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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
9
In Chicago July grain trade, wheat futures fell sharply amid selling pressure and little resistance to the drop. Corn followed wheat lower while oats fluctuated on crop damage reports. Provisions rose on packer buying and export demand was cited as fueling activity.
Minneapolis figures record today 167 sales last week 159 and last year 170. Duluth reports today 3 with last week and last year missing. Winnipeg lists today 48 sales last week 92 and last year 61, indicating fluctuating demand across cities.
Estimated receipts today in Chicago include Wheat 275 cars Corn 143 Oats 110 Hogs 1000 head Cattle 1500 Sheep 9000. The figures reflect the day’s anticipated market arrivals across the major livestock and grain categories.
Wheat at 261 contract 160 estimated 261 vs 615 last year. Corn 165 contract 123 estimated 165 vs 121 last year. Oats 125 contract 23 estimated 125 vs 240 last year.
The report lists grain stocks with wheat at 723000, corn 27000, and oats 540000 in total clearance figures. The precise quantities reflect stored supplies and market expectations for the upcoming season.
The report cites current year production: Wheat 1,208,000. prior year 2,153,000. Corn shows current 428,000 with last year at 452. Oats stand at 374,000 this year versus 964,600 last year.
Today wheat output listed as 664000 tons, down from 904000 last year. Corn today shows 254000 tons, down from 461000 previously. Oats yield stands at 389000 tons, down from 595000 a year earlier.
Wheat futures and cash prices published from Minneapolis on July 29 show lower prices with 167 carloads received vs 170 last year. Cash bids include No 1 hard at 1.4814 and No 1 northern at 1.3554 with several revised figures for additional deliveries and grades.
Chicago cash grain markets show No 2 red wheat at 1.1134 to 1.1314 dollars, No 3 red around 1.0914 to 1.10, No 2 hard about 1.1314, corn for No 2 yellow near 81.75 cents, No 2 white around 80 to 81 cents, oats No 2 white about 56 1/4 cents, No 3 white around 51 to 52 cents, standard about 56 cents.
Kansas City market report lists wheat and corn bids for No 2 hard at 1.27 to 1.29 with various old and new quotes, No 3 hard 1.13 to 1.22, No 4 hard 1.05 to 1.15, red and yellow wheat bids, and corn and oats quotes across No 2 No 3 No 2 yellow No 3 white and No 2 white markets with prices ranging from around 7 to 8 cents for oats and related figures.
ST LOUIS July 29 Wheat prices for No 2 hard 31.16 No 2 red SHo w 154 No 3 red 1.1044 No 4 red 1.0614 Corn prices No 2 80 No 3 79 No 2 yellow 0.914 No 2 white 0.681 No 3 white 0.8014 No 2 white 0.57 No 3 white 0.56 No 4 white 0.41 No 2 0.48 No 3 0.36 No 4 0.37 standard BT
Omaha cash grain prices list No 2 hard wheat at 1.19 to 1.40 per bushel. No 2 white corn around 0.75 to 0.76. No 2 yellow corn about 0.67 to 0.74. No 3 white oats near 0.45 to 0.49.
Liverpool readers note a brief market report listing Wheat No 1 northern Duluth at 11s 7d 16d, No 2 hard winter at 1ls 7d 14d, and Corn American mixed new at 8s 6d. The terse dispatch records commodities with standard monetary units of the time.
Peoria on July 29 sees corn prices mixed with lower values for certain grades and unchanged oats. No. 2 yellow trades around 78 to 83 cents, No. 6 yellow about 75 to 76 cents, with white and mixed grades also listed. Oats hold steady near 45 to 52 cents depending on grade.
In Toledo Ohio on July 29, prime cash Clover seed trades at 7.85 with futures for Oct at 8.07 and Dec and Mar at 8.07. Alsike seed shows 2.85 prime cash with Sept at 2.95 and Oct at 2.85, no further bids listed.
