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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1915
Page
2
Chicago trading closes mixed as wheat gains 14 to 2 cents with December at 115 1/4 and May at 1074 4. Corn slips 1 to 1 1/4 cents while oats rise 1/4 to 3/4 cent. provisions vary. Visible supply showed a surprise decrease of over 2,000,000 bushels, softening the expected bullish tone and limiting lasting gains.
This week wheat shows 46,041,000 bushels, down from 48,787,000 last week and 76,240,000 a year ago. Corn totals 5,181,000 this week, up from 4,389,000 last week and 10,225,000 a year ago. Oats at 20,054,000 this week, up from 19,598,000 last week and 32,184,000 a year ago.
Minneapolis totals show 1 702 today versus 1 984 last week and 630 last year in a regional vehicle data note. Duluth reports 914 today, 809 last week, and 85 last year. Winnipeg records 2 486 today, 2 784 last week, and 487 last year.
Wheat 268 orn 39a oats 283 hogs 47000 cattle 7000 sheep 18000 appear in the market report showing prices and totals for grains and animals. The numbers indicate commodity quantities traded across the period.
Wheat today 75 contract 20 estimated 75 last year 130. Corn today 181 contract 10 estimated 11 last year 470. Oats today 111 contract 20 estimated 111 last year 162.
Wheat yields today 3,998,090 versus last year 1,882,000. Corn shows 1,350,000 today versus 2,114,000 last year. Oats at 1,307,000 today, up from 1,061,000 previously.
The report lists current production totals and prior year figures for three crops. Wheat shows 2,638,000 this year versus 677,600 last year, Corn lists 288,000 and 44,60, and Oats shows 904,000 this year with 683,000 previously.
United States visible supply records a rise in wheat by 2 773 000 bushels corn by 292 000 and oats by 456 000 while total clearance totals wheat 2 012 000 corn 103 000 and oats 105 000 detailing supply shifts and market outlooks through the period
Chicago cash grain reports December 13 list Wheat prices for No 2 hard at 81.1454 dollars per bushel and No 3 hard near 1.0847 to 1.10. corn figures show No 2 mixed old 71 to 68 cents, No 4 yellow 65 to 64 cents, No 2 white 68 to 69 cents, with various No 5 6 yellow and white bids. oats quoted No 3 white 40 to 40.5 cents and No 4 white about 38.9 to 40 cents, standard around 42.4 to 42.6 cents.
Grain prices steady in St Louis with No. 2 red wheat at 81 2007.1.23, No. 2 hard at 1.09, corn No. 2 at 66 14 67 and No. 4 white oats at 41 41 3/4 with various futures figures across red, yellow, and white varieties.
Kansas City December 13 cash grain bulletin lists prices for wheat corn and oats across hard red and white varieties with No. 2 No. 3 and No. 4 grades. Values shown include No. 2 hard wheat 1051 0, No. 3 hard 1031 08, corn No. 2 6 WAGKER and other grades, oats No. 2 8814 3914, No. 3 3715 3814, with white and yellow varieties noted.
Omaha prices for wheat and corn shown with No 2 hard at 1.03 to 1.05 dollars per bushel. No 2 white corn listed at 61 to 64 cents, No 2 yellow around 66 to 67 cents, with higher lines at 67 to 71 cents. No 2, 67 to 71 cents. oats No 3 white 40 to 42 cents.
Liverpool December 13 report lists Wheat No 2 hard winter at 12s 9d and Corn American mixed yellow at 8s 10d, reflecting the day’s commodity trading and price levels for grains.
St Louis reports high grades of timothy and clover scarce with steady demand, while medium and common qualities are oversupplied and selling slowly. Clover is very scarce. good No 2 and No 1 hold firm, common market slow. Alfalfa offered steady. prices cited for No 1 through No 3, straw firm at 6 to 6.50 per unit.
Peoria Ill December 13 corn and oats price report shows No 3 white at 6415 40 65 No 4 white 63 No 3 yellow 6534 No 4 yellow 634 No 3 mined 64 64 nominal No 4 mixeat 6234 s sample 3301 5814 Oats lower No 3 white 3934
Minneapolis reports higher wheat prices with 1,702 ears received versus 635 last year. No. 1 hard grain quoted at 1.138% to arrive, No. 1 northern around 1.11, No. 2 northern about 1.03, and No. 3 wheat near 0.60 to 0.80, reflecting stronger receipts and steady demand.
