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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Reporter
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1908
Page
6
Receipts show hogs and sheep listed with price ranges and totals across western markets. Figures indicate mixed weights from light to heavy, with best pigs and good to choice lights noted and bulk sale averages around 5.50 to 5.70 per unit.
Indianapolis buyers faced ample hogs and weak demand with prices slipping across the board. Hogs sold mostly from 5.25 to 5.80 with many at 5.50 to 5.70. average down 10 cents from yesterday. Cattle offerings were low and prices steady to weak. sheep and lambs declined as the week wore on amid light competition.
The Chicago live stock market opened weak as liberal receipts and slack demand pushed hog prices lower. Receipts near 15,000, with packers bids down 15 cents and shippers 10 cents. Cattle totals for the week around 43,000 with declines 15 to 25 cents for most grades. sheep and mutton trade demoralized by poor support and weak demand.
Fresh crop damage reports push wheat July up to a net gain of 4 3/4 cents in Chicago trading. Corn and oats also rise on wet weather and drought fears in Europe and Kansas. receipts show mixed activity as markets close firm.
The report lists grain bids for Wheat No 2 at 92 cents to 1.07 per unit, Corn No 2 at various fractions, Oats No 2 at 54 cents, No 2 White and No 3 White values. Butter from dairies and creameries ranges 16 to 22 cents, Eggs firsts 15 to 17 cents.
LOGANSPORT GRAIN MARKET corrected daily by Bishop Elevator Co Wheat 91¢ new corn yellow 92c white and mixed 90c oats 46c McCormick Richardson pay wool 16c per lb Street Market Timothy hay 9.00 to 10.00.
Cowboy poet Robert V. Carr from Whitewood South Carolina spent weeks in Logansport visiting the Tribune and presenting a copy of his Range Lyrics. He mocks Indiana farmers in his remarks and discusses livestock ventures and profit.
Cattle market steady. Hogs receipts 1,500 with medium and heavy pigs priced at 5.95 to 6.00 for Yorkers 6.00 to 6.10 and 5.35 to 5.40 for pigs. Sheep and lambs receipts show top lambs at 6.25 to 6.35.
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