle also included. Sheep receipts total 4900 head with lambs, bucks, and ewes priced, lambs up to 10.25, feedables around 6.25 to 6.85 for light weights.
U S Department of Agriculture reports Kansas City market activity with 4 000 hogs and 1 500 sheep receipts. Hogs show gains to 30 cents higher with top 10 35 for 180 220 pounds while cattle receipts include 400 head and calves 200 head with mixed price ranges across weight classes. Sheep see lamb prices up to 10 cents firm on native lambs and odds and ends trading steady.
Receipts: hogs 7 000 head with varied weights and prices from 8.25 to 10.10 per cwt. cattle 750 head with steady killing classes and feeder scarcity. sheep 17 000 head with lambs up to 9.75 and range feeding lambs 6.35 to 7.10. Prices shown for different weight classes and grades across hogs cattle and sheep.
United States government bonds closed with Liberty 3s at 100.27 First 4s at 102.4 and Fourth 4s at 103 amid New York trading on August 15 by AP.
Chicago price sheet shows No. 1 red and hard wheat around 89 to 90 cents a bushel, No. 2 red near 90c, various N S and mixed grades listed. Corn prices range about 99 cents to $1.01 for yellow, oats around 37 to 40 cents, rye 64c, Timothy seed $5.25 to $5.50, Clover seed about $10.75 to $18.25, with lard at $11.02 and beans about $14.25 per hundred.
Minneapolis grain era note reports wheat receipts at 737 cars compared with 463 last year. Market shows slight declines and steady demand as prices hover around referenced quarters.
Funeral services for Robert Johnston were held at United Presbyterian church in Columbus City. The service was conducted by Rev. R. W. Jamieson of Burlington with Rev. Cc. S. Ramsdale assisting. Johnston, a future Iowa State College graduate, was active in Lambda Chi Alpha and Black and Bridle, and led campus groups. Burial was in Columbus City cemetery.
A fragmented list shows varieties including amber and red durum wheat, white wheat, and Corn No. 3 with prices around 92 to 96 cents per unit. Mentions Montana origin and a September context with several grade numbers and percentages.
The market shows mixed grain quotes with No 2 white corn around 95 to 96 cents and No 2 yellow near 96 to 96 4 cents. New crop entries note September 84x86 cents and December around 89 to 90 cents. Receipts list 73 cars for corn and 23 for oats with modest increases and stable to higher pricing.
Wheat prices noted for various grades with dark hard and spring types ranging from 44 to 83 cents. Corn prices listed for White No. 3 at 94 cents and Yellow No. 1 around 93 to 94 cents. Oats White No. 2 quoted at 38 cents.
Minneapolis reports flour shipments and unchanged bran and standard middlings. The notice notes 32 920 barrels of flour moved while other products remained steady.
Butter receipts 11 403 tubs firm. Eggs refrigerator standards November 28c. Butter storage standards November 41 4c. Poultry receipts 2 cars 14 trucks. Hens easy fowls 20 2c springs 24c broilers 22c turkeys 15 18c. Potatoes receipts 61 on track 123 total U S shipments 742 weak trading fair. Irish cobblers Missouri 1 90 2 00 Nebraska 2 00 2 10 New Jersey mostly 2 00 Wisconsin 2 00 2 10 Minnesota Early Ohios 1 50 1 60 Idaho rurals 2 10.
Eggs and poultry prices listed with hens at 12 to 17 cents and roosters at 13 cents. Other produce figures remain unchanged.
Market notes from St Louis Missouri report higher bee prices and goods such as butter cheese and poultry seeing limited movement. The brief column records price tiers and leads with notes on supply conditions.
New York today reports eggs receipts 20 127 cases steady with mixed colors unchanged and butter receipts 10 883 tubs firm as markets hold.
In New York on August 15 the AP notes dressed poultry prices for turkeys at 32 to 35 cents fresh and 32 to 45 cents frozen. Live poultry bids include broilers 22 to 27 cents by freight and 18 to 31 by express, fowls 15 to 23 by transport. Raw sugar stays quiet at 3.18 delivered with mid day futures 2 to 3 points higher, refined at 4.50.
The ed bond market showed dull to narrowly irregular trading as prices held with some gains offset by declines. Government issues drifted downward while Indianapollis Power and Light offered an 8 million dollar 5 percent issue and rail and utility bonds saw little change.
Quotations furnished By Bond Department Muscatine State Bank for Aug. 15 cover American Tel and Tel 5s 1960 Canadian National 4s 1957 and various listed securities. The compilation includes Bethlehem Steel Goodrich Rubber Goodyear Inland Steel Shell Union Oil Southern Calif Edison Southern Pacific and others with current yields and prices.
For sale listing notes a eleven room rooming house with two baths furnace electric lights gas garage and a two room cottage with toilet. Present income over 120 dollars per month. Cash sale for 5500 dollars. Titus Loan & Inc Co 213 Iowa Ave. Also advertised: pipe for fences and boiler flues at 5 cents. Wm Glatstein corner 4th and Oak. Phone 2291.
A roundup of local sale notices lists a five room modern home near Jefferson school priced at 4400 plus utilities, four pianos, apples hand picked and windfalls, a good farm with easy terms, spring chickens at 25 cents a pound, tomatoes for canning 75 cents a bushel, an electric washer almost new, dressed spring chickens, wealthy apples, a heifer calf and various phone-listed offers from Muscatine and local residents.
The third annual Pretz and Cutkomp reunion gathered about 75 people at Columbus chautauqua park on Thursday. Dinner was cafeteria style, with social time and games such as horseshoes and kittenball in the afternoon. Attendees came from Columbus City, Columbus Junction, Wapello, and Winfield. Officers were re-elected: Mrs. L. F. Girard, president. Mrs. Russell Cuthamp, vice president. Mrs. Hilton Pretz, secretary-treasurer. The Columbus Junction band plans a Wednesday concert at the park before the mystery play Grumpy, with local businesses closing at 7:30. The band will also perform at Letts next Tuesday.
The advertisement from Klein Motor Sales at 221 West Second St Muscatine Iowa touts new low prices for vehicles and trims inventory to attract customers.
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