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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1920
Page
7
Opened with a busy day on City Market as corn hit $1.40 a bushel and other offerings fetched top prices. Reports show multiple loads selling at $4,539 a bushel for corn, loads at $1.85 and $1.40, plus hay and oats receipts and shipments across wheat corn and oats, with Northwest car lots and Chicago totals.
The report lists commodity prices across multiple cities including Chicago, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Peoria, and Kansas City. It covers corn, wheat, rye, barley, oats, flax, and seeds with bid and ask ranges, quality grades, and occasional price shifts, reflecting a snapshot of daily market quotes.
Prices paid for farm products include wheat oats corn and hay with figures for No 1 and No 2 wheat, various hay types and baled straw. Livestock prices list hogs calves sheep lambs and cattle by weight and grade, plus poultry and dairy feed. Hides fur and beets are noted with regional price guidance and market tone. New York and Chicago dairy, egg, poultry and sugar quotes round out the market snapshot.
In early week trading the financial district saw sizeable gains across many sectors with active final hour buying. Demand funds stayed easy while steel, equipment, motors and related shares posted 2 to 6 point advances, many at their highest since the November reversal. oils, tobaccos, rail and transport stocks also contributed amid uneven, often erratic trends. Total shares traded reached 1,125,906 with mixed closes among major names including American Woolen, Union Pacific, Studebaker, Sinclair Oil, Reading, and Westinghouse as part of a broad session of gains and declines.
Kansas City market notes show cattle and hogs steady to mixed with beef steers at 16.75 to 18.50 and cows 6.65 to 12.40. Hogs top near 14.60, light weights around 14.00 to 14.50. veal and lamb values cited, plus feeder and stocker categories. Estimated totals list 1700 cattle and 3000 sheep with varied weights and classifications across commodities.
The report lists varied hay prices in St Louis with No 1 to No 2 grades and alfalfa values, plus New York Cotton Spot steady with futures at Jan 38.34 and May 34.98. Toledo Clover seed prices, Alsike and other seed quotes, New York Coffee spot activity, and Linseed and Cottonseed quotes in St Louis. Government bond listings with coupon values are also shown.
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