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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1911
Page
7
Union Stock Yards reports light receipts with two carloads of horses and mules from Kerrville. Cattle sales show cows up to 3.50 and calves to 4.50, hogs reach 6.75, with buyers hoping for a larger influx next week. no sheep received.
Circulation of $350000 appears in four weeks from wool and mohair sales by Kerrville banker Charles Schreiner. Wool sold for 14.5 to 18.5 cents. mohair 32 to 38 cents. Cattle markets rise with brisk trade. Kansas City quarantine on cattle over Texas fever affects dairies and milk supply. Fort Worth region reports higher hogs and cow prices. local hogs at $6.75. cows at $8.50.
The Associated Press reports no change in spot cot ton prices in New Orleans on August 12 with 366 bales received and stock at 29,223. Prices left unchanged across several grades from low ordinary to good middling, with nominal values listed for each category.
New York August 12 spot cotton closed quiet with uplands at 12.40 and gulf at 12.65 no sales recorded.
Houston, August 12 Spot cotton holds steady with prices unchanged at middling 123 and 16 cents per pound in today’s market report.
Galveston Texas market reports spot cotton steady at middling 12 3 4 cents. Sales 42 bales f o b 1245.
Spot cotton in Memphis on August 12 quoted by grade as middling at 13 3/4 cents per pound with nominal activity noted.
The International Apple Shippers association reports a bumper harvest for this year. U S and Canada crops will exceed last year by about 5 percent or 6,500,000 barrels, reaching a total of 3,550,000 more barrels.
In New Orleans on August 12 the rough rice market showed no activity with unsettled tone. Clean market remained steady as buyers and sellers awaited better momentum. Prices quoted for rough Honduras and clean Honduras were around $3.00, with sales totaling thousands of sacks across rough and clean lots and various origins noted.
New York reports a quiet steady cotton goods market yesterday. Retailers operate more freely in dry goods markets covering silk cotton and dress goods. Yarns held barely steady.
New York sugar quotations show raw sugar at 89 test Muscovado 4.41 to 4.43 cents per pound and centrifugal 96 test 4.87 to 4.93 cents. Molasses sugar 89 test 4.12 to 4.18 cents. Refined sugar steady with no major movement observed.
Rere's illustrated Story of Today's Weather Conditions reports fair conditions for San Antonio tonight and Sunday with a high pressure system to the north and a low over the Gulf area. Scattered showers are noted over the eastern U S, with Galveston recording the greatest rain at .96 inch.
Chicago market observers noted weakness in wheat as bullish Russian reports faded and export prospects looked uncertain. Canadian outlook trimmed demand while U S weather favored corn and oats with modest gains in pork, lard, and ribs futures closing mixed but largely lower.
Quotations were listed for today in Chicago with receipts and shipments reported for the day. The data covers price levels and movement across active commodities as of August 12.
Receipts today across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth totaled 393 cars with 115 contract grade wheat 34 contract grade corn and 307 oats. This compares to 581 cars last week and 701 cars on the same day last year.
Kansas City grain prices mixed with little change across wheat corn and oats. Wheat No 2 hard ranges 90 to 97 cents, No 1 red 87 to 88 cents. September wheat at 90 9 tenths cents and December contract around 9tenths. Corn bids steady with No 2 yellow around 62 cents and No 2 white 62 cents. oats up to 1 cent higher with No 2 mixed 40 to 41 cents. Close: September wheat around 90 to 91 cents, corn September 63 cents, December 61 to 62 cents, May around 64 cents.
Fort Worth August 12 cattle receipts 800 with steers Mexican steers 3.60 stockers 2.90 cows 2.60 to 2.70 bulls 2.65 to 2.85 calves 50 head market steady. Hogs receipts 1000 head market 5 cents lower top 7.90. Bulk sheep 27 head lambs 6.25. No sales.
Chicago market totals show cattle receipts about 200 with steady trend and varied bids from Reeves to calves. hogs receipts around 7000 with mixed quality and prices from light to good heavy. sheep receipts about 25600 with a strong market. Prices listed for native, western, yearlings, native lambs, and western lambs.
