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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1915
Page
4
Heavy receipts at domestic centers and Winnipeg shattered prior marks as ideal weather and rising supply offered bear pressure. Wheat closed unsettled with Dec at 1.0334 and May 1.034, while corn and oats declined and provisions showed mixed moves amid export doubts.
Minneapolis today 810 sales, 924 last week, 516 last year. Duluth today 722, 707 last week, 428 last year. Winnipeg today 1,808, 1,899 last week, 361 last year.
Chicago on October 30 reports estimated receipts for Monday including Wheat 0 cars, no Corn, Hogs 28,000, Cattle 17,000, Sheep 18,000.
Wheat prices today stand at 124 with contract 5, down from 358 last year. Corn at 149 with contract 123 and estimated 149 versus 162 a year ago. Oats at 303 with contract 21 estimated 303, last year 266.
The fragment shows totals for crops with Wheat at 1,341,000 and Corn at 1,000 plus a stray line about oats with none. Names, dates, or organizations are not provided.
Wheat today 3 153 000 compared with last year 2 275 000. Corn today 583 000 versus last year 453 900. Oats today 1 523 000 and last year 1 123 000.
Wheat shipments totaled 1 242 000 today, up from 864 000 last year. Corn shipments were 231 000 today versus 251 000 last year. Oats shipments reached 1 094 000 today, compared with 769 060 last year.
Chicago market notes rye and barley quotations with rye at 1.03 1/16 per bushel and barley around 54 63 00, reflecting grain price movement on the date.
In New York on October 30 prices for butter steady with creamery extras at 92 score and 2834 929. eyes steady fresh gathered extra fine 37 48. cheese steady state whole milk held specials 1534 16. Prices include various firsts seconds and averages for hen dery whites browns and related dairy products.
Kansas City market report lists butter firsts at 28 cents, seconds 25, packing 1914 at 26, creamery 28, fleas and coshens prices shown. roosters and broiters reflected small cents values.
Wheat and corn values listed by grade including No 2 red at 1.10 to 1.12 dollars, No 2 yellow corn 64 34 to 65 cents, No 3 64 14 to 64 34, No 2 white 44 64 14, standard 39 4 to 39 4, rye No 2 1.03 dollars, No 3 1.00 to 1.0033, No 4 97 cents, timothy cash 5.00 to 5.75 and March 8.75 to 9.00.
Wheat quotes include No 2 hard at 1.00 107, No 3 hard 0.99 1.04, No 4 hard 0.92 0.96, No 3 red 1.07 1.12, No 4 red 0.97 1.00. Corn values show No 2 58 14 59 ½, No 3 58 14 59, No 2 yellow 63 64, No 3 yellow 61 62, No 2 white 59 60, No 3 white 58 59. Oats No 2 34 35, No 3 32 33, No 2 white 36 4 37 4.
Wheat values range from No 2 red at 1.18 to No 4 red at 1.05. No 3 hard at 1.02 14, No 4 hard at 0.93 96. Corn grades show No 2 at 61 14, No 3 at 60 14, and No 2 white at 61 14. Oats list No 3 white at 36 38 714, No 4 white at 35 36.
Wheat prices listed for Liverpool on October 80 with No 2 hard winter at 12s 34d and No 2 Chicago new at 11s 2d. Corn La Plata quoted at 7s 7d.
Clover prime cash 12.30 December 12.25 March 12.15. Alsike prime cash 10.15 December 10.20 March 10.45. Timothy prime cash 3.65 December 3.70 March 3.74.
Minneapolis wheat market report shows lower prices with 810 car receipts versus 516 a year earlier. Cash bids: No 1 northern around 1.00 to 1.06 with varying delivery notes, No 2 and No 3 futures quoted in the 0.84 to 0.95 range.
Corn prices slipped for No 2 yellow and No 3 yellow while No 2 mixed and No 3 mixed traded around 63 1/4 cents. Oats moved lower with No 3 white at 35 1/4 cents and No 4 white at 3 dollars 4 cents.
New York listing shows No 1 durum at 1.13 and No 1 northern Duluth at 1.66, No 1 northern Manitoba at 10 34 cif Buffalo. Futures ease for December at 1.09. No 2 yellow oats at 7 14 and prompt spot steady.
Chicago livestock receipts include hogs 7000 with prices from 6.20 to 7.65 per cwt and cattle 500 with native beef steers 5.90 to 10.50. Sheep volume 21000 shows lambs 6.60 to 8.80 and ewes 3.75 to 5.83. market overall steady.
Hogs receipts 2,700 with prices 5 to 10 cents higher. pigs and lights 6.25 to 7.65, mixed and butchers 7.30 to 7.40, good heavy 7.60 to 7.70. Cattle receipts 350 steady. native beef steers 7.50 to 10.25, yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 10.35, cows 8.00, stockers and feeders 6.00 to 7.75, native calves 6.00 to 10.50. Sheep receipts 150 steady. lambs 8.00 to 9.00, sheep and ewes 5.00 to 6.50.
