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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1933
Page
9
Hog prices rose 10 to 20 cents as receipts tapered and buyers entered the second session of the year. The day’s run was 7,000 head below estimates, with heavy hogs leading gains and the top at 3.20. Cattle and sheep markets were mixed with cattle slow and weak while lambs and fat ewes showed mixed demand.
AP reports Peoria Illinois hog market receipts at 4 009 head with prices 10 to 15 cents higher. top at 3 05 and bulk sales 2 75 to 4 00. Cattle receipts around 200 head and calves 200 head with limited demand and no recorded top price.
Hog price quotes from Iowa markets list ranges by pounds and packer status. Places include Mazon City Ottumwa Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines with per hundredweight figures across weight brackets and quality grades.
Combined hog receipts across 25 concentration yards and 7 packing plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota totaled 50,400 for the 72 hour period ending 8 a.m. today, down from last week and up from last year. Quotes by weight: light 140–160 lbs 2.25–2.70. 160–180 lbs 2.40–2.75. 180–200 lbs 2.50–2.75. 200–220 lbs 2.50–2.79. 220–250 lbs 2.40–2.70. 250–290 lbs 2.20–2.60. 290–350 lbs 2.00–2.45. sows 275–350 lbs 1.75–2.10. 350–425 lbs 1.65–2.00. 425–559 lbs 1.40. Prices based on bulk deals. heavy shipments show weight shrinkage above or below quoted ranges. Hogs bought on single price and long-haul terms excluded from quotations.
U S Dept of Agriculture reports 18 000 hogs with active trading and gains of 10 to 20 cents per head. Heavies lead gains while weights range from 150 to 359 pounds with top hogs near 3 20. Cattle and calves in slow, weak market with few outsized offerings, steady for strictly choice steers and heifers. slaughter cattle vary by weight.
Local grocers and markets pay 24 cents for poultry. Hens and roosters priced from 3 to 8 cents, springs 4 to 7 cents. Hog quotes daily from J P Squire Co Muscatine. various weights range from $1.60 to $2.55. Sheep and lamb values noted. receipts 11,000 head. best fed lambs around $6.00, ewes and cull stock listed with multiple weight-based prices.
Hogs receipts 9 head with daily top at 32.75 for 140 to 300 pounds. 200 to 350 pounds mostly 2.50 to 2.50. Cattle receipts 4,509 head with slow early action. feeders scarce. fed steers and yearlings 3.03 to 5.50. beef cows 2.00 to 2.75. Sheep receipts 3,000 head with killing classes up 25 cents. fed woolled lambs 5.25 to 5.40. natives 5.25. light ewes to 2.15.
New York reports an upward trend in bond markets as high grade domestic utilities and German obligations gain. Freight car loading for the week ended December 24 aligns with expectations while gilt edged bonds reach new highs. American Telephone and New Jersey Power lead gains, rail liens show pressure with several railroad stocks slipping.
A long OCR listing outlines NBC radio program times from morning to late evening with various shows including Morning Glee Club Flying Fingers and Westminster Choir plus band concerts and weather forecasts across the day. It preserves numerous program titles and host names even with garbled timings and typos.
The listing outlines a dense evening program on WEB 770 Ec.-3394 with multiple musical acts and CBS segments. Highlights include Schlagenhauer's Party at 6:00, Gene and Charlie at 6:15, Flanagan's Sport Review at 6:30, Kruschen Musical Round at 6:45, Correy Lynn's Orch at 7:00, Band of Distinction at 7:15, Charlie Hamp at 7:30, Fun Fest at 7:45, Tempo at 8:00, Mayor's Cabinet at 8:15, Helen O'Reilly with CBS and Ben Pollack's Orch around 8:45, Charlie Straight's Orches at 9:00, and Myrt & Marge at 9:45 with Off the Air Until 12:00 followed by Around the Town with Husk O'Hare's orchestra.
Grain prices rose on liberal curtailment of U.S. wheat supply with gains in most markets. Liverpool wheat closed 3 58 cents above Chicago, the widest premium in over two months as May and July futures moved. Wheat finished unsettled, corn and oats varied, and provision prices rose modestly amid shifting expectations on Kansas wheat acreage abandonment.
Chicago market report shows Wheat No 5 red at 44 to 45 cents. New Corn values range from No 3 mixed at 22 to 23 cents, No 3 yellow at 23% cents, and No 5 white at 29 cents. Old corn and oats prices listed with mixed and white varieties, plus Rye Barley and seed prices for Timothy and Clover.
