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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1911
Page
17
The market signals a tight Christmas apple trade as Idaho plans no more fancy shipments and Grand Junction runs dry. New crop demand from eastern buyers and speculation push prices higher while local flour prices ease from recent highs.
Butter steady at 80c per pound creamery and 18 to 20c country butter. Eggs steady with fresh country candied at 18c, storage 22c. Cheese firm with 12% fancy cream and brick at 20c, American Swiss 40c, imported Swiss 8c, Limburger 20c, Badger State 17c. Poultry prices listed: hens in dozen $6, large and medium hens $3.60 to $5.00, springs $2.40 to $4.00, guineas $3.25 to $3.60, ducks $6.00–$7.00, squabs $1.25 to $1.26, turkeys 14c per lb.
Quotations from Chicago price reporting show butter Creameries at 24 to 24¼ cents for 4th class, eggs steady with receipts 4136 cases at 15 to 22 cents, cheese steady with several varieties around 14 to 22 cents, potatoes steady with grades from 62 to 66 cents, poultry steady turkeys 14 cents, chickens 9 cents, springs 10¾ cents, veal prices steady for various weights 8 to 10 cents per pound.
Kansas City market quotes show creamery butter at 28 1/4 to 28 1/2 cents for firsts and 24 1/2 to 26 cents for seconds and packing stock at 1 cent. Extras listed at 26 cents. firsts 28 cents. seconds 24 1/2 cents.
The Associated Press reports New York egg quotes with extras at 28 30c for extras, firsts 25 27c, seconds 21 24c, held fresh 15 20c, refrigerator firsts 19 20c, refrigerators seconds 17 18c, seconds in storage 18 1 2 19c.
Quotations show chicken 8 3 4c, springs 6c, turkeys 14 16c, ducks 12c, geese 0e, butter steady, creamery 23 30c. Eggs firm at 20 22c.
The Associated Press notes a steady sterling exchange with bankers bills around 4.83.75 for 60 oc and 4.87.05 for demand. Mercantile paper quotes 4 1 2 to 4 1 4. Bar silver at 54 1 4 cents, Mexican dollars 4éc. Government bonds steady while railroad bonds show weakness.
Lawrence Sasser a nine year old newsboy residing at 409 Cooper street fell twelve feet from a rear fire escape of the Grand Opera house yesterday around 3 30 PM. He suffered a severe blow above the left temple and was taken to Dr M Seundars office then to the city hospital. Initial fears of a skull fracture were dispelled after his mother arrived revealing an old fracture from an injury at age two caused by a horse kick.
Receipts exceeded typical Friday volumes with about 300 head available. Buyers were scarce and the market moved slowly while salesmen pushed prices lower to attract bidders. A Valentine carload to Fort Worth sold well, but overall quotes stayed barely steady. cows up to 38.85, light calves to 3.75, hogs top 6.50 with bulk 6.25.
News of the sudden death of Win field Scott prominent Fort Worth ranchman reached Ike T Pryor of the Cattlemen's exchange this morning. Scott 64 had been a leading figure in the state's livestock industry and was well regarded in San Antonio and across Texas. He died after a morning operation, survived by his wife and two children Winfield Scott Jr and Mrs Georgia Townsend.
The feeder division again led activity at the Fort Worth cattle sale as buyers bought cattle at up to 4.30 while yesterday peaked at 4.50. Stockmen say scarce feed and low markets will curb Texas winter feeding unless a rains improve conditions.
William Engel of Luckenback arrives at the Southern hotel with his son to discuss his son’s schooling and inspect the cattle market. He tours the local stock yards and praises San Antonio as a market while noting cattle conditions and anticipated market movements. Texas cattlemen from Junction, Moore, Uvalde, Brackettville, Sanderson, and Junction City are in the city for business.
Fort Worth Texas October 27 beet steers eased a dime per hundredweight while other cattle branches stayed steady. Total receipts 2600 head with stocker and feeder steers in favored demand. Butcher cows steady to $3.80. calves $3.50 to $5.60. bulls $2.76 to $38.25. Hogs active with 100 head receipts selling $5.00 to $6.25. top $6.50. Sheep sold steady with 500 head offered. wethers $3.00.
Louis October 27Receipts on quotations today show cattle 2500 with market steady native beef steers 5.00 to 6.60 cows and heifers 3.00 to 7.60 stockers 3.25 to 5.25 cows and heifers 3.00 to 4.75 calves in carload lots 4.00 to 7.60 hogs 10000 with market steady pigs and lights 5.90 to 6.10 packers 6.15 to 6.36 butchers and best heavy 6.25 to 6.46 sheep 2200 market steady ewes muttons 3.00 to 3.75 lambs 4.00
Chicago wheat fell below one dollar amid stock market weakness and fears over dissolution of United States Steel. December opened at about $1.00 and slid to roughly 99 3/4 cents. Corn followed wheat downward while oats and provisions showed smaller losses with pork at $15.70, lard $8.95, and ribs at $8.12.
The cotton market rose 9 to 13 points in New York on better cables and weather worries, then fell back to yesterday's close as selling intensified. Liverpool slipped 1 point, New Orleans and Houston saw mixed moves, and spot trading remained quiet with Middling Uplands around 9.40.