Hog receipts 1,500 strong with bulk at 7.00 to 7.30, heavy 6.80 to 7.30, light 7.00 to 7.40, pigs 6.00 to 6.75. Cattle receipts 200 steady with steers 6.50 to 10.25, cows and heifers 4.25 to 9.25, calves 6.00 to 10.00. Sheep receipts none, lambs 8.25 to 8.75, yearlings 6.50 to 7.25, wethers 5.50 to 6.50, ewes 5.25 to 5.78.
Omaha market notes show hog receipts around 1700 with heavy demand and prices from 7.10 to 7.25 for heavy hogs and 6.50 to 7.15 for sows. Cattle receipts about 200 with steers at 6.50 to 10.00 and cows and heifers 5.00 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 400 with yearlings at 6.00 to 6.50, wethers 5.50 to 6.00, and lambs 8.60 to 8.90.
East St. Louis on October 30 reports hog receipts at 2000 with mixed and butchers up 5 to 10 cents, price ranges from 6.25 to 7.70 per hundredweight. Cattle receipts 350 and sheep 150 are listed as steady with no price change.
Indianapolis Ind October 30 hog receipts 7 000 steady to 10c higher top 7 85 cattle 150 steady
Elgin Illinois market notes show butter prices with a "butter-High er" at 28 cents for 100 tubs, dated October 30. The brief item records the price and quantity, indicating local dairy trading activity in Elgin.
New York October 30 The brisk demand for railway and other investment shares continued today with stocks strong from the open and receding only on profit taking. Total sales topped 700000 shares as war issues faded to favor seasoned names like Harriman interests Norfolk and Western New York Central Reading and Chesapeake and Ohio. United States Steel opened at 88 for an initial 7500 shares and rose to 881/4 before heavy selling capped gains. Steel closed at 8774 with some private sales higher. Anaconda Copper advanced to 8734, and Utah Inspiration and Guggenheim posted gains. Refined copper prices both here and abroad were up unofficially. Automobile stocks provided some activity with General Motors jumping near 40 points to 395 and Willys-Overland up to 262. Maxwells Studebaker Baldwin Locomotive and General Electric gained 2–3 points. Bethlehem Steel softened after a small sale at 524 1/2. Sterling weakened as demand for dollars shrank amid lighter buying.
New York report lists currencies and bullion prices as of October 30. Sterling 60 day bills 459.50 demand 463.50 cables 464. Francs demand 597 cables 596. Marks demand 813 and cables 8114. Rubles demand 834 and cables 335g. Bar silver 193%. Mexican dollars 3734.
On October 30 the St Louis market shows demand limited for common hay while high grades remain scarce and firm. Clover mixed No 2 bids 10 to 12.50, timothy No 3 8 to 9, No 4 10 to 13, No 1 15. alfalfa No 1 17 to 18. Straw is described as easier with several car sales noted.
Butter remained steady with creamery quotes around 23 to 28 cents. Eggs rose as receipts reached 2,675 cases with various quality grades priced, while potatoes stayed steady with 75 car receipts. Poultry and fowls showed modestly higher live prices across spring stock.
St Louis produce report from October 30 lists ducks and geese prices and egg figures with note on creameries and eggs, no full batch details available.
New York poultry market report shows alive steady prices for western chickens at 144 per dozen fowls 13 14 14, turkeys 18 20. dressed quiet western fresh chick ens 14 23 fowls iced 18 16 percent frozen turkeys 18 22 percent.
Yesterday on the local lot sales totaled 39 loads as corn and oats underperformed. New corn sold at 60 cents per bushel with other loads at 50 cents, old corn at 74 cents, baled straw at 5 50, baled hay mainly 12 to 14 dollars, loose hay 13 50, and overall Saturday activity noted as light but acceptable given context.
A price list shows No. 2 wheat at 1.05, flour at 7.20, corn at 70 74c, new corn 80 lbs at 65 70c, oats 30 at 35c, Prairie hay 6.50 at 8.00, baled prairie hay 8.50 at 10.00, oats straw 6.50 at 7.50, shredded fodder 8.00, New Joese hay 10.00 at 14.00, Alsike clover seed 89.00 at 10.00, New clover hay 87.00 at 8.00, crab grass 7.50, Clover hullings 10.00 at 10.00, baled straw 6.00 at 6.50, Clover seed 7.50 at 9.00.
The excerpt lists fruit prices including Quinces at 40 to 50 cents per dozen and Osage yellow cantaloupes priced 10 to 20 cents each. It reflects a small-town market listing with compact price quotes and product notes.
