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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1933
Page
11
Hogs rise 20 to 40 cents in brisk opening week as 16,000 of 17,000 head head to packing houses. Trade steady to a dime lower with top at 3.30, only 1,000 carried over. Packers booked 60,000 directs for the week while cattle and sheep remained mostly nominal. cattle down 25 to 50 cents, fat lambs up about 50 cents.
Combined hog receipts across interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 2¢-hear period ended 8 a m showed 40.50 per cwt versus 29,200 a week and about 12,000 a year ago. Quotes cover 140 to 550 lb ranges with prices from about 1.55 to 2.80 per cwt, note weight classes and exclusions for spring point wetants and excessive weight shrinkage.
Hog price reports from Mason City Ottumwa Waterloo Cedar Rapids Des Moines show varied quotes across weight ranges. Prices range from about 1.50 to 2.60 per pound with classifications for prime good packers and fair packers noted in several cities.
Receipts 5,009 head with cattle steady to mixed, heavy steers strong, medium weights steady to 25 cents lower after early declines. Fat cows and bulls mostly lower. top cattle around $6.25 average and $1400 weights. Fat lambs higher, hogs steady to lower with mixed direct sales, sow prices 2.30 to 2.50.
Omaha cattle and sheep receipts totaled 275 head with alves noted. Fed steers and yearlings showed uneven changes. weighty steers fell 25 to 40 cents. Bulk prices for the week ranged from 3.75 to 4.75 for fed cattle, with heifers around 3.25 to 4.50 and stockers 3.50 to 4.75. Lambs and feeder prices varied, with top figures near 5.25 for fed lambs and 4.75 to 5.15 for fed yearlings. continuous market shifts noted amid a generally steady to lower trend.
Market notes show live poultry buyers listing hens at 5 to 8 cents and old roosters at 3 cents, with springs at 4 to 7 cents. Hog prices range from 2.25 to 2.70 for 100 to 140 pounds, rising to 2.75 for 150 to 170 pounds, and up to 2.65 for heavier weights amid varied packer bids. Chicago market reports pork and cattle receipts with weekly hog forecasts and wheat futures advances on strong buying.
Chicago cash grain markets show No 2 red wheat at 4.94 to 4.44 per bushel with some wheats and mixed corn quotes. No 3 yellow corn at 25 to 40 cents, No 4 yellow 23 70 cents, No 6 yellow 2 1/4 cents. Barley 26 36 cents, Timothy seed 32.25 to 92.50 per cwt, Clover seed 5.50 to 65.50 per cwt, Lard 4.70, Louse 4.20, Bellies listed.
Minneapolis grain activity shows receipts at 66 cars, higher than the 43 cars a year earlier, with cash bids listed for northern and dark northern wheat in various protein and maturity grades, including No 1 dark hard Montana and amber durum, and several durum and oat classes. Prices quoted for May and July delivery.
New York AP reports mixed trading in eggs and butter receipts with 12 709 cases of eggs and 5 628 tubs of butter. Prices show varying scores and packaging terms with unsettled live poultry and broilers info.
AP dispatch reports poultry live receipts from 13 trucks steady with prices unchanged for dressed turkeys. Butter creamery specials and other dairy items listed with varying scores and prices. Eggs futures and butter storage standards noted with February figures.
In Minneapolis Minnesota AP notes flour prices per barrel at 4.15 to 4.05 with 98 pound cotton sacks. Shipments total 27 618 barrels. Prices listed for Pure Bran 8.50 to 9.00 and Standard Middlings 7.0 to 8.0.
The New York Stock Exchange and numerous other security exchanges halted trading today to honor former President Calvin Coolidge, reflecting national mourning and a period of pause in financial activity.
U S Department of Agriculture report for the week ending January 5 1933 notes weighty steers and heavy bullocks down 25c to 1.00, lighter cattle varied. Hogs up 19 to 15c with demand improving, pork demand broader. Sheep fat lambs higher 25 to 35c with good to choice weights showing gains and shipments edging up.
A Montreal Star quip notes an actor telling a director to place him on the salary list as other firms circle him. He cites three suitors the electric light company, the gas company, and the telephone company, highlighting the lure of steady pay.
A humorous exchange features a parson famed for long sermons asking why someone was absent from church. The reply cites rain, while the parson notes it is dry inside, prompting a witty retort.
A civic letter questions the current system and argues for technocracy as a solution. It highlights unemployment, bank failures, federal debt, and calls for equality of rights and energy-based jobs while critiquing Insull and Krueger. It ends with a lost coin purse notice.
A series of swap offers from Iowa and nearby towns including Nichols Wilton Junction and West Liberty. Items range from animals and farming gear to phonograph, quilts, hay, and a chinchilla coat offered in exchange for various farm or livestock goods. Multiple homeowners listed with contact numbers.
Official notice before the Board of Railroad Commissioners to Citizens of Muscatine County announcing a petition to obtain a permit to construct. The notice outlines the hearing or filing process required by the commission.
The Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America filed with Iowa's Board of Railroad Commissioners to construct maintain and operate a gas line over and across public highways lands and streams. The project starts fifty feet north and 1970 feet east of the southwest corner of section 17 township 76 range 3 and runs on private right of way on a 45 degree south course.
The sale lists feeder cattle and cows including springers and fresh stock, extra good feeding shores, three Poland China boars, and 600 bushels of corn. Sears hardware returns with harness sets and parts, plus onions chickens roofing and lumber. Buyers are drawn from a wide area.
The Board of Railroad Commissioners in Des Moines sets a hearing for January 17 1933 at 10 a m on a petition to permit a route 868 feet long along a county line in Muscatine County Iowa. Objections must be in writing in triplicate five days prior and an objector should be represented at the hearing with full authority.
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