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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1930
Page
8
Hogs climbed to higher levels amid sizable receipts. Chicago shipments included 33,000 head with early bids of 8.20 to 8.40. Des Moines combined hogs at 17,000 from interior yards and packing plants with prices generally 19 to 30 cents higher, weights ranging 140 to 350 pounds and sow values around 6.60 to 7.40.
Local grain prices average with lower markets while hog quotations from Muscatine IA show good hogs at 7.40 to 7.90 for various weights. Poultry prices range heavy hens 14 cents and light hens 10 cents. Chicago corn drops about 2 cents as supplies rise. wheat and oats fall slightly or hold, livestock futures steady with minor changes.
Associated Press lists today prices from Cedar Rapids Des Moines Mason City Ottumwa and Waterloo with prime hogs averaging around 7 50 to 7 90 per hundredweight and various categories for lights mediums heavies packers and sows across markets. Receipts in Des Moines total 1700 head with prime lights priced at 7 50 and good packers at 6 25 to 6 40.
Hog receipts mostly steady to higher with top choices 170 to 250 lbs at 4.30 to 4.50. Sows light to heavy fetch 8.25 to 8.50. heavy weights 8.15 to 8.50. Cattle receipts 12,000 head. calves 2,000. Steers and yearlings steady while medium to good light heifers and yearlings weaker. Slaughter cattle and feeders show varied ranges from 6.50 to 15.75 depending on weight and grade. Sheep receipts 23,000 head with fat lambs weak to 25 cents lower. best lambs 7.75 to 8.29, some higher. feeders above 7.25. Continuous market spreads and price brackets across grades and weights.
South St. Paul Minn AP reports cattle receipts 2000 head with slow trade and weakness outside higher grades. Calves 3000 head dealers steady with good and choice at 8.50 to 11.00. hogs 16000 head fairly active 15 to 25 cents higher with top at 8.00. sheep receipts minimal with late sales around 7.75 to 8.00 and weak bids on lower sorts.
Kansas City Missouri Dept of Agriculture reports cattle and hog prices with receipts. Hogs top 8.20 per 100 pounds for various weight ranges. sows 275 to 500 pounds 6.65 to 7.60. Cattle receipts 5,500 head with yearlings to 13.60 and cows 4.00 to 9.25. vealers 4.00 to 10.50. Sheep receipts 7,000 head with native lambs 4.75 to 7.75 and feeder lambs 6.00 to 6.75.
U S Department of Agriculture notes receipts of hogs at 6500 head with prices from 7 75 to 8 20 for various weights and mostly higher. Cattle receipts total 1800 with calves 400. steady tone indicated for butcher heifers cows bulls and vealers with feeders steady. Sheep receipts 2000 head with lambs weak to 15 cents lower and buyers showing resistance on natives while fat lambs hold around 7 50 to 7 60.
Cattle receipts 2 500 head calves 300 held killing classes steady stockers and feeders firm. Hogs receipts 7 500 head active prices up with early bulk 36 to 290 lb averages around 8.00. Sheep receipts 7 500 head fat lambs steady to slightly lower with best around 7.75. feeding lambs steady to strong. aged sheep steady.
Receipts and prices show hogs active with higher spots and assorted weights from 140 to 350 pounds trading around 8.20 to 8.57 per hundredweight. Cattle and calves also steady with several steer and veal ranges noted. hogs and sows strong, packing sows and pigs listed with varied weights and prices.
The Chicago AP market summary lists wheat and corn prices by grade with No 1 hard wheat at 79, No 2 mixed corn around 76 to 78 cents, No 4 mixed 73 to 74 cents, and other wheat and corn grades shown. Oats No 1 white at 37 to 37.5 cents, timothy seed at 18.00 to 8.50 dollars, and clover seed at 15.00 to 22.75 dollars.
Wheat receipts stood at 84 cars versus 87 last year as prices eased. Cash bids listed No 1 northern and No 1 dark northern at 12 13 14 15 percent. No 1 amber durum around 73 78 cents. No 1 red durum near 68 69 cents. Dec at 76 46, Mar 72 78, May 74 74. Corn 70 72 cents for No 8 yellow. Oats No 3 white 33 to 34 cents. Barley 39 57 cents. Rye No 1 45 to 48 5 cents. Flax No 1 1.65 to 1.71 dollars.
Chicago market report shows poultry receipts across four cars and 30 trucks with steady demand. Fowls fetch 20 cents, springs 18 cents, roosters 15 cents, turkeys 23 cents, ducks 16 cents, geese 14 cents. Butter receipts 6552 tubs steady with price unchanged. Egg receipts 5344 cases weak with extra firsts 31 or 32 cents, fresh graded firsts 29 or 30 cents, fresh current 26 or 21 cents, ordinary current 22 cents.
Receipts show cattle grades and prices for cows bulls vealers and stockers with weights and ranges. Vealers milkted and culls listed along with stocker feeder figures. sheep opening steady with lambs ewes and culls priced across weights.
Omaha Neb AP U S Department of Agriculture reports hog receipts 61 percent head very active with top 8.20 on 260 lb butchers and most 8.00 to 8.15. cattle receipts 5,500 head slow to steady with fed steers 9.00 to 11.00 and vealers 9.06. sheep receipts 13,000 head lambs 25 cents lower with feeders steady and ewes to 3.80.
AP market notes from Peoria show hog receipts around 3,000 head with prices 10 to 15 cents higher. top hog price at 8.25 and bulk sales near that level. Cattle receipts about 200 head with bids around 8.00.
