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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1935
Page
7
Chicago markets report hogs at 10 000 head with 3600 direct sales and steady to higher prices for most. top hogs at 9.75 with bulk 180 to 300 pounds near 9.60 to 9.65. Calves and cattle also show steady to lower trends. best steers at 9.90, yearlings and light steers down 1.00 to 1.25 from last week. heavy steers down to 1.060. All stock generally steady or down, heifers with most decline.
Lower, wealers steady. Estimated cattle receipts Saturday 500. Sheep 6,000. Fat lambs moderately active with opening undertone strong 15 to 25 higher. Bids and sales 10.75 to mostly 11.00. Sheep and feeding lambs steady. Scattered slaughter ewes 4.25 to 4.56. Estimated sheep receipts Saturday 2,000.
Chicago reports market activity across commodities with steady produce and butter, and unsettled poultry. Receipts list thousands of units, including 2,881 cases of produce and 7,485 tins of butter, while potatoes show weak market with 289 arrivals and 451 shipments.
The report notes mixed corn prices with bid ranges and futures figures. It lists No 2 white at 68 and No 4 white around 58 to 60, with several mixed lots and yellow varieties quoted.
From Chicago on December 13 the grain table lists wheat corn oats and rye with bid and ask ranges, daily closes and percent changes. May July and Dec futures show modest shifts across wheat corn oats and rye, with notable activity in rye and oats sections.
A December sale hosted by Mrs Nina Coffman near West Chester drew neighbors from River side Ainsnworth Crawfordsville Keota Rubio and others. Longevity remarks mix with light humor as buyers competed for pigs and cattle while local clerks and helpers kept the event orderly.
In Washington County Iowa the Final Report of Dr W Bates Receiver shows receipts disbursements and final disposition of assets. A hearing is set December 23 1925 at 9 am in the Court House Washington Iowa to approve the report and release the Receiver.
Courtesy of 8 Reister & Sons lists dairy and egg prices including Sour Cream No 1 at 81 lb and No 2 at 29 cents per pound. Henery Brown Eggs 26 cents per dozen and White Eggs 25 cents per dozen. Poultry weights priced from 16 to 26 cents per dozen for pullets and heavy hens. Leghorn and heavy spring hens also tabulated with per pound rates. Ducks priced at 10 cents per item for white ducks and colored ducks slightly lower.
A compiled column lists multiple closing out sales and cattle auctions across Iowa towns including Washington Kalona Havre and Crawfordsville with dates from December 16 through December 31. Individual sellers include Dee Miller Homer Jackson Tom Porter Ira Shaffers Grover Walton H A Woodford and John Krause. A weekly Community Sale at City Feed Yard and Midway Sale Co. in Columbus Junction is noted.
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