Wheat spot weak with No 2 red at 1.18 and No 2 hard at 1.1934. Futures weak for Sept. Corn spot easy at 9 14 cents, No 2 yellow. Oats spot easy at 64 cents for standard No 3 white. </analysis>
Hay receipts estimated at 30 cars west side and 41 east side of the river. Prices unchanged across descriptions with demand fair overall. Timothy and prairie hay weak and low in spirits due to excessive offerings. clover dull. alfalfa easy with limited offerings. Clover mixed old $17.00–20.00. timothy new $11.00–14.50. old $18.00–23.50. alfalfa $8.50–14.50. Wheat straw 86 switched.
Chicago livestock figures show hog receipts at 25 000 unsettled values from 5 to 10 lower with bulk 6.25 to 6.90 and various grades listed. cattle receipts 4 000 firm with native beef cattle 6.20 to 10.25 and western steers 6.85 to 8.15. cows and heifers 3.25 to 9.25. calves 8.75 to 11.00. sheep receipts 14 000 strong with sheep 6.00 to 6.85 and lambs 6.50 to 8.90.
Hogs receipts 6300 with declines 10 to 25 cents. pigs and lights 7.24 to 7.70, mixed and butchers 7.25 to 7.70, heavy 6.75 to 7.15. Cattle receipts 3100 steady. native beef steers 7.50 to 8.15, yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 10.00, cows 6.00 to 8.00, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.25. Sheep receipts 2800 with strong tone. lambs 8.00 to 8.65, breeding ewes 5.50 to 7.25.
Kansas City market notes show cattle receipts around 4 500 with varying quotes. Cattle: steer $7.00-$10.00, cows and heifers $42.59-$? calves $6.00-$10.25. Sheep: lambs $8.00-$8.60, yearlings $6.50-$7.00, wethers $7.00, ewes $6.00-$6.75.
Omaha stockyards hogs 12 000 mostly lower heavy six to six eighty light six eighty five to seven forty three pigs six seventy five to seven zero bulk six ten to six ninety one thousand cattle higher steer seven twenty five to seven five cows and heifers five seventy five to seven seventy five calves seven zero to seven nine seventy five sheep twelve hundred higher yearlings five seventy five six fifty fives six twenty five seven six five jabns eight zero to eight six zero
Indianapolis July 20 hogs at 6000 head. prices steady to 20 cents lower with top at 7.85.
New York July 29 speculators pushed war stock prices to record highs in a day of frenzied buying before a late collapse. Industrials gained while rails slipped. total volume reached 1,350,000 shares with Crucible and Bethlehem steel and Westinghouse Electric posting notable moves.
New York July 29 closing quotations show mixed moves across major equities. Amalgamated Copper, American Sugar, and Bethlehem Steel posted notable gains, while American Can and several industrials traded lower or flat amid a broad market drift.
New York July 29 spot coffee market remains quiet. Rio No 7% bids at 734 Santos No 4 9% offered. market activity subdued with few large orders noted.
Local shippers report pork demand slack and prices fall while corn shows strong demand. City market records 87 cents per bushel for corn with no other changes noted. The overall tone points to poor pork supply conditions and a robust corn market locally.
Market prices listed for hay and grains include wheat at 1.00 and 1.10, corn 0.80 to 0.85, timothy and clover seeds and various hay forms, with bale and threshed hay ranging 5.50 to 20.00 per unit, reflecting fluctuating agricultural values and delivery prospects.
Retail prices for flour and mill products reported by Knollenberg Milling Co. High patent flour sells for 7.70 per unit, straight patent flour 7.70, hard wheat flour 7.00, bran 27 per ton, shipstuff 32 per ton, and corn meal 2 per 100 pounds.
The listing shows wagon hogs in choice quality across three weight ranges. 200 to 300 pounds average bring 36.70 7.15, 150 to 175 pounds average yield 7,007.15, and 125 to 150 pounds average fetches 6.90 7.15. Prices are stated per unit with totals noted for the mid ranges.
Local butcher quotations list light and heavy hogs at 6.10 to 7.10 dollars per hundredweight, rough sows and stags at 6.35, fat steers 7.60, fat heifers 6.00, fat cows 5.00, veal calves 8.00 to 9.00, bulls 5.00, spring lambs 7.50, and sheep 4.00 per hundredweight.
