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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1933
Page
11
The Chicago hog market leveled off with no pronounced change. Most sales were fully steady, some spots stronger. top hogs at 4.55, early top 4.50, while heavy hogs weighed over 250 lbs face tax fears after Oct. 1. Cattle and sheep supplies were smaller with steady demand and prices.
The Associated Press reports on live hog quotations in Iowa markets including Rapids, Mason City, Waterloo and Ottumwa. Price ranges cover 140 to over 500 pounds with variations by weight class and packer status.
U S Department of Agriculture show hogs in interior and southern Minnesota at 8:00 a m today totaling 100 head, down from 27 500 a week earlier and 9 400 a year ago. Trade steady to higher but buyers bid 5 to 10 cents lower for weights over 240 pounds. packing sows steady to 10 cents lower. lighter weights and TRa stations notes with price ranges for various weight classes.
Chicago AP reports 19 000 hogs receipts including 10 000 direct. Prices steady with yesterday, spots strong. 170 220 lb hogs 4.40 4.50, top 4.55. 230+ lb 3.75 4.45. light lights 4.00 4.50. sows around 2.90. light weights 3.90 4.50. 160 180 lb ranges 4.25 4.55. mid weights 200 lb plus noted.
Market notes show prices for Leghorn eggs and various live stock categories. Listings include weights from 140 to 260 pounds with quotes around $2.55 to $4.06, placeholders for different fattening classes, and references to pacers and packers.
Cattle sales show fully steady on all killing classes with best beef at $6.50 and most steers $5.50 to $6.00. Heifers bring about $5.85, vealers $6.25 to $7.50, stocker and feeder cattle $2.75 to $5.50, and shorts, bulls, and cutters vary. Sheep receipts about 5,000 head with native lambs $7.50 to $7.75, yearlings and range lambs slow but steady, and ewes $1.50 to $3.00 depending on weight and quality.
U S Department of Agriculture summary from Kansas City shows hog receipts 3000 head with prices by weight and grade. top $4.20 for 180 to 220 pound hogs. cattle receipts 1000 head with steer and heifer price ranges. beef steers steady to 15 cents lower. vealers 3.00 to 6.50. sheep and lambs quoted with top around $7.25 for native lambs and $4.00 to $5.25 for yearling wethers. prices vary by weight and class.
Omaha reports U S Dept of Agriculture figures with hog receipts 6500 head up 5 to 10 cents, top at 4 15, slaughter cattle steady to strong, stockers scarce, feeder pigs listed. Sheep receipts 5000 head show lambs 15 to 25 cents higher, range and clipped feeding lambs around 7.00 to 7.40, ewes up 2 75.
Auction report shows 2000 head with mixed receipts including 100 head calves. Generally steady demand with top cattle at 7.00 dollars and prices around 4.50 to 4.30 for common lots. Measured activity noted across receiving cattle and calves with modest gains and declines not seen.
New York bonds showed firmness with narrower trading interest. Prime issues like American Telephone 4 12s 1939 traded up a point. Allegheny Corporation loans St Paul 5s Chicago and North Western 4s Erie 5s and Southern Railway 4s saw solid activity. Profit taking trimmed small industrial and utility gains while foreign issues showed stronger demand moving many issues from fractions toward around a point. United States government securities remained generally firm with limited price changes.
Raw sugar holds at 3.44 as New York trading shows no change in nearby futures at 4 3 a higher and refined sugar also unchanged.
Minneapolis AP reports flour prices up 20 cents to 7.40 7.50 a barrel in 98 pound sacks with carload shipments totaling 24 129 barrels. Pure bran quoted 17.00 17.50 and standard middlings at 18.50 19.00 amid Chicago hay market receipts.
Stocks drifted with pockets of strength in utilities and energy as the Associated Press closing quotations showed gains for Travelers, Cities Service, and Ford, while United Founders and Ark Nat Gas posted slim advances. Several large names like West El Woolworth and Stand Oil Ind posted modest declines amid a choppy session.
Traders in Chicago grain pits end the day with selling pressure as profits are taken. Wheat falls to the day's low, down 5 cents, amid weaker support and rest orders. Liverpool quotes added pressure, but Chicago prices fail to rally. Corn and oats also move lower, with oats dropping up to 8 cents and provisions mixed.