Receipts and quotations show cattle 500 head with steady market and varied prices for native and southern cattle, stockers and calves. hogs 1000 head with steady market and ranges from 7.40 to 7.65 for different fat cuts. sheep scarce with steady bids and lamb and mutton quotes listed.
Receipts total 350 cattle with no Texas stock. market steady. Native beef steers range 4.50 to 7.50, cows and heifers 3.00 to 7.20, stockers 3.00 to 4.75, Texas steers 4.00 to 6.25, cows and heifers 3.90 to 5.00, calves 4.00 to 5.50. Hogs receipts 3500, market 6 to 10 cents higher. pigs and lights 6.75 to 7.65, packers 7.80 to 7.96, butchers 7.80 to 7.95. No sheep.
Chicago August quotations report cash wheat with futures figures for several grades including No 2 red and No 1 hard spring and velvet chaff prices. Corn prices show No 2 and No 2 white and yellow grades and oats list No 2 white and standard grades with percentage ranges.
The market notes from St Louis on August 12 show wheat trading firm with September at 89 cents per bushel and corn steady. A run of mixed quotes for other grain futures follows with No 2 red wheat near 88 to 90 cents and oats around 64 cents.
The New York market opened with heavy selling led by Union Pacific which fell more than four points after initial offerings of 8000 shares at 172% to %. Lehigh Valley American Smelting and St. Paul also declined while S Steel and other issues dropped. Rumors swirled as traders pushed prices lower before a partial rally and a firmer, though tepid, close.
New York money on call rates ease with sixty day at 2 percent ninety days at 3 percent six months at 3.293 percent close prime mercantile paper 4 4 percent sterling exchange steady with bankers bills at 4.83.75 for sixty day bills and 4.85.75.85 for demand government bonds steady railroad bonds weak bar silver 52 Mexican dollars 4c
In St Louis on August 2 the lead price was recorded at 4.47 percent with lead firm and spelter firm. The brief dispatch notes prevailing market levels for nonferrous metals and indicates steady trading conditions.
New York and other cities show mixed moves with New Orleans and Liverpool down while New York and Galveston hold. Trading opened steady with declines and rallied to finish near unchanged to slightly higher as weaker cables, weather in the southwest, and profit taking weighed on prices. spot prices held at 12.40 for middling uplands with no sales.
In New York on August 12 cotton futures opened steady with March at 11.07 08 and May at 11.17 18. August 11.99 12 and October 11 11.02. Rept. 11.06 bid and December 11.03 04. Futures closed very steady.
New Orleans cotton futures opened barely steady with a 4.10 point loss as a gulf storm rippled through the belt. A Louisiana coast and southern Mississippi storm warning spurred short covering with buyers eyeing a 200 000 bale Texas port need for August sailing.
New Orleans on August 12 reports August futures at 11.85 bid for August, 11.07 09 for September, 10.95 96 for October, 10.96 bid for December, 10.97 98 for January, Har 11.11, May 11.20 22. Futures closed steady.
Closing spot cotton in Liverpool on August 12 shows a dull market with prices 13 points lower across grades. American middling fair at 7.28, good middling 6.94, middling 6.64, low middling 6.44, good ordinary 6.18, ordinary 93. Trade totals reach 2000 bales with 1400 American included, no receipts, futures opening easy and closing barely steady with several spread prices quoted.
In Memphis on August 12 the prime basis quoted at 4.36 to 4.37 cents for seed, meal at 26.50, and linters at 2 1/2 to 4 cents.
In St. Louis on August 12, wool prices showed little change. Medium grades for combing and clothing ranged from 18 to 20 cents, light fine from 17 to 19 cents, heavy fine 14 to 15 cents, and tub-washed wool from 25 to 30 cents.
Imports of merchandise and dry goods at the port of New York for the week ending August 5 were valued at 15 948 038. Imports of specie at the port for the week ending yesterday were 110 555 silver and 617 525 gold. Exports of specie for the week were 1 141 822 silver and 10 200 gold.