Poultry prices include hens at 12 cents and roosters at 7 cents. Spring chickens quoted at 5 to 14 cents. Eggs at 14 cents. Turkeys with old gobblers 9 to 12 cents, young gobblers 9 to 14 cents, turkey hens around 9 to 14 cents. Geese 6 to 6 3/4 cents, ducks 8 1/2 cents per pound. Butter prices: packing stock 18 cents, choice country No 1 25 cents.
Carrots three bunches five cents Beets three bunches five cents Cauliflower individual prices from ten to twenty cents Cabbage per head five to ten cents Wax and string beans per quart six cents Summer squash per each five cents New potatoes per peck twenty five cents Cucumbers large per each five to ten cents Celery cabbage per each ten to twenty five cents Young onions three bunches five cents Tomatoes per pound ten cents Sweet corn per dozen twenty to twenty five cents Turnips per peck two bits
A reader note shows assorted fruits with prices flagged for figs and dates sold in California. Items include 10 oz packages at 10 cents, imported figs at 25 cents per pound, umbrella layer figs at 25 cents per pound, and various dates with bulk pricing around 15 cents per pound or 25 cents for two pounds.
Shelled nut meats price list features almonds Valensit and pecans at 75 cents per pound with walnut halves also at 75 cents and shelled popcorn at 10 cents per pound.
A condensed catalog of fruit and nut prices including cherries currants prunes plums apricots apples peaches pineapples bananas watermelons cantaloupes coconuts walnuts brazils almonds filberts pecans chestnuts and peanuts with per unit costs in cents per unit or pound across California Oregon Michigan and local markets.
The Bolles and Rogers report catalogs hides and leather values with No 1 cured hides at 12 cents and No 2 at 10 to 12 cents, No 1 green hides at 1 cent, No 2 green hides at 10 cents, No 1 calf skins at 11 cents, No 2 kip skins at 12 cents, and horse hides priced up to 3.80 dollars for No 1. Also notes deductions for No 2 hides and incomplete pony prices tagged at 125 dollars.
In St Louis on July 29 buyers from the South and East largely passed on horses, with most buys consisting of war horse rejects and preferences for low prices. The English government plans a brief halt from July 31 to August 3 to tidy surplus stock, after which strong demand is expected to return. Quoted prices covered Southern and Eastern horses and various mule classifications, with local shippers advised to curb shipments until market demand stabilizes.
New York July 29 butter unsettled with creamery extras at 26 cents, firsts 24 25 14e, seconds 22 23e. Eggs irregular with extra firsts 21 22 0 2e, firsts 18 14e, seconds 16 8 18e. Hennery white and browns listed at 28 26e. Cheese steady with flats and twins white and colored specials at 18 34e, average 14e.
Dressed steady western frozen roasting chickens 18 29 cents per pound, fresh fowl iced 134 17, fresh turkeys iced 16 10. Alive firm western broilers 22, chickens 22 27, fowls 17, turkeys 11.
New York money market figures show mercantile paper rates at 3 1/4 to 3 1/2 percent for 60 days, sterling bills at 471 to 476.25, cables 476.75, silver at 4874, Mexican pesos 261 3/4, and time loans ranged with 214 days and 90 days at various figures. Call money remains firm with a ruling rate near 1 3/4 percent, high 2 and low 1 3/4, last bid 1 3/4, offered at 2.
Chicago July market note shows butter creamery prices down and egg receipts totaling 10 561 cases at mark with ordinary firsts and firsts figures listed. Poultry alive and fowls prices fall as spring offerings cited alongside.
East St. Louis July 29 Hog prices traded 6,000 head with mixed demand. Best light cattle steady to lower with 10 to 15 cents drop on heavy. Hogs at 7.35 to 7.70 for heavy grades, pigs 7.25 to 7.75, bulk 7.40 to 7.65. Cattle count 3,000 steady top at 10.15. Sheep 2,000 steady.
Raw sugar prices in New York show nominal 4.83 cents per pound for centrifugals with classes at 4.00. Refining markets appear weak amid global supply signals and limited demand.
Kansas City record lists produce prices for July 29 with flutter creamery firsts and seconds, eggs firsts and seconds, and poultry pricing. Includes figures for packing, roosters, broilers, and hens in the Kansas City market.
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