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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1915
Page
9
Wall Street buying fed a broad wheat market upturn with December near 99 1/4 and May around 1.00. oats, corn, and provisions also higher. Reports of crop damage from cold, French shortages, and large lard and bellies sales to Europe buoyed bulls while bears pressed.
Minneapolis figures show 371 today, 53 last week and 598 last year. Duluth reports 506 today, 886 last week, and 365 last year. Winnipeg lists 1,707 today, 1,705 last week, and 956 last year.
Estimated receipts listed for October 5 include 81 cars of wheat, 104 cars of wall oats, 189 cars of oats, 18 000 hogs, 14 000 cattle, and 13 000 sheep.
Wheat today at 140 contract 13 estimated and 143 last year 308. Corn shows 562 contract 499 estimated 562 last year 246. Oats at 268 contract 5 estimated 287 last year 745.
Wheat today 2 943 000 bushels up from 8 056 000 last year. Corn stands 1 114 000 today vs 490 000 a year ago. Oats show 937 000 today down from 1 505 000 last year.
Wheat today 1 643 000 and last year 1 200 000. Corn today 212 000 and last year 153. Oats today 888 000 and last year 939.
Toledo market notes show seed bids and prices for Clover seed in Oct and Dec at 13.35 and 12.95 dollars, Alsike prime cash and Oct 50 8.10 March 10.95, Timothy prime cash 3.60 Oct 3.50 bid March 3.55.
Chicago cash grain bids as of Oct 5 show Wheat No 2 red at 1.11, No 3 red 1.06 1.08, No 4 red 92 1.00, No 3 hard 1.06 1.08, No 4 hard 92 1.00. Corn bids list No 2 yellow 63, No 2 white 61 6 14, No 3 white 61 6 11, No 2 mixed 60 34 61, No 5 mixed 60. Oats No 2 white 35, No 3 white 34 45 35, No 4 white 32 4 33, standard 38 38 14.
The St Louis cash grain report lists wheat prices for No 2 red at 1.12 to 1.15, No 3 red 1.06 to 1.12, No 4 red 0.99 to 1.01, hard wheats at 1.05 to 1.12, and No 9 hard around 1.12. Corn quotes show Nos 2 at 0.59, 3 at 0.58 to 0.59, 4 at 0.57 to 0.58, and yellow and white varieties around 0.60 to 0.61. Oats and rye prices appear with No 3 oats near 3.42 to 3.46, No 2 oats around 3.34, and rye No 2 at 0.96 to 0.94.
Kansas City cash grain prices listed for wheat corn and oats on Oct 5. Hard and white wheat values range from $0.944 to $1.12 per bushel, red wheat around $1.14, various corn prices from $0.54 to $0.56 for white and yellow, mixed at $0.54 to $0.53, oats quoted from $0.34 to $0.37 per bushel.
Peoria prices show gains across corn and oats with mixed and white varieties advancing. Corn values rise 1 to 1 4 cents for No 2 white No 3 white No 6 white and No 2 yellow No 3 yellow plus mixed grades. Oats climb 1 4 to 34 cents with No 3 white No 4 white and a few samples listed.
Minneapolis market notes show wheat prices higher with receipts totaling 371 units and comparisons to 598 a year earlier. Cash No 1 hard bids around 1.01 to 1.00, No 1 northern near 97 31.00, No 2 northern around 93 97, and No 3 wheat at 89 94 with arrivals 9634498.
Wheat and corn prices noted in Liverpool market report with figures for northern Duluth and western hard winter grades. Includes new quotations for American mixed corn and related values.
New York grain markets show spot wheat firm with No 2 red and No 2 hard at 1.20 1/2 cif New York. No 1 northern Manitoba 99 3/4 cif Buffalo and Duluth offered. Futures firm at 1.0634. Corn spot steady at No 2 yellow 7 25 cents prompt. Oats spot easy at No 3 white 38 4.0.
Hay grades Timothy and light clover mixed sold readily at strong prices while ordinary and common timothy and clover mixed stayed slow. Alfalfa scarce and in urgent demand with high quotes. straw demand was firm with limited supply and several car sales listed.
Chicago reports Oct 5 hogs receipts 9,500 with weak to 10c-15c gains. light and heavy bids shown. Cattle receipts 6,000 with native beef steers 6.00 to 10.30, western steers 6.60 to 8.80, cows and heifers 3.10 to 4.45, calves 8.00 to 12.00. Sheep receipts 17,000 with wethers 5.75 to 6.55, ewes 3.60 to 5.90, lambs 6.75 to 9.00.
Hog prices rise 15c to 80c with good heavy at 7.90 to 8.50 and 7.35 quoted. Cattle receipts 6,000 with native beef steers 7.50 to 10.25, 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 11.00. Sheep receipts 1,400 steady with lambs 8.00 to 9.00 and sheep and ewes 5.00 to 7.75.
Kansas City stock market report shows hogs with 12 000 receipts and higher rates across categories. Cattle totals around 20 000 with mixed declines for steers and cows. Sheep listings at steady to firm prices with lambs and yearlings noted in the 6 to 9 dollar range.
East St Louis market data shows live cattle and hog receipts with varied prices. Hogs range up to 8.35 for top lots with mixed classes between 7.85 and 8.20, pigs 6.45 to 8.00, and cattle at 10.25 top with 6,000 receipts. Sheep receipts around 1,500 with weaker near term prospects.
New York October 5 reactionary trends ruled the day despite some high war share records. Heavy selling in fashionably sensational stocks resumed at open and extended into noon with limited support. Railways showed improvement yet could not halt declines as margins were liquidated. Total volume 1,175,000 shares with Bethlehem Steel 40054, General Motors 5 to 369, Continental Can 11% to 127.
