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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1920
Page
10
Chicago grain outlook brightens with an anticipated end to eastbound grain stoppages. Corn closes strong up 1 to 2 cents with May at 1.355 and July around 1.33. Oats rise while hogs falter. oats strength tied to potential free East movement and grain embargo lift. Distinct price details for wheat corn oats, and regional car lots reported.
Chicago bids show No. 3 mixed at 1.49, No. 4 mixed at 1.46 to 1.47, No. 3 yellow at 1.55 to 1.86, No. 2 white at 1.55, with rye at 1.79. Peoria inputs list No. 5 white 1.47, No. 3 yellow 1.49, and various oats and white grain quotes. Kansas City shows cash wheat steady to lower, corn weaker, and data unchanged for some white and mixed goods. New York reports spot wheat steady and oats firm. Prices for hay, grain by the Kueitenberg Milling Co. and local butcher quotes round out a broad market snapshot.
In Toledo on January 24 prime cash prices are listed for clover seed with January February March and April bids, including $28.90 $35.90 $35.25 and $384.74 for various months. Alsike seed shows January and March at $36. Timothy seed ranges from $6.80 in earlier years to $7 in March and April with values through May.
The St Louis report lists prices for baled hay by grade including No 1 at 32733 50 and standard 314 51 with multiple subgrades for threshed light and heavy Clover mixes and alfalfa ranging from 22 to 49 41 per unit, plus prairie and other varieties. New York spot coffee is quiet with Rio and Santos quotes around 16 to 26 cents.
Hogs declined twenty five cents per hundredweight on Friday in the local market while Thursday saw a 26 cent drop. Only price change noted as weather suppressed most offerings in the city lot. One corn ad appeared at $1.40 per bushel.
New York and Chicago markets show firm butter and poultry with varied prices. New York butter 65 to 66c for extras and 59 to 64c for firsts. cheese irregular with boxes and flats priced around 30 to 32c. Poultry demand steady. live chickens 32c, fowls up to 38c, turkeys up to 62c. Chicago butter steady to higher, firsts 63 to 68c. poultry higher with springs 30c and fowls 33c. Potatoes weaker with northern whites about 4.75 to 4.85 a bushel, russets around 5.76 a bag. New York sugar futures quoted centrifugal 13.04 and granulated 15 to 16c.
WAST ST. LOUIS January 20 a sale list for southern horses draft and mules with prices by size and gait. Entries include 16 to 17 hands mules at 200 365, lighter sizes at 110 145 and 100 145 plus general notes on government and coupon references and a total value line showing large sums.
New York Friday stock market opened with mostly lower prices and a dull, irregular close. Crucible Steel surged 8.5 points while General Motors fell about 7 points with limited recovery, as oils, steels, and rail shares influenced the day. Separate notes cover livestock, grain, and money market movements, with government bonds and cotton futures cited in the day’s financial wrap.
Ninety five head of pure bred Hereford and Shorthorn cattle sold at the National Western Livestock show brought $92,770. A Hereford bull Panama 76th bred by A R Cock Townsend Montana sold to W M Donald Melville Montana for $7,500, a Denver high for a single animal. Princeps Domino a 2 year old bull bred by Felshcher and Kepler Holyoke Colo sold to E M Camden Versailles Ky for $7,300.
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