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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
17
Unusual corn syrup and corn product price rises prompt local grocers to expect immediate 10 cent per case increases. Butter and milk supplies tighten due to heat and dry weather, with egg and cheese markets firming. watermelon supplies look tight as heat harms vines. Kansas City Produce Co. promotes cold storage eggs and candled eggs to groceries, hotels, and restaurants.
A price table lists rates from Butte R-Creamery for per pound butter and eggs. Poultry prices cover large and medium hens and springs per dozen, guineas per dozen, ducks per dozen, squabs, and turkeys per pound with various cents and dollar amounts.
Quotations show butter and eggs steady with varied marked categories. Dairy items include Daisies and Twins prices, while potatoes advance to strong with fresh ranges noted. Poultry live and ready-to-eat prices hold firm with turkeys and hens near 12 to 18 cents. Meat and fish values reflect steady patterns across weights and classes.
Kansas City prices list fresh from the market shows butter creamery at 2 cents for firsts 20 cents seconds 18 packing stock 17 Beggs extras 19 firsts 16 seconds
By the Associated Press in St. Louis on July 7, poultry prices show chickens at 10 cents, springs 16 to 19 cents, turkeys 13 1/2 to 15 1/2 cents, ducks 9 cents, geese 5 to 6 cents. Butter steady, creamery 23 to 25 cents. Egg receipts overheated, 7 to 9 cents.
Quotations today show eggs irregular with receipts totaling 13,237 cases and prices unchanged at midweek levels in New York.
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for unsettled conditions with showers tonight and Saturday. Across Texas unsettled weather persists with showers likely tonight or Saturday. A storm area remains centered over the northern Rocky Mountain districts with a slight barometric low over the southwest. Highs noted in the middle Atlantic states.
Openings show steady bids as consignments priced to yesterday's levels. Cows range $3.25 to $3.40 with top $3.40. calves bring $5.00 to $5.50, top $5.50. hog buyers offer $6.25 for choice and $6 for medium. Yard stocks ahead of a light supply, several outside orders unmet. Two carloads Fort Worth to Laredo, one Yorktown to San Antonio, and one Hondo to San Antonio delivered.
A San Angelo cattle train arrived with 28 carloads of three year old steers totaling 928 head from south Texas. The Ward Land and Cattle company unloaded at Mertzon and drove the cattle to Regan county holdings. This marks their second shipment to Regan county in ten days. Abe Meyer Cattle Company incorporated with 100000 capital after purchasing ValVerde Land and Live Stock cattle and a ten year lease.
Five cars of beef cattle were shipped from Merizon this week to the Fort Worth market. The shippers were Cooper and Gilbert, two cars of cows and one car of calves. William D. Jones of Ozona, one car of calves. Paschal Odom, one car of calves.
Dr. Ferrendo of troop D Third cavalry stationed at Del Rio leads inquiry into the mysterious goat deaths at Langtry Texas. He suspects Malta fever rare in the United States and believes disease entered via Angora goats from Italy.
O B Lacey of Hondo sold a carload of beef cattle on arrival at San Antonio at the best prices seen in three months, praising San Antonio as a superior market to Fort Worth for light fat stock. Peter Kolodgie of Falls City also consigned cattle, showing unusually good prices as he walked the cattlemen’s exchange at noon.
New York reports hides steady leather quiet wool quiet and rice prices not shown in available lines. The brief item provides market color without full quotes or figures.
Fort Worth Texas July 17 live stock receipts total 3000 cattle 3750 hogs 300 sheep beef cattle steady with two 1400 lb steers at 5.60 and four drafts at 5.10 other steers 3.75 4.50 stocker feeder 2.75 3.40 buyers steady on butcher cattle hampered by light activity hogs heavy yarding over sixty cars with mixed quality lambs up to 5.15 ewes at 3.75 and yearlings at 4.00 Sheep demand stronger despite light consignments.
