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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1909
Page
14
Daily commodity board notes open high low close and year’s adjusters for corn wheat oats pork lard and hogs. Prices show Dec May and July futures with minor changes and a note that hogs closed steady with estimates for tomorrow’s crop and grain.
Chicago markets show pork January at 21.50, lard 12.90, ribs 11.25, rye cash 72 to 74 cents, barley 11 to 67 cents March, clover 4.90 March, wheat December opened 1.05 and closed 1.06, corn December opened 57 to 58 cents May 61 to 63 cents, oats December opened 39 to 39.5 cents, May 40 to 42 cents.
Wheat prices listed with No 2 red at 1.20 dollars and No 3 at 1.10 to 1.18 dollars. No 2 hard ranges from 1.07 to 1.08 dollars.
The column lists several corn and oats prices by grade and condition. No. 2 yellow corn at 65% to 66c, No. 3 white around 56 to 57c, No. 2 white oats at 43c, and standard around 42% to 42% and a half cents.
In Chicago on December 2 cattle receipts reached about 7 000 with prices from 3 85 to 9 15 for beeves and 4 00 to 7 40 for westerners. Hogs receipts around 20 000 with heavy at 7 90 to 8 40 and bulk sold 8 10 to 8 30. Sheep receipts 16 000 with lambs 5 25 to 7 75 and ewes 2 75 to 5 00.
Butter and creamery prices held steady with creamery at 261 percent and 32 percent figures. Dairies listed 24 and 28 cents for various items. Eggs unchanged with 3,000 receipts noted. Market at mark shows case inclusions with 20 to 25 cent ranges. Firsts quoted at 28 cents and prime firsts at 39 cents.
Poultry prices hold steady in Chicago Alabama market with turkeys at 14 cents per pound, chickens 12 cents, and springs at 112 cents per pound.
New York buyers see mixed poultry values with alive birds dull and fowls steady. Dressed turkeys range from 12 to 17 cents, broilers 16 to 22 cents, fowls 13 to 17 cents, and turkeys 18 to 22 cents.
New York December 1 butter receipts 6000 with state dairy at 25 32 cents per pound. Eggs weak with receipts 7500. Extra firsts 31 33 cents. Firsts 28 30 cents. Seconds 25 27 cents.
New York December grain quotes show Wheat for December at 1.155 dollars and Corn for December at 69 1/4 cents as trading closes. Market notes indicate modest activity and standard seasonal demand influences.
St Louis grain market reports show wheat at 1.07 cents per bushel for December. Corn stands at 57 7/8 cents, uttryking 58 cents. Oats recorded at 40 1/8 cents per bushel.
Peoria Illinois corn market notes No. 3 yellow priced at 55 1/2 cents per bushel for December delivery. Market activity shown with standard bid and ask levels in the Illinois trading session.
Muscatine markets list live stock quotes with choices and prices for heavy and light cattle, steers, cows, heifers, lambs, and stags. Hay and grain sections show corn and wheat prices, oats, rye, barley, bran, shorts, and meal with current bids.
One load of prime 1,573 lb. Iowa fed grade Hereford branded steers sold in the Wednesday market at 9.50, the highest price on record in the open market. Morris & Co. bought the cattle for Christmas trade, reflecting urgent demand for prime beeves and a scarcity in recent months.
A letter claims a free remedy from C H Rowan Drug Co of London Ontario cures bed wetting and night urination in both children and adults. It promises a harmless, fail-safe treatment and urges readers to request the prepaid package and spread word to neighbors.
Open market price reached a war-time high of 9.50 for a load of prime Iowa fed Herefords, 1,573 lbs, amid 28,000 cattle midweek receipts. Thursday’s international sale of 35 carloads of show steers is expected to push average prices higher, with hogs and sheep showing mixed, weaker trends as receipts totaled about 37,000 hogs and 21,000 to 26,000 sheep and lambs depending on timing.
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