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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1963
Page
9
UPI reports stock prices with numerous tickers and figures across exchanges. Names include Allied, Ampex, Boeing, Carrier, Colgate, Cessna, Dow Jones related items, and large fund groups like Keystone Inv and United Funds with varied bid ask, highs and lows shown.
Treasury data show year to date withdrawals 53.982 trillion and deposits 44.658 trillion. Cash balance 5.875 trillion. Public debt 309.429 trillion. Gold 15.582 trillion. Internal Revenue collections on Dec 3 totaled 961.497 billion. Compared with last year withdrawals 52.060 trillion deposits 42.625 trillion cash 6.247 trillion public debt 305.482 trillion gold 15.976 trillion.
Fragmentary stock note from December lists Montana Power percentages and pid figures with nominal values, indicating a quoted price or percentage. The snippet lacks full context for a complete summary.
The report shows 100 cattle with no calves, all hogs listed as nominal, and 150 sheep being carried over for Monday.
Stocks edged lower on Friday as profit taking and pre week end realizing led to a market pullback. Dow fell to 760.25, S&P 500 at 74.00, while rails rose and some early gains faded amid mixed volume and several notable declines across major issues.
A historical price list shows New York Metals aluminum at 9 percent plus pure, ingots at 23.00 cents per pound, antimony domestic at 32 percent pure FOB Laredo, copper electrolytic delivered 31 to 36 cents per pound, lead common at 12.50 cents per pound, manganese 1 to 2 tons at 31.25 to 44.25 cents, nickel cathodes FOB Port Colborne at 79.00 cents, platinum soft 995 fine at 82.00 to 85.00 dollars per ounce, quicksilver 216 to 218 dollars per 76-pound flask, tin prompt 150.87 dollars per hundredweight, tungsten powder 2.75 dollars per pound, zinc 13.50 to 13.00 cents per pound.
London metal prices advance on the London Metal Exchange with copper steady to up 1.5 percent at 1%e pounds. spot buyers and sellers show varied late session quotes across copper cathodes tin and lead with three month futures and sales tallies noted for each metal including copper wire bars lead and tin.
Idaho livestock markets show lambs steady with lighter rams and feeders mixed. Fat lambs command 18.50 to 19.00 for chosen grades while light ewes stay near 6.50 to 6.60. hogs vary from 12.00 to 15.50 per 100 pounds, with sows 9.50 to 11.50 and boars 3 to 8. Steers and cows move at 16 to 21 for fat steers, 12 to 14 for utility cows, and calves 20 to 24 for veal and feeder categories. dairy calves bring 20 to 23.
Portland livestock prices show cattle mainly good to high choice with steers around 22.00 to 23.00 for heavier lots and 18.50 to 21.00 for lighter grades. Canners, utilities, and bulls list from 15.00 to 26.00, calves to 26.00. Hogs steady to 2 cents higher with barrows and gilts up. sows steady. Sheep slaughter lambs strong with prime wooled at 18.00 to 18.25 and 17.25 to 17.50 for choice prime shorn. ewes 45 to 50.25. Feeder lambs 16.00 to 16.75.
Hogs 8 500 head steady to 25 higher for 190 240 lb barrows and gilts. others about steady. Sows fully steady. Barrows and gilts 13 14.75. sows 10.50 12.25. Cattle 1 700 calves 575. steers heifers and cows steady. Slaughter steers 19 22.25. heifers 18.50 22.00. beef sows 126 1500. Canner and cutter 1 100. Sheep 20. Not all sales completed for accurate price.
In Chicago trading, soybeans and rye rose as buyers entered the market while other grains held firm. Wheat gained on farm program expectations and dry southwest weather, with corn and oats sharing modest moves amid steady buying support.
Hogs 8.509: fairly active. barrows gilts and sows weak to mostly 25 lower. US No 1-2 200-225 barrows and gilts 15.00 to 15.25. Cattle 5.090: calves trading on slaughter steer and heifers active. steers strong to 25 higher, heifers steady to 25 higher, cows slow to 25 lower, bulls steady. Slaughter steers 900-1259 lb around 20. Load high choice prime around 1000 lb. heifers 2360. mkt notes prime loads. Sheep 500: fairly active. slaughter lambs weak to 50 lower. slaughter ewes steady. lots choice prime 90-110 lb. Slaughter ewes 1809-1950 range. cull and utility 1200-1600. cull to good slaughter ewes 454.
