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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 10, 1911

Page

11

Grain Market Today Scores Sensational Gains From Crop Report

Grain market climbs as government crop data spurs gains. At Union Stock Yards August 10 cattle receipts exceed 300 head. Top cows reach 3.60 with most around 3.25. Calves sell up to 4.50 with common around 4. Hogs hold steady despite weaker Fort Worth quotes, choice fed hogs hit 6.75 with bulk at 6.25. Buyers, butchers, and packers push turnover higher in brisk trading. An outside buyer inserted competitive momentum in selective lots.

Union Stock Yards Augu Fort Worth

Stock Yards Developments and Texas Wool Trade Notes

Barnhart Texas aims to build a large stock yard complex near Merizon, attracting shipments to a new dipping facility. Cattlemen report mixed markets with water scarcity concerns and optimism on prices as cotton dominates attention. Boston wool traders note Texas wools resuming transfers with bids around 18 to 19 cents for twelve month fiber and higher for special wools.

Boston Texas

Cattle Sales At Union Stock Yards Reported

Cattle sales at Union Stock Yards on August 10 featured a day of trading with receipts and price ranges recorded for the market. Dealers and buyers completed activity as buyers eyed demand across the auction ring.

Be Worth Texas ADE 12 Cattle Market Report

Be Worth Texas ADE notes cattle prices as of December 12 with market activity described by Associated Press. Prices show demand and supply signals across local pens and regional buyers.

THE Associated Press Be Worth Tex

Weather Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas

San Antonio and vicinity expect fair conditions tonight and Friday. East Texas likewise fair. A high pressure area sits over the north central United States with a low over Utah and Colorado, while rain is forecast in the northern and southern Atlantic states. Temperatures remain high in the south.

San Antonio Tex Vicinity East Texas Boundary United States Utah Colorado Atlantic

Wheat Prices Jump As Government Crop Report Sways Market

Chicago August 10 Wheat prices rose sharply on a bullish government crop report with quick buying demand through commission houses. Gains extended to oats and corn, while pork, lard and ribs futures rallied on large exports but eased late. Cold weather in Manitoba and anticipated Argentina shipments added support.

Chicago Washington Manitoba Argentina England

Chicago Receipts and Shipments Reported for Aug 10

Chicago reports include today’s receipts and shipments with focus on freight movements. Details list quantities and consignments handled in the period, reflecting trade activity across the city markets and warehouses.

THE Associated Press Chicago Ill

Wheat and corn receipts at Chicago market report

Chicago reports today 163 wheat cars with 112 contract grade, 36 corn cars with 6 contract grade, and 278 oats cars. Total wheat receipts across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth reach 409 cars, versus 420 last week and 898 a year ago.

Associated Press Chicago Minneapolis Duluth

Market Quotes Drift as Wheat Prices Edge Lower

Kansas City reports today pricing for cash wheat fluctuating with No 2 red at 87 to 88 cents and No 2 white around 91 to 98 cents. The figures show marginal moves amid muted trading.

Associated Press Kansas City

Steers Sell Nearer At Fort Worth Market Report

Fort Worth Texas August 10 cattle receipts 1800 head with steers steady to weak medium steer 4.45 to 4.60 cannners and killers 3.75 to 4.15 stockers and feeders 2.75 to 4.25 cows steady butchers 3.00 to 3.40 canners 2.80 to 3.00 bulls 2.75 to 3.10 hogs receipts 1100 head market easier to weak bulk 7.60 to 7.85 top sheep receipts 750 head market strong wethers 3.76.

Associated Press Fort Worth Tex

Chicago live stock receipts and prices summary

Receipts and quotations for cattle hogs and sheep are listed with market notes. Cattle receipts about 4000 with mixed prices from 2.70 for cows to 8.00 for calves. hogs receipts near 15000 with prices from 6.85 to 8.00 and highs around 8.00. sheep receipts about 12000 with natives at 2.25 to 3.75 and westerns up to 7.00 for yearlings and lambs up to 6.90.

Live stock market report from St Louis auction

Receipts total 4000 cattle including 3800 Texans with market steady. Beef steers 4.50 to 7.26, cows and heifers 3 to 7.25, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 4.75, Texas and Oklahoma steers 4.00 to 6.25, calves in carload lots 4.00 to 9.50. Hogs receipts 6500 with pigs and lights at 5.25 to 5.50, heavy hogs 4 to 5. etc. Sheep receipts 4000 with muttons 3.06 to 5.50, lambs 4.00.