American steel shares opened at 59 and plunged to 54.5 as U S Steel and subsidiaries faced dissolution actions. Volume was light, bear cover lifted quotes to 66 briefly, then unsettled trading continued with continental guidance awaited and rails tracking steel moves.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with 8 to 12 point gains on favorable cables and forecasts of colder weather and snow in parts of the cotton belt. Traders cited tropical storm warnings along the Louisiana coast and strong spot demand as prices fluctuated through the morning and early afternoon.
Kansas City receipts show cattle 2000 with market steady to weak. Native steers bring 5.00 to 8.75, southern steers 3.75 to 5.00, natives 2.75 to 6.75, stockers 3.76 to 5.75, calves 4.00 to 7.60, western cows 2.75 to 4.75. Hog receipts 8000 with bulk 5.75 to 6.35, heavies 6.30 to 6.40, packers 6.15 to 6.38, lights 6.25 to 6.35, pigs 4.25 to 5.50. Sheep receipts 23000 with muttons 2.75 to 3.75, lambs 4.25 to 5.85, range wethers and yearlings 3.00 to 3.60, range ewes 2.25 to 3.75.
Receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep show a slow cattle market with Reeves and various steer categories priced between 1.90 and 8.75. Hog receipts around 19 000 with strong demand and prices from 4.00 to 6.90, bulk 6.10 to 6.35. Sheep receipts near 12 000 with steady market and prices from 2.25 to 8.80 for western and yearlings 3.60 to 4.25.
Receipts today include 105 cars of wheat 137 cars of corn with 49 contract grade and 49 cars of oats. Total wheat receipts across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth reach 658 cars compared with 735 last week and 615 on the same day last year.
Liverpool October 27 spot cotton closes quiet with little change and gains up to two points. American middling fair at 5.67 pence, good middling 5.81, middling 5.17, receipts 27 000 bales, including 23 400 American. sales 6 000 bales, 500 for speculation/export. Futures opened easier then finished steady with listed contract prices across months.
An old newspaper fragment lists Riebe Undertaking Co. offering auto ambulance service at 221 E Com, phone 341, and a clothing sale near 102 W Houston Street with garments offered at deep discounts.
Quotations today show cash wheat with No 2 red at 99 1 2 to 1 02 and No 2 hard at 1 02 to 1 06. No 1 northern 1.11 to 1.14, No 2 northern 1.08 to 1.12, No 2 spring 1.04 to 1.10, velvet chaff 1.10, durum 1.05. Corn No 2 4 78 3 4 to 4 78 3 4 cents, No 2 white 75 1 2 to 76 1 2, No 2 yellow 74 1 2 to 75 cents. Oats No 2 white 47 1 2 to 48, standard 47 1 4 to 48.
In St Louis on October 27 the Associated Press lists cash wheat quotes with No 2 red at 1.00 to 1.04 per bushel and No 2 hard around 1.03 to 1.10. Corn values show No 2 about 0.71 to 0.72 and No 2 white near 0.73. Oats quotes include No 2 at 0.46 to 0.47 and No 2 white around 0.48 per bushel.
The record lists monthly price points from October to July with several November through January and March entries. It notes bids or asks alongside each month, indicating fluctuating quotations and a steady opening for October. The data appears as fragmented OCR.
In New York on October 27 raw sugar and coffee markets showed steady activity. Muscovado and cen trifugal values held near prior levels with refined sugar quiet and petroleum steady. No. 7 Rio and No. 3 Santos coffee quotes remained steady as molasses also held.
In New Orleans on October 27 the rice market showed little change. Receipts totaled rough 5695 and clean 2280 with millers 2876. Honduras rough sold at 2.40 50, Japan rough at 2.25 3.50. Clean Honduras 2 41%c and Japan 2 81%c 3%e with 1510 units sold.
New Orleans on October 27 reports steady spot cotton with 260 bales sold on the spot and arrivals of 1925. Pricing notes show low to ordinary grades around 6 1/16 to 8 11/16, with middling and good middling ranges from 9 to 9 1/2 cents, receipts tally 14,067 and stock at 3,769.
By the Associated Press Houston October 27 spot cotton held steady with middling grade quoted at 97.16 cents and unchanged from prior levels as buyers and sellers evaluated current market conditions in regional trading.
Spot cotton markets end trading dull with prices firming by ten points. Middling uplands quoted at .50 and dogs fur 9.75. total sales reported at 400, reflecting cautious demand in New York on October 27.
Memphis on October 27 reports spot cotton steady with the middling grade at 9 1/8 cents. Prices held firm as traders watched market cues and weather for upcoming harvests.
Associated press memo from Memphis reports oil at 4.46 to 4.47, meal 8.24, barge bids 28, linters up 3 percent, reflecting small shifts in commodity prices.
The Associated Press reports cottonseed oil pricing with spot at 5.756 to 5.650 and futures ranging from 5.52 to 6.62 across November through May. Sales noted include 100 contracts each for November and January. Total volume 9,200.
In St. Louis on October 2, lead remains unsettled at 91 2, while spelter shows slight range tightening between 6.12 and 6.15 as trading lacks clear direction.
New York stocks came under heavy pressure as the federal suit to dissolve United States Steel Corp triggered a broad-based selloff. U.S. Steel tumbled to 60 1/8 after a volatile session, with the entire list including railroads and industrials sliding two to three points at times. Buy orders and short covering later aided limited rallies, but overall trading remained weak and the market closed heavy despite some late recoveries.
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