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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1927
Page
4
Receipts of 31 0048 hogs with a generally lower market and lighter demand. tops around 11.40 for heavy hogs while lighter weights trade near 8.75 to 9.50. Cattle receipts about 10 000 with strong bidding on killing classes. best yearlings 17.35 and upper fed steers 16 50 to 17.00, bulls scarce and sausage offerings 6.75 to 7.15.
The market shows calves and stock cattle moving with mixed bids for steers heifers and cows. Sheep receipts total 12000 with fat lambs steady to 25 cents higher and feeding lambs very active while slaughter sheep and lambs show range prices for lambs ewes and cull stock.
Chicago market notes show tomorrow's cattle estimates at 10,000 head, hogs at 16,000, and sheep at 12,000 as reported by LP services.
Open high low close figures for Wheat Dec Mar May along with Corn Oats Lard Ribs Rye futures. Data shows daily price ranges and settlements across Oct and Feb contracts, reflecting market activity in grains and livestock commodities.
Chicago cash grain prices show varied bids with Wheat at 3 red 1.30 percent. Corn bids range from 84 percent to 63 percent for different grades, with mixed colors and white corn noted. Oats and Barley also listed with several grade ranges, Rye No 1 at 1.02 and No 2 at 1.01 percent. Timothy and Clover values close the feedstuffs snapshot.
A Toledo summary lists Clover cash at 15.90 with Dare 15.00 and dates Oct 17 25 Dec 17.35 and Mar 17.26. Timothy cash shows 1.90 then Dec 1.94 and Mar 2.10. Alsike cash records 14.90 with Dec 15.10 Jan 15.30 and Feb 15.50.
Ernest Carlson announces a Thursday sale of pure bred duroes at his farm eight miles northwest of Washington. The offering features rugged males and females with no relation to any individuals in the country, described as the last pure bred sale in the area.
On a Monday business trip through Ainsworth and Keota in Iowa the narrator notes local farmers Lewis Schwab and D W McClune subscribing to the Journal while discussing crops cattle and community trades. The column mentions Keota residents Harry Davidson L D Shaffer and Owen Cnossen Jr plus others in Washington and Wellston areas and records polite local interactions and journal pleas.
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