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Newspaper
Logansport Daily Tribune
Location
Logansport, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1908
Page
6
Market notes show ranges for lights and roughs cattle pigs and sheep. Prices per 100 pounds list several grades from good to common, with spring lambs and yearlings priced across multiple tiers. Dated figures appear for hogs pigs and sheep segments, reflecting varied demand.
Receipts of hogs at Chicago and Omaha markets were reported yesterday with comparative figures from a year ago. Detailed totals show Chicago and Omaha markets processing thousands of hogs, reflecting market activity and shifts from the previous year.
Indianapolis June 24. Receipts total 10 000 hogs 1 500 cattle 700 sheep vs 12 417 1 822 354 week prior and 8 392 898 276 year ago. More trashy stock kept prices low with good hogs 160 pounds and up steady while common hogs neglected. Sales $5.75-$6.20 largely $5.90-$6.10. Cattle demand slow, steers and heifers unsold, calves slightly lower. Sheep and lambs ample but few top sales. Horses in light supply with quiet bidding and steady prices.
Chicago livestock quotations show varied prices across cattle hogs and sheep with ranges for good to prime steers and heifers, along with bulls calves and stockers. Market listings include weights from 700 to 1,300 pounds and flows for hogs from 110 to over 210 pounds, plus sheep categories like clippped yearlings and spring lambs.
Chicago hog prices rose for butcher weight and finish with a top of 6.25 as demand favored better grades. Cattle and sheep markets opened steady but sold largely weak except for carryover steers and the better fed lambs, with overall trade slow and prices steady to firm.
Buffalo June 23 Receipts of hogs reached about 2,500 with medium and heavy weights trading around 6.40 to 6.45 per cwt. The brief market report notes steady to firm tone for hogs under light supplies.
Harvesting has begun and record grain cutting is likely. Any farmer who cuts an extraordinary amount in a day is asked to telephone the fact to The Tribune for publication of the results.
Chicago reports a weak wheat market as excellent harvesting weather in the southwest depresses futures. July wheat slips to about 85 4 chord with mixed threshing yield reports. corn and oats follow the trend while provisions hold steady to higher. Local receipts rise alongside scattered grain and livestock quotes from several regional markets.
The Tribune plans to publish a daily market report to aid buyers and sellers with accurate prices. Subscribers are urged to call for information if the report lacks details they need.
Wheat No 3 95c to 1.00 Crn No 2 65% to 70% No 2 yellow 72 to 72% Oats No 2 52% to 54c No 3 white 50 to 53c Butter Easy creameries 19 to 22% cents Eggs 15 to 17c
The judgment refused to mandate Adams Express American Express and United States Express to deliver express packages free in cities with populations over 2,500, as sought by the Railroad Commission. The ruling was handed down yesterday.
The Supreme Court affirms that an alternative writ covering all express packages, inside and outside the state, shows state officers and courts lack jurisdiction over interstate express shipments. Judge Gillett notes that complaints about interstate conduct should go to the Interstate Commerce Commission, not to courts. Noel Cooke, proprietor of the Dunn, was a business visitor in Anderson yesterday.
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