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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1915
Page
9
The European war situation dominated trading as wheat fell to near 2840 26e, with September at 81.00 14 and December at 97.34 7éc. Corn closed near flat to 34c lower, oats down 14c, and provisions largely steady or modestly higher. Hog prices jumped ten cents lifting lard and aiding short-covering.
The report lists weekly and yearly production numbers for Wheat Corn and Oats. Wheat shows this week 0.092 million, last week 5.517 million, last year 33.027 million. Corn shows this week 2.822 million, last week 3.241 million, last year 2.196 million. Oats shows this week 2.231 million, last week 1.206 million, last year 18.89 million.
Estimated figures show wheat at 850, corn 180, oats 600, hogs 15,000, cattle 5,000, and sheep 15,000 marked as today’s market estimates. Prices reflect agricultural trading data likely from a regional exchange with bulk quantities cited.
Local car lot figures show Minneapolis counts for today 397, last week 222, last year 546. Duluth today 10, last week 12, last year 126. Winnipeg today 21, last week 99, last year 124.
Wheat corn and oats price figures for today and last year are shown. Wheat 283 contract 287 estimated 63? last year 176. Corn shoot 51 contract 48 estimated 53 last year 176. Oats 295 contract 293 estimated 126 last year 176.
The report lists total clearances for wheat at 981000 units and corn at 25000 units, with oats at 19000 units also cleared. The fragment indicates agricultural commodity movements but lacks context.
Shipments show wheat totaling 1,379,000 today versus 2,023,000 last year and corn at 268,000 today compared with 606,000 last year.
Receipts for Wheat show today 1,691,000 vs last year's 2,230,000. Corn receipts today are 570,000, down from 1,309,000 last year. Oats receipts stand at 1,711,000 today, up from 1,337,000 last year.
Chicago wheat and corn prices show wide ranges for No. 2 red, No. 3 red, and hard varieties with quotes around 1.09 to 1.12 dollars. Corn values feature No. 2 yellow at 0.34, No. 3 yellow near 0.34, and mixed classes around 0.79. Oats and barley quotes are listed for new and standard grades with slight shifts.
Wheat prices show No 2 red at 1.12 to 1.15 dollars and No 3 red around 1.06 to 1.18. No 4 red ranges 0.90 to 1.05. No 2 hard about 1.12, No 3 hard 1.08 to 1.09, No 4 hard 1.00 to 1.05. Corn No 2 about 0.81, No 4 around 0.80, No 2 yellow 0.82, No 3 white 0.78. Oats No 2 white 0.40 to 0.14, No 3 white 0.38 to 0.89, others 0.29 to 0.40.
Kansas City cash grain report lists No. 2 hard wheat at 1.16 1/2, No. 3 hard 1.21 1/2, No. 4 hard 1.01 1/9, No. 2 red 1.38 1/2, No. 3 red 1.07, and various red and white corn values. Prices shown for No. 2, 3, 4 yellow, white, and additional white grain classifications with bid ranges and sale indicators.
Wheat in Minneapolis opened lower with receipts totaling 391 cars versus 546 a year earlier. Cash grain values listed include No 1 hard at 1.16 to 1.14. No 1 northern around 1.04 to 1.15. No 2 northern about 1.12. No 3 wheat near 1.02 to 1.07 with arrivals 9.75 to 10.03 per 100 pounds.
In Peoria Illinois the August 1923 cash grain report shows prices down across several classes. No. 2 white 79 cents, No. 2 yellow 79 1/40 cents, No. 4 yellow 78 3/4 cents, No. 2 mixed 79 cents, No. 3 mixed 79 cents, No. 4 mixed 78 3/4 cents, and oats down 34 1 cent with No. 3 white 38 cents and No. 4 white 36 1/4 cents. Sample prices range around 75 to 77 cents for oats.
NEW YORK GRAIN. Wheat spot irregular No. 2 red 1.1514 cif New York prompt shipment. No. 2 hard 1.1514 cif New York to arrive lake and rail. No. 1 northern Duluth 1.02 and No. 1 northern Manitoba 0.99 cif Buffalo. Futures weaker September 1.09. Corn spot easy No. 2 yellow 0.89 prompt shipment. Oats easy No. 3 white 0.52-0.53 and No. 4 white 0.51-0.52 nominal.
