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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1924
Page
2
Fort Worth market shows cattle receipts around 4 000 with calves 1 000. Beeves sell from 3.50 to 7.50, stockers 3.50 to 7.50, cows 6.50 to 8.00, heifers 3.50 to 8.50, yearlings 5.50 to 9.25, sows 5.25 to 6.25, pigs 4.50 to 6.50. Sheep run 8 000 with lambs 12.50 to 14.50 and feeders 9.00 to 10.00. Goats bring 2.26 to 3.25.
Hogs receipts 9,000 with 1,052 holdovers and top at 7.35. most hogs 180 to 300 pounds 7.10 to 7.30. 130 to 160 pounds 6.60 to 7.00. packing sows 6.50 to 6.70. stock pigs 5.75. Cattle receipts 1,500 with most killings steady. native steers 9.00 to 9.85. Texas quarantines 6.50 to 7.00. beef cows 5 to 8. native calves weak. Sheep receipts 7,000. lambs 13 to 15.25. sheep 15 to 25 cents lower. Texas wethers 7.50 to 7.75.
Wichita Kansas May 23 hogs receipts 600 market 5 cents lower top 7.30 bulk 7.15 to 7.25 top cut outs 6.50 cattle receipts 700 including 300 calves market steady on light run not enough sales to test market
East St. Louis May 23 hogs 16 000 with lower grade butchers at 7.35 to 7.40 pigs 5.75 to 6.60 packer sows 6.35. Cattle 1 200 steady Texas steers 5.75 beef cows 5.25 light dealers 9 to 9.50 feeder steers 7.85. Sheep 500 no early sales.
Chicago markets show hogs at 35 000 head with declines across classes. Heavy butchers 7.45 to 7.60, medium 7.30 to 7.45, light 6.75 to 7.15. packing sows 6.70 to 6.90. killing pigs 6.00 to 6.25. Cattle at 6 000 head lower. best steers and yearlings 10.50, fed steers and yearlings 8 to 9.50, vealers 19 to 10.50, bulls 4.75 to 5. Sheep 6 000 head lower. clipped lambs 14.75, cull and common 11.50 to 12.50, spring lambs 16 to 16.50, fat ewes 7.50.
Kansas City grain and New Orleans cotton figures show open high low and close values for January. Amarillo Cotton & Grain Exchange lists J. R. McCook as manager with Alex Hyman & Co. of New Orleans and Prewitt & Sullivan representing Donald Maginnis. J. S. Bache & Co. Chicago and J. W. Parkins listed in Webster Building.
Swift & Co lists Amarillo area prices for poultry and eggs. Hens over four pounds fetch 18 cents, under four pounds 15 cents. broilers 20 cents. old roosters 6 cents. turkeys hens over eight pounds 15 cents, toms over twelve pounds not clearly specified. Butter mold free and eggs in new cases priced, overall value listed as 5.85.
Local growers receive payments from Great West Mill Elevator for wheat basis No 1 hard at $1.00 per 100 pounds baffling prices for kaffir maize and oats with fixed per unit rates.
Liverpool shipments and New Orleans price declines push markets lower as New York trading pauses at noon. Weather shows below normal temps with scant rain. cotton goods and dry goods markets firming in spots. Crume brother of Dr Crume plans return from Northwest Texas hospital to Elida New Mexico.
A playful note celebrates a pet named The Pup earning the Grand Order of the Ancient Tomato Canl in a lighthearted ceremony.
The two Miss Hila and Gladys Sunday who have taught in Canada for years visit Mr. and Mrs. H C Ammons at 1003 Jackson Street before returning home to Denton. The article notes the world’s oldest standing building, a Sumerian temple by Rannippadda of Ur, dating to about 4500 B C, nearly twice the age of King Tutankhamen’s tomb relics.
Here There and Everywhere lists visitors including Mrs. Holley and D M Cook from Ashtola and Shamrock men at Shrine ceremonies. Notables J H Letsinger recovering after an operation at Northwest Texas Hospital. Wildorado Kerr and Walsh win contract for new school building with Acme Brick Co supplying brick. Shamrock visitors Will Walker Ben Wooten and J W Allen return home after Masonic Temple dedication.
The Waco Times-Herald lauds John W. Carpenter, vice president and general manager of Texas Power and Light, for spearheading Texas cotton mill development. He travels for data in New England and the Carolinas, aiming to convert raw cotton into finished products, with Houston and El Paso already adopting his plan.
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