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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1933
Page
9
In Chicago the livestock market moved higher as producers set aside receipts to stabilize prices. Hogs led gains with bids around $3.40 for light hogs, while cattle and sheep receipts were down and demand for dressed meat remained soft amid mild weather and weak consumer purchasing power.
Combined hog receipts across 25 concentration yards and seven plants in interior Iowa and southern Minnesota for the 24 hour period ended at 8 am show 27,400 head sold, down from 28,500 last week and 33,800 a year ago. Prices rise 5 to 10 cents with active trading and improved hauling. Various weight classes range from 2.40 to 2.90 per pound for light to light heavy hogs, with sows quoted from 1.29 to 2.30.
The Associated Press reports varying hog prices in Iowa markets. Mason City best sorted lights 140 to 230 lbs $2.70. 230 to 260 lbs $2.60. 260 to 310 lbs $2.50. prime heavy 310 to 350 lbs $2.20. sows 0 to 400 lbs $2.00. Ottumwa listings show 140 to 160 lbs $1.65 to 2.55, 180 to 220 lbs $2.75, up to 350 lbs $2.00, packers $1.80 to $1.06. Waterloo prime hogs 189 to 230 lbs $2.40 to $2.70. 230 to 250 lbs $2.350. 280 to 320 lbs $2.16 to $2.35. Cedar Rapids frame hogs 160 to 330 lbs $2.65, 240 to 260 lbs $2.60, 260 to 320 lbs $2.20 to $3.30, up to 350 lbs $1.90, 409 to 450 lbs $1.50. Des Moines region says 120 to 179 lbs $2.00, 170 to 300 lbs $2.40 to $2.70, 310 to 400 lbs $2.10 to $2.40, good packers $1.80 to $2.08.
Receipts mix shows hog numbers near 130,000 direct with most regions 10c higher than yesterday. packing sows steady to 10c higher. Prices listed across weight classes, top hogs at $3.40, light and heavy categories noted. Cattle demand softer. steer and yearling trade down 25c, slaughter cattle and feeders easing across weights. cows and bulls priced, with wide ranges and averages cited.
Local grocers quot e eggs 14 cents and poultry hens 7 to 10 cents. Hog quotes range from 2.30 to 3.60 per hundredweight with various weights and sows noted. Cattle and calves seen steady with top beef prices near 7 dollars. sheep receipts around 5 dollars plus for feeding lambs and ewes. Omaha area hogs receipts 9,500 head with mixed movement and steady to higher values. Peoria hogs up 10 to 15 cents. cattle steady. calves top at 7.00.
Minneapolis Minn AP flour quotations show no change with 18,864 barrels for Pure Bran and Standard Sidetinee priced at 8.00 to 28.59 across markets.
Prices edged forward in late trading with many shares up 1 to 2 points. Notable gainers include Allied Chemical, Air Reduction, Santa Fe, Case, Eastman, and Union Pacific. Other advances included American Telephone, U S Steel, American Tobacco B, Dupont, International Harvester, Liggett Myers B, New York Central, Westinghouse Electric, and United Aircraft. Lam bert declined about 1. About 600 000 shares changed hands.
In Seattle two men stripped a moving street car of bulbs fixtures and handgrips before escaping. In Escanaba two fishermen buried the past as they fished through ice. one was Judge Frank A. Bell. In St Paul election returns arrive slowly with one precinct in the north woods never reporting any votes from about 25 voters.
Wheat rose to a weekly high in Chicago trading as Kansas Nebraska and Pacific northwest crop reports turned unfavorable. Unofficial talks that US spring wheat yields may be over estimated supported gains with May, July futures up and corn and oats also advancing.
Wheat prices show no sales while corn futures list No 3 mixed and No 4 mixed at various cents per bushel. Timothy seed sells at 2.25 to 2.50 per cwt and clover seed at 6.50 to 8.75 per cwt as Chicago Grain and Market notes report.
Minneapolis grain market notes receipts 155 cars from 55 years ago. Cash quotes show No 3 northern 48.5 to 49.5 cents per bushel and No 1 dark northern around 52 to 55 cents with various protein percentages. No 1 amber durum and No 2 amber durum priced around 42 to 55 cents. May around mid 40s. oats No 3 white 14 to 15 cents. rye No 2 around 31 to 33 cents. flax No 1 at about 1.14. Sweet Clover Seed offered near 2.25 to 2.50.
Peoria Illinois Til ap AP cash corn receipts show 33 cars unchanged with No 3 yellow at 21 cents. Car receipts remain light for white corn with No 2 white at 15 to 15 1 2 cents nominal.
Chicago markets show firm live poultry and butter receipts with varied prices. Hens, Leghorn chickens, and broilers range around 9 to 15 cents. dressed turkeys hold firm. Butter and eggs display firmer tones with higher creamery and storage prices. potatoes and cheese receipts indicate steady to moderate demand with liberal supplies.
In New York the bond market showed renewed uncertainty with prices hovering in a highly irregular range. Government securities and most domestic and foreign issues struggled to gain footing as the market absorbed new securities slowly, reflecting a tentative 1952 activity pattern.
Fragmentary financial clipping lists percentages and company abbreviations such as Gillette 17 percent and NYNH&H 145 percent, with other entries like Nash 14 percent and Phillips. The text appears as scattered market shorthand without complete context or coherent narrative.
In Des Moines AP report two bills shifting county Farm Bureau aid were moved to the house hopper. One by Rep. Malone would make aid optional and cut appropriations by about 50 percent, requiring a petition from at least half the farmers. The other by Rep. Gill would repeal county Farm Bureau aid.
The article notes Halley’s Comet with a much larger head than Earth and records a May 5 1910 tail length of 37 000 000 miles. It then shifts to a legal notice in Muscatine County Iowa. The District Court hears the application by L A Andrew state banking official to sell Nichols Savings Bank real estate in Conesville and schedules a hearing for January 26 1933 at 10 a m with objections due prior.
A legal notices page lists a sheriff sale under special execution against George Angeret and Margaret Angeret with Iowa State Bank of West Liberty as involved parties. It details property in townships 78N 4W and related parcels and sets sale for February 20 1933 at the Muscatine court house.
Multiple classified items listed for sale or swap including a span of mules, team horses, truck tires, used lumber, a bungalow and farm or city property swap offers. Also hay, terrier pups, an electric sweeper, a Fordson tractor and Dodge truck with various contact details.
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