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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1927
Page
12
Chicago market reports show hogs down 10 15 cents from the prior day with fresh arrivals around 50 000 head. Buyers paid 8 75 to 9 10 for choice hogs while most good packing hogs sold under 9 dollars. cattle and sheep also eased with many grades off a quarter to a half dollar. Total cattle receipts 31 300. steers and cows mostly steady to weak. Fat lambs near steady with plainer lots weaker.
U S Department of Agriculture notes hog receipts 50 000 head with mixed prices by weight from 7 25 to 9 10. Cattle receipts 13 000 head show slow fat steer and stock trade with prices 12 00 to 18 00, bulls scarce. Sheep receipts 23 000 head with steady to higher demand for choice lambs up to 14 15 and bulk lambs around 13 75 to 14 00.
Hog receipts total 5 500 head market steady to strong with top shippers and packers at 8 60 per cwt for 225 to 260 pounds. Cattle receipts 2 500 head with beef steers steady to strong and weights up. Veal top at 13 50. Sheep receipts 2 000 head lambs slow to 2 iele lower with best wool lambs around 13 25.
South St. Paul Minn December 1 AP US Department of Agriculture reports cattle receipts 4500 head strong market on all killing classes. with prices for grass steers light weights at 10.65, fed offerings up to 12.00 or more, cows 4.75 to 5.25, bulls 7.00 and down, stockers and feeders 8.00 to 9.25. Calves receipts 2000 steady at 11.25 to 11.50 for good lights. Hogs receipts 18000 best bids 8.25, late 7.25 to 7.75. pigs steady around 7.54 cost, 8.32 weight 205. Sheep receipts 2500 packers bidding 50c lower on fat lambs around 13.75, culls 9.50 to 10.00, sheep steady with fat ewes 6.50.
The Agriculture Department notes hog receipts at Omaha Nevada on December 1 totaling 6 590 head. Prices eased 5 to 10 cents from Wednesday with tops at 8.75 and butchers 8.50 to 8.65. Lights 8.00 to 8.50 and packing sows largely 7.25 to 7.59.
Cattle receipts near 25 7 000 head with slaughter steers and feeders showed weakness and grain-fed cattle limited. Sheep and lambs quoted lower with bulk wool lambs around 13.00 to 13.35 and feeding lambs about 13.00, while vealers traded up to 13.00.
Receipts show 12 500 hogs slow to decline 10 cents with top at 9.00 and various weights from 8.15 to 8.85. Cattle receipts 2 000 calves 1 000 mostly lower with steers scarce top 15.50, most cows 6.50 to 7.75 and heavy cows to 19.00. Sheep 1 500 receipts steady with lambs 13.50 to 13.75 fat yearlings 11.00 to 11.25 cull lambs 9.00 fat ewes 5.00 to 6.00.
Receipts: hogs 5500 active market, top $8.60, pigs $8.40–8.60 for 200–340 lb, sows $7.00–7.50, light weights $7.75. Cattle: calves 1800, most killing classes steady, heifers $10.00–11.00, cutters $5.35–6.00, bulls $6.50–7.00, veal top $14.00. Sheep: 2500 head fat lambs $12.75–13.25, fat ewes up to $6.75, western woolly sains bid down 15–25c.
Sioux City market data from December 1 shows cattle receipts at 2,500 with steady to slow demand across classes. Hogs total 5,500 with openings 10 to 15 cents lower and a closing steady. vealers and other categories listed with price ranges. Keep-Receipts stand at 2,500 with prospects steady.
Peoria Ill December 1 livestock receipts show hogs 15 cents lower with top at 8.75 and bulk around 8.40 to 8.75. Cattle receipts total 200 head with market conditions noted.
In New York on December 1, trading was unsettled with GM shares wavering after Ford pricing news. Some railroads and independent motors gained strength while Nash rose 3 points. Midland Steel products preferred fell 7.5 and Dupont slipped to 316 after ex-dividend. Call loan renewals held at 4 percent.
New York December 1 Bond market showed firm price movements with easy money driving activity. Railway liens led domestic issues. Erie 5s and 4s Great Northern 4s and New Haven 6s remained in demand. Southwestern Bell Telephone 6s rose to a yearly high. Columbia Gas Electric 5s steady near peak. Some industrials like American Sugar Refining 6s and Standard Oil of New York 4s eased on profit taking. Foreign issues quiet. Third Liberty 4s firm.