Logs show receipts of 60 000 cattle and 37 000 sheep with mixed demand. Beef cattle demand listed as native steers Westerns and cows and heifers with prices ranging from about 2.75 to 11.50 per unit and notes of unsettled markets and weekly variability. Pigs and calves also appear with varied price points amid overall weak to strong signals in different categories.
Louis market commentary notes cattle receipts totals about 7 865 with cattle prices rising to 6 70 for heavy stockers and 7 50 to 10 40 for steers. Sheep receipts 2 500 with lambs at 6 50 to 9 25 and sheep and ewes 5 07 to 6 50. Prices show slight increases across categories amid steady demand.
Omaha December 13 market report shows 700 loads receipts with lower prices. Cattle receipts about 6,600 with steady steer and cow prices. Sheep market described as strong with yearlings and lambs varied. hogs and pigs at several dollars, light and bulb figures noted.
Indianapolis Ind Dec 13 hogs market ease as receipts reach about 6,500 head. Top price reported at 6.80 and trading occurred with prices lower overall.
Washington's hard line toward Vienna over the sinking of the Ancona spurs a heavy stock market day with broad declines. United States Steel and railroad leaders weaken as a wave of foreign and domestic selling pushes many issues down, while American Tobacco drops sharply and Bethlehem Steel slides before a late rally in Bethlehem common. Total volume around 375,000 shares with bonds under pressure and Anglo-French gilt prices slipping.
Mercantile paper quoted at 37 3 14. Bar silver 55 3 4 percent. Mexican dollars 43 2 4. Time loans 2 1 40. Call money high 2 low 1 34 closing bid 1 34.
In New York grain trading on December activity shows late Spot firm for No 1 durum 12412 f o b and No 1 northern Blunt 4273. No 1 northern Manitoba 13 ei f Buffalo futures were firm at 12274. Corn spot easy for No 2 yellow 8014 prompt and oats spot steady No 3 white ASD 46.
In Kansas City on December 13 butter at 29 cents for firsts and 19 cents for packing. Eggs firsts two cents. seconds twenty cents. Poultry listed as hens at 104 per dozen? and turkeys at 12 cents per pound for springs.
At 5 o'clock last evening the local market showed a revival in total sales with 33 loads arriving and all sold. Corn totals were near usual, with 11 loads at 60 or 61 cents per bushel. hay and straw prices ranged from 5.50 to 14 dollars per ton, including baled and loose hay. No oats were reported, but hay proved best for nearly a week.
Local markets list commodity prices including wheat at 1.10 per bushel, flour at 6.40, corn 58 to 60 cents, oats 30 to 34 cents, wheat straw 5.00 to 5.50, baled prairie hay 10 to 14, shredded fodder 8.00, new loose hay 9.00 to 14.00, Alsike clover seed 9 to 10, new clover hay 7 to 8, crab grass 0.87.50, clover hullings 10, baled straw 6 to 6.50, clover seed 7.50 to 9.00.
Retail prices listed for Knollenberg Milling products include high patent flour at 6.40 per bag, straight patent flour 6.20, hard wheat flour 6.00, bran 22.00 per ton, shipstuff 31.00 per ton, corn meal 2.00 per 100 lbs, retail wheat 1.15, chopcorn 1.65, and graham 4.00 per cwt.
Fragmentary OCR item lists hog and pig prices by weight ranges with varying dollars per hundredweight. Includes weights from 20 to 300 pounds and multiple price figures, but text is garbled and entries are incomplete.
Choice hogs averaging 200 to 250 pounds bring 5.85 to 6.00 dollars per pound, 160 to 175 pounds 5.75 to 6.00, 140 to 150 pounds 5.60 to 5.85. Rough heavy hogs quoted at 5.15 to 4.85. Pigs 90 to 125 pounds range from 4 to 5.54 dollars.
