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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1911
Page
11
Local markets report wholesale eggs at up to 32 cents a dozen with prices likely to rise further this week. Demand for turkey meat remains light despite Thanksgiving anticipation. Idaho potato shipments are hindered by cold. sugar prices edge higher with retailers facing tighter supplies.
The note records various farm prices including fresh country candied at 22 22c per dozen, Creamery at 23c per pound, 16 20c for stock, hens 16.00 per dozen, springs 2.00 to 3.00, guineas 3.00 to 3.50, ducks 6.00, turkeys 11 to 12c per pound, and dairy items such as fine granulated sugar 6.80 per cwt, plus assorted cheeses with prices from 12. to 24c per unit.
The Associated Press lists quotations for dairy products and eggs with varied firm and weak tones. Receipts total 1775 cases with range details for firsts, daisies, twins, long a, and other items. Poultry prices show live turkeys at 14c and chicks around 8.46c with live springs 9c.
Nov 29 market notes report varied dairy quotes with creamery prices around 34c and 32c for firsts, 21c for stock, 37c for extras, plus 35c for seconds. Egg quotations show steady levels across 5693 cases, with additional notes on used refrigeration and miscellaneous commodity futures.
The Associated Press reports moderate purchases of spot cotton goods for shipment. Miscellaneous items remain strong while China shows no activity. Yarns are cooling and worsted agents wait for the open new fall season.
The Nov 29 market note shows rough rice prices at 2.15 to 2.50 for Honduras and 2.35 to 3.15 for Japan with clean and parboiled variations. Honduran rough rice offered at 4 to 4.5 and Japanese grades noted, illustrating a varied regional pricing snapshot.
Associated Press reports November 29 prices fell ten cents per hundredweight while raw oysters priced for shell service by the restaurant.
At Union Stock Yards on November 29 the cattle market showed slow activity with general steadiness. Cows topped at 3.50 while the average hovered near 3.00. a single beef brought 4.00 and bulls up to 2.75. Calves offered around 60 head, best grades near 4.25, bulk around 0.50. Hogs were active yesterday but dull today, with best porkers near 6.00 and bulk at 5.50.
W. R. Johnson of Floresville, consignor to the calf division, reports strong demand and good progress for steers. He feeds over a thousand head, notes few local feeders this year, cites late rains hurting winter forage, and says non fed cattle will ship to market within a week. Helms steers move to Marfa after second dipping, with Powell overseeing loading and plans for multiple shipments due to loading delays.
Dr. P B Scott of Sanderson reports eight hundred thousand acres in Terrell and Pecos counties have been freed from ticks since July 1 and will be placed above the quarantine line in the next Texas Livestock Sanitary Commission regulation. He asks release of over 1200 sections and to be followed by a similar recommendation from Dr. L J Allen. Scott heads to Chicago for a Livestock Sanitary Commissions meeting.
In Laredo Texas Deputies Jeffries and Rumsey recovered Mexican bank notes totaling 26000 from the home of Andres Fierros. The funds are linked to a 50000 heist from Wells Fargo Express at Rincon Antonio Mexico as authorities seek the suspected thief and the missing remainder. A San Antonio message said part of the balance was found there.
Fort Worth Texas November 29 cattle receipts five thousand head steers stockers and feeders and cows and calves hold steady hogs receipts fifteen hundred head market five cents higher top six sixty five bulk six fourteen to six twenty five sheep receipts one hundred head market steady at three seventy five
Cattle receipts 5000 with strong to ten cents higher bids. Native steers 5.25 to 5.76. southern steers 4.00 to 6.00. cows and heifers 2.75 to 6.50. stockers 3.75 to 5.75. bulls 3.25 to 4.75. calves 4 to 7.00. Hogs receipts 12,000 market strong. bulk 5.75 to 6.30. heavy 6.25 to 6.35. packers 6.10 to 6.36. lights 5.60 to 6.15. pigs 4 to 5. Sheep receipts 2000 market strong. muttons 2.75 to 3.50. lambs 4.00 to 5.60. range wethers and yearlings 3.00 to 4.25. range ewes 2.00 to 3.75.
Receipts and quotes show cattle at about 9000 head with gains to ten cents. Hogs estimated at 25000 with gains up to five cents. Sheep receipts near 12000 with prices 10 to 15 cents higher. Prices list Reeves Texas steers Western steers and various classes of cattle hogs and lambs with specific bid ranges.
St Louis reports 1800 cattle receipts including 300 Texans with prices rising to 10 cents. Cattle ranges include natives 4.50 to 9.00, cows 3.00 to 7.00, stockers 3.25 to 5.25, Texas steers 3.75 to 6.75, calves 4.50 to 7.50. Hogs total 12,500 with steady to five cents higher. pigs 4.75 to 6.20, packers 5.00 to 6.30, heavy 6.00 to 6.45. Sheep receipts 10,000, prices up about ten cents. natives 3.10 to 3.75, lambs 4.25 to 5.85.
Sheriff To bin arranged a Thanksgiving feast for inmates with pork, sweet potatoes, and limited turkey and cranberry items. The menu will include ample portions and the usual trimmings to ensure all prisoners are provided for.
