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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1925
Page
10
Chicago reports wheat slumped to around 80% of a bushel with May delivery tumbling as traders cited drought and foreign crop fears. Prices fell 3 to 5 percent before late session recovery, while corn and hog futures weakened with broader market softness and supply concerns.
Daily market overview notes heavy St Paul liquidation driving its stock to record lows amid rumored restructuring to meet June maturities. Copper and railroad news mixed. Rock Island gains after controlling stake in St Louis Southwestern and Western Pacific cash dividend buoy sentiment. mixed activity in steels and equipment as losses widen then partial recovery.
Stocks tumbled as St Paul issue drop sparked broad selling amid margin calls. Western Pacific rose after an extra dividend. rail earnings and oil prices cited as bullish factors. Wheat and corn markets showed mixed declines with bears dominant in grain pits.
Livestock market reports from Chicago and South St. Paul show varied action across cattle, hogs, and sheep. Cattle receipts rise with steady to lower bulk. hot beef steers and yearlings in light supply but prices mostly steady to slightly higher. Hog prices ease with top figures around 13.50 to 15 per hundredweight. sows steady to higher. Sheep feedings and natives hold around 15.50, with hearty demand for fat lambs tapering.
The market shows cow and bull prices easing to around 25 cents lower with stockers and feeders steady to strong. Sheep and lambs hold near parity with light and handy-weight lambs at 16.50 to 17.00, heavies weaker around 15.50, ewe tops easing, receipts reported 91 cows and sheep steady with no additional receipts listed.
In New York on March 11 reports say the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul railway faced a possible receivership to resolve about 48 million dollars of bonds due June 1. Shares and bonds plunged with common stock falling to historic lows while the preferred touched new lows as bankers await an engineering appraisal from Coverdale and Colpitts.
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