Market prices for hides and wool reported by Bolles & Rogers. No. 1 cured hides listed at 15c, No. 2 cured hides 14c, green hides 13c and 12c, calves and kip vary from 1c to 15c. Horse prices range from 1 to 4 dollars with glue and ponies. wool pelts 60c to 1.50, shearlings 25 to 50c, lambs 25 to 75c, wool grades 18c to 31c by quality.
Figs and dates are arriving in small lots. California figs come in a new package priced at 10 cents. No bulk dates at present. No nuts on the market yet with first shipment expected in about two weeks.
English walnut meats half pound 75c pecan meats half pound 80c almond meats pound 75c roasted shelled peanuts pound 20c
Knollenberg Milling Co reports selling prices for flour lines and mill products. High patent flour 6.20 per unit, Straight patent flour 6.00, Hard wheat flour 6.30. Bran 24 per ton, Shipstaff 32 per ton, corn meal 2 per 100 pounds.
Car Lot Hogs lists shipments from west of the river weighing 200 to 250 pounds at 7.50 to 7.25. Hogs 160 to 200 pounds fetch 7.00 to 7.50. 140 to 150 pound hogs go for 6.15 to 7.00. Pigs 90 to 110 pounds sell at 6.50 to 6.25. Rough heavy hogs priced 5.75 to 6.25.
The report lists choice hogs averaging 200 to 250 pounds at 7.00 to 7.25, 160 to 175 pounds at 6.80 to 7.00, 140 to 150 pounds at 6.50 to 6.75, rough heavy hogs at 5.50 to 6.00, and pigs 90 to 125 pounds at 6.00 to 6.25.
Choice hogs 7.40 to 7.90 per cwt. Rough sows and stags 6.00 to 6.50. Fat steers 36.00 to 37.00. Fat heifers 86.00 to 87.00. Fat cows 4.00 to 5.00. Veal calves 8.00 to 9.00. Bulls 4.00 to 5.00. Spring lambs 10.00 to 11.00. Sheep 4.00 to 5.00.
Market list shows hens and roosters at 7c, spring chicks 1c, eggs 23c. Turkeys 9 1 4c for old gobblers and 9 5 2c for young gobblers, hens 9 1 4c. Geese 8c and ducks 9%e. Butter stock 18c and choice country No 1 price noted.
William Malambri notes fresh parsnips peck 40c carrots peck 30 40c garlic per pound 30c spinach peck 30c cauliflower Michigan and eastern head 20 25 40c parsley bunch 5c radishes 3 bunches 5c horseradish roots each 10 15c Jersey and Virginia sweet potatoes 6 rounds 26c new potatoes eastern bushel 1.50 tomatoes hot house pound 3 6c tomatoes California pound 20c cucumbers hot house each 10 15 34 20c pickling onions quart 5c leaf lettuce pound 15c head lettuce big Boston head 15c new cabbage Holland head 5 10c red cabbage head 10 15c celery large stocks each 5c Spanish onions each 5 10c onions red and white pound 3c green onions 2 bunches 9c.
Chicago October 30 Wheat and corn prices eased as favorable weather and lighter export demand reduced values. Weekly primary receipts hit a record 20,194,000 bushels, with no large sales but sustained buying in Kansas City. Corn moved narrowly on expectations of bigger arrivals. oats weakened without strong support. Provisions rallied on October rib demand, while other fats eased with modest selling and steady cash trade.
Wheat prices rose on Northwest receipts while seeding ends. Expect increased central state receipts but most wheat already marketed. Higher prices needed to part with winter and off grade wheat. Acreage may rise slightly, weather favorable for threshing. Export demand strong on breaks with North American supply central to Europe. Corn trades in narrow range amid expectations of heavier new crop and mixed land quality.
Readable prices for casaba melons and a wide range of fruits including bananas California pears peaches plums Tokay grapes and oranges. Notable items include Elberta peaches Wenatchee apples and Florida grape fruit with per dozen or per pound costs listed.
The article notes ample live stock supply and stable to weak exports. Oats are dull while hogs slump after a $3.00 drop, causing liquidation in nearby provisions. A government stock estimate suggests possible price declines. advised strategy is cautious profit taking over the next thirty days before buying back in.
New York sugar markets show firmness with raw sugar and molasses quoted tight and refined grades advancing. Prices listed include centrifugal at 4454.52, refined 10 points higher, and various forms such as powdered and confectioners grades ranging from 510 to 635 per unit.
St Louis October 30 Apples in barrels small and inferior at prices from 75 to 85 cents. bids range from 1.00 to 2.25 per unit for various varieties including Huntsman and Roman beauty. Home grown bushel boxes sold at 10 to 12 cents per box.
New York market report notes a steady coffee spot with Rio No 7 at 7 14 and Santos No 4 at 93. ends with brief price details and market tone.
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