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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1909
Page
9
Fall farm land sale offers numerous parcels with per acre prices ranging from sixty to two hundred dollars. Listings include 340 acre at 65.00, 315 acre at 60.00, 236 acre at 130.00, down to 40 and 60 acre options. More farms available on request.
Chicago market quotes show wheat and corn moving in a narrow range with September wheat at 99% to 100% of par, December 95% to 95 1/2, and May 97% to 98%. Pork and lard prices edged higher while hogs closed 5 cents above yesterday. Projected arrivals include 69 wheat cars, 210 corn cars, and 293 oats today with 66 wheat, 219 corn, and 186 oats cars expected tomorrow.
Chicago market notes show wheat futures opening at 99 and closing near 98 4 for September and December at 93 for wheat long, corn steady around 65, oats around 36 37, rye cash at 69 72 cents, barley 50 to 66 cents, Park Sept price 22.47, lard 12.20, ribs 11.82, timothy 3.60.
A series of grain price quotes shows No 2 red and hard wheats at about $1.07 and $1.06 per bushel, No 2 corn around 68–71 cents, No 2 white and yellow wheats near 69–71 cents, No 2 oats around 35–36 cents, and related No 3 grades and standards with similar ranges. Prices are given with bid and ask style figures in cents per bushel.
Cattle receipts 500 steady with beeves at 4.15 to 7.75 for various types. Texans 4.00 to 5.40. Westerners 4.40 to 6.40. calves 6.50 to 8.75. Hogs receipts 5,000 up 5¢. light 7.55 to 8.20. mixed 7.45 to 8.20. heavy 7.15 to 8.17. bulk 7.65 to 8.05. Sheep receipts 2,000 steady. lambs 4.25 to 7.85.
Poultry prices in Chicago on August 28 remained steady with turkeys at 15 cents, chickens at 14 1/2 cents, and springs at 17 cents.
New York, Aug 28. Poultry markets show alive poultry firm. Chickens 18 19 cents, fowls 17 17 ½ cents, turkeys 14 cents. Dressed broilers 16 24 cents, fowls 15 18 ½ cents.
New York butter market reports steady demand for fine grades with eyes on quality. Imitation creamery butter trades at 23 cents. Receipts total 5 700 for butter and 9 500 for other dairy items.
New York on August 28 reports a bank statement with loans up $1,402,000 and deposits down $2,540,000. Reserve falls by $3,006,000 and surplus declines by $2,370,000, while U S deposits decrease by $2,367,000.
New York grain prices show Wheat at 1.97 and a half in September futures. Corn quotes stand at 75 cents per bushel.
St. Louis market notes Wheat for September delivery steadied near 9.75 with August 28 trading snapshot. Grain pricing and futures shown for the St. Louis area with emphasis on wheat movements and near term trading outlook.
Peoria Illinois corn market reports No 2 yellow at 68 to 69 1/2 cents for the day. Oats listed at 36 1/2 percent. Market tone steady with slight price variation across the session.
Live stock traders faced a slow market as buyers were scarce and sellers mostly failed to move steer lots. Prices sagged with many steers down 25 to 35 cents from the prior week while a bulk of valuable cattle traded around 5.00 to 6.00 dollars. Local operators observed weak demand and a tentative weekly end.
Hog sales yesterday were steady with Thursday’s best prices but demand waned as packers balked at these levels. Buyers forced a late price drop to move heavy mixed hogs, with 15 000 head receipts and five day total over 90 000. Several top packers entered late, while others kept bids low as the market dragged.
Native sheep and yearlings traded firm with gains for some lots while ewes and kids softened. Rangers remained strong, with horseshoe wethers up to 15 to 19 cents, and lambs showing 10 to 50 cent increases for select grades. Receipts ran about 7,000 with weekly totals down from last year. feeding grades stayed firm overall.
Personal notes identify B. A. Northrup of Keota Iowa as among the region's foremost livestock shippers returning this week with four cattle cars on the market.
Theodore Kardel of Walcott Iowa sold a load of cattle at the market on Wednesday. The group brought 6.85 dollars per hundredweight and averaged 1353 pounds per head.
W. W. Gilmore of Aledo shipped hogs weighing about 248 pounds each at yesterday's market with a selling price around eight dollars and five cents per hundredweight.
G A Emerson shipped a large consignment from Mercer county Illinois featuring cattle. The week’s market highlights heavy cattle volume and strong demand for cattle offerings.
Corn market and oats quoted with single numbers. various grains and feed terms with retail and wholesale prices. Live stock ranges include hogs, steers, cows, veal, bulls, sheep, lambs, and a Muscatine Produce Co market list with butter eggs poultry and meats and prices per pound.
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