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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1911
Page
11
Rains over the southwest do not deter grain and chop prices from rising as feedstuffs stay in unusually strong demand. Chops jump a dollar per ton, oats and corn may surge, eggs fall to 14 cents a dozen, and fresh country produce remains tight with green vegetables scarce. Beef and pork markets sag to unusually low levels as housewives shift to lighter goods.
Despite a nationwide demoralized butter market, San Antonio producers are extensively advertising to secure liberal consignments. Locally the market remains strong and active with brisk activity.
Price to shipper tess commission price to retailer butter per pound country butter 12 18c eggs fresh country candled 13 15 cheese fancy cream 182c fancy brick 200 je Swiss 24c imported Swiss 381c burger 20c Badger State lye poultry large choice hens per dozen 6.00 medium hens per dozen 4.426 large springs per dozen 3.50 4.00 medium springs per dozen 2.50 2.75 small springs per dozen 2.00 2.25 guineas per ozen 3.25 3.50 ducks per dozen 6.00 6.50 squabs 1 1.25 turkeys per pound ldc.
Chicago dairy and produce prices quoted by the Associated Press on June 21 show butter steady with creamery values at 19 23c and daisies at 17 2ic. Eggs steady with receipts of 12 589 cases. firsts 138c and prime firsts 14c. Cheese firm with various edam and American styles noted. Potatoes steady with old grades 1.00 1.10 and new 2.15 2.25. Poultry live steady turkeys 12c, fowls 11c, springs 18 20c. Veal steady with weights 59 60 lb at 4c, 60 86 lb 8 9c, 85 110 lb 10c.
New York June 21 quotations to eggs steady with receipts listed at 20,470 cases. Western gathered whites priced at 17 and 20 cents.
Kansas City June 21 prices for dairy and packing stock Butter creamery firsts 19c seconds 17c packing stock 16c Kegs extras 17%4c firsts 14%c quot. quot. reflects今日 market rates with a range for butter and keg items.
St Louis market notes list chickens at 10 1 2 cents per pound springs 16 to 20 cents turkeys 13 to 15 1 2 cents ducks 12 cents geese and butter at higher creamery prices eggs steady at 11 2 cents per dozen.
Summer dullness marked New Orleans rice trade with receipts of 125 rough bags 513 clean 325 mills. Sales totaled 901 rough Honduras 2.86 2.61 per 100 pounds 18 Japan 2.61 2.86 with 141 Japan and 1742 Honduran clean at 1% 4%c. Quoted rough Honduras 1.50 8.00 Japan 1.75 3.99 clean Honduras 1% 4%c Japan 2 3%c.
The market for coffee futures opened steady with a 1 2 point rise and closed quiet, net 0 to 3 points higher. Sales totaled 15 000 bags with spot steady. Rio No 7 12 1 2 c, Santos No 4 13 1 2 c, Cordova 13 15 c.
Forecast for San Antonio and vicinity calls for unsettled conditions tonight and Thursday with possible showers. East Texas expected to be generally unsettled with showers in the southern portion, high pressure distribution irregular, and higher temperatures in the southwest. Rain has fallen in southeastern Texas and across the east gulf and south Atlantic states in the last 24 hours.
At Union Stock Yards on June 21 heavy shaping demand gave way to a light supply as dry weather kept farmers and shippers off the market. Noon receipts totaled 198 head with active trading but prices unchanged. Cows topped at 3 dollars, calves to 4 dollars, small calves 4.50, hogs 6 dollars. carloads from Hondo Falls City and Falls City to San Antonio noted.
Nat Parks reports severe drought in north Texas and southern Oklahoma with cattle suffering for water. Cattlemen sell or hold stock as demand falters while drought threatens the market. The Union Stock Yards offers a $50 purse for the best Texas grown litter under six months at the San Antonio fair. Peterson laments a burglary on Rische street stealing forty feet of garden hose.
W J Gaathoff of Honda announces a leading mixed stock car on the market today as it nearly sells out at rival sites. He notes cattle conditions are good in his area and adds that rain would greatly aid the situation.