The article lists time loan terms and firm call money rates alongside current exchange figures. It cites mercantile paper at 34 to 34, fractional sterling bills 4.67, demand 4.70, francs around 5.79, marks and lire in various quotes, and bullion and Mexican dollars values.
Butter firm and creamery extras show 92 score with high prices for firsts and seconds. Eggs firm with fresh gathered extras and near by hennery whites vary. Cheese steady with state whole milk fresh flats and specials noted in price lines.
Butter steady creamery 21144 27. Eggs unsettled with 5 400 cases received at mark. Poultry alive higher fowls 13 42 springs 13 14. Potatoes received 30 cars from Minnesota Ohio at 48 50 to 45 50 for Michigan Wisconsin whites.
New York market reports October 5 show alive western chickens priced at 15 to 16 cents per pound, dressed western fowls steady with iced and fresh listings, and frozen roasting chickens at 19 to 21 cents per pound. Frozen turkeys quoted around 21 cents per pound.
Price table from Kansas City on October 5 lists butter creamery firsts at 27 seconds 23 packing 1914 eggs firsts 23 seconds 19 poultry hens 12 roosters 9 and broilers 15 with short notes on quantities and months unspecified. The fragment provides a snapshot of market rates for dairy eggs and fowl components.
North and South Lima crude oil quoted at 108 dollars yesterday in Lima Indiana markets. Strong demand noted as traders watched supply shifts and regional indices for the petroleum sector.
Omaha stockyard figures show hogs 3,000 head up with heavy weights bringing 7.25 to 7.50. Light hogs 6.50 to 8.15. pigs 3 6.00 to 8.00. Cattle at 9,000 steady. steers 6.75 to 7.73. cows and heifers 5.50 to 7.00. calves 7.00 to 10.00. Sheep 30,000 steady. yearlings 5.75 to 6.75. wethers 5.00 to 6.00. lambs 8.25 to 8.75.
The market saw its best run in memory with 43 loads sold. Corn moved at 78 and 75 cents a bushel, new corn 65 cents for 80 pounds, oats 36 cents a bushel, hay and straw priced from 5.50 to 13.50 per ton, with October noted as the best market month and strong sales expected.
Market prices list for No 2 wheat and flour seven dollars per bushel. Corn 76 to 80 cents. New oats 37 to 40 cents. Prairie hay six fifty to eight dollars. Baled prairie hay five to ten dollars. Oats straw six fifty to seven fifty. Shredded fodder three dollars. New loose hay eight ten to fourteen dollars. Alsike clover seed nine to ten dollars. New Clover hay seven to eight dollars. Crab grass seven fifty. Clover hullings ten dollars. Clover seed seven fifty to nine dollars.
The Knollenberg Milling company publishes selling prices for flour and mill products. High patent flour six dollars thirty cents per bag, straight patent flour six dollars ten cents, hard wheat flour six dollars thirty cents, bran twenty four dollars per ton, shipstuff thirty two dollars per ton, corn meal two dollars per one hundred pounds.
Local butchers list price ranges for livestock including light hogs at 7.40 to 7.90, rough sows and stags at 6.00 to 6.50, fat steers 6.00 to 7.00, fat heifers 6.00 to 7.00, fat cows 4.00 to 5.00, veal calves 8.80 to 9.00, bulls 4.00 to 5.00, spring lambs 10.00 to 11.00, and sheep 4.00 to 5.00.
Hens 1114c roosters 7c spring chickens 114c Eggs 20c Turkeys old gobblers 6c young gobblers 94c turkey hens 934c Geese 64c Ducks 1814c Butter packing stock 17c choice country No 1 25c
Report by Wm Malambri lists carrot bunches at 5 cents, beets 5 cents for three bunches, cauliflower per item 10 to 20 cents, wax and string beans per quart 0.25 dollars, new potatoes per bushel 40 cents, onions per bushel 75 cents, tomatoes 10 cents per pound, sweet corn per dozen 20 to 25 cents, turnips per peck 25 cents.
Market notes list cured hides in multiple grades with prices from 12c to 16c per unit and horse prices ranging from 1 to 4 dollars. Tallow and grease values appear, along with wool pelts and lamb shearings priced by quality levels.
New York sugar markets show steady tones on Oct 5 with raw sugar at 3.50 to 3.60 a cent, centrifugal prices around 3.50, molasses values near 2.73, and refined trading quiet.
TERRE HAUTE Ind Oct 4 The city council sustained charges against Mayor James M Gossom in an impeachment vote of six to three The council also declared the office of mayor vacant Attorneys for Mayor Gossom filed notice of appeal to the circuit court arguing the impeachment vote lacked a sufficient majority One council member was absent
Wheat prices move higher with foreign demand active despite high freight costs while spring and winter markets ease. Corn drops on cold snap with mood turning cautious. oats show little action. Provisions rise as cotton and grains influence hog movement with strong local buying for lard and January deliveries.
At St Louis on October 5 the horse auction drew southern and eastern buyers. War horses led demand as Belgians French and English bought large lots. Prices remained steady with quotes for army horses and large mule lots also selling well despite limited Italian participation.
Coffee prices steady on spot trade in New York with Rio No 7 at 67 Santos No 4 at a8.
Engineer Col. Chester Harding requests President Wilson order temporary closure of the Panama Canal until November 1. He cites inability to clear the channel before that date and proposes refunding tolls to waiting ships and transshipping cargo. About 1,000,000 cubic yards must be removed to restore depth. dredges work at high efficiency and officials remain optimistic.
London reports the German steamer Siionia of Stettin torpedoed in the Baltic by a British submarine. Ten crewmen have landed while the rest head to Sassnitz. Copenhagen dispatch says the Svionio ran ashore after being fired upon by a British submarine.
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