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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1922
Page
12
Renewed general buying pushes wheat corn and oats to new top prices amid sleet in Kansas and forecasts of cold weather. Wheat tops at 1.24 for May and 1.14 for July with mixed early trading, while corn and oats gain modestly and provisions swing between small gains and declines.
Professional operators sought to unsettle prices amid a mixed session. Baldwin and Studebaker eased while Reading and Chesapeake & Ohio rose on favorable income news. Bear raid hit Wiggly Wiggly temporarily. Sterling steadied near 84.63 percent as March toward par eyed by analysts.
Movement in special issues shows alternating strength and reactions as steady buying appears in equipment issues amid bets on a prosperous next year. Copper trades at 14.5 cents delivered with export sales near 2,000,000 pounds daily while Chile Copper may issue a 50 to 75 cent dividend in January. Montana Power reports a $2,170,849 year to date surplus with year end earnings likely higher than prior months. California Petroleum doubles stock to exchange for Western Star Ol, tying Northwest Petroleum and Northern Star Oil to Los Angeles operator John O Neill and family in Montana.
AP reports irregular foreign exchange quotations in New York with currencies including Great Britain at demand 1.63 and cables 4.637 with various banks bills around 4.619 to 4...."
Copper, electrolytic steady with spot and futures little changed. Tin firm with spot and nearby at 37.50 to 37.75 cents. futures 37.75. Lead and zinc shown steady with spot ranges from 7.10 to 7.25 cents. Antimony quoted 6.37 to 6.62 cents.
London markets show copper spot £62 17s 6d and futures £63 12s 6d. Electrolytic copper spot £69 with futures £69 5s. Tin spot £1786 17s 6d and futures £178. Lead spot £26 and futures £25 6s. Zinc £37 7s 6d spot with futures £34 7s.
In burned landscapes Aspens emerge as the first trees to sprout new growth, signaling ecological recovery after wildfire damage.
The USDA marks hog receipts at 55 000 with lower prices and ranges from 7.25 to 8.15 for various hog classes. Cattle receipts reach 15 000 as demand weakens for beef steers and butchers stock, with limited early sales and prices from 7 to 11.25. Sheep receipts total 17 000 with fat lambs steady early and feeder lambs around 11.75 to 15.50, flock weights and yearlings showing firmer quotes reaching 12.25 for certain grades.
Omaha Neb Dec 14 Hogs Receipts 11 000 mostly five to 20 cents lower bulk mixed and packing grades 6 85 7 50 bulk butchers hogs 6 60 7 75 top 7 85 Cattle Receipts 5 800 better grades of fed steers and stockers steady best steers and yearlings 10 odd head up to 12 other grades weak to 25 cents lower bulk steers 7 25 8 75 bulk cows and heifers 4 6 years steady to 25 cents lower top 9 other classes generally steady Sheep Receipts 10 000 lambs mostly 25e lower bulk 14 25 14 80 top 14 60 red clipped lambs 12 25 12 50 yearlings 11 75 11 95 sheep and feeders steady
Cattle receipts total 28 000 with steady to strong demand. Top loads of beef steers bring 8 50 per cwt while bulk steer and yearling stock run 5 50 to 7 with some higher offerings. Calves at 8 plus for light dealers. hog receipts 12 500 with hogs 160 to 225 pounds around 7 85. sows 7 25 to 7 75. pigs 8 10. Sheep receipts 8 500 with bidding noted.
cattle receipts with mixed tone across regions. Kansas City shows beef steers weak by 15 to 25 cents and fat cattle softer, hogs down 10 to 15 cents with tops near eight dollars, lambs generally 25 cents lower. Denver and Portland echo softer to steady cattle and hogs with lambs around 12 to 14 dollars in Denver. Spokane notes steady cattle and hogs with no price change.
PAR SILVER NEW YORK December 14. Foreign bar silver at 63 1/2 cents per ounce Mexican dollars at 48 1/2 cents. London December 14 par silver at 30 15/16 pence per ounce.
A garbled OCR note from New York bonds shows partial figures 96 9316 and percentages 98 121 4 ty 110 102 60 6314. The readable parts indicate a summary of bond vote tallies and percentages with unclear labels and dates.
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