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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1912
Page
17
California cherries arrive with good quality but higher prices. Retailers buy up all offerings as supply remains tight. Fresh roasting ears from South Texas join a liberal vegetable array while New potatoes gain bulk in sacks and North potato market fades. Tomatoes stay scarce and costly from Florida with prices unlikely to ease soon.
Market items include poultry lamb and fowl prices, eggs butter cheese vegetables and fruits with per hundredweight crates and barrels pricing. Hides meats lard seeds dried fruits flour and grains listed for retailers and shipper deliveries across various crops and staples.
Unsettled forecast for Fast Texas with showers and thunderstorms tonight or Wednesday. Observations note 8 a m readings with pressure near sea level and wind patterns indicated by arrows. data include temperatures, precipitation of .01 inch or more, and maximum wind velocity.
Chicago reports mixed grain action as wheat slips on heavy western rains and soft foreign demand. July wheat opens down and drifts to about 1.13 dollars. Corn firms with moderate buying and July near 77 cents. oats cover shorts on expected support. Pork and rib futures edge lower to steady amid varied trader activity.
Quotations from Kansas City report cash and futures for May wheat at 1.12 to 1.17 for No. 2 grades, No. 2 mixed oats and oats values at 67 to 60 cents, and corn and wheat futures with May at 1.11 to 1.12 and nearby months sliding from 1.07 to 1.04 dollars per bushel.
Quotations list Chicago grain prices from May 17 showing wheat grades No 2 red No 2 hard and No 1 northern plus durum and velvet chaff with prices around 1.17 to 1.25. Corn prices cover No 3 No 3 white No 2 yellow and standard grades from 58 % to 81% per bushel.
The Associated Press reports grain prices in St Louis on May 7 with quotes for wheat and corn across several grades. Prices shown include May and July futures, with soft and hard wheat around $1.18 to $1.25 and corn near 81 to 82 cents.
Chicago wholesale cattle hogs and sheep prices shown with receipts and bid ranges. Cattle receipts 4000 with steady tone. hogs 12000 with prices 7.15 to 7.75 for various loads. sheep 9000 with slow market and declines for hogs backs and lambs in limited trade.
Fort Worth buyers showed cautious demand as total cattle receipts dipped from the day before. Cattle, calves and cows sold on a strong basis with top calf price at 6.75, hogs rising to 7.90, and sheep firm at 5.25 as Tuesday’s sparking activity balanced past declines.
May 17 Union Stock Yards notes light receipts and improved trading with best cows at 4.25, calves 5, hogs 7.50. No sheep or goats offered. Cattle quotations in line with last week’s lower values. hog prices down from prior week while rival markets show higher porker quotes.
D B Zimmermann of Somerset Pa a coal operator and cattleman bought 20000 head of Texas and Mexican steers through agent J B Caruthers for over 800000. Most, 15000 head, come from Mexico once owned by the Madero family. Plans include dipping at San Antonio or Fort Worth pens before shipment above the line to South Dakota for summer pasture. A 21 carload lot has been shipped to Hicks Texas for dipping.
Receipts and quote figures for cattle hogs and sheep at St Louis market May 7. Cattle native beef steers 5.50 to 9.00 cows and heifers 5.25 to 8.40 stockers and feeders 5.75 to 7.00 Texas and Oklahoma steers 3.50 to 7.55 calves in carloads 5.25 to 7.25. Hogs receipts 7500 market steady pigs and lights 5.00 to 7.70 mixed and butchers 7.50 to 7.80 good heavy 7.50 to 7.80. Sheep receipts 3500 market ten cents lower native muttons 5.75 to 7.50 lambs 7.25 to 7.90.
New York stocks opened with renewed selling pressure led by United States Steel as 9000 shares traded at 64 1 2. Reading C C and copper shares fell while Canadian Pacific held. The market steadied later but overall activity remained light. government crop reports lent some support to early gains.
Receipts 7000 cattle including 100 southern. steady market. Native steers 6.75 to 8.75, southern steers 5.00 to 8.26, cows and heifers 4.25 to 6.25, stockers 5.00 to 7.40, bulls 4.75 to 6.76. Hogs receipts 12000, market strong to five cents higher. bulk 7.60 to 7.70, heavies 7.65 to 7.75, lights 7.30 to 7.55. Sheep receipts 9000, market ten cents lower. muttons 4.50 to 7.00, lambs 7.25 to 9.40, fed wethers and yearlings 5.00 to 8.0, fed ewes 3.50 to 6.50, Texas goats 3.00 to 4.00.
