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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1911
Page
11
Local merchants report sluggish wholesale business due to off days and bad weather curtailing ped trade. Farmers, despite cotton stocks, remain conservative with cash, awaiting improved markets to spur activity. Seed and spice demand show mixed gains with upcoming planting and holiday baking boosting purchases.
Fresh country candled cold storage quoted 22 23c per dozen while creamery prices run 23c per pound with 16 20c typical. Hens and springs ranged 00 per dozen and 2.00 to 3.00 per ewt. Ducks at 6.00 and 11 12c per pound. Granulated sugar at 6.80 per redweight. Dairy staples show mixed movement with cream prices firm at 12 20c and varied specialty cheeses from 17c to 24c per unit.
AP dispatch notes creamery prices at 25 to 28 cents for firsts and 28 to 30c for others. Daisies and eggs quoted around 14 to 15c. Butter and fruit markets steady with apes and oranges listed. turkey prices around 16c and chickens at 9c. weights 50 to 60 pounds mentioned.
An Associated Press filed summary from Oak and City reports price ranges for eggs and poultry. Prices show fresh gathered eggs at 36 to 38 cents for firsts and 27 cents for dirties, with storage and refrigerator terms noted. Chickens and ducks are listed with various cent values, and creamery items quote multiple firsts and seconds prices.
The Associated Press reports on November 23 that raw sugar and refined sugar markets show steady prices with 89 test centric figures. Cotton futures are steady with prints and colored goods in demand, Worsted yarns show fair activity, and wool remains steady with fine and heavy grades trading in a narrow range.
Total receipts reached 665 head including 668 cattle 2 calves 34 horses and 61 hogs. Cattle mostly from Dryden to Fort Worth with market not able to absorb all. Cows opened at 3.50 with similar levels, calves at 3.65 and hogs to 9.75 for top figures.
Globe Arizona stockman Bart Martin reports government bids for grazing on the San Carlos Indian reservation have risen to 1.40 per head for the next three years, up from 1.00. ranchers with improvements fear losing land if outbid while beef values stay low. Arizona livestock output figures show growth but profit pressures persist across the territory amid scattered rain and shifting shipments.
Fort Worth cattle receipts total 3250 head with steers and stockers strong and cows and bulls steady. Hogs receipts 1800 head with top 6.55 and bulk 6.00 to 6.40. Sheep receipts 50 with market steady.
Receipts and quotations report cattle hog and sheep in Kansas City with steady to firm prices. Cattle ranges include native and southern steers cows and calves with values from 2.75 to 7.00. hogs steady with bulk sales 5.80 to 6.50. sheep steady with mutt and lambs quoted and range wethers and yearlings at 8.00.
Receipts at Chicago market totaled about 7000 cattle 28000 hogs and 18000 sheep with prices varying by category. Cattle ranged from 1.80 to 9.00 for calves and Reeves up to 4.50 9.00 for Texas steers while western steers fetched 4.40 to 7.30. Hogs showed strong demand for heavy stock with prices from 5.70 to 6.55 for various weights and bulk sales around 6.20 to 6.60. Sheep prices moved from 2.25 to 5.50 with natives and western sheep and lambs showing similar ranges.
Receipts 3500 cattle including 800 texans, market steady. Beef steers 5.00 to 9.00, cows 3.00 to 4.75, stockers 3.25 to 5.26, Texas steers 3.75 to 6.75, calves 4.50 to 7.50. Hogs receipts 12000, market 5 cents higher. Pigs 4.75 to 6.25, packers 6.15 to 6.85, butchers 6.25 to 6.55. Sheep 600, market steady. Muttons 3.00 to 3.50, lambs 4.00 to 5.50.
Prime basis oil sells at 4.53 54 dollars per barrel in Memphis. Meal quotes at 24.75 26.00 dollars. Linters at 1 3 cents.
The cotton seed oil market closed firm but dull in New York. Prices opened at 5.65 to 6.25 for nearby contracts with various bids for November through May. Only 1500 total sales reported, including 100 Nov and 100 Jan trades, with several third and fourth call deals.
J D Jennings returned from Oklahoma where he visited his father Bill Jennings. He reports Oklahoma in good condition and says stock for market had a successful year. Shipments of cattle from Oklahoma are winding up and Texas stockmen will have a show at the markets.
In Chicago trading March 23 Coffee No 7 Rio futures closed steady at 14%c with December 14 31 and March 13 48 figures shown. Market participants noted slight demand shifts amid unsettled supply outlook.
Chicago market reports show wheat opening lower to higher as Argentine crop news shifts. May wheat traded around 1.00 to 1.01 dollars, corn and oats followed weaker to steadier moves, while hogs and pork futures declined with a firm finish as US winter wheat outlook softened prices.
Chicago market quotes show wheat at No 2 red 96% 97c and No 2 northern around 1.09 1.10, No 2 spring near 99c 1.05, durum about 0.94. Corn steady No 2 old and No 2 white old 1644c, No 2 yellow about 78c, oats No 2 white around 48% 49e.
