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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1930
Page
8
Chicago market notes hog prices resumed an uptrend after a mid month surge pause. With 13 000 head offered including 1 200 direct to packers and 6 000 in reserve, lighter hogs 170 to 180 pounds brought 11.50 to 11.60, while heavy butchers and packing sows rose 10 to 15 cents. Official cattle, hog, and sheep receipts were forecast for tomorrow: 8 000, 18 000, and 21 000 respectively.
Chicago hog futures for September and December show scattered prices with lights and mediums near 10.60 to 11.65, while heavies range around 9.00 to 10.75. The report notes bids and offers across categories though some data appears garbled or incomplete.
Iowa pig prices from Cedars Des Moines Ottumwa and Waterloo markets show prime lights at 9.90 to 10.40, prime mediums 9.75 to 10.20, heavies 8.90 to 9.85, packers 7.45 to 8.50. Des Moines receipts steady, Ottumwa price ranges by weight, Waterloo prime hogs and packer quotes listed.
Chicago August 27 report shows hog receipts 13 000 with 1 500 direct. Prices ranged with top 11.65 for 160-210 lb hogs and 10 50 to 11 50 for 140-160 lb. Light weights and heavyweights varied. sow and pig ranges noted. Cattle receipts 11 59 and calves 27 000 with better fed steers and yearlings strong while others weak. top 12.25 for 1 518 lb weighty bulls. vealers and slaughter cattle prices easing. Overall stock markets mixed amid thin activity and price shifts.
Eggs and poultry traded locally around 20 to 21 cents for eggs and heavy poultry at 15 cents. Hog quotes come from J P Squire Co Muscatine Iowa with prime butchers at 169 to 280 pounds near 10 dollars, other weights and grades listed. Cattle calves and sheep prices cover a wide range for good, common, and stocker grades with notable figures for cows, bulls, and lambs across weight classes.
Wheat fell to a fresh seasonal low as futures in Winnipeg showed selling by the Canadian Growers' pool and selling pressure hit after-hours trading. Corn weakened with earlier gains erased, while oats and pork markets moved modestly. A Decatur NL crop expert noted worsening corn conditions south and west of Indiana, with some better areas around Champaign and Decatur.
Livestock receipts total about 29 000 with hogs 5000 head up 25 to 35 cents from Tuesday. Cattle and calves show steadying to higher prices for top lots and stocker feeder demand slow. Sheep receipts 4000 with lambs mostly 25 cents lower and some natives weaker. Utah lambs reach 9 dollars per head.
U S Department of Agriculture notes receipts at 9 000 hogs 250 35c higher top 11 00 for 190 226 lb pigs bulk 160 230 lb 10 75 11 00 230 270 lb butchers 10 60 10 99 270 325 lb averages 10 00 10 60 medium light sows 9 00 9 35 weighty sows dull average cost 9 46 271 cattle receipts 6500 fed steers and yearlings uneven strong to firm stockers and feeders scarce bulls and cows steady to strong heifers 10 00 11 00 11 49 top light offerings 11 50 12 00 yearling loads 11 75 12 00 grass cows 5 25 6 75 cutters 3 75 4 75 stockers feeders 7 00 8 25 600 lb stock heifers 8 40 sheep receipts 18 000 lambs feeders 50 percent slaughter lambs 25 to 30 lower range slaughter lambs 8 50 8 75 natives 8 25 8 50 ewe top 4 00 early bulk range feeding lambs 7 50 9 75 best above 8 00 feeding ewes 2 00 3 10 one year breeders
South St. Paul Minnesota August 27 cattle receipts 2300 with steers and yearlings firm to higher while stock cows uneven and weaker. Calves 2500 steady. hogs 9000 head slow, most 10.50 to 10.65, sows steady to strong. Sheep 3000 head slow with fat lambs 50c lower, ewe and wether lambs around 8.0, throwouts near 4.0. Prices and loads noted across cattle calves hogs and sheep.
