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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1930
Page
8
Chicago traders reported steady demand for cattle hogs and lambs with receipts below expectations. Swine opened 10 to 20 cents higher with top light weights near 10.90 to 11.10 and heavy weights 10.50 to 10.75, while cattle run was 25 000 with fair inquiry and steers and yearlings priced near 10.75 and 11.25 for select lots.
Iowa hog price sheet lists Cedar Rapids Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa and Waterloo bids with primes lights and mediums near $9 to $10 per hundredweight. Heavies and packers range from about $7.10 to $9.80 depending on weight and grade, with receipts noted in Des Moines and Ottumwa.
Illinois Department of Agriculture notes hog receipts at 79.0% with 5,000 directs, prices 10.90 to 11.15 for 160-220 lb hogs, sow values 9.00 to 9.25, and various weights showing gains. Cattle receipts 6,900 head with calves 2,000. yearlings up to 11.25, heavies 10.75, steers 9.75 to 11.50 for 600-900 lb, 1100-1300 lb at 6.00 to 6.50, cows 5.25.
Price report shows eggs at 20 to 21 cents at grocers and markets. Poultry quotes list heavy hens 15 cents, night hens 19. heavy springs 20. Leghorn springs 18 to 19 cents. stags 8 cents. Hog quotations from J P Squire Co Muscatine. Prime butchers 160-280 lb $9.85-$10.50. 280-300 lb $9.65-$9.80. extreme heavy $9.19-$9.50. butcher packers and good heavy packers listed at $7.70.
Receipts show cattle and sheep trading with mixed grades. Listings include common and medium cattle from 7.25 to 13.50 per hundredweight, good and choice at 6.75 to 11.59, and feeders at 6.75 to 7.75. Sheep and lambs steady to strong with ranges from 5.00 to 10.25 for lambs and natives around 9.50 to 9.75 for bucks.
Kansas City market notes show hog receipts around 4 500 with prices 20 to 35 cents higher. top hogs 190 to 211 pounds at 10.80 and varied price ranges up to 10.75 for heavier pigs. Cattle receipts about 6 009 head with killing classes up and stockers higher. yearlings up to 11.50 and steers 600 to 900 pounds 8.50 to 11.25. Sheep receipts about 6 000 head with lambs mostly 25 to 40 cents higher. Colorado lambs listed and ranges for various weights provided.
Receipts: hogs 8500, cattle 4000, calves 2200, sheep 2000. Hogs 25-40c higher. prices 149-160 lb at 10.00-11.20, 160-200 lb 11.00-11.40, 200-250 lb 11.10-11.40, 250-350 lb 9.75-11.25, sows 8.50-9.00, pigs 8.50-10.00. Cattle mostly up 25c. steers 600-1100 lb 8.75-11.50, 1100-1500 lb 9.50-10.75, cows 5.50-7.00, bulls 6.25-7.25, stockers 5.75-7.25. Vealers up 50c. heifers 8.50-11.00. Sheep steady to 25c higher. lambs 8.50-9.50, wooled ewes 2.25-3.50.
Sioux City Iowa August 19 cattle receipts 2500 head calves 100 market active beef steers and yearlings mostly 15 cents higher stockers and feeders scarce many loads yearling steers around 990 pounds at 10.50 long yearlings 1086 pounds at 10.35 1275 pound beeves at 10.15 bulk grain fed down to 8.50 desirable 750 pound heifers 9.75 majority beef cows 4.50 to 5.75 select feeders 9.50 sausage bulls 5.25 to 6.25 scattered plain stockers 6.50 down hog receipts 7000 head market active to shippers for medium and light 250 higher weightier kinds slow early packer bids strong top 10.50 bulk 170 to 260 pound 10.25 to 10.40 few 250 to 270 weights 10.00 to 10.25 sows up more bulk 8.69 to 9.89 best lights 9.00 few extreme heavies sold sheep receipts 5000 head very little done few early native lambs 9.00 steady best around 9.25 no westerns offered other classes unchanged.
Omaha market summary from August 19 shows hog receipts at 5500 with light and butcher hogs up 25 cents, sows 25 to 35 cents higher. top hog price $10.50 for 180-200 lb. cattle receipts 4300 with fed steers and yearlings up 25 to 50 cents and stockers firm. bulls and weaners steady to higher. sheep receipts 19000 with lambs active and fedors steady to weak, bulk range lambs 9.29 to 9.75 bucks, native lambs 9.00 to 9.25.
