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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1928
Page
14
Wheat markets pivot on Kansas harvest outlook and drought forecasts as Canada exports and South Dakota rust news influence trading. Corn and oats hold gains with a firm hog market supporting provisions. cash quotes show no sales for wheat while Minneapolis bids vary by grade and spring varieties.
The refined sugar market in New York on June 22 remained at 6.05c to 6.10c for fine granulated. Old contracts are believed to be largely cleared, but new business shows no improvement yet.
Wall Street closed with modest gains after a volatile session. trading was light with 1,449,500 shares, short covering near day’s end, and notable moves in Dow followers. U S Steel and General Motors slipped slightly while Chrysler rose on merger hopes. Indian Refining surged on takeover rumors.
Chicago June 22 butter prices unchanged with receipts totaling 16 923 pounds. Eggs steady with receipts of 19 693 cases.
The Associated Press reports the closing bond quotations on the New York Stock Exchange for June 22. The list covers Montana bonds and shows bid and ask figures as recorded in market data.
United States Department of Agriculture pricing shows hogs receipts 22 000 with gains to 25 cents. Light and pigs rise. top hog price 10.90 for 200 to 260 pounds. Cattle receipts 15 000 with strong to uneven demand. steers 1300 to 1500 pounds fetch 13.40 to 14.75, cows to 11.75, vealers up to 14. Sheep and lambs steady to higher with lambs 15.50 to 17.15 for 92 pounds and up. ewes 3.50 to 7.70, feeders steady.
Cattle receipts 1300 steady with quoted figures for yearlings 13.40 to 13.75, bulk sales 12.50 to 13.50, calves 1200 and pigs 50c higher. Hogs receipts 6000 slow opening but steady with yesterday, early pigs 8.75, 140 lb hogs down, sows 9.15. Sheep receipts 300 light demand, native lambs 15.50, ewes 3 to 6.50, best yearlings 12.25.
Omaha cattle receipts 1500 calves 1000 all classes steady with loads of fed stock at 12.75 to 13.60 dollars and yearlings 13.90. hogs receipts 8000 steady to weak with 200 to 350 lb at 9.90 to 10.10 dollars and top 10.15. sheep receipts 6000 lambs and yearlings up 25 cents with range lambs 15.25 to 15.75 and best fat ewes 6.50 dollars.
United States Department of Agriculture notes cattle receipts at 160 with two loads of California steers at 11.75, native veals up to 16.50, hogs receipts 450 with top 10.25, Idaho lambs at 15.50, market largely steady in Denver. Utah ewes and lambs billed through, fat lambs active, two car Idaho lambs around 72 pounds.
PORTLAND details shows cattle receipts 20 with steady fed cows $8.50 to 9.25 and steers $10 under feeder order. hogs receipts 90 with prices $10.75 to 11 and sows $7.50 to 8. sheep 255 with lambs $13.25 and drive-ins to $12.25. SEATTLE reports cattle 223 and hogs 117 receipts steady. no sheep receipts. SPOKANE lists cattle 38, hogs 116, sheep 13 receipts, steady.
Receipts total 1 387 cars with 53 on track. Market dull and slow trading. Bliss Triumphs from Alabama Louisiana and Texas bring $1.40 to $1.60. North Carolina Irish Cobblers old stock scarce at $2.40 to $2.50.
Alive and steady prices for poultry in Chicago with three cars counted. Fowls 23 cents, springs 37 cents, broilers 32 cents. Ducks 26 to 27 cents, spring geese 22 cents.
The Commercial Bulletin notes slow wool trading with prices favoring buyers as mills expect need for large wool stocks over six months. Prices for twelve month wools in Kerrville Texas fell to about $1.12, while peak contracting hovered around $1.15 to $1.18. It lists detailed quotations by region and fiber, including Ohio Pennsylvania fleeces and Delaine figures, and reports on mohair activity, rail and water shipments, and comparative 1918 figures. In New York copper, tin, iron, lead, zinc, antimony and quicksilver markets are listed with current levels.
Copper spot and futures quoted at 63 pounds 2 shillings 6 pence and 68 pounds 10 shillings futures 69. Tin spot 208 pounds 15 shillings futures 206. Lead spot 20 pounds 10 shillings futures 20 pounds 12 shillings 6 pence. Zinc spot 25 pounds 12 shillings 6 pence futures 25 pounds 2 shillings 6 pence.
New York on June 22 reports bar silver at 59 1 2 cents per ounce and Mexican dollars at 45 1 2 cents, indicating prevailing market rates for precious metals and bullion.
In Asheville North Carolina R C Stephenson secretary of the bureau of envelope manufacturers notes Americans produce about thirty billion envelopes annually. The government sells three billion of these at cost.
A German court held that a mother is not responsible for waking neighbors by a crying baby unless she continues to let the infant cry.
On June 22 in New York foreign exchanges showed mixed quotations. Great Britain demand $4.875, cables $4.8713-16, 60-day bills $4.84. France demand 3.924 percent, cables 3.9775 percent. Italy demand 5.25 percent, cables 5.26 percent. Belgium demand 13.96 cents, Germany demand 23.88 cents.
New York call money on June 22 remained firm with all loans at 6¼ percent closing bids. Time loans for 60 to 90 days quoted at 5 percent and 4 to 6 months at 5 percent with mixed collateral. Prime mercantile paper at 4 percent and bankers' acceptances unchanged.
New York stocks show uneven action with rail shares buoyed by the Pittsb and West Virginia extension approval and copper and motor shares trading on light demand. Foreign copper buyers cover July shipments while August demand lags. oil news remains favorable with crude output near recent lows.
In Chicago on June 22 the Wheat market failed to sustain early gains as demand narrowed. Corn held a firm tone with slight gains then eased in late trading amid broader wheat weakness. Cash sales reached 106 000 bushels with 137 000 bushels shipped. primary receipts 513 000 bushels versus 965 000 a year ago. Oats faced anxiety from wet weather while rye showed slow demand and fair offerings at Seaboard ports.
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