Associated Press ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma

Kansas City Live Stock Market Report

Receipts and cattle include 3700 southerns with a steady market. Native steers 5.00 to 5.70, southern steers 4.00 to 6.00, southern cows and heifers 2.00 to 4.00, stockers and feeders 3.50 to 5.75, bulls 4.00 to 8.50, calves 4.00 to 7.90. Hogs receipts 500, market steady with bulk 7.40 to 7.60 and heavy 7.55 to 7.75. Sheep receipts 3000, muttons 3.00 to 3.75, lambs to 3.67, wethers and yearlings around 3.00.

Associated Press Ansas

Chicago Market Quotes Update for Wheat Corn and Oats

Chicago price quotations list cash wheat oats and corn by grade for today. No. 2 yellow and white corn No. 2 hard and No. 1 northern wheat mix with old and new prices. Oats No. 2 and standard quotes shown with percent adjustments.

Associated Press Chicago

Wall Street Opens Lower as Market Shows Wide Declines

Prices decline sharply with losses in Canadian Pacific Union Pacific St Paul Reading and Canadian group. U S Steel remains comparatively firm after July tonnage data. Trading active with high volume. several issues hit new lows while a cautious recovery forms later in the first hour.

Associated Press New York Rock Island General Electric Wisconsin Central Reading St. Paul Canadian Pacific Wabash Atlantic Coast Line American Harriman Grangers Gould Lehigh Valley Union Pacific Chesapeake Epie Atchison and Ling United Setae Steel U.S Amalgamated Copper New York Central Shorts Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Cove Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake and Ohio Chi N. AW Jos Mil Ct. P Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande American Car and Foundry American Cotton American Locomotive Amer Great Northern Nor Illinois Central Interborough Met Louisville Nashville Issouri Pacific Kan Tex Orfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pacific Mail Pennsylvania Ian Palace Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Southern Railway United States Steel Western Union Standard Oil

Bear Rule the Cotton Market at the Close

The cotton market opened steady at an early advance and then fell to near yesterday's close. Prices slipped with reports of crop damage, showers, and cooler forecasts in the southwest, leaving October and December contracts down and spot values largely steady.

Cotton futures open steady and close easy

New York cotton futures opened steady with January at 11.38 39, March 11.47 48, May 11.64 55, August 12.30 35, September bid 11.40, October 11.43 44, December 11.42 48. Futures closed easier.

THE Associated Press New York Janeee Mareee Ener Eter

New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Then Hovers Under Previous Close

New Orleans cotton futures opened 8 to 10 points higher on strong early demand but quickly fell with shorts heavy selling. By noon prices were 17 to 25 points under yesterday's close and by 2 pm the list was 7 to 18 points under prior final. The session closed with a net decline of 11 to 20 points as traders covered and weather factors muted gains.

Associated Press New Orleans Shorts Texas Yesserday

Cotton futures open steady with varied month quotes

New Orleans traders opened August cotton futures steady with August at 12.35, October at 11.31 32, December 11.29, January 11.31, May 11.52 54, and later trades around 11.48. The report lists brief price markings for several contract months.

THE Associated Press New Orleans

Liverpool cotton market tight as prices rise on limited demand

In Liverpool on Aug 10 spot cotton advanced eighteen points amid scarce trading. American middling fair 7.44 cents, good middling 7.10, middling 6.80, with 4000 bales sold, 500 for speculation and export, including 3500 American. Receipts none. Futures opened firm and closed quiet and steady with multiple spread quotes from 6.29% to 6.97 and near 6.00 to 6.14 across contracts.

Associated Press Liverpool

Cotton Seed Products Prices Noted in Memphis Market

In Memphis Tennessee on August 10 prime basis oil quotes stand at 4.86 to 4.87 cents per pound while meal trades at 25.50 dollars per ton and linters at about 4.2 to 4.4 cents per pound amidst regional market moves.

THE Associated Press Meemphis Tenn

Cottonseed Prices and Market Data from New York

The report lists cottonseed trading data with bid and ask quotes in dollars per hundredweight. It shows opening, closing, and range figures across several entries, reflecting daily volatility and varying price levels.

Sugar Prices Reported Steady Across Varieties

New York market notes show Raw Muscovado 89 test at 4.11 cents per pound, Centrifugal 96 test at 4.61 cents, Molasses sugar 89 test at 3.86 cents, with Refined sugar and Molasses both steady.

THE Associated Press New York

Market Quotations Mixed as Receipts Rise

New York on August 9 reported stable quotations with oats and other grains steady. Receipts totaled 11,522 cases with fair commerce and prices ranging from 3.40 to 3.60 per unit.

New York Owen

Cotton Gossip Spreads as Texas Drought Deepens Market Talk

The report notes lower American markets with Liverpool closing up, and talks of Texas crop damage from insects, heat, and deterioration. Bears edge prices down after an early advance while traders cite dry weather and insufficient rain as bearish pressure.

