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Newspaper
Sioux City Register
Location
Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1924
Page
7
Futures trade shows a strong undertone with Wheat leading gains and Corn supported by a government forecast of a very short crop. Prices moved within narrow ranges with profit taking near the close, while oats and provisions post modest advances on demand from wholesalers and foreign buyers.
Futures today show mixed moves across wheat corn oats and related products with July month and September contracts quoted. Primary receipts and shipments figures against prior year totals are listed for wheat corn oats and related items from Lamson Bros at the Grain Exchange building in Sioux City.
Sioux City grain futures show varied quotes across months with oats barley and flax prices noted. The report lists bids for July and September deliveries and highlights shifts in futures values among wheat oats barley and flax at the 421 Grain Exchange building.
The report lists steady to higher bid levels for wheat with various No. 2 and No. 4 grades and white and yellow corn. Prices quoted include No. 2 yellow at 1.19, No. 2 white near 1.17, and sample grades around 1.02 to 1.07 dollars, reflecting a fluctuating market and mixed grain pricing.
Market notes list several wheat varieties and prices in Omaha with No. 1 hard at 1.27 and No. 2 hard at 1.21 to 1.27, No. 1 spring 1.30, No. 4 durum 1.19, and white and yellow grades ranging around 1.01 to 1.49. Prices show mixed movement and several sample grades listed amid general market stability.
Fragmentary price list shows mixed and white corn values with percentages and cents. Numbers like 1.30 to 1.46 percent and 50 to 52c appear alongside grade labels but many entries are unreadable.
Market notes show corn and related grain futures largely unchanged with minor upticks. Reports list No. 2 white and No. 4 white corn prices alongside hard and mixed varieties, in a brisk Kansas City session with steady overall tone and several bid levels noted.
Grain prices quoted for Wheat No 1 northern at 1.46 1.49 and No 2 northern at 1.43 1.47 on Minneapolis basis. Corn prices list No 2 white 1.09 1.10, No 4 yellow 1.08 1.16 on Chicago basis. Oats No 2 white 52 54 cents on Omaha basis. Receipts at other markets noted.
New York July 26 steady buoyancy throughout the two hours trading ended in a further outburst of strength led by General Electric and Can. Rails continued their upward drift while June railroad earnings rose 15.7 percent to 21.5 million. Closing prices included United States Steel 101.4, Baldwin 115, American Can 120 1 4, Pan American Petroleum 35 49, Anaconda 36 1 4, Cincinnati and Ohio 58 1 2, Rock Island 36, Southern Railway 66, N and W 122 1 4, New Haven 29 4, Baltimore and Ohio 64 0, Texas Company 40 0.
Hog Receipts 5 000 with top prices to 9.50 in blue text and heavy, medium and light categories listed. Cattle Receipts 500 with grain fed demand and price ranges from 11.00 to 11.30 for beef steers and yearlings, plus rough quality adjustments and weekly bulk prices across classes. Sheep Receipts 1 000 and 7 200 direct weekly, fat lambs at 14.00 top, yearlings around 11.50, feeding lambs about 12.23 with culls and ewes priced accordingly.
Kansas City buyers noted varied demand with native fed steers and yearlings up to 0.10, top weights around 10.65, best yearlings at 10.60, grass cattle steady to firm, canners and bulls firm, vealers up modestly, stockers and feeders steady to 0.25 gains, bulk heifer prices about 6.50, packer sows mentioned in passing.
New York reports weekly mercantile reviews showing sentiment shift from stagnation to increased activity in steel dry goods and leather with rising automobile purchases. Early trading features mixed openings and gains in C and C Atchison Saint and other rails and industrials with some declines in Cuba Cane and Southern Pacific shares.
Hiogs receipts 5 009 holdovers 8 249 market 25c up. Cattle receipts 500. Sheep receipts 1 000.
Wheat gains spread through July and December contracts while September and December show modest moves. Corn shows small advances and local oats hold with a few shifts. Provisions market remains nominal with no clear direction.
