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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1924
Page
7
Grain futures show an unsettled tone with limited early trading and modest gains in the front months. December rises around 2.5 cents with a bullish tilt, while other months edge higher on demand and export expectations amid a tense market outlook.
Lamson Bros. reports Sioux futures with varied highs and lows and fractional closes. Receipts list wheat corn oats figures for today and year totals, showing market activity across grains and meats with multiple numeric values.
Lamson Bros. & Co. report grain futures in Sioux City with prices showing highs and lows around 1.39 to 1.37 per unit. Market activity includes fluctuations and varied bid levels as traders watch supply and demand signals.
Grain price listings show bid and ask figures from Minneapolis and Omaha for various cereals and grades. Prices reflect white and yellow corn, mixed grain, hard and soft red winter wheat, and related market codes with several cents per bushel spread across locations and grades.
The readable fragments mention Kansas City and a grade event on August 2 with mixed results and a lottery style reference but lack clear names, dates, or outcomes. The damaged OCR prevents a solid summary of person or organization and the main action.
Switt ee Carbide shows stock activity reflected in Armour, Taxi Mod listings. Market activity hints at close evaluation for Wednesday trading.
Cattle hogs sheep and other livestock receipts by day for a week and the prior week, plus shipments by day. Records show ranges and totals for hog sales and price ranges, with entries for cattle and sheep movements and weekly comparisons.
Light receipts and strong demand lifted market across grades. Top heavy cattle reached 11.25 dollars and best yearlings 11.20. Heavy cattle sold mostly 10 to 10.75, good yearlings 9 to 10, with mids 3 to 9 for yearlings and grass cows mostly 3.59 to 4.50.
Hog receipts total 5 000 with mixed gains up to 25 cents. Cattle receipts 5 300 with weekly comparisons showing grassier stock and weaker finish. Veal, sheep, and lambs also move with small gains and steady or marginally lower spots. Market tone reflects uneven demand across fat and feeder categories.
Cattle receipts reach 300 with calves around 1.50 for the week. Grain fed and grass cattle show varied gains, with top weights around 11.30 and 11.25 for select calves. Hogs receipts 1,500 with prices 7.50 to 7.75 top. sows strong. Sheep receipts 200 with week lambs 12.25 to 13.00, fed wethers up to 8.50.
South St. Paul August 2 cattle receipts 100 market steady calves around 100 hogs receipts 100 market steady bulk hogs around 87.50 pigs bulk 7.75 sheep receipts 100 market steady
Fragmentary Chicago advertisement lists various mix labeled items with numbers and prices. The text appears to describe No 1 red No 2 Nor sae and several mixed grades, though context is unclear.
New York opening sentiment remains hopeful as stocks rise across sectors led by Standard Oil and steel. Key gains include United States Steel inching to 1084, General Electric hitting 270 percent, Pittsburgh and West Virginia at a new high, with notable climbs in Pan American and Baldwin.
European exchanges rose sharply at the close as reports from London said the allied conference agreed on applying the Dawes plan to settle German reparations. Sterling demand reached a new high for the year as markets reacted to the development.
Prospects of a tight corn stock supply sparked a sharp rally on the board of trade with all deliveries pushing to new season highs. September corn rose to $1.144, December to $1.04, and May to $1.0414, lifting other grains with wheat and oats also higher. The Kansas City market saw similar strength with September opening at $1.064 and reaching $1.08, December at $0.974 and May showing gains.
Grain receipts at Sioux City and shipments for the period are reported with representative cash sales across wheat, corn, and oats. Prices listed include Wheat No 1 northern around 1.47 to 1.49 and No 2 northern near 1.14 to 1.15, with basis figures for several grades. corn No 2 white about 1.14 and 1.15, No 3 yellow around 1.13 to 1.14. Receipts at other markets show Chicago wheat 478, Omaha 92, Kansas City 56, St. Louis 289, and corn 107 at Chicago and 238 at Omaha.
Sioux City market notes show butter creamery and egg prices, hens and geese listed, plus prairie hay values from Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, and Dakota. Egg No 1 fresh at 6.75 per case. Mill feeds traded at 36.00 for large lots.
The St Louis market page lists Wheat Corn and Oats prices with multiple grade references and bid-ask figures for red, hard, yellow, mixed, and white categories. It also contains a corrected May 6 1934 Sioux City to Omaha rail schedule and brief classified ads sections including help wanted and rooms for rent.
A dense OCR fragment lists multiple services and firms including insurance and bonds by CHICAGO suppliers, real estate and loans by WHITE & OLSON, dressmaking and hemstitching, Garmat Mfg. Co. and Hemodeling, cement work, Rent-a-Ford Co., patent attorneys BAIR FREEMAN LATTA, and Sioux City offices, with various address fragments and phone numbers.
Ford touring Essex Stutz Overland and Gardner autos offered for sale or trade. Also Ford Model T delivery car listed at 100. Independent Radiator Works advertises service. Smith Foote Co. appears in ad copy as contact.
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