Summary of potato trading activity with 44 cars on track and 291 total shipments. Prices show Wisconsin and Minnesota round whites mainly around 1.35 to 1.50 per cwt, Idaho russets No 1 at 1.75 to 1.90, No 2 around 1.30 to 1.40, and Colorado McClures branded near 1.70 to 1.80. Futures include eggs refrigerators and storage standards for December and January.
Egg receipts total 18 973 cases with mixed colors and grades. Prices range from 23 25c for refrigerator extra first to 17 19c for medium grades. butter receipts total 7 543 tubs with creamery prices around 38 38 4c and 31 for various quality levels. poultry figures include nearby hennery whites and Pacific coast white with price points listed.
Kansas City market notes show Butterfat at 27 cents, poultry hens 11 to 15 cents, springs 17 cents, and other produce unchanged. Stiggs 36 appears as a market shorthand.
New York poultry prices show dressed steady while live birds are irregular. Chickens by freight sell at 17 to 21 cents, by express 17 to 25 cents, broilers by freight 26 cents, express 27 cents. fowls 20 to 26 cents, turkeys 20 to 30 cents by freight, 25 to 30 cents by express. ducks 18 cents by freight, 25 cents by express.
AP reports mixed moves across markets with eggs down 4 cents in St. Louis and spring chickens easing 2 cents. Kansas City hay receipts show 25 cars unchanged, while New York raw sugar holds at 342 with futures down up to 3 points. Chicago hay receipts stay steady and St. Louis hay market remains unchanged.
The New York market drifted lower as molasses-like liquidations appeared. After an initial slump the list recovered briefly before extended selling in the early afternoon caused modest declines. Credit conditions stayed steady with call money at 2 percent.
The bond market was steady with minor variations as foreign governments remained active and kept gains, while domestics stayed quiet but firm. No new offerings appeared today, yet Toledo Light and Power is expected to offer 35 million dollars in two year 5 percent notes soon.
The board of supervisors accepted bargain bids for clearing about 35 acres of Cedar bottom land near bridges. Wilbur Steckman won the contract at 2.75 dollars per acre and plans to begin work immediately. The board also reviewed warrants and accepted the resignation of George Sauer as Sweetland township trustee effective December 31. County auditor-elect Kenneth Coder met with the board to prepare for taking office January 1.
A committee outlines changes to the Welfare Board bylaws creating a 23 member board with 3 supervisor representatives and 18 elected directors. Terms would be staggered and officers elected from within the directorate to improve efficiency. The plan aims to reduce the previously large, underused board and streamline governance.
President Hoover argues against extending tax reductions and warns Congress about the 1932 budget. He says deficits can be covered by drawing on the general fund and possible temporary borrowing, citing 11 years of surpluses and proposed emergency spending to curb unemployment and drought. He asserts a balanced 1932 budget is achievable without new large ventures.
The board accepted terms and dismissed the action this morning under Judge W. R. Maines. Varner company of Dubuque won a ~$2800 bid to replace five six inch wells with five eight inch wells at the water plant. Townsend of Hall Electric outlined home electric heating with a 52 gallon boiler and off peak usage for Muscatine.
Cedar county north of West Liberty reports the death of one pioneer woman. She married C E Buckman on February 22 1872 and moved with him to a farm northeast of West Liberty later retiring to West Liberty in 1901. She is survived by three children Emmet Buckman of West Liberty Harry Buckman of Ithaca New York and Eva Buckman at home two sisters Mrs A H Floyd of Lodi California and Mrs Phoebe McAninch of Tonkawa Oklahoma and a brother M W Walter of Liberty Missouri.
Muscatine high school hosts a dramatic declamatory contest in the high school auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Contestants include John Haefner with The Hundredth Trick, Charlies Rich with His Doctor, Edward Freers with Dikkon's Dogs, Charles Baker with How the Church Was Built at Kehoes Bar, Edgar Hetzler with Twelve Young Gideons, Dale Foster with How the La Rue Stakes Were Lost, and George Moore with Moonshine. A three place win will form the school’s dramatic team.
Music Training School conducted at Marengo and Waterloo on Thursday with Miss Helen Putnam. Four-HQ club leaders and county committee members will receive instruction on "Clothing" at the courthouse starting at 10 o'clock. Earlier, Moscow township women held a training session at Mrs Ed Rexroth’s home focusing on diet for the pre school child. Fruitland township women also met Tuesday afternoon at Mrs O L Taylor’s home for the first nutrition project lesson.
Viola Mach of Tabor South Dakota, 18, crowned national Four-H girl sewing champion. John Eichorn from Malcolm Iowa, 17, won blue ribbon health. Previous winners include Alice Burkhardt and Alberta Hoppe. Syndergaard, from Dike, Iowa, secures state title with 99.4 score.
President's plan draws mixed reactions in Congress with Democrats demanding details on funding use while Republicans show cautious support. Garner and Burns urge clarity and accountability. Wood and Tilson voice tentative approval as Brookhart and Kvale critique agricultural relief and tone.
Burton Kauffman of Joy died from burns after an explosion while starting a fire with gasoline mistaken for kerosene at a home near Aledo. Born Feb 12 1908 on a Columbus Junction area farm, he moved to Joy with his parents. Survived by his parents sister Dorothy Craiger and brothers Milton Arthur. Funeral plans set for Joy and Columbus City with burial in Columbus City cemetery.
Herman Trelle of Wembley Alberta captured the grand wheat championship at the International Livestock show, winning with hard red spring wheat. He previously won the prize in 1926.
President Hoover faces a stormy path for emergency unemployment aid while drought relief bills gain support. Senate leaders back a seed and feed loan fund of 60 million dollars as nominations loom and Muscle Shoals fate remains debated. In Washington, a poultry exhibit in Chicago features a goose in evening dress as a local note.
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