Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-03-06
MARKET REPORTS
Dispatches concerning other quota
tions, conditions and phases are as
follows:

Dispatches concerning other quota
tions, conditions and phases are as
follows:
Chicago.
Hogs-Market slow. Light, $3.50
s.35; mixed, $s.1O@s.35; heavy, $7.95
@s.35; rough, $7.95@s.1O; pigs, $6.35
Ws.20; bulk of sales, $e.25@s.3O.
Cattle - Market steady. Beeves,
$6.s5@9; Texas steers, $4,000; west
ern steers, $6.20@7.75; stockers and
feeders, $6.15@S.1O; cows and heifers,
$3.25@7.50; calves, $7%1o.50.
Sheep - Market steady. Native,
$5.25@6.75; western, $5.35@6.75;
yearlings, $6.75@7.S5; lambs, native,
$7.4o@s.5o; western, $7.5O@s.5o.
Portland.
Butter-City and country creamery
extras, solid pack, 37hc.
Wheat-Track prices: Club, $50
sec; bluestem, 95@96c; fortyfold, Soc;
red Russian, SAC; valley, sec.
Portland Union Stock Yards Co. re-
ports receipts for the week: Cattle,
1901; calves, 12; hogs, 1896; sheep,
4191; horses, 70.
Cattle trade has been nominally
steady, showing little change either
way. Two or three cars of SO steers
appeared in this weeks rum, but bulk
of receipts consisted of medium to
good grades, selling $7.25 to $3.50.
Swine market steady to strong with
approximate gains of from 10 to 20
cents during the week. Receipts have
been fairly liberal especially Mondays
run, which totaled $500 head. Bulk of
sales averaged So to $s.40, with sew
eral loads selling at $8.15 and $500.
Mutton demand just steady for
prime ewes and wethers. The latter
vas the only class offering. Yearling
stock sold firm at $6.25. Lamb de-
mand has abated somewhat, due to
approaching 1913 season and desira.
BILE 1912 lambs with wool on are not
being marketed. All the stock on this
weeks market has been sheared and
sold 1925 to $6.4O.
Tacoma.
Wheat-The local export market
has taken on rather more life than fol
some little time, due to the fact that
Europe is once more a factor in the
situation, and there have been fail
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bulk of which was on that account
This has resulted in an advance of 1c
to sec, while bluestem, which is not
in as active request at the moment
still continues at csc. One of the Har
rison liners clearing during the week
carried 100 ons of wheat from this
port to the United Kingdom, while
another Is now loading a similar con
signment for the same destination
With the end of the present week ad
ditional warehouse and tax will be
charged against holdings, and there
has been some little inclination to sell
local receipts showing an increase &c
PA cars during the week. With the
mills out of the market, and Japan
buying sparingly, with scattering ship
ments being made to coastwise points
the volume of business in the aggre.
gate is of a limited character.
Late estimates placing the Argen'
tina r at 1915, 000, 900 bushels for
the season, as compared with 273,
100000 bushels last year, keeps the
situation fairly well sustained and
causes holders to entertain confidence
that requirements will absorb all
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come available.
Flour-There is a fair seasonable
business passing in local sales of pat.
ents, with conditions holding without
material change. In the export situa,
ton no recent changes of note have
occurred. Price on export still holds
around $3.75.
Feed-There are no changes OF
note in tbe market for feedstuffs