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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1915
Page
9
Chicago August 27 bearish sentiment led the grain market lower as improved domestic weather and a Winnipeg price break pushed wheat down. September at 9.72, December 9.51¼, corn down to 11.44, oats off 1.34 to 1.12, provisions mixed with ribs gaining slightly while pork and lard weakened as liquidation dominated the session.
This week wheat supply stands at 8,092,000 with last week at 7,517,000 and last year at 33,027,000. Corn shows 2,882,000 for this week, 3,241,000 for last week, and 2,195,000 for last year. Oats are 2,231,000 this week, 1,206,000 last week, and 18,890,000 for last year.
Minneapolis figures show today 220, last week 103, last year 274. Duluth today 14, last week 7, last year 112. Winnipeg today 51, last week 52, last year 200.
Estimated receipts here for Saturday include Wheat 342 Com 83 Oats 575 Hogs 10000 Cattle 200 Sheep 2000. This list reflects the day’s market projections for grains and livestock in Chicago.
Wheat contract quotes show 268 with 105 last year and 266 estimated for today. Corn reports 66 and 261 last year with 50 estimated. Oats stand at 396 with 342 last year and 8 estimated.
Wheat output today is 1,156,000 while last year reached 1,493,000. Corn today records 403,000 compared with 939,000 last year. Oats show 1,430,000 today versus 1,134,000 in the previous year.
Wheat today 1 177 000 compared with last year 1 072 060. Corn today 228 000 vs last year 197 000. Oats today 1 136 000 against 983 000 last year.
New York price report lists butter steady at 92 score to 27, creamery extras, firsts and seconds ranges. eggs firm with fresh gathered extras around 28 to 29, nearby hennery whites and browns priced. cheese firm with state whole milk varieties, whites and colors varied.
Wheat bids range from No 2 red at 1.07 to No 4 hard at 1.03. No 2 red 1.07 1.14, No 3 red 1.06 1.14, No 2 hard 1.09 1.34, No 3 hard 1.07 1.14, No 4 hard 1.03. Corn values show No 2 yellow 0.84 0.114, No 3 yellow and No 2 white and No 2 mixed and No 3 mixed listed. Oats No 3 Ge 0.360 0.3614, No 4 white 0.3314 0.3414.
Wheat and corn quotations from Saint Louis show No 2 red wheat at about 1.08 to 1.10 per bushel, No 3 red around 1.04 to 1.10, and No 4 red near 0.85 to 1.00. Corn values list No 2 at 78 1/4 to 79 1/4, No 3 at 78, and yellow varieties around 78 1/4 to 80. White corn prices show No 2 at 75 3/4, No 3 at 75 3/4, No 4 at 75 1/4. Oats quotations place No 3 around 57 1/4, No 4 near 54 3/4.
Kansas City grain quotes list No 2 hard wheat at 1.12 1.20 per bushel in various grades with No 3 and No 4 hard and red prices shown. Corn is quoted No 2 73 and No 3 71 with No 4 69 70. Oats and white varieties priced in No 2 No 3 at 38 39 and 35 for No 3.
Wheat receipts totaled 220 cars, down from a year ago. Cash prices listed for No 1 hard at 1.2314 dollars per bushel, No 1 northern at 1.0496, No 2 northern at 1.054, and No 3 wheat at 1.01, with futures prices around 1.1958 for nearby and 1.145 for deferred.
Peoria reports mixed grain prices with corn holding at 214 cents and various futures quoted for No 3 white No 2 yellow and No 3 yellow. Oats show unchanged values across No 3 white No 4 white and sample lots with minor differences.
In New York on August 27 wheat prices fell with spot quotes for No 2 red at 1 10M cif New York. No 2 hard at 1 7 per M cif. Duluth and No 1 northern Manitoba quoted around 1 0 5 cif Buffalo. September futures for wheat weak at 1.06 14. Corn spot easy for No 2 yellow at 88, oats No 3 white new at 47 nominal.
Clover seed shows prime cash at 9.20 with October at 9024 and December at 9.52. Alsike lists prime cash and September at 9.30, October 9.35. Timothy notes prime cash and September at 3.40, October 3.20. Market data for Toledo dated Aug. 27.
Liverpool August 27 Wheat No northern Duluth 11s 4d 1/2d Corn American mixed new 5s 11d
Chicago stock market report shows hog receipts around 15 000 with prices up 10 cents, cattle receipts about 1 000 with mixed values from a few dollars, and sheep receipts near 7 000 with higher tone. Hogs ranged from 6.40 to 8.05, cattle from 3.00 to 8.75, and lambs from 7.25 to 9.55 per hundredweight. Strong demand noted across hogs and sheep with gains reported in most categories.
Hogs receipts 5,200 up 10 cents. prices 7.60 to 8.48 for pigs and lights, 7.50 to 8.00 for mixed and butchers, 7.65 for good heavy. Cattle receipts 2,000, demand lower to steady. beef steers around 7. today, yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 10.00, cows 6.00 to 8.00, stockers 6.00 to 8.25, calves 6.00 to 11.50. Sheep receipts 1,000, lambs 8.06 to 9.25, sheep and ewes 5.50 to 7.40.
Kansas City market activities show hogs around 6.90 to 7.60 per hundredweight with 2,000 head, cattle totaling about 960 with steers from 7.00 to 9.80 and cows and heifers from 4.25 to 7.50, calves near 6.00 to 10.25, sheep about 4,000 with lambs from 8.60 to 9.15 and yearlings from 6.50 to 7.00. wethers around 6.75 and ewes from 5.25 to 16.00.