Reports of continued rains in the south and strength in Liverpool push cotton futures higher with December hitting last month’s high. May 7 market shows early gain then a pullback, spot prices steady, weekly weather review cited, and regional quotes varied.
In New Orleans on May 7 cotton futures opened steady and rose to new season highs as heavy rains in the central belt and other regions spurred demand. December touched 12 cents and July reached 12.26 amid heavy buying before profit-taking and renewed long interest cooled prices by noon.
The market shows steady to modest declines in most cotton futures. Prices list multiple contract figures with Jan and Oct around 11.9 cents, while nearby months drift down slightly amid general unchanged tone.
Liverpool spot cotton closed 11 points higher with American middling fair at 7.18 and middling at 6.56. Sales reached 7000 bales with 6300 American. receipts 27,000 including 26,700 American bales.
Futures opened firm and closed quiet in Liverpool with a slate of nearby and deferred contracts. The report lists monthly spread figures from May through March next year, including May-June at 6.87 percent and Feb-March at 6.82 percent, outlining a cautious, orderly trading tone.
In New Orleans on May 7 the spot cotton market was steady with sales 210 and arrivals 700. Quotations ranged from low to high grades with middling to strict middling values between 11 and 13 cents and receipts totaling 1523, stocks at 72,741.
Spot cotton in Houston on May 7 held steady with middling grade at 11 15-16 cents. Sales reached 382 bales as buyers and sellers noted steady demand and price stability.
Galveston on May 17 reports spot cotton closing steady with middling priced at 12 cents. Compared with yesterday the market remains unchanged as sales reach 1902 bales.
Spot cottons end ten points up as Middling uplands touch 1.90 and gulf 12.15 per unit. No sales reported.
Spot cotton in Memphis Tennessee on May 7 held steady with a 4 cent advance in middling lime as prices showed little change amid regional market activity.
Associated Press reports steady money on call with bids near 2 3 4 percent and time loans around 3 percent for various maturities. Bar silver quoted at 60 percent.
Wool prices in St. Louis on May 7 remain steady with medium to fine combing and clothing wool around 20 4% fle, light fine 12 to 16 cents, and tub washed varieties noted.
Cottonseed markets show Memphis on prime basis 6.26 27 and meal at 28. Linters 2% 4c. New York notes closed weak seeds with spot around 7.40 to 7.49 and thousands of bushels traded across May July August and October contracts with totals near 17 700.
Tempera ture rainfall and weather state for Houston district stations compiled for the 24 hours ending at 8 am 76th meridian time. Data covers temperature ranges and precipitation as observed across the district.
The belt shows unsettled conditions with near normal temperatures. Rain is reported in eastern parts and an inch or more of rainfall occurs in many districts except Charleston Augusta Savannah and Oklahoma according to Local Forecaster Weather Bureau Allen Buell.
A government report from Washington on May 1 indicates winter wheat 79.7 percent of normal with an area to harvest of about 25,744 acres. Projected yield per acre is around 14.4 bushels, totaling an estimated 370,714,000 bushels, below 1911 but near prior year ranges, with spring planting 68.8 percent complete as of May 1.
Butter steady Creameries 26 29 cents. Bees firm. Receipts 2,734 cases. Cheese steady Daisies 16% to 19 1/2 cents. Young Americans 17 1/2 cents. Potatoes steady Receipts 30 cars Michigan and 1.20 to 1.25. Poultry firm Chickens 13 cents.
May 7 quotations show butter at 29 cents, creamery prices, and egg rates for extras 19 cents, firsts 17 cents, seconds 1 cent. packing stock 200. The list includes butter creamery, eggs and related market rates.
The New York market notes eggs changed as of May 7 with no other items detailed.
Quotations were aae nee anes 120 siti a pultry firm. Chickens cut turkeys 14%c ducks lie geese ba Butter dull creamery 26 30c Eggs weak 16% 0c.
Associated Press reports steady prices across key commodities in New York trading. Raw muscovado and molasses sugar hold firm amid mixed futures, petroleum and hides show little change, Bogota leather prices noted at 34 and 9kua respectively.
The Associated press reports New York today that dry goods markets opened steady with higher prices for carpets and linoleums. Oil cloths and skirting chain rose to 64 cents per yard while silk held steady for the new season.
In New Orleans on May 7 rough Honduras rice held firm on local change with rough Japanese nominal grades also strong. Quotations cited rough Honduras at 2200 for 45 clean Honduras 4% 5%c and Japan at 4. Receipts totaled 272 rough and 272 millers. Sales included 150 clean Honduras at 4%c.
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