Omaha cash grain prices list August 23 showing No. 2 hard wheat at 1.10 to 1.21 per bushel, No. 2 white corn at 71.25 to 72.75, No. 2 yellow at 74.25 to 75.00, No. 2 at 71.25, No. 3 white oats at 37.14 to 39 cents per bushel.
Chicago stockyards receipts show hogs 20 000 strong up to 10 cents higher with various price ranges from 6.10 to 7.90. Cattle receipts 21 000 weak 10 to 20 cents lower with native beeves 6.00 to 10.10 and calves 8.50 to 12.25. Sheep receipts 9 000 firm to 15 cents higher with wethers 5.75 to 8.35, ewes 3.60 to 6.00, lambs 6.75 to 9.10.
Hogs receipts 7900 with live prices from 7.50 to 7.90 for pigs and lights. Butchers and heavy hogs 7.60 to 7.65. Cattle receipts 4000 steady with native beef steers 7.50 to 10.15, yearlings and heifers 8.50 to 10.00, cows 6.00 to 8.00, stockers 6.00 to 8.25. Native calves 6.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 500 steady to 25 cents higher with lambs 7.75 to 8.75 and ewes 5.00 to 6.00.
Kansas City reports cattle receipts at 6.00 to 7.45 with heavies 6.40 to 7.00 and lights 6.50 to 7.45. Hogs receipts 14,000 with steers 7.00, cows and heifers 4.50 to 9.75, calves 6.60 to 10.25. Sheep receipts 8,000 with lambs 3.25 to 8.75 and yearlings 6.50 to 7.00. wethers 6.00 to 6.50, ewes 5.25 to 6.25.
East St Louis hog receipts totaled 8500 with prices higher across classes. Heavy hogs ranged around 6.75 to 7.75, lights about 7.80, sows near 6.10 to 6.25, and pigs around 7.50 to 7.90. Cattle receipts were 3000 with the market steady and top at 10.15.
Omaha on August 23 reports cattle receipts of 9,000 with steers around 6.75 to 9.60, cows and heifers about 5.85 to 7.50, calves 7.00 to 10.00. hogs receipts 4,300 with heavy 6.15 to 6.65, light 6.70 to 7.30, pigs 5.75 to 7.28. bulk 6.25 to 6.65. sheep receipts 28,000 steady with yearlings 5.50 to 10.25, wethers 5.25, lambs 8.39 to 8.60.
New York coffee market quiet on August 23 with Rio No 7 at 674 7, Santos No 4 Sag. steady amid light trading and awaiting new developments. no immediate price shifts noted.
Moderate irregularity led to a general depression then complete recovery in today’s stock market. United States Steel opened low, fluctuated, and ended with gains after a sharp reversal amid strong orders for steel and iron. War shares fell while railway issues showed gains, London purchases supported recovery, and U.S. bond issues traded with various par values.
Closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange list numerous bonds and stocks with last sale figures for American Beet Sugar American Can American Car & Foundry American Cotton Oil American Smelting & Refining American Sugar Refining American Tel & Tel Anaconda Mining Atchison Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel Brooklyn Rapid Transit California Petroleum Canadian Pacific Central Leather Chesapeake & Ohio Chino Copper California Pfd Chicago & North Western Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul Denver & Rio Grande Great Northern Illinois Central Interborough-Met Inter. Harvester Lehigh Valley Louisville & Nashville Maxwell Motor Mexican Petroleum Missouri Pacific National Lead New York Central Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Ray Consolidated Reading Republic Steel Southern Pacific Southern Railway Studebaker Texas Co Tennessee Copper Union Pacific United States Rubber United States Steel Utah Copper Western Union Westinghouse Electric Rock Island Baldwin Locomotive.
Grain prices listed: wheat 1.00 to 1.10, flour 97.99, corn 85 86c, old oats 52c, new oats 40 50c. Hay prices include prairie hay baled 6.50 to 10.09, baled prairie 8.50, baled straw 5.50 to 6.00, shredded fodder 8.00, old loose hay 14, new loose hay 8.50 to 13.00. Clover seed 7.00 to 8.00, alsike clover seed 9.00 to 10.00, crab grass 7.50, clover hulling 10.00, new clover hay 9.00.