Omaha market report shows cattle at steady prices with steers 6.75 to 9.60, cows and heifers 5.85 to 7.50, calves 7.00 to 10.00, hogs 5.50 to 7.40, bulk 6.35 to 6.70, and sheep listings totaling 16,200 with yearlings 5.50 to 6.25, wethers 5.25 to 6.00, lambs 8.50 to 9.10.
Chicago notes show irregular butter receipts totaling 10 227 creamery extras at 24 44 and 23 14 for firsts with varied marks. Poultry alive steady with fowls around 4 14 4 springs 16 17. Potatoes lower with mixed Jersey and Minnesota Ohio cobbler prices.
Coffee market report from New York shows spot steady as Rio reflects price indicators. No. 7,7 Santos A's traded at 914, with Rio listings noted for the day.
New York stock market showed tentative gains as Germany hinted at avoiding complications with the United States over the Arabic sinking. London exchange dipped, remittances to Paris weakened, and metal shares led with Tennessee Copper and United States Steel among top movers. Total volume reached 930,000 shares.
Closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange list numerous stocks with varied fractions and percentages. Notable names include American Beet Sugar, American Can, American Car & Foundry, American Cotton Oil, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Reading, United States Steel, and Western Union among others, with prices and odd fractions indicating mixed movement.
Indianapolis stock market shows hogs at 4500 head with the top bid at 8.10 as hog prices rise about ten cents. Cattle around 600 head reported steady with overall market holding firm amid steady demand.
Reported price list shows No. 2 wheat at 1.00 the wheat price at 1.10, flour at 7.00 per unit, corn at 0.85 to 0.86, oats old 0.52, new 0.40 to 0.50, baled prairie hay 8.50 to 10.00, old loose hay 14, new loose hay 8.50 to 13.00, alslike clover seed 9 to 10, crab grass 7.50, clover hailings 10, straw baled 5.50 to 6.00, clover seed 7 to 8.00.
Milling company Knollenberg reports retail selling prices for flour and mill products. High patent flour 6.60 dollars per unit, straight patent 6.40, hard wheat 6.80, bran 25.00 per ton, shipstuff 32 per ton. Corn meal 2 per 100 pounds. Wagon hogs vary by weight and quality from 6.25 to 7.35 dollars per hundredweight.
A scanned price sheet shows choices for hogs, fat cattle, veal and calves, bulls, spring lambs, sheep, and hog products with bid and ask figures. Poultry and eggs rates include hens, roosters, spring chicks, eggs, turkeys, geese, ducks, and butter prices for packing stock and country grades.
(Reported by Wm. Malambri) Carrots three bunches for five cents. Beets three bunches for five. Cauliflower per item ten to twenty cents. Cabbage per head five to ten. Wax and string beans per quart or six cents. Summer squash each one cent. New potatoes per peck twenty five cents. Cucumbers large each five to ten. Celery cabbage each ten to twenty five. Young onions three bunches five. Tomatoes per pound ten. Sweet corn per dozen twenty to twenty five. Turnips per peck twenty five cents.
Market column lists assorted figs and dates with unit prices. Figs 10 oz packages at 10 cents each, imported varieties including umbrella layer at 25 cents per pound. Dates include Halowi bulk at 15 cents per pound, 2 pounds for 20 cents, and dromedary dates in 10 cent packages.
A catalog of assorted dry goods and produce with unit prices. Almonds Valensit pecans walnuts and filberts priced per pound. Popcorn and dried fruits listed by pound quart or dozen. Fresh cherries apples peaches pineapples bananas watermelons cantaloupes and coconuts priced by various units.
Bolles and Rogers report prices for hides and wool items including No 1 cured hides at lic, No 2 cured hides 14c, green hides 18c and 12c, calves and kip at 16c, 15c, horses priced from 3.00 to 4.00, glue and pony 1.00 to 1.50, tallow and grease ranges, wool pelts and shearlings valued, lambs and grades by wool content.
Raw sugar firm, centrifugal at 4.703, molasses at 3.93, refined items hold steady in New York market notes dated August 27.
The market shows little rally and closes near lows as unsettled weather, favorable tomorrow forecasts, and limited foreign demand weigh on wheat. Corn and oats decline with selling pressure while shipping demand remains fair and export business grows slowly. Provisions rise modestly as hedging shorts buy and September pork shifts to deferred futures.
Bradstreet notes ongoing uplift in trade and industry with improving international relations and growing orders, while some sectors face unevenness. Money is plentiful at low rates and foreign orders for war materials stay strong, but labor strikes and competitive bidding pressure persist. Western cooling weather slows distribution and textile lines face dyestuff shortages. railway freight is lighter than last year. Weekly bank clearings reach 3,156,182,000.
New York money rates show mercantile paper at 3 1/4 to 4 4/10, sterling bills at 4 63 35, demand notes at 4.63 85, cables 4.63 85, and Teas, Russians, rubles with varied figures. Time loans held steady with 60, 90, and six month maturities quoted. call money steady with a 2 percent high and 1 3/4 low, last loan 2. Closing bid 1 3/4 to 1 3/4, offered at 2.
New York market report shows dressed poultry steady with western frozen roast ing chickens at 20 cents per pound and fresh fowls iced at 13 cents. Alive poultry weak with western broilers around 19 cents, fowls 16 to 14, and turkeys 13 to 15 cents.
Paris dispatch reports the official journal announcing a blockade of Asia Minor and Syria coasts from Samoa to the Egyptian frontier, effective from August 25. The declaration covers the coastal regions and signals heightened maritime restrictions amid ongoing regional tensions.
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