Wheat July up 244c September steady to up slightly December up 25c Oats July down 14c September up 1c December up 1% Provisions higher torn and tear notes.
Kansas City market data dated July 26 shows Wheat prices for No. 1 hard at 1.24 to 1.32 for different qualities and No. 2 and No. 3 ranges. Dark wheat and other grades listed. Corn prices include No. 2 white at 1.07 and No. 3 white 1.05, No. 3 mixed 1.02, No. 1 mixed 1.00. Oats data incomplete with No. 2 white missing details.
Cincinnati cattle receipts for July 26 total 200 with slow market for steers and market steady to higher for good to choice cattle. Hog and sheep numbers show firm to higher trends with lambs and hogs trading at strong to good to choice levels and stated prices around 10.25 to 14.50.
South St. Paul market notes show cattle receipts around 100 with steady tone and calf prices near $8.90 for bulk lots. Hogs reported at $4.75 to $4.85, while sheep had no receipts and overall market remained steady.
St Joseph market reports cattle receipts around 150 and hog receipts about 1,500. Cattle market steady with no notable changes. hogs show gains of 20 to 25 cents on the top. bulk sales near 9.00 to 9.50 dollars. Gil receipts total 1,500 with market steady.
The report lists Chicago and St Louis futures quotes for corn and wheat with July, September, and December contracts. Prices show No 2 white corn around 1.12 to 1.11, No 2 red wheat near 1.49 to 1.46, and various No 1 hard, No 2 hard values, reflecting market conditions in late July.
Cattle receipts 200 with strong to higher bids for native fed steers. grassy steers dull and other classes unsettled. Hogs receipts 4,900 with shippers up 16 to 25 cents, packers $9.35 range, one load at $9.30, pigs firm to higher. Sheep receipts 1,000 killing classes steady, Texas wethers around $7.50, native lambs $10.00 to $12.75.
Cattle receipts reach 1,000 with a steady market and calves steady at 4.00 to 8.00. Hog receipts 5,500 show steady to higher prices up to 8.00, bulk 7.55 to 8.90. Lamb tops at 12.25. St. Louis grains steady to mixed with various No series prices for wheat corn and oats as of July 25.
A Toledo market listing from July 25 shows prices for wheat cash and futures, oats cash bids, clover seed cash, and assorted grain notes. Several items reference futures or month-specific values such as October, December, September, August, and March, alongside cash prices for No 2 and No 3 variants.
Grain futures rose as Canadian crop developments and strong export sales supported wheat. Corn faced tension over the crop outlook after yesterday's government report kept buyers active. Prices in oats followed trends of other grains with the provisions market starting flat.
Foreign exchange data shows sterling at 4.401-16 francs and 4-210 billion dollars to the dol. Terse market note records July movement with listed rates and totals drawn from the daily quote sheet.
The article notes that crickets have auditory organs on the front portion of their legs enabling detection of sound. It explains how this adaptation helps them sense predators and communicate.
A compact classified page item lists items for sale and rental notices. It mentions a brown crepe dress, SEL shampoo, Imami Race the Wolfe Beauty school, Arnock Building Aut o 57456, 23 stores and offices for rent, and price tags for a Duofold coat, a high oven gas range, and a buffet. Readers are urged to tell about real estate for sale.
Hog prices broke the $10 level at St Louis National Stock Yards with some sales at $10.15 per hundredweight as light receipts and higher corn futures push prices up. The July 14 price stood at $7.50, the highest since 1922 when hogs reached $11.55.
In Darjeeling on July 26, Thibet women emulate Western fashion by applying melted butter to the face, hands, and neck before sleep and dusting the skin with powdered ashes at dawn to whiten their complexion.
A Paris born yearling traveled to a Holland farm riding in a specially fitted horse box aboard a plane. A groom accompanied the horse during the historic flight noted on July 26.
Buenos Aires July 26 announced Continental Airmail plans to connect North America Central America and South America with terminals in New York Buenos Aires and Barranquilla Colombia Aims at a transcontinental network expanding air links across the Western Hemisphere.
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