Kansas City market reports July 7 show cattle receipts 4000 with steady prices. Native steers 5.00 to 6.75, southern steers 3.75 to 5.10, cows and heifers 2.25 to 6.25, stockers 2.75 to 4.75, calves 3.50 to 6.00. western cattle 2.50 to 6.25. Hogs 9000 head, prices 6.35 to 6.55 for most, up 5 to 10 cents. Sheep receipts 2000, market steady. muttons 3.50 to 4.50, lambs 6.00 to 7.10, fed wethers 3.50 to 6.00, fed western ewes 2.50 to 4.00.
Receipts total 2000 cattle including 200 Texans with market steady. Native beef steers 4.50 to 6.50 cows and heifers 3.00 to 6.60 stockers 3.75 to 4.75 Texas and Oklahoma steers 3.25 to 6.00 calves in carload lots 5.00 to 7.50. Hog receipts 5000 with pigs and lights 6.65 to 6.75 packers 4 to 6.50 butchers and best heavy 6.65 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 3500 with mauve muttons 3.00 to 4.75 lambs 4.00 to ?
Chicago July 7 receipts and quotations show cattle at about 2000 head with a steady market. Hogs estimated 4000 with firm to slightly higher prices. Sheep receipts around 10,000 with a steady sheep market and weaker lambs. Prices list beef cattle hogs and lambs by class and type.
New York reports Western Maryland gains of 2 percentage points at the open with mixed moves across issues. Virginia Iron jumps 13 points to 97, and United States Steel rumors of a par buyout surface while industrials edge down and trading stays light amid anticipation of upcoming government crop data and steel tonnage figures.
New York opened with a mild drop as old crops fell about 1.4 points and new crop 8 to 12 points amid lower cables and rains in the southwest. Traders sold southernly with some buying to rally 6 points, July and August slipped, July-November and new crop remained nervous with a 6 to 10 point range, spot middling at 14.85.
The New York cotton market shows steady opening and closing prices with notable futures quotes for March May July August October and December contracts. Prices range from about 13.03 to 18.22 with several months posting slight gains or holds amid active trading.
New Orleans July cotton futures opened down 5 to 8 points as wetter weather in the drouth belt and private telegrams of rain influenced sentiment. By midmorning prices fell 9 to 12 points from yesterday's close, then a shorts’ profit taking and trade buying supported a partial recovery with new crop months about 1 to 2 points below yesterday's close.
A list of futures bids and prices runs from July through March with bids around 12 to 18 and steady openings noted. The fragment includes specific months and bid figures but lacks a coherent story or events.
Close cotton spot quiet with an 11 point decline. Prices for American middling and grades, day sales 6000 bales with 3800 American, receipts 3000 including 2300 American, futures opened easier and ended quiet with listed July to March spreads.
The report notes Liverpool as middling with sales around 7.976 million. New York remains quiet at 14.65, while New Orleans shows a slight negative drift at 15.00. Houston is steady and Galveston remains quiet with a 16.00 level.
The Houston market on July 7 reports spot cotton steady at middling 15 cents as buyers and sellers wait for further trading cues with nothing to nudge prices up or down.
Spot cotton in Memphis Tennessee on July 7 remained steady at middling 15 1/2 cents per pound.
New York spot cotton ends the day quietly with declines of 20 points. Middling 14.65 cents, middling gulf 14.90 cents. No sales reported.
Money on call remained steady at 2 1 8 to 2 1 2 cents with a ruling rate of 2 1 4 cents and closing bid 2 3 8 cents. Time loans were dull with sixty days at 2 1 2 cents, ninety days around 2 1 2 to 2 3 4 cents, and six months at 3 1 2 to 3 5 8 cents.
Texas cattlemen weigh funding a Fort Worth experiment station to test a single dipping under federal quarantine rules. If successful, it could save thousands by avoiding a second dip and reducing time at dipping stations as officials consider expert oversight from the U S Bureau of Animal Industry.
Fragmentary data shows figures for foreign ports coastwise ports and totals with several garbled numbers and labels. No coherent event or names are identifiable from the fragment.
