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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1925
Page
8
The Associated Press reports a steady cotton market with prices fluctuating narrowly. Early gains faded, futures edging higher on covering, with Manchester and Fall River signals supporting optimism amid cooler weather and expectations of domestic mill curtailment.
The Saturday cotton session opened with firm notes from Liverpool cables but faded toward the close as shorts covered little. July and October futures rose briefly, then eased to near session lows, with October at 21.65 and July around 22.38. Private reports cited good crop progress and a June 2 government update likely to show high country conditions, keeping the market steady but soft by the final bell.
Kansas City and Chicago reports show cattle receipts and prices across steers and yearlings, heifers, stockers, and feeders. Hogs top at 12.25 in Chicago with varying packer sows and weights. sheep and lambs feature spring and clipped categories with price ranges, reflecting weekly market activity.
Worth Livestock reports May 18 receipts including 800 cattle with 16 calves. Prices show steady to weak demand for fat cows around 5 250 to 5 500, vealers 50 to 60, bulls near 50, packing sows and pigs varied, cattle generally weak for lower grades. Wichita Livestock follows with 400 receipts and mixed cattle demand, top at 10 55 per head, overall Tone softens on cattle as buyers hold back.
Oklahoma City market day report shows receipts with heavy steers around 80 50 per hundredweight and hogs up to 14 50 to 15 00 per cwt. Hogs and cattle prices listed for various categories including cows calves and stockers with bids around several dollars per hundredweight.
FAST ST LOUIS May 1 Hogs receipts 1,600 active bulk butcheries 12.35 12.50 little receipts 1,000 top for week Yearlings 11.60 matured steers 11.56 heavy steers 8.05 mixed yearlings 11.50 heifers 11.08 Sheep receipts none for week fat lambs 15.75 16.00 clipped lambs 12.00 13.75 top ewes 7.75
Hog receipts 490, market 19 higher with top packers at 11.55 and bulk 11.50. Cattle receipts 500 incl 100 calves, market steady on butcher cattle and 50 lower on veals, stock cattle weak to 25 lower.
Market notes from Chicago show butter and creamery extras firming on multiple lines with higher storage packs and standard items listed. Prices quoted include creamery extras at 414 and firsts 5392 with various firsts and seconds upward, while storage pack 829 and other items show mixed movement amid the day’s trading.
Fragmentary bond listings show U.8, Lew YORK and Treasury 4s values. Notable figures include 430, 102.8, 45, 101, 448, 102.14 with references to first, second, and third entries. The snippet lacks complete context and full instrument descriptions.
A compact advertising notice for Dickey's Old Bellabie Eye Water marketed as easy on irritated eyes and soothing with no pain. Mentions folding box and availability at all druggists.
Dave Derden school of music offers saxophone and all band instruments lessons. Phone 1785 J.
Comic strip caption questions a fisherman about a fish he has caught, reflecting humor and a playful misunderstanding. The scene centers on a character's puzzled inquiry and the response to a quirky catch.
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