Live Stock Prices at South Omaha January 31 1939
Receipts of cattle and hogs at Omaha Monday totaled 9 000 and 9 500 head with steady to mixed demand. Prices for cattle held steady for desirable steers and yearlings with primes at 11.00 and cows weak. feeders remained active with various cuts ranging from 4.75 to 13 65 for prime sheep and yearlings from 9.50 down. Fat lambs mostly 8.00 and up with aged sheep stronger. hogs fully 10 to 15 cents higher, with sows around 6.50 to 6.65 and weights moved at 7.50 to 7.70 in several lots. Market noted bearish for sheep and lambs while feeding cattle and yearlings showed strength in parts.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Washington and Lincoln anniversaries celebrate patriotic unity
February marks the anniversaries of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. The text honors their roles in founding and preserving democracy, urging fidelity to the Constitution, equal rights, and government by the people over faction. It calls for national unity and the memory of these leaders.
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George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Amercom
Parade of Horses Described With Ages and Weights
A catalog-like list details several horses by color and age. Entries include bay and spotted mares and geldings, some mares in foal, and one mare in foal to a jack, with weights ranging from about 1000 to 2700 pounds.
Guernsey Heifers and Shorthorn Stock Offerings
Auction notice lists Guernsey heifers two years old and roan heifer two years old. Also a Shorthorn bull calf and three Shorthorn yearling heifers. Sale draws interest from local buyers and cattlemen.
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Guernsey
Head of cattle and livestock notes in brief list
A terse livestock report lists a Ray Gelding, 2 years old and weighing 1000, plus a spotted yearling mare, a colt, and a buckskin mule colt.
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South Omaha
Lambs Rangers
Rangers
Washington
Lincoln
By Raymond Pitcairn
FORD
McCormick-Deering
McCormick Deering Farmall
John Deere
McCormick-Deering Tractor
H.p. McCormick
Deering
McCormick
Dempster
Hampshire
Farrow
Concord
Kenneth Samuels
Clyde Hayhurst
CH. B. Shelton
Pathfinder
Shelby Sun
Polk Progress
Polk County
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