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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
6
Receipts of about 10 000 hogs 1300 cattle and 1000 sheep compare with last week and year ago. Demand was poor with nearly 7000 hogs unsold as prices fell to 6.00 6.80. Cattle trade slow light receipts steady on steers bulls calves and brisk on female butcher cattle. Sheep and lamb market slow though prices steady amid larger than needed supply.
The report lists price ranges for cattle hogs sheep and lambs across categories Good to choice steers various weight classes, feeding steers and heifers cows and bulls along with hogs heavy packers mixed classes and lambs Bulls calves and sows are included with per hundred weight figures from Chicago and national markets. Prices reflect range movements and typical grade distinctions for the period.
Buffalo on August 13 reports light cattle receipts with a steady market. Hog receipts reach 3,000 with heavies at 6.85 to 6.95, yorkers 6.50 to 6.85, pigs 5.50 to 5.60. Sheep and lambs show 1,000 receipts with lambs around 6.25 top.
Chicago markets show hogs weak with heavy receipts estimated at 26 000 plus 9 000 on hand. Cattle receipts around 4 000 with native cattle steady to higher for cows and steers. Wheat and corn futures ease, with wheat futures close firm and September and May contracts strong while December softens. Local hogs and provisions trend lower as shipping demand remains light.
Daily market figures list hogs, steers, heifers, cows, calves, and sheep with price ranges across several stockyards including Logansport Union Stock Yards and Walton Elevator. Grain and poultry prices are reported from Galveston, McAfee Co, Foley Co, Stuart & Smith, Kinney, Miller, Sweet, and others with correction details and regional variations.
Receipts of hogs at principal western markets yesterday totaled 83 500 in Chicago 6 000 at Omaha 2 000 at Kansas City 8 500 at Sioux City 66 000 at St Louis and smaller figures at St Joseph Indianapolis Cincinnati.
The annual travel magazine presents a 250 page book from the D and C line featuring three stories and illustrations of the D C Coast Line to Mackinac. Sent for ten cents to prepay postage. address D and C Navigation Co 6 Wayne St Detroit.
Wheat prices range No 2 at 1.10 to 1.15 dollars, No 3 at 1.04 to 1.13, No 2 red around 93 to 95 cents. Corn No 2 about 79 to 80 cents, No 2 Fellow 80 to 81. Oats No 2 at 48 cents, No 2 white 48 to 49, No 3 white 47 to 49. Rye No 2 77 to 78 cents. Barley fair to choice 65 to 61 cents. Butter creamery 19 to 22 cents, dairies 17 to 20. Eggs 18 to 20 cents.
Cold weather in Western Canada and revived export activity boosted Chicago wheat on the local exchange. The September delivery closed up 1 cent from the day’s low, corn rose, oats slipped, and provisions fell. A key trader’s large purchases supported the rally from morning onward.
Local Tribune market page lists street market timothy prices from 8.00 to 9.00 per unit and Loganport Grain Market corrected daily by Bishop Elevator Co. with wheat prices and corn ranges noted. The notice invites readers to call or phone for desired market data.
Elmore Uhl and his young son Joe endured a near shipwreck on the river during a Wednesday night storm. The craft nearly swamped before Uhl guided a landing near the Crampton cottage.
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