Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-18
LATE MARKET REPORTS

Dispatches concerning market quota
lions, conditions and phases are as fol.
lows:
Chicago.
Chieago.-Wheat shot skyward Sat
urday. May delivery rose more than
cents bushel, to $1.10, and July
more than 2 cents, to $1061s. 1t was
crop scare market. There was a
rapid reaction, however, to $1o7 for
May and $1.o5A for July.
Cattle-Market steady to strong.
Beeves, $5.4o@s70; Texas steers,
$4,50@5.90; western steers, $4,000
6.s5; stockers and feeders, $4.a5@6.6O;
cows and heifers, $2.6O@6.75; calves,
$5@s25.
Hogs-Market slow to SC lower.
Light, $7.3o@77o; mixed, $7.40@775;
heavy, $7.4o@7.sO; rough, $7.4O(07.55;
pigs, $5@715; bulk of sales, $7.55m
Sheep-Market steady. Native, $40
W6.50; western, $45OM7; yearlings,
$5.75@7.10; lambs, native, $5.65@7.75;
western, $6.25@s.25.
Portland.
Wheat, track prices: Club, 95@06c;
bluestem, 9sc@$1; fortyfold, 05@96c;
red Russian, Ole; valley, 96c.
Butter-City and country creamery
extras, solid pack, SO 1-2c.
Portland Union Stock Yards Co. re-
ports as follows:
Receipts for the past week have been
as follows Cattle 100; calves, 10;
hogs, 1929; sheep, 3o17; goats, 361;
horses, IS.
The general tone of the market on
all classes of livestock has been strong,
with sharp advance in all lines.
Steers brought Toe to 15c better than
last week IS best sales, one load of tops
bringing $500. Cows and heifers were
in good demand at $685. for the best
Bulls advanced about soc per hundred.
highest sale being at $3.50. Very few
calves offering and those of inferior
quality, though the best brought $3.50
Hogs closed last Saturday at $3.50
and opened on Monday at So to $s.O5,
at which figures they have remained
during the week. Market is steady to
strong at these quotations. Heavy hogs
sold as high as $3.50, with majority of
sales around 81 to 1925.
Scarcity of mutton sheep continues;
quite a bunch Of spring lambs on the
market which brought from SC to 1Oc
pound. The demand for this class
of sheep is not very large and butchers
are well supplied at this writing. Nut
ton sheep have advanced all round,
ewes beng quoted as high as Sc, year
ling &c, lambs with wool $6.75, weth-
ers 1878 to $685..
The. following sales are representa-
tive: Twenty-Five steers, $6.5O@6.9O;
cows, $5.00@5.S5;. calves, $3.50; hogs,
$7.00@s.05; lambs, $40.
San Francisco.
Wheat-Shipping, SLIP 1-2@175.
Barley-Feed, $1.s7 1-2@1.9O; brew
ing, nominal.
osts-Red, $1.s71,a@1. so,. white,
$1.9O@1.95; black, nominal.
Millstuffs-Bran, $27@2S; middlings,
$33@35.
Hay-Wheat, $14@21; wheat and
oats, $14@1s.5o; alfalfa, $13@15.
Butter-Fancy creamery, -29c.
Eggs-Store, zoe; fancy ranch, 21c.
Cheese-1Young Americas, 1s@19c: &,
New York. +,
Bar silver, IS 5-Sc. Mexican dollars,
Ate.
Standard copper quiet; spot and April,
$15.50@15.75. Custom house returns
show exports of 1868 tons SO far this
month. Lake copper, $16@1625; cleo
trolytic, SIG; casting, $15.5O@15,75.
Lead-Quiet; $4.2O@4.3O,
Spelter-Quiet; $66O@6.SO. D.
Antimony-Quiet; Cookson IS, 49,.
Liverpool. i
ose-Wheat-May, rs IL SD; July,
Is 10 Lid; October, rs SD. Weather
cloudy. 80,
Available Grain Supplies.
Special cable and telegraphic COM
munications received by Bradstreet IS
show the following changes in avail
able supplies as compared with previous
account:
Wheat-United States east of the
Rockies, decreased 1,746,OOO bushels;
United States west of the Rockies, de-
creased 10000 bushels; Canada de-
creased 211,OOO bushels total United
States and Canada, decreased 1885,
900 bushels. Afoat for and n Europe,
increased 100000 bushels; total,
American and European supply, in.
creased 4,414,OOO bushels.
Corn-United States and Canada, de.
creased 1,395,OOO bushels.
Oats-United States and Canada, in
creased 100000 bushels.
Spokane Prices to Producers.
The following list may be taken as
fair standard of prices paid to pro-
ducers for the commodities named:
Fruits and Vegetables = Potatoes,
$1.50@$1.75 cwt.; horseradish, Toe h.;
cabbage, $1.75 cwt.; apples, $1@1.5O
box; Oregon yellow onions, $3.25@3 so
cwt
Butter-Ranch, 2O@21c lb.
Eggs-Ranch, Sc case.
Cheese-Wisconsin 23c ID; Hazel.
wood, 23@c h.; domestic Swiss, 23c
h.; brick cream, FAC lb.
Hay-Baled oat hay, $40 ton; wheat
hay, $40 ton; alfalfa, $40 ton; tim