James B. Haggin of New York will send fifty of his finest Elmendorf mares to Berlin, Germany, for sale at auction today, with the shipment reported from Lexington Kentucky.
Riebs Undertaking Co offers auto ambulance service at 221 East Com street with telephone contact 341 for emergency transfers and funeral home transportation.
Bradstreets weekly trade review notes orders for future delivery point to further improvement in the trades situation. Cotton growing regions show freer purchasing, cereals lagging after July crop deterioration, and rains boosting corn outlook. Dry goods and millinery lead activity while cotton goods face short supplies. Pig iron firming with price cutting in finished products. collections range fair to slow. weekly U.S. business failures total 208.
Stock data shows daily figures across Houston and Augusta with yesterday’s total 140 303 and last week 143 028. The year over year tally stands at 236 827 while this season shows a deficit near 96 534.
Liverpool readers learn the weekly cotton statistics listing imports of all kinds nine thousand two hundred and exports totals, including American imports and stock figures. The report notes stock levels for all kinds and American stocks, with forwarded American exports and overall export totals for the period.
The piece notes ongoing adjustments between cloths and raw cotton prices amid mill curtailments. It cites low bleached sheetings, New York exports of 223 417 bales versus 144 845 last year, and hot belt weather with Texas and Oklahoma averaging 100 and 102. Bulls may spark a crop scare if conditions persist.
Houston receipts reach 5256 bales today, total 44106 this season, ahead of last year’s pace. Bearish sentiment opened trading with declines in new and old months, while local members stay bullish. Chas W Shepard reports 11.5 to 12 cents basis middling in interior and notes heat, regional disappointment, and mixed conditions north and in Dallas.
Market mood turns bearish as Liverpool anticipation builds for a potential strike. Local sentiment remains bullish on this side of the water keeping prices supported while a local bear notes the bull element of American markets is merely satisf.
Morning market notes on fresh fruit and produce awaiting arrival. Apple shipments from New Mexico Colorado Missouri expected soon with price at 2.50 and two weeks earlier than last year. Coffee sugar lemons peaches and potatoes show price movements as supply from Texas California and Colorado shifts. Shipments from Colorado and California continue to flood markets, affecting cabbage and overall pricing. Companies like George Sgitcovich and Co report bananas apples wax and vegetables arriving.
Creamery butter per pound 25c, country butter 14 to 15c, eggs firm 17 to 18c, cheese prices meet demand with fancy cream 174 to 4c, brick 20c, American Swiss 24c, imported Swiss 9 to 10c, Limburger 20c, poultry steady with hens 6.00 per dozen, large springs 4.00, medium springs 2.50 to 2.75, small springs 2.32, beans 3.25 to 3.50 per dozen, ducks 6.00 to 6.50 per dozen, squabs 1.00 to 1.25, turkey keys 15 to 16c per pound.
Chicago August 12 prices show cheese steady with varieties such as Daisies 13 14c Twins 12% to 18c Young Americas 13% to ?c Long Horns 12% to ?c Potatoes Jerseys 1.25 to 1.30 Minnesota s 1.10 to 1.15 Receipts 10 cars market steady Live poultry firm Turkeys 12? c fowls 11 4? c springs 13% c Veal steady 50 to 60 lb 8.9% c 60 to 85 lb 9 10% c 85 to 110 lb 11c.
New York quotes show butter steady with receipts of 4420 cases and cheese unchanged with 991 cases received. Weekly exports reach 347 boxes.
Quotations from Kansas City show butter and cheese values with various grades and times. Firsts and seconds for creamery products listed with numbers like 21c and 19%c, extras near 19%c, and packing stock around 17c.
St Louis trading prices list poultry at steady levels with chickens around 10 to 12 cents, turkeys at 16 cents, ducks at market rates, geese noted, butter dull with creamery at about 21 to 26 cents, eggs unchanged at a low level.
New York on August 12 reports coffee closed with a net decline of around 15 points. Trading volume 188,000 bags. Spot prices steady with Rio No 4 Santos No 4 and Mild coffee dull. Cordova stone listed nominally.
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