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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1911
Page
11
August 1 at Union Stock Yards reports show about 500 cattle receipts with limited supply in the general market. Butcher stock was scarce yet firm. cows sold to $3.50, calves $4.50, and choice hogs brought $6.50 with others at $6 amid lean stock and drought effects.
M H McMahan brought six carloads of ranch cattle to the local market for commission men. Cattle from the R H Brown ranch in McMullen County sold. market activity was driven by cash needs. A dip and cement vat project at the stock yards advances, with completion expected in about two weeks. July receipts at Dion Stock Yards total 6770 head including cattle calves yearlings horses hogs and goats. portions forwarded to other markets. Sid Martin of Atascosa County sold a full load with strong demand and good prices. W H Jennings notes Oklahoma rains improving conditions and restocking prospects for cattle shipping to markets.
Cattle sales in Fort Worth today show various lots with average weights and prices. Ford Slocum of Cresson offered 19 cattle at about 1454 pounds for 6.00 dollars. H P McAfee of Southmayde listed 65 stocker steers at 8038 pounds for 4.15 dollars. Corn and Company of Benbrook had 10 cattle around 062 pounds at 4.95 dollars. T M McGinnis of PPMOWeriucvive listed 268 pounds at 3.35 dollars.
From St Louis and New York reports: wool sales slow with best fine and clothing wools at 18 to 19 cents, heavy fine tub-washed 25 to 30 cents. hides steady, turpentine easy, machine barrels 2 1/2 cents, ice steady as market tone remains quiet.
Quotations today show wheat and corn movements with mixed results. Prices for No 2 red and No 2 white track and oats shifted, while September and December futures reflect slight gains and declines.
New Orleans market notes show rough rice receipts 4323 sacks and clean 7047 sacks with millers 241 sacks. Prices listed for Honduras and Japan rice with various grades and bolded figures including 3.50 to 3.65 for new Honduras and 2.08 for old Honduras and 2.13 for Japan.
Forecast issued for Aug 4 shows unsettled weather tonight and Wednesday across San Antonio, East Texas, and northern Mexico to the upper Midwest. Rainfall reported in several areas, with Abilene at 3.74 inches, and temperatures varying from cool in mountains to high in the southwest.
Chicago bars show initial declines as rust fears ease and foreign crop news improves. Wheat and corn futures drift lower with September wheat around 89 cents and corn near 68 cents, while oats and hog provisions also ease and cash houses remain sellers.
Chicago report lists today’s receipts and shipments across markets with figures for grain, meat, and produce. Includes summarized totals and notes on supply movements and distribution through local depots.
Chicago August 1 receipts show wheat 760 cars including 552 contract grade and corn 74 cars with 29 contract grade plus oats 527 cars. Total wheat receipts across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth reach 1033 cars versus 1368 last week and 1273 a year ago.
Chicago quotations show mixed grain values with several grades of wheat, corn, oats, and rye on display. Prices vary by grade and freshness, with No 2 red new wheat around 86 to 87 cents, No 2 corn about 62 to 63 percent, and oats near 37 to 39 cents, reflecting market fluctuations.
Quotations today show cash wheat Zeek unchanged No 2 hard 89 91c No 2 red 84c corn unchanged No 2 mixed 62c No 2 white 64c oats unchanged No 2 white 39 40c No 2 mixed 33c
Fort Worth Tex Aug 1 cattle receipts 3520 with dull trade and no real improvement. Best steer prices around 4.95 while steers and feeders mostly 4.0 to 4.40. cows 2.90 to 3.30. bulls 2.7 to 3.10. veal calves 5.50. Hog receipts 900 tops 7.30. most sales 7.10 to 7.25 unchanged from Monday. pigs 5.85 and mixed lambs and yearlings noted with limited details.
Chicago reports August 1 cattle receipts about 4000 with steady prices across cattle cohort. Hogs receipts near 14000 with prices 5 to 10 cents lower. light to heavy ranges cited. Sheep receipts around 18000 with a weak market. native and western categories show modest to broad price spans.
Receipts heavy at Kansas City with cattle 13 000 and hogs 13 000. Cattle markets steady to ten cents lower with native steers 4.75 to 7.05, southern cows and heifers 2.75 to 4.50, stockers 3.25 to 5.50, calves 4 to 7. Bull and western cattle varied. Hogs five cents lower. bulk sales 6.90 to 7.00, heavy packers 6.90 to 7.05, lights 6.70 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 6 000. muttons 3.50 to 4.25, lambs 5.00 to 5.50, fed wethers and yearlings 3.75 to 5.50, fed western ewes 2.75 to 4.00.
Receipts reach 6500 cattle including 700 Texans with steady demand. Native beef steers 4.50 to 6.80, cows and heifers 3 to 6.65, stockers 3 to 4.75. Hog receipts 8000 with pigs and lights 5 to 7.20 and heavy 7.25. Sheep receipts 6000 with native muttons 3.50 to 4.90 and lambs 4 to 6.85.
A wire to the local cotton exchange reports the first bale of the new crop arriving in Mobile today, confirmed by the Associated Press as a ten year record. Atlanta and Galveston also report first bales, with Houston and other Texas towns showing strong early receipts far above last season. Total daily cotton arrivals include 136 bales in Houston and 1193 bales in Galveston, contributing to season totals well ahead of last year.
Quotations from Kansas City show butter at 25 cents for credited creamery, 23 cents for firsts, 21 cents for seconds and 18 cents for packing stock. Eggs quoted at 19 for firsts and 8 to 4 cents for seconds.
The New York stock market opened lower on August 1 with Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific, Great Northern, U S Steel, Rock Island, and Chesapeake and Ohio among decliners. Virginia Caro Chemical preferred rose a point while others slid amid poor crop news and selling pressure.
