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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1920
Page
12
London coal strike drives heavy grain selling in Chicago on Oct 19. Wheat ends 5¾ to 6⅝ cents lower, corn down 2 to 5 cents, oats down about 1 to 1¼ cents. Provisions swing from $1.10 declines to 5 cents gains as traders weigh weak foreign demand and bankers' warnings.
The market remained on a stable footing as domestic readjustments and a British coal strike unsettled exchange rates. Wage contractions in September hit cotton and related industries, while several flotations drew strong demand and a Denmark loan of 20 million dollars was announced. Sugar prices firm with raw at 8.78 cents per pound and refined at 11 to 12 cents.
Copper at 17 percent cents shows the lowest selling price since early 1919 as demand falls after the 1918 fixed price expired. Production curtailed to 50 to 55 percent capacity with further cuts expected amid large cancellations in wire and brass seeds orders.
Cattle receipts 12 000 hogs 28 000 and sheep 17 000 report a slow trade with generally steady beef and butcher cattle prices. Best steers 15.50 to 17.75, cows 7.50 to 9.25, calves to 14.50. hogs top 15.25 with light and butcher weights 14.50 15.00. sheep steady with choice natives 11.75 and bulk 10.75 11.50.
Hogs receipts around 3000 with medium and light butchers down 25c, bulk 13.75 to 14.25, top 14.25. Cattle receipts 15900 with beef steers down 25c, stockers and feeders slow, bulk 13.40 to 13.75. Sheep receipts 25000 with lambs down about 25c, tops 12, ewes around 5.50, sheep steady.
Spokane reports October 19 market data with frogs receipts 24 and steady prices. Cattle receipts 224 and prices unchanged. Sheep receipts 3 and market steady with no quotation changes.
South St Paul stockyards report Oct 19 cattle receipts of 4500 with market mostly steady. No prime beef steers. medium and common at 5.50. bulk 5.50 to 5.08. Butcher cows and heifers 4.50 to 6.50. canners 3 to 3.75. cutters 3.75 to 4.50.
Stock market held steady as European news reassured investors and call money stood at 6 percent. United Fruit led gains with reports of oil on property, while International Corporation, Mexican Petroleum, Pan American and Invincible Oil climbed. Rails remained firm with leaders up about $1, and copper weakened with 600 tons sold at 15.0 to 15.52 cents.
Livestock market summary shows calves at $12.50 with steady stockers and feeders and strong demand for higher grades. Hogs receipts 8,500, prices 50 to 60 cents lower, closing weak. price range $12.50 to $13.75, bulk $13.50–$13.65, pigs down 25 to 50 cents, top $14. Sheep receipts 2,200, mostly steady. native lambs top $10.25, ewes $5.25, western yearling wethers $8.75, aged wethers $6.75.
New York reports copper iron antimony and lead unchanged while tin remains steady around 38 to 38.7 futures. Spot tin near 38 and zinc listed at about 7.25 with slight fluctuations.
The Obelisk mine near Basin resumes work after 1894 closure with first carload of silver ore shipped to Washoe sampling works. Ore from 159 feet below ground yields 20 ounces silver per ton, with direct shipping ore 30 to 40 ounces and some milling grade at 150 ounces per ton. Operators John McBarron and William Hogan plan a second carload and expansion including a mill, with ties to Great Northern railroad reducing hauling costs.
Wheat receipts 351 cars versus 431 a year ago. No. 1 northern cash $2.11 to $2.16, December $2.06, March $2.00. Corn No. 3 yellow 87 to 88 cents. Oats No. 8 white 49 to 50 cents. Barley 74 to 95 cents. Rye No. 2 $1.67 to $1.68. Flax No. 1 $2.70 to $2.72. Flour unchanged to 40 cents lower. Shipments 51,954 barrels. Bran $30 to $32.
New York October 19 bar silver remained unchanged domestic at 1 11 16, foreign at 76 4 1 2 cents. Mexican dollars quoted at 58 1 2 cents. London October 19 bar silver set at 50 4d per ounce with money and discount figures not shown.
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