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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1924
Page
15
Market notes show strong demand lifting prices for yearlings and good to choice cattle with top ranges around 9.00 to 10.25 per hundredweight. Medium to good grades ran 8.50 to 9.50, while common stock sold little, with butchers steady and some cows and feeders maintaining steady to firm pricing.
Chicago live stock market notes show receipts of 5,000 with mixed movements across cattle and hogs. Beef cattle and yearlings sold unevenly higher with top steers near 11.30, bulk yearlings and grain fed cows higher. pigs and canners weaker, bulls soft, and overall demand dull. Direct sales comprise most of today’s trade, with week totals around 7,200 head.
Fat lambs and yearlings show declines of about one dollar per head from last week. Sheep strengthen, fat lambs steady with top at 14.25, yearlings 11.50, feeding lambs 12.25. Fat ewes 5.00 to 6.50, overall week’s range 8.50 to 14.00 for cattle and lamb categories.
Hogs at the National Stock Yards in St. Louis rise past ten dollars per hundredweight with sales up to 10.15 as July 14 price was 7.50. The move marks the highest level since 1922 when hogs reached 11.45. Light receipts and higher corn prices drive the advance.
Cincinnati market notes dated July 26 show slow steer demand with prices $7.50 to $8.25 for good to choice. Calves listed at $9.00 to $9.50. Hog receipts near 1,400 with prices up about 1.54 per hundredweight to buyers and packers. Sheep and lambs also show strong demand with higher prices. Data reflects overall ready market conditions for cattle hogs and sheep.
New York reports weekly mercantile reviews indicate rising activity in steel dry goods and leather with more automobile buying signaling potential expansion. Early trading shows mixed prices with several rails and industrials advancing as bonds and commodities move.
Kansas City livestock report shows cattle receipts 2,500 with native fed steers and yearlings up to 50c, grass cattle down 25c, vealers up 50c, and stockers and feeders up to 25c. Pigs scarce, packer bids 9.35 to 9.45, heavy hogs up slightly, and sheep and lamb prices generally lower with western lambs at 11.35 to 13.15 and Colorado ewes around 6.50 to 10.90.
South St. Paul cattle receipts total 100 with market steady. Olives receipts none and market steady. Hogs receipts 00 with steady tone. hogs mostly $.50 to $5.00 per head in bulk. Sheep receipts none and market steady.
Grain futures rose on renewed buying amid crop concerns and export demand. Wheat led gains with futures around 1.30 to 1.55 in nearby contracts while corn and oats followed higher. receipts and shipments data show varied activity across wheat, corn, and oats.
Grain futures at Minneapolis reported mixed moves with Wheat futures showing a slight gain and various bids for No. 1 dark and No. 2 dark grades at the Kansas City cash market. Prices span No. 1 dark new wheat to No. 4 mixed and include several hard and white classifications with several cent ranges.
New York July 24 steady buoyancy across two hours of trading ended with renewed strength among leading industrial stocks and a clear weeklong uptrend on the exchange. Steel common lagged briefly, but rallied as session advanced, with United States Steel near 14 and major issues like General Electric and Dan Railways rising. Cincinnati and Ohio led standard issues while Rock Island fell behind. total earnings reports showed 21,500,000 in rails against 18,550,000 last May, a 1.7 percent monthly gain.
Classified notice offering a first class automobile mechanic position at Central Machine Works and an office helper role. Instructions urge clear requirements and responses through The Register Want Ads.
Corrected timetable notes show arrivals and departures for Sioux City routes with connections to Omaha Crofton Bloomfield Norfolk Dallas Twin City and Chicago Des Moines and other lines. Listings cover Local Express Limited and seasonal services with times and destinations across Northwestern Burlington Illinois Central Great Northern and Soo Line networks.
Minneapolis grain prices as of July 26 show No. 1 dark northern spring at 1.40 to 1.61, No. 2 dark northern spring 1.37 to 1.59, and No. 1 northern 1.38 to 1.43, with corn at 1.04 to 1.08 and oats ranging from 0.49 to 0.52 per bushel. Flax closes around 2.51 to 2.53.
Readable entries show auctioneers, bath parlor, beauty shops, marceling, cleaning, dyeing, contracting and decorating, real estate and loans, offices for rent, and patent attorney listings. Notable names include Buckleman Sales Co and White & Lutte. Addresses and phone numbers appear for several businesses.
Wheat prices edged up in St Louis trading with No 1 red at 1 48 and No 2 red at 1 43 to 1 47. No 3 yellow hard 1 28, No 1 hard 1 33. Corn held steady to up 2 cents with No 2 mixed 1 10 and No 3 mixed 1 10, No 2 yellow 1 12, No 8 yellow 1 11, No 5 yellow 1 07. Oats rose with No 3 white 57 57 1 0.
In Chicago futures trading Wheat rose modestly with No 2 hard at about 1.86 and No 2 mixed near 1.35 while Corn eased several cents with No 2 mixed around 1.11 and No 3 at about 1.08 to 1.09. Prices for other wheat grades and samples showed varied levels, including No 6 white near 1.00 and No 1 white around 1.16 to 1.40 per bushel.
Listing notes barley grade Barley-T5Se with prices for white varieties No 3 white at 50c and No 4 white at 40c.
Fragmentary text mentions Milwaukee and a tainted note about a seat and pricing. No coherent event or individuals can be confirmed from the readable fragments.
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