Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-11-22
MARKET NOTES

Moderate receipts Of cattle had lit
tie bearing on the market yesterday.
heavy cattle are a drug and not few
that arrived as early as Monday We're
still unsold yesterday. There was
little demand for cheap COW stun and
country buyers were also In evidence
for some stockers and feeders, but, oh,
my, the other grades We're sick lot.
little more grease was used IN the
hos market yesterday and a better run
ming order was noted for that ma
chinery. Good weight stuff was up
nickel to a dime and even pigs which
have been bombarded for several days
were In good demand and sold higher.
Ralmy weather throughout the
country Is causing slumpy market for
live and dressed mutton, but prices the
past two days have held we'll with just
q trifle strong tone to best grades Of
sheep.
Average price Of hogs at Chicago.
1887. against $7.76 Wednesday,, $500
week ago, $500 a month ago, $S.41 two
months ago. SSH three years ago, 1928
four years ago, $7.76 a year ago and
$685. two years ago.
Hay, receipts, 1923 tons; shipments,
202 tons. Prairie in liberal supply and
demand only fair. Market quiet.
Timothy in good demand; offerings
moderate. Choice timothy, s1S@1s:
mixed $14.5O@15.5O; No. 3 and No. 2
mixed, $13@14; thrashed, $8@1l;
clover, $11@14. Iowa, Minnesota, Ne
braska and Dakota prairie, choice. SIS
@15.5O; No. 1, $14@1b.
Corn bears say they would not be
surprised to see material enlarge
ment in the movement to this market
very shortly, calling attention to the
fact that Kansas City bids in the Des
| Moines territory were falling off. Min
| nesota had sold a fair quantity Of corn
to come to Chicago during, the day
Minneapolis people predicted that Kan
sas City would have 500 cars Monday,
the house making the estimate expect
| ing to have 100 cars alone. Momene.
T., reported 100000 bu bought the last
few days for December delivery.
An excellent demand existed for cash
wheat yesterday. sales Of 235,000 bu be-
| ing made at Chicago, including 225,O00
| blu hard winter to Seaboard exporters,
| while Kansas City, Omaha, Duluth and
Winnipeg all reported sales made
abroad, details Of which will be found
| in another column. Prices at st. Louis
| were unchanged, Kansas City and
| Omaha unchanged to Rc higher, and
| Milwaukee 1k@1c higher.
Cash corn values in the southwest
schowed signs of recuperation, Kansas
| City being unchanged for new to 1c
higher for old but expects very heavy
| receipts, 500 cars next Monday. Omaha
unchanged to 1c lower. st. Louis fin
| ished unchanged, Peoria Nc lower on
oil and n @11sc lower on new, receipts
Of the latter being 10 cars. The de-
cline in the latter market, however
| was not unexpected. as 1t was out Of
line with the other centers. Mil
| waukee was off A@1c. Chicago I'M
changed to 1ac higher, sales here be-
ing $4,000 bu and to arrive $4,000 bu.
| Cash oats al Chicago were un-
changed, with ~1o0,0 900 blu sold for ship
ment. Milwaukee was unchanged to
1kc higher, and reported $4,000 bu AZ
lb Canadian oats offered there at May
priceyall 1Ail, duty paid. Peoria and
Kansas City were unchanged to Nc
lower, Omaha unchanged to Nc higher
and st. Louis k@1c higher.
| There are more hogs in Chicago to-
day than the trade expected and an
other new low level for the week Is not
unlikely.
In timothy a falr cash business was
done. There were shipping orders on
| the market. Sales were at $435@475,
with some very poor down to So. A
number Of cars were sold. The market
| was called steady. In a speculative way
there was nothing to the market. Con-
| tract seed was nominal; spot about
$5.35 M5.40, March nominally $3.50
| SIS, and December 20@25c below
March. Country lots quotable at $375@
5.25 for poor to choice: fancy possibly
higher: very poor lower Fair to good
$4.35@4.75. ,v
Des Moines wired: Continued high
temperature with light rains and fog
telling seriously on condition Of corn
Many complaints coming in, too wet
and in several instances compelled to
| stop shelling."
Glover was inactive. Nothing was
said about clover today. March delivery
according to last quotation salable at
$14.10 and probably obtainable at
s14.3O Contract spot nominally about
able at s10614 for poor to choice; very
poor lower; fair to good $12@13. AL
sike, common to choice, quoted at $12@
| 1880.
A Chicago receiver reported selling
| corn from one Of his western Illinois
stations to go to a Missouri feeder at
equal to 7Skc Chicago.