Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-04-25
LATE MARKET REPORTS
Dispatches concerning market quota
lions, conditions and phases are as fol


lows:
Chicago.
Chicago shot skyward Sat
urday. May delivery rose more than
4 cents bushel, to $1.1O, and July
more than 2 cents, to $1.061s. 1t was
a crop scare market. There was a |
rapid reaction, however, to $1.07 for !
May and $1.O5A for July.
Cattle-Market steady to strong.
Beeves, $5.4O@s.70; Texas steers,
$4.50@5.90; western steers, $4,000
6S5 stockers and feeders, $425@6.6O;
cows and heifers, $2.60@6.75; calves,
$5@8.25.
Hogs-Market slow to SC lower.
Light, $730@7.70; mixed, $7.4O@7.75;
heavy, $7.40@7.S0; rough, $7.40@7.55;
pigs, $5@715; bulk of sales, 1850
775,
Sheep-Market steady. Native, $40
@6.50; western, $4.5o@7; yearlings,
$5.75@7.10; lambs, native, $5.65@7.75;
western, $625@s.25.
Portland.
Wheat, track prices: Club, 95@96c;
bluestem, 9sc@$1; fortyfold, 95@96c;
red Russian, 94c; valley, 96c.
Butter-City and country creamery
extras, solid pack, 33 1-2c.
Portland Union Stock Yards Co. re-
ports as follows:
Receipts for the past week have been
as follows Cattle 100; calves, TO-;
hogs, 1929; sheep, 3o17; goats, 361;
horses, IS.
The general tone of the market on
all classes of livestock has been strong,
with a sharp advance in all lines.
Steers brought 10c 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.05
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 So to 1925.
Scarcity of mutton sheep continues
quite a bunch of spring lambs on the
market which brought from SC to 10t
a 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 being quoted as high as sc, year
ling &c, lambs with wool $6.75, weth
ers 1915 to $685..
The following sales are representa-
tive. Twenty-Five steers, $6.50@6.90
COWS, $5.OO@5.S5; calves, $3.50; hogs
$7.O0@sO5; lambs, $40.
New York.
Bar silver, SIS 5sc. Mexican dollars
47c.
Standard copper quiet; spot and April
$15.50@15.75. Custom house return
show exports of 1868 tons so far thi
| month. Lake copper, $16@16.25; cleo
! trolytic, SIG; casting, $15.5o@15.75.
3 Lead-Quiet; $4.20@4.3O,
! Spelter-Quiet; $6.6O@6.so.
Antimony-Quiet; Cookson s, So.
Liverpool.
Close-W heat-May, rs II SD; July
rs 10 Lid; October, rs SD. Weathe
: cloudy.
Available Grain Supplies.
Special cable and Geographic con
munications received by Bradstreet
s show the following changes in avail
n able supplies as compared with previou
f account:
i, Wheat-United States east of tn
|, Rockies, decreased 1,746,000 bushels
4 United States west of the Rockies, d
= creased 10000 bushels; Canada d
y creased 211,0 900 bushels; total Unite
20 States and Canada, decreased 1855
q. 900 bushels. Afoat for and n Europ
IT increased 100000 bushels; tots
A. American and European supply, i
j. creased 4,414,000 bushels.
J. Corn-United States and Canada, d
g. creased 100000 bushels.
Il Oats-United States and Canada, i
= creased 100000 bushels.
Spokane Prices to Producers.
The following list may be taken
a fair standard of prices paid to pr
ducers for the commodities named:
in Fruits and Vegetables - Potato'
$1.5O@$1.75 cwt.; horseradish, 10c II
Wv cabbage, $1.75 cwt.; apples, SOL.
eft box; Oregon yellow onions, $3.25@3.
on cwt.
70 Butter-Ranch, 20@21c lb.
r. Eggs-Ranch, Sc case.
h. Cheese-Wisconsin, 23c h.; Haz
wood, 23hc h.; domestic Swiss, 2
he h.; brick cream, 24c Id.
". Hay-Baled oat hay, $40 ton; whe
10 hay, $40 ton; alfalfa, $40 ton; tt
othy, No. 1, $14 ton.
he Grain-Oats, $3.50 cwt.; barley, 81
cwt,; wheat, $1.30 cwt.
(Hay and feed prices are f. o.
cars, Spokane.)
Poultry-Live hens, lac h.; dress
10 Ice h.; old roosters, 10c h.; dress
ny 111bc h.; live ducks and geese, -4c
us dressed, 16c h.; live turkeys, 1Sc