Liverpool Texas Bears

Cotton Market Quiet on New Orleans Spot Sale

New Orleans reports spot cotton quiet and unchanged with 200 bales sold. arrivals none. price ranges from low ordinary at 8 9 16 to strict good middling at 12 11 16. Receipts 23 bales. stock 28 700 bales.

Associated Press New Orleans

Cotton prices in Memphis market show middling spot

In Memphis Tennessee on August 10 spot cotton traded with middling quality at 120 cents per hundredweight.

Spot Cotton Close Quiet in New York

Spot cotton markets in New York on August 10 closed quiet with Middling uplands at 12.40 cents per pound and Middling gulf at 12.65 cents. no sales were reported.

THE Associated Press New York

Spot cotton steady in Houston market

Houston report shows spot cotton remaining steady at middling 12 5/8 cents, unchanged from prior. The market held firm with little movement on August 10, reflecting stable prices for the staple in the Texan trading area.

THE Associated Press Houston Tex

Poultry and Butter Prices Steady in St Louis Market

Quotations in St Louis on August 10 show poultry steady with chickens at 9½ cents, springs 12½ cents, turkeys at 16 cents, ducks 10½ cents, geese 5 cents. Butter quiet at 21 26 cents creamery and eggs steady at 13 cents.

Associated Press ST. Louis

Grain Price Notations Reported At St. UIS

Market notes from St. UIS show wheat bids with No 2 red at 88 92 cents, No 2 track 64 cents, 64 and No 2 white 64. Oats advance to No 2 track 39 percent. Corn soft with September 64 cents and December 62 cents. Oats July and December quoted at 41 44 cents.

Associated Press ST. Uis

Money on Call Steady As Rates Digest Market Quiet

New York on August 10 reports money on call steady with a ruling rate of 2 percent and bids and offers at 2 percent. Time loans show easier conditions with two percent for sixty days and three and a half percent for six months.

THE Associated Press New York

Market Roundup From New York Aug 10 Daily Financial Briefing

The Associated Press reports steady government securities and easy sterling exchange in New York on August 10. The market shows bankers bills at 483.75 for sixty days and 485.85 for demand, commercial bills at 4.83 percent. Mexican dollars at 45 percent. silver at 53 percent. Railroad bonds are weak amid mixed demand.

the Associated Press New York Sterling Exchange Easy Serva

Lead and Spelter Market Report from St Louis

City report notes lead trades at 4.4744 and spelter price rising to 6 dollars, reflecting market strength in St Louis on August 9. The bulletin highlights elevated metal values and trading tone for the day.

ST. Louis Spelter

Weather and markets brief from New York

New York dispatch notes dull hides and steady weather with petroleum at a stable level and wool price holding firm.

Sugar and coffee markets surge as Texas produce demand grows

An advance in refined sugar raises prices to 6.40 per hundred pounds amid strong market tension. Coffee is expected to see lower figures despite Brazil weather reports. Local Texas markets show robust country orders, brisk vegetable sales, and steady egg prices at 18 cents a dozen with ample cold storage.

New York New Orleans San Antonio Brazil Texas

Prices From Shipper Market Report Dairy And Poultry Rates

Price to shipper less commission listed. Creamery butter per pour 25cc country butter 14 15c. Fresh country candled 17 18c. Cheese Fancy cream 31 365? Fancy brick 20c. American Swiss import Swiss 81c. Poultry steady large choice hens per dozen 6 dollars, medium hens 4 dollars, large springs 3 dollars, medium springs 2.75, small springs 2.25, guineas per dozen 3.25 to 3.50, squabs 1.00 to 1.25, keys per pound 15 to 16c.

Badger State

Market quotations from Chicago dairy and poultry goods

Quotations from Chicago today show butter and cheese steady to weak with creamery prices around 20 to 25 cents for butter and 13 to 14 cents for various cheeses. Eggs and poultry are weak with egg receipts at 400 cases and turkeys around 18.9 cents per pound for live birds, with other poultry prices in the 12 to 14 cent range.

Associated Press Chicago

Egg Prices and Market Report From New York

New York spot market prices show eggs firm under steady demand. Receipts totaled 12,469 cases with fresh gathered firsts at 17 to 19 cents and checks ranging from 13 1/2 to 14 1/2 cents per dozen.

New York

Kansas City Produce Quotations Report

Kansas City on Aug 10 reports dairy markets with creamery products at 5 cents, firsts and seconds at 21 cents, packing stock at 8 cents, tones extras 19? to 84 cents, and other categories varying slightly, reflecting the midweek price movement for dairy commodities in the region.

Kansas City Lée

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