A. G. Gabrysch of Falls City drives two cars of cattle and steers to the stockyards today. He notes the ranges are in good shape but warns that prevailing conditions cannot last long without rain.
A Texas tale reports the ghost of a murdered Wolf Creek ranch owner returning nightly at 9 to 41. Six raps on a partition terrify residents, with a flash of light and warm breeze revealing a strange figure before vanishing.
Fort Worth Texas June 21 live stock receipts cattle 4300 hogs 3100 deep 1450 large cattle offering with 110 cars grown cattle and eight calves yarded quality mixed trade steady with brisk beef steer activity midday top hogs reached 6 65 from Oklahoma Texas hogs to 6 50 bulk 6 15 to 6 50 common hogs 5 80 to 6 10 sheep few in reach demand poor heifers 4 85 best butcher stock in weeks calf receipts 1000 head with few straight cars 6 00 top dealers involved price range 5 25 to 5 50 heavy calves 4 00 to 5 00.
Receipts and quotations from Chicago cattle hogs and sheep show steady to weak market with cattle 18 000 head and hogs 21 000. beef steers, westerns, stockers, cows and calves priced across multiple ranges while sheep and lambs mostly weaken.
Receipts total 27 000 cattle including 2 000 southerns with steady trade. Native steers 5.00 to 6.35, southern steers 3.80 to 5.25, cows and heifers 2.50 to 4.50, stockers 3.25 to 5.00, bulls 3.25 to 4.75, calves 4.00 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 21 000 with 10 cents higher, bulk 6.25 to 6.30, heavy 6.20 to 6.30, lights 6.25 to 6.35. Sheep receipts none, market steady with muttons 3.25 to 4.10, limbs 5.60 to 7.00, fed wethers 3.60 to 4.75, fed western ewes 3.00 to 3.50.
New York stock market shows fractional declines at open with light trading. Declines in Union Pacific Atchison U S Steel offset by midday firmness in Lehigh Valley American Beet Sugar and Toledo St Louis and Western preferred. Market closes heavy amid dull London mood and crop news uncertainty.
ST LOUIS market report shows receipts of 6000 cattle and 11000 hogs with mixed grades. Native beef steers 5.00 to 6.40, cows 3.00 to 6.25, stockers 3.75 to 4.75. hogs 10 cents higher, pigs 6.40 to 6.55, packers 5.80 to 6.55. sheep 7000 receipts, native muttons 3.00 to 4.25, lambs 5.00 to 7.50.
Memphis on June 21 reports spot cotton steady with a small decline to a middling 15 and fractional. The market shows minimal movement as merchants monitor pricing signals and supply conditions.
The cotton market opened steady with a 1 point advance then sold off to a net decline of 11 points on old crop and 7.8 on new crop as traders liquidated amid rain expectations and quiet trading. By midday prices were about 8 to 10 points from the opening with spot quiet and middling upland at 15.40.
New York June 21 cotton futures opened steady with several contract months listed. January futures at 13.23 24, March 13.83 338, May 18.36 89, July 14.85 86, August 14.68 69, September 18.54 57, October 13.26 26, December 13.24 25. Futures closed barely steady.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with July up 6 points and front months mixed as light rains in the central and eastern belt and along the Texas coast influenced trader sentiment. July moved to 8 points above prior close briefly, then selling pressure pushed near months under, with the market ending easy and 2 to 20 points lower.
New Orleans on June 21 reports cotton futures opening steady with June 14.90 bid, July 15.06, August 14.19 asked, September 13.32 86, October 18.08 09, December 13.06 08, January 13.12 13, and March 13.24 26.
Close cotton trade in Liverpool shows 5 point uptick with American middling fair at 8.75 and good middling 8.48. Daily sales reach 7000 bales, 6200 of which are American, receipts 2000 with no American. Futures open steady and close quiet with various forward quotes through March.