Receipts total 6 500 hogs 4 800 cattle and 2 000 sheep with mixed shifts in prices. Hogs unevenly up 25 to 40 cents with pigs steady to 25 cents higher. a range of feeder and packing hog prices listed. Cattle slaughter and feeder class prices show steers and heifers varying by weight while calves and cows move differently. Sheep demand soft with fat lambs bid 50 cents lower and ewes and culls mixed.
Sioux City Iowa August 27 cattle receipts 2000 head with calves 200 and stockers and feeders active. best loads around 11 34 per hundredweight for fat beeves. yearlings up to 312.00. bulk cows 8 50 to 9 50. hog receipts 6090 with shippers and shoppers noting slow movers and top near 9 00 per hundred.
Minneapolis August 27 wheat receipts 304 cars vs 373 a year ago. Cash grain quotes include No. 1 northern 85 89c, No. 1 dark northern 87 90c, No. 1 Montana dark 86c, amber durum 80 86c, amber durum No. 2 79 85c, red durum 73 74c. September 84c, December 85 86c, March 93 94c, May 95c. Corn No. 3 yellow 91 92c. Oats No. 3 white 35 36c. Barley 45 56c. Rye No. 1 55 87c. Flax No. 1 1.90 1.91.
Wheat and corn prices listed for Chicago trading on August 27. No. 4 red wheat at 84 cents, No. 1 hard around 884 to 895 cents, No. 2 hard 884 to 89 4 cents, No. 1 northern spring 89 to 89 4 cents, No. 1 mixed 88 to 88 4 cents, No. 2 mixed 75 to 75 cents. Corn No. 2 mixed 99 1/2 cents to $1.00, No. 3 unspecified.
Desirable 170 to 270 lb hogs range $10.75 to $11.00 with a few 270 to 300 lb at $10.50 to $10.75. sows higher by 15 to 25 cents, best lights up to $9.25, heavies unsold. Sheep receipts 2,500 head with fat lambs around $8.50 to $9.00 natives steady, feeding lambs around $7.20.
Hog receipts 3500 with prices 10 to 25 cents higher for some weights top 11.25 and bulk 10.50 to 10.99. Cattle receipts 3000 with calves and yearlings up to 25 cents. best light and midweight steers 11.49 to 12.50, some 12.25. grassers weaker, beef cows 3.50 to 4.50. Sheep 6500, market slow with 25 cent lower tone. natives 8.25 to 9.00 tops, westerns not sold.
OCR text lists mixed commodity quotes for oats rye and lard ribs bellies and seed with various price points per unit and percentages including No 2 white oats 40 to 41 2 cents No 3 wee 39 4 percent and lard at 11 25 per unit plus rib price 14 00 and bellies 314 00.
Minneapolis price notes show flour shipments unchanged with 43 967 barrels bran at 24 50 to 25 00 per barrel and standard middlings at 25 50 to 26 0 per unit.
Chicago wholesale prices show butter receipts at 3794 tubs with creamery extras at 39 cents and various firsts between 35 and 38 cents. Eggs firm at 4372 cases, poultry supply steady with fowls 21-22 cents and turkeys 15-18 cents. Potatoes strong with Wisconsin and Idaho stocks priced per sack, noting U S. shipments at 652 cars.
AP reports mixed egg prices in New York with regular pack at 34 to 35 cents for heavy, extras 32 to 34, firsts 26 to 29 cents, seconds 22 to 24, notes refrigerated items at 28 to 30 cents. Nearby hennery brown and western hennery white quoted with extra and firsts in the 27 to 42 cent range. Butter receipts listed at 12,006 tubs unsettled. creamer prices higher with various scores and ranges around 36 to 40 cents.
St. Louis meat and dairy markets report eggs butter and cheese unchanged as of August 27 with poultry also holding steady.
Kansas City reports no bid for eggs at 7.20 and broiler prices steady at 16 to 19 cents. New York sugar market shows raw sugar firm at 3.18 delivered with futures little changed around midday. refined sugar held at 4.35.
New York August 27 poultry prices show dressed chickens firm at 40 cents per pound for fresh and 36 cents for frozen. Live poultry steady with broilers moving by freight at 26 cents, by express at 32 cents, ducks by express at 32 cents.
In St. Louis on August 27, the hay market remained unchanged as reported by AP with no price movement across grades and staples for the day.