AP wire reports Chicago cash grain and livestock prices show corn mixed and yellow prices around 52 to 114 1/2 cents, oats 34 to 37 cents, rye 68 1/2 cents, barley 63 cents, timothy and clover seeds listed, lard and related products priced per hundredweight.
Minneapolis grain notes show 188 car wheat receipts, five cents lower than last year, with No 1 northern at 83 percent protein and various No 1 dark northern and Montana dark hard grades quoted. Corn and oats prices for No 3 yellow and No 3 white given, plus amber durum values and futures in Sept Dec May.
Live poultry receipts 33 trucks with varied prices for hens leghorn hens roosters turkeys spring ducks geese and Rock fowls. Butter receipts 16,488 tubs with firmer creamery prices across scores. Eggs receipts 8,497 cases with firm wholesales and graded firsts. Potatoes receipts 49 cars with mixed prices for U S No 1 and Nebras ka cobblers and russets amid moderate demand.
New York produce prices show firming for creamery margarine and butter with 11 998 tubs. Dressed poultry and live poultry prices hold steady as receipts reach 173 024 pounds and 8 116 cases respectively. Mixed colors and standard poultry grades appear with varied per unit prices and average checks around 10 to 12 cents.
United States government bonds closed with Liberty 3 percent issues at around 102.7 and 102.2 in bids. Treasury securities showed varied prices with series 110.20 44-54 and 106.17 40-43, and 101.27 for June maturities. Treasury 3s traded around 98.16 with 46-49 and 51-55 ranges noted.
The New York trading day saw markets retain most gains from Thursday in quiet, uneven activity. Early buying faded into a downshift with selective gains for stocks like Liggett Myers and General Motors while many other issues moved modestly lower. bonds held firm as grain and cotton leveled with Thursday closes. Professionals traded cautiously on the floor amid slim order flow and renewed but modest public interest.
Des Moines obituary notes the death of Mrs Ed L Wegener 59 at home. Funeral services are planned for Saturday. She returned from Burlington to Des Moines with husband and two sons Lorenz of Clinton and Edward A of Chicago. Surviving family members are listed.
Washington resident Mrs Gertrude Bowman recalls Nira MacDonald Bell of Washington Iowa the woman after whom the town of Nira was named in 1880. The postmaster Colonel W B Bell chose the name for his wife reflecting her strong Midwest character. The first Nira postmaster was named Farley.
Deeds recorded show Alice H Mulford and Ella E Mulford quitclaiming parcel in section 30 76 2W to Harry W Holzhauer and Vera P Holzhauer. Leffier Palmer of Gold Hill Utah operates a one man gold mine opening and closing as funds require. Stud books list horse colors gray roan dun bay brown black chestnut with variations typically not recorded.
Relatives in Des Moines and Burlington gather to honor the birthplace of a notable figure, reflecting on family roots and regional connections.
Multiple classified notices list second hand bricks and pi for culverts, fences, and braces. Includes a Guernsey cow with calf at side, oak dining table, 5 octave marimba xyla, apples from Reinemund’s, a piano for sale, and a found pair of glasses near Journal with reward by identity verification.
A sewing pattern promotion describes an Anne Adams design suitable for daughters. It lists sizes 8 to 16, yardage for size 12, and includes illustrated step by step instructions. Orders require 15 cents for the pattern and 15 cents for the catalog, with mail address in Muscatine Journal Pattern Department New York City.
Cedar township leaders of Cedar Farm Bureau finished their features for the West Liberty fair after a township committee meeting at the Willits home. Mrs. John Mc Colm Mrs. Dale Willits and Mrs. R. C. Fry presided.
The Bluffs estate is valued at 50000 dollars and probate was filed by Baker's attorney N T Mason. Mrs Prophet has spent several weeks in Los Angeles to settle her brother's estate.
Mrs. Vesta Prophet named sole heir in the will of her brother, George D. Baker, a retired film producer and director who died June 2. The estate valued at about 50 000 accompanies the transfer as Prophet travels home to Council Bluffs.
Board of Directors calls for sealed bids on hack routes No 1 through 7. Bids must name driver with bid and be filed with the Secretary by August 21. Route list available at Secretary's Office. Board reserves rights.
A 1929 Chevrolet Coach and a 1929 Dodge Brougham are listed alongside a 1928 Chevrolet Landau Sedan. Each vehicle showcases vintage automotive styling and era features in a concise catalog notice.
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