Cattle receipts totaling 1 109 head show demand for inbetween and lower grade stock with slight rises for some categories. Feeder steers and heifers steady to higher, beef cows and bulls active, weights and classes vary. Hogs receipts 3 500 with lighter weights up and bulk sows and pigs bid up, average cost around 9.18. Sheep receipts 1 000 with lambs steady to strong and ewes steadier, prices shown for various classes.
St Joseph Missouri hog market reports 1500 head received with strong activity and prices improving. Trade focused on ready buyers and steady demand across slaughter lots.
Chicago reports strong export demand from North America keeping wheat values buoyant though fluctuating. About 2,000,000 bushels were sold for overseas shipment, mainly Canadian wheat, while corn weakened on rain in drought areas. Oats and provisions moved variably as a grain company survey noted widespread damage to high land corn and better bottom lands, with about one ear per two stalks in southern Minnesota and South Dakota.
Wheat prices range from 87.5 to 89 cents for No 2 hard and 81.5 to 88.5 cents for No 1 northern spring. No 2 mixed and No 5 yellow also listed. Corn values show No 2 mixed at 98.1 to 99.0 cents, with various yellow and sample grades noted. Oats and rye prices given for several grades, timothy seed, clover seed, and pork prices for lard ribs bellies listed.
Wheat receipts reached 569 cars in Pommoners Minnesota, up from 506 a year ago. Cash prices for No 1 northern ranged around 8512 8S8tec with varying protein levels, while No 1 amber durum and red durum showed values near 83% to 89'c. Corn No 3 yellow traded around 91 5 92c, oats No 3 white 38 14 to 3450, barley 44 54c, rye No 1 53% to 55%ac, and flax No 1 at 1 16 1.96.
Wheat receipts 125 cars with mixed gains and declines across grades. No. 2 dark hard prices range around 83 86 cents with smutty variants. futures closed with split moves. Corn receipts 51 cars show slight weakness in most grades. No. 2 white around 44 93 cents with billing noted. Oats receipts 17 cars show little change with No. 2 white near 38 39 cents and No. 3 around 38 38 1/2 cents.
Market brief lists chicken leg and roaster prices, spring duck quotes, and mixed potato shipments. Regional prices appear for Missouri Nebraska New Jersey Wisconsin and Minnesota markets with per hundredweight ranges. Butter storage standards are noted for November with 5 cent figures.
New York produce notes show butter at 18,911 pounds unsettled with cream higher than extra priced around 39 14 to 40 cents. extra scure at 38 cents. first at 88 to 1 dollar score. Receipts 24,113 cases remained steady. Mixed colors and other grades unchanged.
In St. Louis on Aug 19 the AP reports eggs butter and cheese unchanged. Poultry prices show mixed moves with Heavens rising 2 cents, springs down 23 cents, turkeys down 25 cents, others unchanged.
Kansas City market report lists a $6.30 bid and $7.50 asked price. Poultry rates show hens 12 to 19 cents, broilers 18 to 22 cents, roosters 9 to 10 cents, with other produce unchanged.
Hay receipts total 136 cars with steady markets. Alfalfa prices range No 1 extra leaky 25 to 27 dollars, No 2 23.50 to 24.50, 1 21 to 23, No 2 leafy 19.50 to 20.00. Prairie No 1 12 to 12.50, No 2 11 to 11.50. Timothy No 1 14.50 to 15.00, No 2 13.50 to 14.00.
U.S. government bonds closed mixed with Liberty 3 2s at 100.31 and Treasury 4 4s at 112.20. Sugar markets in New York show raw sugar unchanged at 3.18 for spots duty paid while raw futures drifted 1 point lower to 1 point higher and refined sugar held at 4.50.
New York and St. Louis market notes report irregular poultry prices with dressed roosters and live fowls mapped by shipping method. Also listed are duck and rooster rates by freight and express. Toledo seed market shows Clover seed at 15.75 in October and December contracts.
Chicago August 19 receipts total 23 cars with hay market listed as unchanged in the AP report from the Chicago hay market scene.
Selective sale of domestic obligations kept the bond market in an uptick with some railroad utility and industrial issues trading near year highs. Stocks provided a firm tone to convertibles while municipal prospects appeared limited and call money rose to 25 percent. High grade issues such as Kansas City Southern 1st 3s Lorillard debenture 5 14s Oregon Short Line 5s led gains. Cuba Railway 5s and Wheeling Steel 4 14s lagged.
Bond quotations for August 19 list issues from Baltimore & Ohio Canadian National Bethlehem Steel Inland Steel Goodyear Tire Pure Oil Shell Union Oil Southern Pacific Paramount International Match Remington Rand Belgian and French bonds and others with prices around par and fractions.