Market closes steady with August unchanged while other months gain 6 to 8 points on better cables and bureau optimism. Prices advance early but falter mid session. reports of famine in China and stagnant Indian conditions offset favorable crops. New crop months see liquidations. late gains around 1.5 points.
New York August 1 cotton futures opened steady with Jan at 10.90 91, Mar 11.01 02, May 11.18 15, Aug 11.97 11.10 12, Oct 10.95 96, Dec 10.9. Futures closed steady.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened up about 4.8 points with early gains trimmed as shorts bought to cover. Weather concerns and European political rumors supported volatility though buying for long positions remained lacking. By afternoon the market hovered 2 to 8 points above yesterday’s close with steady short selling continuing.
Fragmentary financial notes show August at 11.70 with 11.04 06, October at 10.90, December 10.87, and March around 11.01 02. The text is jumbled with no clear report of entities or outcomes.
The Liverpool market shows steady prices across grades with American middling at 7.22 for good quality, 6.62 for middling, and 6.16 for good ordinary. Daily sales total 6000 bales, including 6500 American, with 1000 bales receipts and futures opening firm then closing very steady on August contracts through May-June terms.
In St Louis on Aug 1 the metal market shifted from firm to weak as selling dominated the lead and spelter sectors. Lead closed at 4.47 and spelter at 5.67 per unit, signaling softer prices after a run of gains.
By the Associated Press New York on August 1 reports scattered orders in cotton goods with easing prices on small gray goods sales. Dress goods remain quiet with retailers and cutters as principal buyers. Jobbers note improved business while yarns stay quiet and easy.
Close prime mercantile paper 4 44. Sterling exchange steady 4.84.25 for sixty day bills and 4.86.10 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83%. Bar silver 52%. Mexican dollars 45c. Government and railroad bonds easy.
Poultry firm notes chickens at 10c, springs 18c, turkeys 16c, ducks 10c, geese 5c. Butter higher with buttercream 21 and 26 4c. Eggs steady at 14c.
Rain fell at several Central Texas stations, Southeastern South Carolina, and South Central Georgia, with totals over two inches at a few spots including Brownwood Texas. Mean temperatures were 1 to 6 degrees below normal across cotton states, lowest 70 at Knoxville and highest 84 at Del Rio.
The fragment mentions MOULTON TOM and Memphis Tennessee but provides no coherent event or figures. Unable to extract a complete news item. no valid summary possible from provided text.
Spot cotton in New Orleans remained quiet with prices at staple levels. Sales totaled 263 bales while arrivals reached 500 bales. assorted grades quoted from low middling 11% to strict good middling 12 13-16, receipts 97 bales and stock at 25 026 bales.
MEMPHIS TENN August 1 Spot cotton remains steady with a decline of 4 1/4 cents. Middling class priced at 18 4 cents.
In Galveston Texas on the first, spot cotton remained quiet with middling receipts, markets showing little movement as sales noted at fob 2200.
Spot cotton in New York on August 1 shows uplands at 12.50 cents and middling gulf at 12.75 cents with 8765 bales sold. Strong activity noted despite quiet tone in trading.
Memphis August 1. Cotton seed products tabulated with prime basis at 4.26 to 4.27 dollars per unit. Meal priced at 26.50 dollars, linters at 3 to 4 percent.
Sugar markets in New York show raw Muscovado 89 test at 4.11 cents per pound and 96 test centrifugals at 4.6 cents. Molasses sugar 39 test at 3.86 cents. Refined sugar remains firm and molasses steady.
Coffee futures closed steady in New York with sales at 29 540 bags. Brazilian No 7 Rio quoted 13 843? 13 4c, No 4 Santos at 13 cents. Mild coffee quiet with Cordova at 14 16c nominal.
A fragmented Houston item references steady middling conditions and a generic report line, suggesting routine market or weather notes without detailed specifics.
New York money markets show on call rates steady and the ruling rate near the prior level. Closing bids sit around 2 percent with offers at 2 percent, time loans firm for ninety days at 3 percent and six months at 3 percent.
The article notes fruit jars promotions amid rising canning costs while Texas supplies shrink. It highlights scarce pineapples, rising citrus and beet sugar values, and a Lima bean crop valued at five million dollars. Texas tomatoes, butter, eggs, and potatoes show price shifts with substitutes like rice gaining traction.
Shipperless commission and retailer prices listed. Butter per pound 12 to 15 cents for country butter. fresh country candled eggs 14 to 15 cents. Cheeses include fancy cream 18 cents, fancy brick 20, American Swiss 24, imported Swiss 31, Limburger 20, Badger State 19. Poultry prices show large hens 6 dollars per dozen, medium 5 dollars, large springs 3.50 to 4.00 per dozen, medium springs 2.75, small springs 2.25, guineas 3.25 to 3.50 per dozen, ducks 6.00 to 6.50 per dozen, squabs 1.00 to 1.56, turkey 15 cents per pound.
Chicago market notes show butter steady with 21 to 26 cents bids and daisies at 19 to 21 1/2 cents. Receipts total 7578 cases. cheese steady with daisies at 18 to 18 1/2 cents, long horns 13 1/2 to 14 cents, potatoes firm around 1.48 to 1.40 per bushel, poultry live steady with turkeys 12 cents and fowls 12 to 12 1/2 cents, veal steady with weights 60 to 85 pounds at 9 1/4 to 10 1/2 cents.
Quotations for kegs steady as New York market reports receipts of 22 020 cases. Fresh gathered extra firsts 18 to 29 cents, state and Pennsylvania and nearby hennery brown 23 to 25 cents.
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