Wheat arrivals totaled 16 cars with 7 contract grade. Corn moved 269 cars with 4 contract grade. Oats counted at 100 cars. Overall wheat receipts across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth reached 602 cars, compared with 413 last week and a holiday last year.
Quotations list Kansas City prices for wheat and corn with No 2 grades and futures. December and May wheat values noted, reflecting daily market close.
New York opened steady to up five points on cover and light buying. By midday prices held near unchanged to two points higher, with spot quiet at middling upland around 9.45, and late afternoon trade lifting three to four points.
New Orleans November 23 Cotton futures opened quiet and steady with tiny moves. Weather maps show wet central belt and colder forecast with rain in the east. Morning trade remained dull with narrow ranges and 1 to 4 point fluctuations. Reports of Russian spinner failures were offset by a Liverpool firm forecast that Bombay mills will buy extra American cotton. Noon prices fell 1 to 2 points. market closed 1 to 2 points lower.
The readable fragment lists several calendar dates across months including January March May July November and December with day ranges 9 19 20 9 27 28 9 36 37 9 47 49 9 20 22 and 9 20 24 unclear year context and events implied. No explicit event details or titles accompany the dates in the fragment.
Closing spot cotton in Liverpool shows gains of four points with American middling fair at 5.78 and good middling at 6.42. Sales total 10 000 bales, including 2000 for speculation and export with 900 American. Receipts 30 000 bales, futures opened steady and closed quiet and steady across the varied contract months.
Middlin Liverpool steady New York dull New Orleans quiet Houston steady Galveston firm sales figures show small changes and mixed activity across major markets with minor price adjustments and limited trading.
By the Associated Press spot cotton remained quiet and steady in New Orleans on November 23. Quotations were revised with middling at 9 1/2 cents, sales of 442 bales, receipts totaling 12,435 bales, and various grades listed from low ordinary to good middling with nominal adjustments.
Spot cotton in Memphis is steady at 9 cents middling as of November 23, with cot ton prices unchanged across the board. The report notes no movement in futures and maintains current regional pricing signals for buyers and sellers.
Spot cotton in Houston on November 23 held steady with a slight 1-16 cent uptick, middling grade listed at 99-16 cents.
The readable fragments reference Jane Corn and dates in May and July 64 percent context. Details are incomplete and unclear about the notice action or location.
Cash wheat quoted at 97 1/2 to 97 3/4 cents for No. 2 red and 97 cents for No. 2 hard. Corn No. 2 and No. 2 white at 76 cents. Oats No. 2 at 48 1/4 cents or 50 cents for No. 2 white. December wheat at 95 1/4 cents, May 65 cents for corn, oats December 48 cents, May 50 cents.
Washington dispatch reports Texas tops all states in mule value in 1910 with 73.8 million dollars, about one seventh of U S total. Nationwide value of horses mules and asses and burros reached 2.612 billion dollars, up 1.513 billion from 1900, with 24 016 024 animals. Iowa Illinois Missouri Texas Kansas Nebraska Ohio lead state totals for farm draft animals individually.
This week exports to Great Britain reach 116,080 bales up from 76,715 last week. France receives 49,271 this week vs 11,732 prior. Continent shipments total 81,023 up from 71,487. Exports to Mexico and Japan amount to 4,160.
Spot cotton in New York on November 23 closed dull and unchanged with Middling up lands at 9.45 and do gulf at 9.70. Sales totaled 100 bales.
In New Orleans on November 23, rough rice offerings were barely steady with rough prices quiet. Receipts totaled 9174 rough, 4533 clean, and 7237 millers. Sales included 1771 Honduras at 2.01 to 3.31 dollars and 72 Japan at 2.41 to 2.75 dollars. clean rice prices cited 2.45% for gede? and Japan at 2.75, though the text is partially cut.
Early trading in New York stocks shows a reactionary tilt with copper shares retreating while Union Pacific climbs past 176. The day features mixed movements with Southern stocks rallying on capital raise news for Louisville and Nashville, and speculative activity lingering amid uncertain authentic catalysts.
The New York mercantile paper closed at 4 percent as Sterling exchange showed volatility. Bankers bills traded around 4.83 3/4 for 60 day bills and 4.86 3/4 for demand. Government and railroad bonds remained steady, call money at 2 percent, with time loans steady between 60 and 90 days.
Lead quiet at 15 pounds 17s 6d, meat quiet at 26 pounds 17s. Tin firm with 15 pounds? Spot 198 pounds, futures 188 pounds 10s.
Thirty members of the Real Estate exchange met in the exchange auditorium at noon to discuss causes and remedies for closing delays. Speakers urged owners to bring abstracts to the sale date to prevent delays after a purchaser is secured. E Wells and James K Stuart of local abstract firms participated and agreed to expedite handling of abstracts for properties prepared for sale within a reasonable time.
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