Liverpool reports 20 000 bales total imports across all kinds and 8 000 bales from America. Total stock stands at 665 000 bales with 613 000 bales American. American forwardings total 62 000 bales and exports reach 2 000 bales.
In Memphis on July 7 a report lists prime basis oil at 5.84 dollars per cwt, meal at 24.76 dollars, and linters at 3 and 4 cents.
July contracts show values around 6.20 to 6.33 with July and September bids. The market records indicate price ranges for October and November futures, reflecting a narrow trading band and irregular OCR reads.
The first carload of this season's Elberta peaches was shipped from Mount Pleasant Texas to Columbus Ohio. Fifteen or twenty more carloads will follow within a week to clean up the Titus county crop.
In New Orleans on July 7 prices held steady as activity concentrated on Honduras grades. Receipts totaled 40 rough and 709 clean Honduras were offered, with rough Honduras selling at 2.10 to 2.75 dollars and clean Honduras at 1.50 to 3.00, while Japan quotations were not posted.
New York reports uneven coffee trading with futures closing steady to 6 points lower or 4 points higher from yesterday. Spot sales remained steady with No 7 135-16 11s%e Santos No 4 13% c mild firm Cordova 14 16c nominal.
AAP report notes steady sugar futures with Muscovado and refined sugar prices steady at 4.05 and 9.0 cents per pound, respectively, amid fluctuating market signals. The brief cites a holding pattern as buyers await clearer guidance on demand and refinery outputs.
Wheat futures rose on July 7 as export sales and Moroccan news buoyed sentiment. Traders anticipated lower world shipments and dry Midwest weather, while cool Northwest conditions limited gains. Corn and hog markets also moved with futures showing gains and firming pork and lard prices.
Chicago July 7 receipts and shipments today show grain movement totals including arrivals and departures across markets. Figures list grains received and grains shipped, reflecting daily trading activity at the Chicago market precincts.
Wheat receipts totaled 186 cars with 164 in contract grade. Corn 201 cars with 89 contract grade. Oats 85 cars. Total wheat arrivals at Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth today 31 cars versus 174 last week and 158 on the same day last year.
Chicago grain quotes show No. 2 red wheat at 88 3 4 to 89 1 4 cents, No. 3 red 87 5 8 to 88 1 2, No. 2 hard 89 1 4 to 91, No. 1 northern 1.00 to 1.04, No. 2 white 63 3 4 to 64, No. 2 yellow 63 3 4 to 64 cents. Oats No. 2 45 cents, No. 2 white 46 3 4 to 47 1 2, standard 46 to 47 cents.
Cash wheat gains 12 1 4 cents with No 3 at 87 to 92 cents and No 2 red at 87 87 3 4. Corn up 1 2 cent with No 2 mixed at 71c and No 2 white at 70 to 72c. Oats rise 1 cent with No 2 white 49 to 50c and No 2 mixed 48 1 2 to 49c. July wheat 87 8 4 cents to sellers, Sept 87 5 6 to sellers, Dec 90 5 8 to sellers. July corn 67 8 to 9 sellers, Sept 66 1 4 to sellers, Dec 65 3 8 to 5 8c.
Cash wheat gains reported with No 2 red at 86 87 and 3 4 cents, No 2 hard at 88 95 cents. Corn climbs with No 2 red 67 1 2 68 cents, No 2 white 67 1 2 69 cents. Oats rise with No 2 track 480 and No 8 white 49 cents. Close notes show higher futures for wheat at July 87 1 40 cents September 88 5 8 cents December 92 5 8. Corn September 66 3 4 cents December 65 3 4. Oats September 45 7 8 cents December 48 3 4.
The Associated Press reports steady Sterling and active bankers' bills around 4.84 to 4.86 in sixty day and demand, with commercial bills at 4.83. Bar silver at 52 54 and Mexican dollars at 45 cents. Government and railroad bonds show steady values.
Metal market in St Louis shows steady dealings with lead steady at 4.40 and spelter at 5.60, slight dips from Wednesday noted in the day’s early report.
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