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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1948
Page
10
Hog prices fell with butchers down 1.00 to 1.50 per hundredweight and sows weaker by up to 1.00, while cattle and calf values showed mixed movements. USDA figures note salable hogs at 9,000 and total 13,000 with declines across weights. cattle numbers and prices varied, vealers and steers showing gains, cows softer, and sheep markets steady to lower in regionwide reports.
On October 5 USDA data indicate 99 arrivals and 360 on track with total U.S. shipments at 1,069. Supplies are moderate and demand light as prices range Idaho Russet Bur banks 3.35 to 3.50, Red River Valley Bliss Triumphs 2.85, Wisconsin Bliss Triumphs 2.75 to 2.90, and chip pewas 2.35.
Chicago markets show unsettled live poultry receipts at 36 trucks with prices steady to slightly lower by 1 cent. Butter remains firm with large receipts and varied AA to C grade prices, while eggs stay firm with extensive grade and receipt data. Exes rise up to 3 cents a dozen as standards and current receipts vary by grade.
New York bonds opened unevenly lower with light volume. Bethlehem Steel 2s Central of Georgia 4s Manati Sugar 4s and Texas and New Orleans 3 4s rose early while Frisco 4s Susquehanna refunding 5s Ontario and Western refunding 4s and Mohawk and Malone 4s fell by day’s end.
Hogs salable 6,000 with prices $1 to $1.50 lower for butchers and sows. good to choice 180 to 270 lb barrows $23 to $24 with top near $24.25. Cattle salable 5,500 with calves 300. slaughter classes slow, steady to easier. top fed steers around $37.50, cows $17.75 to $20, stockers $24.50 to $27. Sheep 4,590 very slow. fat lambs priced above $24 for natives, westerns around $24. slaughter ewes weak to 25c lower, feeding lamb bids down.
Wholesale butter prices stay firm at 92 and 90 scores with bulk carton quotes. Creamery butter grades AA to C show varied cents per pound, tubs generally fetch a premium to bulk carton price. Cheese remains steady at 21 25. Eggs quoted by size and color with ranges from 18 to 68 cents for Midwestern fancy heavies to dirties 42 to 43 cents.
Wheat prices listed for No 1 red and No 1 hard dark. Corn values shown for Old and New yellow grades across several numbers. Oats and barley ranges noted with heavy, white, and seed varieties. Field seeds and timothy values included. soybeans reported as none.
By virtue of an execution from the District Court of Muscatine County Iowa the goods and chattels of Freddie L Taylor and La reta Taylor husband and wife are to be sold under the order of the Clerk of the District Court.
FOR SALE-1926 Chevrolet standard 4-door sedan. Above average. Radio and heater. 1104 New Hampshire. FOR SALE-1959 Chevrolet coupe. New paint. Tires OK. Reasonable. Les Knouse, Lake Park Blvd. Phone 3424-W. FOR SALE-1936 coupe. A-1 condition. Priced to sell. Clark's Standard Service. 103 Grandview Ave. FOR SALE-1942 Pontiac sedan. Heater and radio. Good condition. Phone 2429-W or see at 300 Fletcher. FOR SALE-Model A Ford 1930 Tudor. Reconditioned motor. Virgil Wiele, Grandview, Iowa. FOR SALE-1934 4-door Pontiac, 1930 Model A coupe. 511 Main. FOR SALE-Good 1935 Chevrolet 2door sedan. Phone 3262-W. FOR SALE-Model T Ford. Extra tires. Phone 1071 or 1124 Mulberry.
A 1936 Ford Coach with Iowa license Té 5053 and motor 2306541 will be sold Thursday October 21 1948 at the George O Schmidt Garage 325 West Front Street Muscatine Iowa to satisfy an execution in favor of P H Barloon dba State Adjustment Company Sale starts 9 a m ends 4 p m at 10 a m Muscatine Iowa September 27 1948.
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