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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
11
H D Horst is an attorney and notary public practicing general law with focus on probate commercial and corporate matters in room 4407 of the Fourth floor new German American Bank building.
Wheat futures eased with September near 99 1/2 cents as prices closed down 4 cents from the prior day. Reports of heat and drought in Iowa Illinois rattled corn sentiment while oats held firmer on modest gains amid steady receipts, signaling a cautious, mixed grains session.
Reliance Loan Co offers quick private loans from $2,000 at low rates on gilt edged security. Owner may borrow $10 to $500 with furniture or piano as collateral. Office over old Post Office in Muscatine Iowa. N Rosenberger.
Daily prices across grains and livestock show wheat corn oats and pork futures with Sep and Dec contracts. Local farm produce and meats markets list butter eggs hens ducks and variety of fruits vegetables with unit prices and retail ranges.
Chicago reports this week’s cattle receipts about 14 000 lower than last year with natives up 6000 and western ranges down 15800. Prices for steers top at 7 25 while common cattle sell 5 00 to 6 50. Hog market rises about 10 cents with mixed packing at 7 60 to 7 75 and top hogs at 8 20. Sheep and lamb values varied with Montana wethers at 4 79 and lambs up 25 to 30 cents from Thursday. Total receipts for the period show weaker year‑over‑year demand across cattle hogs and sheep.
Chicago market update shows Wheat Sept opening at 99 1/2 cents per bushel with a high of 100 and a low near 99 1/2. Corn Sept opens 64 64 to 64 64 cents with a 63 1/2 to 64 1/4 range. Oats Sept 36 1/2 to 37 cents with a 36 1/2 to 36 3/4 spread. Pork Sept at 20.47, Lard Sept 11.32, Ribs Sept 11.02. Rye cash 70 to 72 cents. Barley 45 to 66 cents. Clover cash 11.60. Timothy Sept 3.70.
Cattle receipts 400 steady with Beeves 4.40 to 7.50 Texans 4.00 to 5.65 Westerners 4.00 to 6.00 Stockers and feeders 3.00 to 10. Calves 5.50 to 8.00. Hogs 8,000 receipts, 10 cents higher. Light 7.70 to 8.20, mixed 7.55 to 8.30, heavy 7.35 to 8.30, rough 7.35 to 7.55, 100d to choice heavy 7.55 to 8.39, pigs 7.10 to 8.19, bulk 7.70 to 8.15. Sheep 3,000 receipts steady 3.00 to 10, lambs 4.50 to 7.70.
Chicago August 7 poultry prices steady with turkeys at 14 cents and springs at 11 to 17 cents.
New York markets record cotton activity with January futures opening at 12.05, peaking 12.06 and closing 12.02. December futures opened 12.01, high 12.07, low 12.00, closed 12.03. October futures started 12.00, peak 12.05, final 11.98.
Butter, easy and unchanged with receipts of 6,500. Eggs quiet and unchanged with receipts of 8,000. Location New York on August 7. No other major price shifts noted.
From New York on August 7 live poultry shows Chickens at 18 cents a pound fowls at 15 cents a pound with general market activity noted for the day.
Wheat Sept. closes at 1.09 dollars and corn at 72 cents as of the New York grain market update from August 7. The brief note lists prices for key staples and reflects ongoing trading activity.
New York bank statement reports loans up by 10.867 million dollars and deposits up by 3.378 million. Reserve declines by 7.46 million and surplus falls by 8.342 million.
St Louis Me crop prices Aug 7 show Wheat Sept at 98 frac cents, Corn at 68 cents, Oats at 36 cents with steady trading on the local grain market in St Louis Missouri.
In Peoria this week the corn market shows No. 2 yellow at 66 1/2 cents per bushel. The grain trades reflect steady demand with prices hovering around the reported level.
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