Minneapolis reports 204 carloads of wheat received this period, up from 28 a year earlier. Prices edge lower with No 1 northern at 43.04% to 43.04% and various protein contents priced around 47 to 49 cents. Durable figures include No 1 hard Montana 14% at 47 to 48 cents and May delivery at 42 cents. Corn No 3 yellow at 19 to 20 cents. Oats No 3 white around 13 cents.
Minneapolis AP notes flour unchanged with carload lots and family patents at about 3.9 to 3.90 per barrel in 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments total 29 515 barrels with Pure Ban around 8.00 to 8.50 and Standard Middlings at 7.00 to 7.50.
Poultry prices steady with hens Leghorn roosters and turkeys listed by category. Butter and eggs show steady receipts and varied grades. potatoes and regional celery trends noted with several price ranges and shipment figures.
AP notes New York market receipts show eggs at 7 925 cases with mixed colors and standards including rehandles and special packs, white eggs with premium marks and mid western offerings, butter receipts at 584 tubs with creamery and scores, dressed poultry steady to firm with chickens and turkeys listed by fresh or frozen prices.
Home from De Kalb Illinois attended a New Year party at J K Mc Kee home with Progressive five hundred at four tables. Communion services at Grace Reform Church. Ladies Aid meeting planned. Neighbors and relatives listed across Mediapolis Bennett Linby and Columbus Junction.
Columbus Junction schools started the week after holiday break with several teachers absent ill including Principal V J Rice and Mrs V J Rice. Miss Helen Stevens domestic science instructor ill at home in Cresco and Miss Irene Alsip junior high teacher with substitute Mrs Millard Chambers of Morning Sun.
The day's list shows varied moves across major issues with several ties or fractional gains. Notable names include AT&T, Chrysler, Gen Motors, Ford, and Standard Oil Ind, reflecting a cautious but active trading atmosphere.
Multiple barter notices from Iowa towns listing swaps for livestock furniture appliances and services. Entries include oil range for brood sows a chair for a rifle white Minorca roosters for pullets a Stradivor Victrola for cattle and various household goods and labor offers with contact details.
Advertisement seeks a reliable young man with foresight fair education and mechanical inclination to train in spare time or evenings as installation and service expert on all types of electric refrigerators. Prefer self supporting or employed candidate ready for interview. Also notices men to chop wood with phone 1916 Y.
Lost white female hound named Queen with brown ears and black spots. Contact 1961-21. Lost gent’s brown grip. reward offered. call 439-J. Lost lady’s black capeskin glove. contact 2618. Lost lady’s wristwatch. reward offered. tel 1687-W.
A jumble of rental ads offers furnished and unfurnished apartments and houses with various amenities and phone numbers. Multiple listings include cottages, modern houses, 3 or 4 room units, a dairy farm, and garages. The page also notes female help wanted and two girls to sell candy for H. Journal.
Stated communications announce installations at Triune Lodge No. 641 on January 5 1933 at 7 30 p m and at Iowa Lodge No. 2 on January 3 1933 with all Masons welcome. Per order W M
We thank neighbors and friends for expressions of sympathy during the bereavement of our wife and mother. Grateful for pallbearers, singers, the minister Rev. Haefner, car donors, and all who helped, from Henry Hird Geo v Hila and family.
Rawleigh Co. seeks hustlers to cover 800 consumers in South Cedar, North Washington counties and West Liberty Wilton areas. Earn from $20 weekly with monthly increases. Apply now Dept IA 56 S Freeport IL.
Washington center Johnny Jackson leads the Little Six scoring race as the season enters its third week. Ottumwa teammates Bernard Black and Harrington trail in second and third place with 16 and 15 points after two league games. Mt Pleasant’s Bill Bentzinger sits fourth after 14 points in a recent upset of Ottumwa.
Veteran baseball figure Kid Gleason died after a protracted sickness. His career spanned player, coach and manager roles with the Chicago White Sox and Philadelphia Athletics. He mentored stars, endured the 1919 World Series scandal fallout, and remained a respected baseball figure until his death.
Iowa aims to extend a four game run as it hosts North Dakota State in Iowa City. Lineup changes due to ineligibility affect Ivan Blackmer and Edward Break. Ohio State thumped Kentucky 46 to 30, while Minnesota beat Nebraska 32 to 22 and Michigan fell to Chicago 31 to 28.
Legendary coach Amos Alonzo Stagg is hospitalized in New York with bronchial pneumonia and influenza complications after attending football meetings. He joked with nurses about past discipline of Max on Chicago teams as he faces treatment from Dr. Rohde.
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