A long list of produce and nuts with per unit and bulk prices. Items include lettuce, cabbage, squash, parsnips, turnips, garlic, spinach, radishes, beets, sweet and Irish potatoes, onions, pears, apples, oranges, grapes, melons, and nuts. Many items feature regional or imported varieties with quantities like per pound, per dozen, or per bunch and price ranges.
Wheat strength drove broad advances as local shorts covered after a sharp rally. Visible supply rose about 2 730 000 bushels, with import demand noted and cash houses hedging May. Corn and oats showed mixed responses amid tighter quality and seasonable weather, aiding December delivery pressure.
Local butcher price quotes show light hogs at 5.00 to 5.85, sows and stags 5.75, fat steers 5.50 to 6.00, fat heifers 5.75 to 6.00, cows 3.00 to 4.00, veal calves 6.00 to 8.00, bulls 3.00 to 4.00, spring lambs 6.00 to 7.00, and sheep 3.00 to 4.00.
A fragmented listing shows poultry and eggs prices including hens roosters spring chicks and turkeys with various unit prices for eggs at 26 cents. Butter packing stock priced at 17 cents and country butter at 25 cents per unspecified unit.
Reported prices list No 1 cured hides No 2 cured hides and green hides with per pound values. Also quotes for cured calf kip horse and pony prices, tallow greases wool pelts yearlings lambs and wool quality grades.
The market offers celery roots at 25 cents per bunch, California head lettuce at 15 and 20 cents, New Orleans radishes at 5 cents per bunch, German endive at 5 to 10 cents per head, escarole at 5 cents per large head, cranberries 10 to 15 cents per quart, celery small bunch 10 cents and large stocks 5 cents, and fancy hot house tomatoes at 35 to 40 cents per pound.
Trading on the meat futures and cash markets centered on packers selling meats and longs off lard as the day’s principal business. Provisions averaged higher but prices closed easier except pork which gained moderately. Hog receipts were a notable disappointment despite some strength in other items.
St Louis market shows overall decline in horse trade with Eastern and Southern grades softening. heavy draft and saddlers priced 100 to 225 dollars. mules also down with fat finished and drafts holding a bit, while plugs and smaller classes lower. Chicago produce prices steady for butter and eggs. potatoes higher, Midwest whites and chips quoted with car receipts noted.
Kansas City on December 13 reports hogs receipts around 12,000 with a lower market. Prices range for hogs from 6.10 to 6.50 with various weights. Cattle receipts about 18,000 and market steady with steers 6.25 to 10.00, cows and heifers 4.00 to 9.00, calves 6.00 to 89.50. Sheep receipts around 10,000 with lambs 1.20 to 8.80 and yearlings 6.75 to 60.50.
East St. Louis cattle pricing shows steady market with 7000 head including 1200 southerns. Berves and yearlings quoted around 7.50 to 10.20, cows 25.50 to 77.50, steers 56 to 77.7. Hogs 12,500 head steady, mixed 6.25 to 7.65, light to heavy ranges. Sheep 2,500 head steady with lambs 8.00 to 9.25 and yearlings around 6.50 to 7.00.
Afternoon dairy prices show steady butter with creamery extras at 92 score and various 38a 381e markings, firsts and seconds listed. Cheese prices hold with whole milk flats and specials noted, including average fancy and current make specials with multiple figures.
ST LOUIS PRODUCE ST LOUIS Dec 13 Poultry Chickens 944 2p Springs 4 turkeys 17 18 ducks lds geese 10 12 Rutter 34 eges 31.
Raw sugar values listed for New York trade on December 13 show centric categories such as easy centrifugal molasses refined quiet cut han and other subgrades with prices ranging from 705 to 590. The report includes multiple sugar forms including cubes powdered and confectioners grade with distinct price points for each item.
In Toledo Ohio on December 13 Clover and Atsike seeds show prime cash and December futures at 1257%4 and 10.40 with February at 12,474 and 10.60. Timothy seed traded prime cash at 3.80 for December and 3.85 for February.
New York December 13 dressed poultry market reports quiet trading. Western fresh chickens bring 164 to 166 cents per pound, fowls 161 to 162 1 2 cents, and turkeys 183 to 184 cents per pound.
In New York on December 13 coffee trading was quiet with spot activity subdued. No. 7 futures at 734 and Santos No. 4.9 were noted in brief market chatter without further developments.
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