New Orleans on June 21 reports spot cotton unchanged with sales on the spot 910 to arrive 12. Prices range from low ordinary 11 9-16 to good middling 15 7-8 with middling 56 and other grades listed. Receipts total 475 with stock at 71,361.
Houston June 21 spot cotton remained quiet with no price change. Middling cotton held at 15 and three quarters cents a pound as demand and supply balanced in the market.
Galveston Texas reports spot cotton prices quiet with middling grade at 15 cents per pound.
In New York on June 21 cotton spot markets closed quietly with a 10 point drop. Middling upland priced at 15.30 and middling gulf at 15.55 with no sales recorded.
Weather notes report rains across the cotton belt including Paris Corsicana and Texarkana with markets showing recovery despite forecasts of unsettled western weather. Local experts claim the drought broke and the crop is in prime condition with 87.5 percent crop health, better than last month, suggesting strong potential after rain.
Cotton statistics report yesterday stock 263 108 bales versus 280 343 bales a week prior and 321 407 bales the previous year. The season deficit stands at 58 304 bales.
Exports to Great Britain last week counted at 751 units with value 28 027. Exports to the continent reached 6 039 units and 7 997. Exports to Mexico and Japan totaled 159 units.
Prime basis oil at 5.47 per unit, meal 24.75, linters 3 percent 4 percent ec in Memphis on June 21.
By the Associated Press New York June 21 cotton seed oil quotations today were as follows.
Copper and tin quotations hold steady in New York joints with June July and August futures listed. Arrivals at New York yesterday reach 445 tons and exports for the month total 19 527 tons. London firm bids shown for copper and tin as prices vary by grade and month across exchanges.
A lively rally in Chicago grain prices followed early declines as crop experts in North Dakota urged rain amid heat. South Dakota and Nebraska forecasts grew pessimistic, pushing September futures higher. Wheat led with gains near 90¾ to 91½ cents, corn and oats rallying on light western shipments and strong buy orders. Pork and pork products rose as hog supplies tightened, with first sales showing notable gains.
Shipments today show ongoing grain movement at Chicago with incoming and outgoing lots. Details detail quantities destinations and carrier notes for the day.
Chicago reports today’s grain receipts with 28 wheat cars including 7 contract grade, 400 corn cars with 149 contract grade, and 213 oats cars. Wheat total receipts at Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth reach 22, down from 278 last week and 196 on the year-ago day.
Chicago cash grain quotes show No 2 red wheat at 89 90 cents No 3 red 88 90c No 2 hard 90c No 1 northern 97c to $1.03 No 2 northern 97% to $1.02% No 2 spring 91 to 97c Velvet chaff 85 93c Durum 82 88c Corn No 2 56% percent extent No 2 white and No 2 yellow 56 percent Oats No 2 89c No 2 white 42% standard 41% 42c.
Cash wheat unchanged to 2 cents higher with No 2 hard at 87 to 92 cents and No 2 red at 86.5 to 86.5 cents. Corn up 0.75 to 1.25 cents with No 2 at 57.5 to 58.5 cents and No 2 white at 58. Oats up 0.5 to 1 cent with No 2 white 43.25 to 43.75 and No 2 mixed 39.5 to 40.25. July wheat at 86.4 cents, September 86.0 to 86.5 cents. July corn 57.0 to 57.5, September 59.25 to 59.5 cents.
Cash wheat firm with No 2 track red at 89c and No 2 hard at 97c. Corn higher with No 2 track around 51 40 and No 2 white about 57 1/4 to 57 3/4c. Oats firm with No 2 track 41c and No 3 white 42 1/2 to 43c. Futures: wheat July 86 7/8 to 86 1/8c, Sept 88 8 1/2c. Corn July 57c, Sept 59 1/2c. Oats July 42c, Sept 43c.
New York June 21 Panama 3 percent bonds on the curb market sell strong. Demand runs record high with yesterday's sales totaling 3.1 million dollars, the largest single day in curb market history. Prices opened at 103 and drifted to 102.
A roached mane horse about 14 hands left Alamo Heights near a grocery store on June 16. A reward is offered for its return to the Alamo Heights area.
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