Chicago November 29 Reports of disappointing yields in Argentina gave the wheat market a quick upturn. May wheat moved from slight declines to gains around 98% to 99 cents, with corn and oats showing mixed shifts and December options being traded. Provisions saw early advances before a later easing, closing steady for May at 99 cents.
Quotations from Chicago show cash wheat at 94 and 96 1/4 cents, No 2 hard 96 1/2 cents and $1.02, No 1 northern $1.06 to $1.16, No 2 northern $1.05 to $1.08. Velvet chaff at 5 cents per bushel, durum at 1.05, corn No 2 old 68 cents, No 2 yellow old 76 1/4 cents, oats No 2 white 48 to 49 1/4 cents.
Wheat receipts today reached 37 cars with 11 grade contract cars, corn 320 cars with 6 contract grade, and oats 76 cars. Total grain arrivals at Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth totaled 480 cars, down from 497 last week but above 352 on the same day last year.
Prices for cash and futures shown with No 2 red and hard wheat at 95 to 97 percent, corn at 65 to 66 cents, oats around 49 to 50 cents. Wheat, corn and oats closed higher with December and May futures advancing across the board.
Quotations from Kansas City on November 29 show cash wheat prices for No 2 hard and No 2 red, and No 2 mixed corn and No 2 white oats. December and May futures for wheat and corn are listed with prices and percent quotes.
New York opened with a small advance on better cables and lighter southern offerings but soon eased to a net loss of 1 to 4 points. By late morning, houses with foreign buyers held prices a point or two above yesterday’s close. Trading quiet. market steadied near unchanged to modest gains into early afternoon.
New York cotton market shows steady openings with early bids for January through December contracts. Prices range from 8.88 to 9.24 per unit with most months near 9.00 to 9.14 as trading begins and closes lower.
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with gains of 1 to 3 points on good cables as cold weather boosts buying. Holiday dullness limited trading and traders eyed an end of month settling. By noon prices rose, then slipped, closing the session 4 to 5 points lower from yesterday.
The record lists bids and dates with terms like November 8 99 and December 9.00, followed by January 8.97 and March 9.08, with May 9.15 and July 9.25 bids, indicating a stable start in futures trading across several months.
Closing spot cotton in Liverpool shows moderate business with prices up two points. American middling fair 5.6 percent good middling 5.31, middling 5.11, receipts 41 000 bales, including 39 200 American bales and 8000 bales sold that day. Futures opened and closed steady with various November to October forward rates listed.
Memphis November 29 pricing note shows print readouts for cotton seed products including meal at 22.50 and linters at 1 percent, with cash market quotations 4.46 to 7 cents.
The cottonseed oil market closed steady with spot at 5.45 565 and futures ranging from 5.45 46 for December to 5.67 for July. Sales included 1400 December at 5.64 and 600 December at 5.45, with 100 May at 5.62 and 100 July at 5.67.
In St Louis on November 29 the lead price stood at 4.7344 and spelter was strong at 6.85.
Adolph Cardinal, a messenger boy, was hit while crossing Houston Street at Main Avenue. R. M. Hughes of 202 King William Street was arrested for reckless operation but the charge was dismissed after testimony showed the car in question was not the one that struck him.
In San Benito Texas reports say no frost harmed the cane crop while harvesting peaks. Brownsville's Ohio Texas mill will run through completion of a new plant in the city. Donna Harlingen and San Benito plants expand with trains shipping cane. yields average about 25 tons per acre with some growers like HCGowgill harvesting 63 acres at 30 tons per acre.
Call money loaned by New York banks at 5 per cent at midday marking the year’s peak. The surge is attributed to December interest and dividend disbursements driving demand.
New Orleans on November 29 reports spot cotton steady with sales 2020 to arrive 2200. Prices quoted across grades from low ordinary to good middling with ranges like 59-16 for low ordinary and 9 1/16 for good middling. Receipts total 15,908 bales and stock 217,290 bales.
Spot cotton ended dull with middling gulf at 9.55 cents and middling uplands at 9.30 cents. No sales were reported on the day.
Houston market report notes spot cotton prices holding steady with a 1 to 16 cent rise. Middling cotton priced around 97 cents per pound, indicating a slight uptick amid steady trading.
Memphis on November 29 reports spot cotton steady with middling at 944 cents per pound and unchanged from the prior session.
Raw sugar remains quiet with Muscovado 89 test at 4.66 cents and 96 test at 5.06 cents. Molasses sugar 89 test at 4.31 cents. Refined, petroleum products, and hides show steadiness with leather firm in early New York trading.
The associate in St. Louis notes price details for wool strong medium items including combing and clothing. Listed are fines and charges such as 15 1Te for a light fine, 13 15e for a heavy fine, and 27 30e for tub washing.
The New York stock market opened erratically with most active issues down modestly including Reading Lehigh Valley Union Pacific Northern Pacific and United States Steel. A brief upturn faded as bear selling and higher call money pushed down many leading stocks before a late rally in Second hour and a steady close.
New York closes with weak Sterling, bankers bills at 4.83 25 for 60 days and 4.86 15 for demand. Commercial bills 4.82, bar silver 55, Mexican dollars 464 c. Government bonds steady. Money on call strong up to 6 percent, last loans 5 to 6 percent. Time loans firm with 3 to 4 percent rates for 60 to 180 days.
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