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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1909
Page
19
Wheat moved to 1.07 to 1.09 dollars with December opening at 1.07 and May at 1.08. Corn traded around 58 cents with December open and May at 62 cents. Oats ranged from 41 to 41 4 cents with December and May values. Pork at 21.42, Lard 12.40, Ribs 11.37, Rye cash 74 75, Barley 49 69, Timothy March 4.05, Clover March 15.25.
Wheat values show No 2 red at 1.21 to 1.22 dollars and No 3 red at 1.15 to 1.19. No 2 hard tests 1.09 to 1.11 and No 3 hard 1.04 to 1.09. Corn No 2 yellow old 66 cents and No 3 white at 57 4 to 57 4 cents. Oats No 2 white 44 or 44 cents and No 3 white 42 to 43 cents with Standard at 44 cents.
Butter steady at 26 to 33 cents. creams 24 to 29 cents. Eggs steady with 2,800 receipts. at mark cases 254 cents, firsts 261 to 266 cents, prime firsts 301 cents.
CATTLE receipts 22 000 steady Reeves 4 00 9 25 stockers and feeders 3 15 5 30 cows and heifers 2 15 5 70 westerners 4 254 7 50 HOGS receipts 30 000 steady light 7 95 8 50 mixed 7 85 8 35 heavy 8 05 8 55 rough 8 05 8 25 good to choice heavy 8 25 8 55 bulk of sales 8 50 8 50 SHEEP receipts 25 000 25 30c higher 3 25 5 50 lambs 5 50 8 30
Chicago poultry prices show turkeys at 17 cents, chickens and springs at 14 cents. Strong demand noted as market moves.
New York stock exchange bulletin notes butter steady with creamery holdings at 28 3 4 cents and receipts about 5 600. firm market as of December 8. An additional line records 8 000 receipts for the day without further context.
New York December 8 poultry prices for alive birds show fowls at 15 cents, chickens 13 ½ cents, turkeys 12 ½ to 16 cents. Dressed meat firm with turkeys at 19 to 22 cents, broilers 17 to 21 cents, fowls 12 ½ to 17 cents.
St. Louis on December 8 shows Wheat for December at 1.09 dollars per bushel, Corn at 59 1/2 cents, and Oats at 41 cents.
Peoria reports corn trade with No. 3 yellow priced at 56 cents.
Muscatine Markets shows livestock prices with heavy choice at 8.00 and 7.85 for light, rough at 7.50, and stags at 7.00. Cows and heifers 3.00 to 3.50, lambs 5.00 to 6.00, veal calves 4.50 to 5.00. Feedstuffs list hay 14.09, various grains 0.45 to 1.99, meal 1.85 to 1.99. Produce section notes butter 25c, eggs 25c, hens 9 to 10c, turkeys 12 to 23c, vegetables and fruits with assorted per unit prices. Retail meats and fish priced per item, with several seasonal items. Flower market shows carnations 50 to 75c per dozen, roses 1.00 to 1.50, chrysanthemums 1.00 to 3.00.
Heavy snowstorm delayed Chicago cattle marketing as 5,500 head were finally yarded by noon. Traders reported steadier to stronger prices for cattle compared with Mondays advances, with many stock put in covered pens awaiting Wednesday sales.
Level and some good-quality steers sold at 6.50 and up as local demand remained robust in Tuesday trading. Shippers sought strong cattle but avoided plain and medium lots. Stormy conditions and a hard snowstorm across the middle west raised expectations of a smaller Wednesday run, despite 770 cars sighted by three roads.
Hog arrivals at eleven markets totaled 71 100 yesterday, down 30 900 from last week and 76 900 from the prior year’s Tuesday when 148 000 were received. Combined receipts for the first two days of the week reached 155 000, down 46 000 from a week ago and significantly below both last year and two years ago.
The Hotel Colfax offers complete equipment for the remedial use of the spring waters Colfax is famed for. Built on a commanding eminence in mission style, it is finely furnished with top to bottom comfort for guests. For more than thirty years the waters of the region have drawn visitors seeking health benefits.
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