New York demands bonds remains strong with total financing of 31 million dollars. Municipal issues lead with a 192,000 four percent State of New York issue, 7.52 million Allegheny County Pennsylvania bonds, and 2.2 million Maine four percent issues. Stock privilege and railroad bonds show renewed vigor, with several issues advancing to near year highs.
Quotations list bond and debenture prices and yields for Canadian and American issues, including Canada 5s 1952, Cuba Public Works 5s, Inland Steel 414s 1978, Armour of Delaware 5s, Bethlehem Steel 5s 1936, Royal Dutch 4s 1945, Southern Calif Edison 4s, Texas Corp 5s 1944, and other issues with prices around 90s and yields near 100 percent in a dated bond market snippet.
United States government bonds finished trading with Liberty 3%A2s at 100.31, First 4%s at 102.1, and Treasury 4%s at 112.16, reflecting varied movement in early session activity in New York.
Radio program lineup from Davenport Des Moines Central Broadcasting Co listing daily Aug 28 schedule with NBC programs including Morning Melodies Orthophonic Hope Ave fashions Bon Ami Matinee Wings of Song Hawks Hawkeye Ensemble RKO Matinee and later nights featuring Amos n Andy Uptown Village and Via Lago Orchestras.
The Waterloo Iowa listing outlines a dense evening broadcast slate with CBS and WMT programming. Highlights include Symphonic Interlude at 6:15 p m Mardi Gras at 7:00 p m Guy Lombardo at 9:30 p m and Esth er Leaf organ at 10:30 p m.
A listing of radio program times and performers throughout the evening and into midnight. Highlights include Tony Nuzzo's Canton Tea Garden Orchestra, Alberti's Orchestra, Herbie Kay ensembles, NBC hour blocks, and weather and time signals.
The Chicago radio listings show WLS 870 and 345 M Caen Saving Time with a day of programs including Eventide Melodies Oatesville General Store Allstate Musical Feature and Human Time, organ and quartet. Through WJJD 8:30 p. m. Nat. Assn. of Negro Musicians presents a two hour musical program.
Radio lineup for WMAQ Chicago lists Tops Turvy Time at 5:00 p m with Harold Van Horne pianist at 5:30 and 6:20 p m plus sport updates and news. University of Chicago segment appears mid evening followed by Health and How to Keep It by Dr Hermangee and CBS Kaltenborn news edits.
The Times News lists a full night of broadcasts from 6:00 p m. to 12 midnight featuring Irving Aaronson’s Orchestra Henri Gendron Tom Gerun and Aaronson programs. Highlights include CBS Symphonic Interlude Melody Musketeers Detective Story Hour and Around the Town with multiple orchestras.
The 50 000 watt station lists a full Aug 23 program with Irma Glen organ concert NBC Phil Cook Tip Top Ensemble Illinois Watch Time Luke and Miranda Farm Program Weather Mike and Herman and NBC Natl News Events. Air ends at 1 00 a m with Herbie Kay and Jimmy Green orchestras.
More than 40 relatives attended the Hines family reunion in Rochester at West Side park on Sunday. Forrest Hines chaired the business meeting, and it was agreed the gathering will become an annual event with plans for next year.
Local social news lists visits and weekends across Lone Tree, Fruitland, Letts, Sigourney, and surrounding areas. Names include Baker, Kranz, Buell, Stoffel, Bowman, Kirchner, Toland, and Henik. events cover visits, picnics, fairs, and a funeral. A kidnapping charge against Oscar Cain is noted in Sioux City.
A large crowd gathered in Columbus Junction on Sunday afternoon for a concert by the Wapello and Columbus Junction bands under Vernon Brown. Local events include a P N G circle picnic and bacon fry Friday, family visits, reunions, and social gatherings across nearby towns.
Columbus Junction Iowa will host a four day fair starting next Tuesday with entry day. Harness races top the program alongside five daily free acts and nightly fireworks. A three day kittenball tournament features Letts Muscatine Elks Columbus Junction and Wyman. Families attend picnics and rural education events highlight Four-H and Farm Bureau activities.
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