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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1924
Page
2
Hog receipts total 48 000 mostly 10 cents lower than Tuesday with buyers sparse for big packers. Cattle receipts 17 000 with better grades steady to slightly lower. fat cattle and feeders show mixed moves. Sheep receipts 20 000 slow with fat lambs weak to 25 cents lower and yearlings around 11.00.
The report lists livestock counts for tomorrow including hogs 64,000 cattle 12,000 and sheep 15,000 across regional markets.
Kansas City cattle receipts 7000 with calves 1500 as beef steers remain scarce. Hogs receipts 19000 with varied sales from 6.20 to 7.05 for different weights. Sheep receipts 4000 with lambs steady to 10c lower and tops around 13.19.
East St Louis livestock prices show hogs 15 to 25 cents lower with heavies at 7.25 to 7.40 and packer sows down 10 to 15 cents. Cattle receipts 3,000 with steers steady to higher at 7.75 to 9.50, cows 4.00 to 5.25, canners 2.10 to 2.25. Sheep receipts 1,000 with fat lambs not yet sold, Texas feeders 11.75, yearlings 16.25, light ewes 7.25 to 7.50.
Omaha markets saw large receipts with slow trading. Hogs sold 15 to 20 cents lower. average weights 160 to 200 pounds brought 6.25 to 6.60. Cattle demand weak on plain quality. steers mostly steady to lower with canners and cutters at 3.35 to 3.50. Sheep sales very slow early with killing classes around 14 and wool lambs at 12.65 to 12.85. feeding lambs active with 12.60 to 12.75.
Sioux City January 9 market receipts 7700 head with slow trading and feeder cattle weak to lower prices. Killers weak to the lower end.
Wheat prices edged lower in early Chicago dealings as profit taking and light trade weighed on the market. May and July contracts hovered near season highs before a late rally and a firm corn influence, with oats holding near initial levels and hog price declines pressuring the greens.
Chicago grain quotes show Wheat No 1 hard 1.09 and No 2 hard 1.09 with several hard and mixed corn futures ranging from 71 to 76 cents. White and yellow corn varieties listed with varying bids, sample grades ME9% and base data 45 46 for No 2 white, Rye no sales, Barley 62 80. Timothy seed 6.50 8.00, Clover seed 21.00 23.00, Lard 9.62, sixty pound rib averages 9.87.
Last year over 50 tons of acid phosphate were used in Washington County with new inquiries from farmers who never used it. Reports from Iowa show profitability with increases in corn, clover, oats, and winter wheat per acre, though some soils may not profit. Prices around $25 per ton. slow soil types may require caution.
Chicago market notes weak potatoes with 26 car receipts and 1 000 total shipments. Wisconsin U S and Minnesota round whites quoted U S No 1 at 1 45 to 1 55 cents, frozen 1 25 to 1 40, Idaho sacked russets at 2 30 per 100 pounds.
25cc lower fat steers and yearlings range 6.00 to 11.50 with bulk around 7.00. Fat cows and heifers 2.75 to 3.00, veals 5.00 to 10.50, bulls 4.00 to 45.50, stockers and feeders 4.50 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 8,000 with prices 6.36 to 6.85, sheep receipts 3,500 steady.
At St Paul South, cattle receipts 2800 slow with steady fat steers and yearlings while fat cows and heifers show weakness. Calves receipts 3200 mostly steady with best orders around 16 to 10.25. Hogs 36000 demand lower with weights 170 to 210 pounds averaging 6.65 to 6.70. lighter and medium weights 6.60 to 6.65 and sows around 6.00.
A series of public sale notices run through January with events in Brighton Crawfordsville Washington and Haskins. Hillhouse Reigard McCoy Rose Elias Williams J. E Myall C L Gray Keats Glen Miller are named as sellers or trustees for January 12 to January 17 closings and closings out sales including a farm sale near Crawfordsville and a 4 mile radius sales near Washington and Haskins.
An advertisement claims Mayr's Wonderful Remedy cures stomach trouble and related ailments by removing intestinal mucus and inflammation. It promises money refund after one dose and lists Lemmon's Pharmacy as the source of the ad.
A period list of upcoming closing out and public sales across Iowa towns including Crawfordsville Keota Washington Ainsworth Wellston and Keota with dates in January February and into February. Names mentioned include R F Hamil Mike Trier Lambert and Sigafoose H T D Henderson Henry Witting Chas Bohac John Anderson Ed Hotle C R Richards C E Griffith P W Palmer James K Helmick and others.
A brief livestock notice lists a Chester White brood sow described as a son Columbus Jet. The fragment indicates farm stock sale or listing with limited details.
Germans are leaving in large numbers prompting Denmark to reinforce guards on the German border and enforce stricter papers. Authorities issue special instructions to curb smuggling in meats, fish, canned milk, cheese and other staples into Germany.
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