Chicago hog futures report shows Dec light hogs at 9.00, Sept mediums at 10.80, Dec mediums 8.90 to 8.95, with bids up to 11.10 for lights and 10.80 for mediums. Heavies bid around 10.35, light sows 9.15, heavy sows 9.00 for tomorrow delivery as markets show varied quotes.
Grain prices listed for Omaha Nebraska show varying grades for corn oats and durum. Prices include No 2 yellow corn at 80 to 90 cents and No 3 or lower grades with smut and different quality indicators.
Minneapolis August 19 AP reports flour in carload lots for family patents down 15 cents to 5.75 to 5.85 a barrel for 938 lb shipments. Bran quoted at 25.04 and standard middlings at 26.00 to 26.50.
William Ray of Muscatine is jailed in Louisa county at Wapello on $1000 bond after a Columbus Junction hearing for child stealing. Ray allegedly took 15 year old Agnes Teel from near Columbus Junction to Muscatine. both were later found and she remains a witness. A separate incorrigibility hearing began today and continues Wednesday. In Cresco, David Connolly 18 died from injuries after a car overturn in a ditch caused by a broken steering wheel, with Oren McGee 22 seriously injured.
Chicago August 18. Butter receipts 11,860 head steady. Eggs receipts 10,881 cases steady. Illinois market notes from AP.
Cattle receipts reach about 700 head with calves at 200. Prices show grade shifts with top heavy steers around 10.80 per unit and several loads at 10.25, beef cows down to 5.25. Sheep receipts total 1,100 head with lambs 15 to 20 cents higher, western types scarce.
Attorney C. J. Rosenberger will offer an American citizenship and the constitution course for Muscatine county teachers at the fall annual institute. Iowa Bar Association members will present similar courses at county teachers institutes statewide. List of speakers includes J. Hollingsworth Keokuk Des Moines and many others across Iowa.
Methodist Episcopal churches of Muscatine and surrounding counties prepare annual reports for the Iowa conference to be held in Knoxville from September 3 to 7. The 1930-31 minister appointments will be the conference's key issue. Area ministers from Ottumwa Burlington and Fairfield districts attend, with lay delegates and a laymen’s conference later that week. Bishop Titus Lowe of Portland will preside.
Muscatine county Elks versus Louisa county Elks at League field at 4 p m Wednesday afternoon. Bill Voliger, manager, confirms the match as lodge rooms close for attendance. A small admission will be charged.
The Rotary Boys’ band concert Wednesday night at Weed Park will be sponsored by Ernie’s Tire Shop. Davenport baritone Art Pierce will perform with a program including marches, arias, operatic selections, popular tunes, and musical numbers led by director Elmer Ziegler. The 8 p.m. program features pieces from Verdi to Handel and contemporary songs.
Four Wellman residents and a child narrowly escaped serious harm when their Chevrolet coach left the Wellman Iowa City road near Sharon and rolled over three times after meeting a Ford coupe with a Blackhawk county plate. Mrs Nickel suffered a bad head cut and severe bruises. others sustained minor injuries. The Ford sped away, license number unrecorded.
West Liberty Iowa August 19 Farm Bureau day opened the annual fair drawing early crowds. Major events included baby beeves sow and litter entries poultry and 4 H girls contests and style show. Ninety four head of baby beeves entered. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation VP J H Jones spoke on Marketing substituting for President Hearst who missed the event due to a Chicago board meeting.
Sam Foy aged 63 of Valley Junction was killed when the car driven by his son Robert Foy crashed into a stationary car owned by J H Fisk of Omaha fifteen miles west of Cedar Rapids on the Lincoln highway. Sam Foy’s grandson Robert Murray Foy six months old was injured likely to prove fatal. Mrs Foy suffered non serious cuts and injuries. The accident occurred in rainy conditions as Mr Foy tried to brake to avoid collision.
Prohibition divides Democrats and Republicans as Illinois holds conventions. Democrats back James Hamilton Lewis for Senate and favor liquor state control, while Republicans weigh Ruth Hanna McCormick amid a dry stance. Referendum petitions surface in Cook County as Wyoming also votes on anti liquor aims.
Columbus Junction Iowa hosts the twenty ninth chautauqua week opening with Oakley Concert company and Miss Brock. Lectures by Julius Van Der Lecht and a New York cast present Grumpy. Local residents attend funerals, buy property, and host relatives as the town pursues summer events.
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