Knollenberg Milling lists flour prices: High patent flour 16.60, straight patent 6.40, hard wheat flour 6.80, bran 25.00 per ton, shipstuff 32 per ton, corn meal 2 per 100 lb. Hog prices show wagon hogs for choice quality 200 to 00 pounds average 6.70 to 7.15, 150 to 45 pounds average 7.00 to 7.15, and 126 to 30 pounds average 6.90 to 7.15.
Prices for hogs, cattle, veal, sheep, and bulls listed from light hogs to spring lambs. Poultry and eggs rates shown for hens, roosters, chickens, turkeys, and geese with per pound and per dozen figures. Fresh produce such as carrots, beets, cauliflower, cabbage, beans, squash, potatoes, cucumbers, celery, onions, tomatoes, corn, and turnips priced per unit or unit weight. Reported by Wm Malambri.
Fragmentary OCR lists price terms for figs and dates from a California store. Mentions 10 oz figs, 10 cent unit prices, and various imported goods with vague packaging notes. Contains likely misread words and inconsistent punctuation.
A historic price listing shows shelled nut meats and fruits with per pound or per unit pricing. Almonds and pecans priced at 75 cents and 20–25 cents per pound for various forms. cherries, currants, prunes, apricots, peaches, and pineapples listed with multiple unit options. coconuts, walnuts, filberts, brazils, almonds, and chestnuts priced by pound. bananas and watermelons by dozen or each. quantities and units reflect a late 19th to early 20th century grocery catalog.
Prices for cured hides range from No 1 at 15 cents to No 2 at 12 cents for green hides and higher for cured calves and kip. Horse values vary by size from $4.00 for large to $1.00 for second horses. glue and pony prices noted. Wool pelts and shearlings listed with per pound and per item figures. wool quality affects prices.
Western receipts show Kansas City purchasing 6,000 hogs and 15 000 cattle today while Omaha reports 4,000 hogs and 9 060 cattle. Market activity reflects live stock movements between regional hubs.
Market summary notes mixed wheat activity with a 2% to pemain drop as political and financial news dampened sentiment. Corn held firm with September declines, while visible supply rose slightly and prospects for cooler weather kept traders cautious. Provisions saw hog prices rise modestly amid lighter receipts and external packing pressure.
New York money rates show sterling at 60. day bills 82, demand 465.75, cables 466.50. Marks demand 81, cables 81.5. Rubles 3h. cables 3454. Bar-silver, Mexican dollars 37. Time loans under 600 days 234? 90 days 234. Call money ready high 2, low 1 3/4, ruling 2.1st loan 2 closing bid 1.34, offered at 2.
New York weathered butter and egg pricing with creamery extras rated at 92 score and 26 1 2 cents per pound. Results show varied 2 4 7 1st and 2nd classifications for butter and eggs, with cheese listed as weak and state whole milk products priced per average and fancy lots.
Chicago market notes butter receipts reach 18 300 tubs with creamery extras at 22 9 percent and firsts at 19 22 . Higgs reports 5 622 cases with ordinary firsts near 19 19 . poultry supplies decline with alive fowls at 16 17. potatoes firm on 65 car receipts. Jersey cobblers Jersey giants and Minnesota items noted in mixed figures.
Kansas City August 23 market roundup shows butter creamery at 27 for firsts 25 seconds 23. eggs firsts 19 seconds 14. Poultry prices include hens 12 roosters 9, broilers 15.
The visible grain supply in the United States on August 23 shows Wheat up 637000 bushels in bond decreased 34000, Corn down 419000, Oats down 1024000, Rye up 95000, Barley down 98000.
New York poultry market report lists dressed western frozen chickens at 20 cents per pound, fresh fowls iced 13 to 17 cents, fresh turkeys iced 15 to 16 cents, alive prices steady while overall market unsettled. Broilers 20 cents, fowls 17 cents, turkeys 13 to 15 cents.
New York sugar markets show raw centrifugal sugar at 4.64, molasses and refined grades flat. Cut loaf at 6.60, powdered and fine granulated around 5.00 to 5.70, confectioners sugar about 5.60, with small variances noted.
In Indianapolis on Aug 23 hogs saw receipts of 3,000 with prices 10 to 20 cents higher, top at 8.10 dollars. Cattle receipts reached 1,400 with a slow market and subdued demand.
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