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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1916
Page
11
Liverpool stock market notes show initial price strength before a subsequent decline as traders weigh profit-taking and market uncertainty. Analysts cite demand shifts and sector rotation influencing early gains and later pullbacks. The report tracks early gains and how investors reassess valuations amid cautious sentiment.
The report tracks cotton prices in San Antonio and New Orleans with bids for good middling to low middling grades. It notes Liverpool market shifts, temporary gains, and end of session firmness, plus weather and crop reports affecting sentiment and futures outlook.
The cotton market opened firm in New York with gains in Liverpool and higher initial prices for September and later months. While spot houses bought the advance, selling pressure emerged as weather and crop reports shifted, causing prices to ease back from early highs though January and December remained firmer than prior trade.
Futures opened modestly higher with October at 15.70, December 15.82, January 15.80, March 15.95, May 16.09. Closing levels showed little movement as markets remained steady amid varied intraday quotes and Liverpool opening anticipated.
The market stayed tense over the railway labor situation with buyers risking shipments. No price rise across vegetables but provisions gained, with fancy hams 22 cents and fancy bacon 28 cents. Dry salt meats, bellies, lard higher. poultry and butter steady. eggs 25–26 cents a dozen. butter and country butter up to 19–20 cents per pound. Tokay grapes from California arrived, sold at 2 per crate.
Buyers paid steady prices for eggs butter and poultry in San Antonio Texas country candied eggs at 19 20c per pound creamery 26 30c per pound and packing stock desks per pound hens 6.00 per dozen large fryers 5.50 to 6.59 broilers 3.99 turkey 18c per pound ducks 4.00 to 5.00 per dozen geese 4.50 to 6.00 per dozen.
Chicago reports butter steady at 26 81c creamery. eggs steady with firsts 2 25c and ordinaries 23 28c at mark. Potatoes rise with Jersey cobblers 1.30 to 1.35, Jersey giants 1.20 to 1.25, Minnesota and Ohio 1.15 to 1.18. Poultry alive higher. fowls 14c, springs 21c.
Wheat shows a tendency to recover from yesterday's big loss as freezing temperatures in northern Saskatchewan aid bulls. September futures move up to 1.43 1/4 dollars and December to 1.47 1/4, with the close 2 1/2 to 3 higher. Corn and oats follow wheat higher while hog prices lift provisions.
Chicago market report lists wheat prices for No. 2 red and hard ranging around 1.46 to 1.49 per bushel. Corn No. 2 yellow quoted near 86 to 88 cents. Oats standard around 44 to 45 cents. Data reflects bid ask quotes and daily close figures from August 29.
Wheat No 2 red at 1.14 dollars per bushel. Corn No 2 white at 85 8/8 cents. Oats No 2 white at 47 cents.
Kansas City August 29 quotations show butter at creamery 28 cents firsts 26 cents seconds 24 3 4 cents. Eggs 26 1 4 cents retail 26 3 4 cents. Poultry prices list hens 11 2 3 cents roosters 19 4 cents broilers 19 4 cents. Kaw Valley early Ohio potatoes cited at 1 10 to 1 15 a bushel.
Kansas City market report lists wheat No 2 hard at 1440 to 1470 dollars per measure and No 2 red at 1521 to 1523 dollars, corn No 2 mixed 80 to 81, No 2 white 99 to 100, oats No 2 white 46 to 47 and No 2 mixed 46 to 48 cents per unit.
New Orleans cotton market opens with Liverpool strength causing 14 to 15 point gains in early dealings. Liquidation drags near months below prior close, midday steady gains persist with active months up 5 to 16 points, late trading advances 21 to 24 points before close.
Grain futures closed with gains in Kansas City today. Wheat for September at 1.40 and December at 1.42. Corn for September at 4 1 2 cents and December at 7 2 cents.
The U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bulletin lists 7 am observations for cities from Abilene to Washington with conditions including clear cloudy and rain. Temperatures range from 60s to low 80s. Notes indicate wind directions and rainfall amounts at several stations.
Chicago Aug 25 quotations show pork futures with Sept at 27.30 open 27.45 high 27.80 low 27.40 close 27.40. Ribs or ribs futures have no quote listed. Other contract levels include Sept at 26.07 open 26.07 high 25.95 low 26.00, pork Oct at 18.97 and rib Oct with no quoted values.
Hog prices rose in outside markets while local market quotes held steady. Aug 29 reports show hog receipts 183 at Union Stock Yards with cattle 118 and calves 40. market activity narrowed as cattle arrivals fell.
Fort Worth market reports cattle receipts 5700 steady to 10 higher with steers around 6 to 8, hogs 38000 steady with bulk 10.35 to 10.55 and top 10.60, sheep 1700 steady with lambs 9 to 9.75 and yearlings 7 to 8.78, wethers 6.75 to 7.36, ewes 6 to 6.76, calves 4.60 to 5.25, goats 4.50 to 5.50.
Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle and sheep show firm hog market with mixed weights and strong cattle demand while sheep run weak. Hog bulk and weights range around 610 11.05 and 11.20. cattle native beef 6.75 10.95 western feeders 6.50 8.70. sheep lambs 6.00 10.25 with 31 000 receipts.
Receipts total 7500 hogs and 6800 cattle with mixed to strong demand. Hogs range from 7.60 to 11.25 for different grades, cattle include native beef steers 7.00 to 10.75 and prime southern steers 8.00 to 49.00, while sheep mix shows lambs 7.00 to 10.50 and ewes 5.00 to 10.00.
Receipts and quotations show cattle and sheep runs with market directions. Cattle included prime fed steers from $9.75 to $10.75 and dressed beef steers $7.50 to $9. Also southern cattle and stockers traded around $5 to $8.30 with wider ranges. Sheep and lamb totals indicated steady to lower, with lambs $9.78 to $16.35 and yearlings $7.25 to $8.00.
The Cotton Region Bulletin from San Antonio reports the 24 hour weather ending at 1 am 75th meridian time with generally fair conditions and near normal temperatures. An inch or more of rainfall is noted at Columbus Tex Melville Cheneyville Grandcore Lafayette La Savannah Ga Madison Fla Lambert ton Raleigh Newbern N C Wetumpka Ozark Ala. Allen Buell meteorologist Weather Bureau.
Quoted prices for Tuesday include dry salt products at 16 4 percent, beacon extras 17 percent, dry salt bellies averaging 14 to 16 pounds, 18 cents, fancy breakfast bacon at 28 cents, fancy hams at 72 cents, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds averaging 26 cents. Pure lard 15 cents, compound 11 cents.
Cotton futures opened steady in New Orleans with October at 15.28, December 15.45, January 16.54, March 15.71, and May 16.86. Futures closed very steady with mixed high and low quotes across contracts.
Liverpool spot cotton shows weakness with good middling at 9.724 pence, middling 9.544, and low middling 9.404. Trade notes 5000 bales on spot, 500 for speculation, and 4000 for MR sculpts.
Liverpool markets publish irregular futures figures for August and neighboring months with 9.374 for August 9.346 for August-September and continuing variations through July-August at 9.144. These readings indicate fluctuating near-term commodity futures activity.
Stock yesterday and same day last week and last year show deficit this season. Raw and refined sugar prices cited with nominal averages. Molasses fines and duties noted for Gramelatene Coots in New York market report.
Cotton goods and yarns showed strength with tickings advancing a full cent per yard. Leading brand of wide sheetings rose five percent. Dress goods remained firm and active. Raw wool remained steady and burlaps grew firmer.
New Orleans August 29. The weekly southern yellow pine mills report shows business closing Friday with new orders of 109 719 888 and a substantial on hand order total. Details indicate continued demand and active production, reflecting solid activity in the pine milling sector.
New York stocks opened weak as railroad labor tensions weighed on trading. Reading, Union Pacific, Studebaker and Crucible fell, while Marine common and American Can slid. Tennessee Copper dropped over four points as obscure miners liquidated later. Market closed heavy.
New York trading on August 29 shows No. 7 Rio coffee futures easing. September contracts dip to 9.27 cents per pound with March at 9.38 cents, signaling modest market softness amid light activity.
New Orleans August 29 reports rough rice strong and active and clean rice steady with Honduras rough at 2.80 to 2.65 per ton and clean Honduras at 4 to 4 ½ percent. Japan 3 1/8 percent and blue rose 3 ½ percent. Polish per ton 26.00. bran 18.00 to 20.00.
Paavo reports Fort Worth cattle sale results with prices per hundredweight. Carlshad and Reeves entries show steer yearlings with varied weights and bids. Ryan and Snow also listed among buyers with figures indicating the market activity.
Cattle 1800 head and hogs 3600 head saw stable to higher trade in Oklahoma City with hogs up 5 to 10 cents top 1000. Turpentine and resin in Savannah show steady to firm quotes with mixed range across grade listings.
In Houston the Texas Industrial Traffic Managers League, including city and business traffic experts, met to consider the Railroad Commission cancellation of advanced freight rates set for September 1. Indications point to possible court action as the commission plans to challenge railroads to halt rates aligned with the Shreveport decision, while roads may sue to block the commission order.
New York reports mercantile rates with sterling 3.3 percent per month, sixty day bills at 6.75 percent, demand 4.75 percent, and cables 4.76 percent. Guilders demand 41 percent, cables 41 percent. Silver at 66 cents, Mexican dollars 61 cents. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds firmer.
The data shows unstable money market conditions with rates around 2 percent for call money and 2 to 3 percent ranges. A late bid was offered near 2 percent while some high rates reached 4 percent in this volatile session.
London reports bar silver at 111 164 per ounce and discount rates show three months at 6 percent, six months at 5 percent. Sourcing notes unclear currency formatting and minor OCR errors.
Report describes hunters finding a hidden second cave with the skeletons of a man, a woman, and a child. The entrance was concealed under a grey stone slab, and the three bodies appear to have died after being locked inside, possibly by Indiana.
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