Classified ad notes a partly modern six room house for rent with contact phone 1136 W listed for inquiry.
Chicago brokers with eastern ties led a rise in wheat values as May contracts gained ground amid stronger export demand to North America and Europe totaling 500000 bushels. Wheat closed unsettled 1 3 4 to 1 4 higher, corn up 1 1 8 to 1 1 2, oats up 1 1 4 to 1 3 4, provisions steady to up 32 cents.
Chicago prices for wheat corn oats and related grades show No 2 hard wheat at 1 30 to 1 32 per bushel. Corn prices range from 77 to 90 cents for various mixed and yellow varieties with several years old and sample grades listed. Oats prices list No 1 white at 55 cents and No 2 white around 53 to 54 cents with other white grades between 50 and 52 cents.
Fresh poultry and eggs prices from Swift & Co and Iowa Poultry Farm. Hens 4 lbs+ 13 17c, springs under 4 lbs 15 15c, Leghorns and blacks 14 14c, cocks 10c. Eggs and other poultry quotes listed. Hog quotations daily by 3. P. Squire Co. Good butchers 304 lb at 8.00, 200–250 lb at 8.00–8.35, 180–200 lb at 7.65–7.90, 250–300 lb at 7.25, heavy packers 7.00.
Butter receipts 4,934 tubs with creamery extras at 49% to 42% averages. eggs unchanged with 4,859 cases. poultry steady with fowls 22 to 28 cents and ducks 2 cents. potatoes on track 394 cars with slow demand and few sales. regional prices listed for Wisconsin Minnesota North Dakota Idaho with varied russets and round whites. December January butter storage and egg refrigerator standards noted.
New York market notes show butter steady with 5366 tabs received. Eggs firmer with 9943 cases received. Fresh gathered eggs priced from 46 51 cents for extra firsts to 41 45 cents for firsts. storage eggs range 29 33 cents for seconds to firsts. Cheese firm with 42903 pounds received.
New York December 1 AP Live Poultry price report shows broilers steady when shipped by express service at 35 cents per pound. Market conditions remain stable with demand holding.
New York sugar markets show Raza steady and unchanged at 4. Cuban sugar duties paid. Refined sugar ore prices listed from 6.60 to 5.80 for fine granulated grades.
Minneapolis market report lists freight and commodity figures with carload patents and barley barrels. Cotton sacks price per barrel noted, with 41 191 barrels shipped and bran price at 20.00 dollars, 29.59 per unit.
California Cross-bred Shorthorn-Angus steers champion sold for 2.35 a pound to New City Packing Chicago. The steer weighed 1055 pounds and was entered by the University of California. Iowa maintains lead with champions as Iowa Illinois and Canada win numerous awards at the International Livestock Exposition.
Iowa buttermakers swept top honors at the National Creamery Buttermakers Association convention. Iowa led the fresh butter contest with a 94.7303 score and an average of 4.95. Floyd Sires and F P Gernard tied for grand sweepstake at 94.36, with Fred Rucker top individual in the fresh butter contest. Medals went to R C Wilson J J Boland and Otto A Harms for the cold storage contest. Prof M Mortensen of Iowa State spoke at sessions in Ames.
The Lions Club volleyball team defeated Downey's Boosters in straight sets 15-12 15-13 at the YMCA gym on Wednesday night. The Sweetland indoor baseball team won a forfeit decision from the De Molays.
Announcement from the United States Naval Academy reports FE J Burke of Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania elected captain of Navy football for 1928. Burke has played guard on the Navy squad for two years. Also noted is a bishop from Lichfield England who has never attended a motion picture theatre.
A notice in Muscatine County Iowa announces the probate hearing for Lenora E. Faulkner dated November 23 1927 with court action set for December 1 1927. Also recorded is the incorporation of Muscatine Implement Company under Iowa Code Chapter 384 with principal office in Muscatine.
The document outlines incorporation of the Muscatine Implement Company with capital stock of 100 dollars per share and stockholders liable only to their cash value. It sets a three-director board elected annually, officers including president vice president secretary and treasurer, and a twenty year corporate term from 1927 unless dissolved by two thirds vote.
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