Woolled sheep classes hold steady while slaughter lambs and feeder lambs show varied prices. Cattle and hogs move with steady or softer bids. vealers and calves steady to higher, hogs uneven with sows weak. Prices quoted per hundredweight or head, reflecting wide range across classes.
Hogs at Sioux City show steady to weak depending on weight with 230 pounds plus mostly 25 lower. Sows down about 25. Mixed lots 190 to 240 pounds fetch 1400 to 1475. Cattle and calves scarce. no price test for steers and heifers. Sheep insufficient to establish a market.
Hogs 100 head steady at 14.00 per cwt for 200 to 250 lb barrows and gilts. Cattle 100, calves 30. few sales. Feeder cows 900 to 1500 per head. limited activity. Sheep 2.000. no completed sales.
Poultry receipts too few to report prices. Cheese prices varied: processed oaf 99 4 44 9, brick 39 45, Muenster 39 45, cheddars 41 45, longhorns 42 9 43 2, lb blocks 40 42. Swiss wheels grade A 2 55, grade B 5 54, 99 190 lb blocks grade A 49 52, grade B 48 50, grade C 6 48. Butter steady near 3. Score listings included 7 4 92, 5 7 74, 5 7 90, 5 6. Carrots around 4 9. eggs steady with mixed large extras and mediums 29 44. Potatoes total U.S. shipments 447. supplies moderate, demand slow. market dull. Track sales show Red River Valley reds 1.75–2.10. Street Idaho russets 3 75 4 15. bakers 4 25–4 50. Washington russets 3 50. bakers 3 75–4 00. Red River Valley russets 2 00. Michigan-Wisconsin russets 2 75 3. Onions arrivals and demand light. street sales Idaho Utah Washington yellow Spanish large 29 03 15. Colorado Idaho white large 35 0–40 0. Washington red large 32 5–37 5. medium 25 0. Illinois-Indiana-Michigan-Wisconsin globe medium 1 85–3 28.
Prices for butter and eggs vary with receipts and demand. Butter per pound quoted direct on track and country stations. eggs show slightly weaker demand with liberal offerings. Grade ranges and regional basing detailed. beans and other commodities listed with US No. 1 and regional rate notes.
UPI reports USDA market notes with ample supply and light demand. Prices vary by grade and size for Areen and brown and white eggs, with percentages showing AA A categories and large to small sizes and extras.
New York reports adequate demand in the butter market with wholesale bulk prices in fiber boxes. Pricing shows AA at 59.60 and A at 59.59 1/2 to 59 3/4 per pound. latest scores and exact ranges ambiguously noted in the USDA brief.
Futures on the Minneapolis Grain Exchange closed lower with No 1 northern spring wheat at 226 and 12 to 17 percent protein around 230, Montana No 1 dark northern wheat at 214, No 2 yellow corn at ill' and No 3 heavy white oats near 63. The report also cites No 2 rye around 199 to 143 and soybeans near MH's, with July wheat and related contracts noted for March and May positions.
The Montana Taxpayers Association named D. Keith Williams executive secretary and shifted S. Keith Anderson to executive vice president at its 42nd annual meeting. Williams, formerly with the Montana Farm Bureau Federation, will relocate to Helena as the group expands its county watchdog work on property taxation.
The notice lists flour prices and damages per cwt, with wheat bran at 4.00 and standard middlings at 0.70. It also reports New York stock sales totals around 4.09 million, with prior day 5.16 million and month and year totals varied, including January to date figures.
New York quotes show wool futures ending unchanged to up 8 points on Friday while wool futures for nearby months varied, with a spot price listed at 18.05 and a range of bids and asks across several contracts for December 63 through March 64.
Purdue University scientists report raw soil fumigant treatment raised net profit to about 70 dollars per acre on muskmelon plots in Lafayette Indiana, with the 12 dollar fumigation cost. Untreated plots showed an average loss of 75 dollars per acre.
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