Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1913-05-16
MARKET REPORTS

MARKET
Dispatches concerning other market
quotations. conditions and phases are
Butter-City creamery extras. solid
pack, ESQ; creamery, 2602sc.
Wheat-Track prices: Club, $50
SOC: bluestem. 980o9c: fortyfold. soc;
red Russian. ss0s6c; valley, o0c.
Portland Union Stock Yards com
pany repors receipts for the week:
Cattle. 1880: calves. 1874; hogs, 2.57O;
sheep. 3.61e; horses, 3.
Good trade In steers. Several loads
selling 1t $500. with bulk from SITS
to %. Heavy beeves scarce, with
quality good and better outlet.
Hogs took IN upward turn the early
part Of the week and price went back
up to the 50 mark. Cooler weather,
smaller receipts and depleted packing
house pork products the Aus Of the
reaction.
Better tone to sheep house trade.
few nor receipts, q bunch Of fancy
ewes were largely bought mp at 1925
ION the cars" Lambs, 97.25 ut 81 ION
cars" Demand for mutton exceeding
supply.
The following sales are represented
tive: Steers, $7.s50s.20: cows. $3.50
07.25; calves, 80; stays, 81: bulls.
$5.7506.2s; hogs, $S.8509.O5: spring
lambs, $7.S50o; wethers, $6.75: ewes.
$o.25.
Tacoma.
Wheat-The market Is occupying .
comparatively strong position. There
has been no actual change in price,
bluestem holding at csc, with club at
88c, and forty-fold at 89c, but q little
o business has been done. Japan
ese buyers, who have been nibbling
for some little time, have closed q few
contracts for forward delivery, since
the announcement Of the cut in freight
rates. to be put into effect by trans
pacific steamship lines on June i, and
1t IL probable that the bulk Of the sur.
plus from last seasons harvest can
be disposed Of advantageously. with
this new source of demand, coupled
with q continuation of moderate ship
ments on departing European liners.
One Of the vessels to get out for this
destination has been sent to Portland
to take on q part cargo there, though
It Is probable that some wheat will be
shipped from the Sound. California,
while not buying extensively. 10 still
undertone Of the situation Is a Of
relative firmness.
The crop outlook II reported as sat-
isfactory for the Pacific Northwest.
there being no untoward developments
to indicate that the increased acreage
will not be accompanied by q full
normal yield. California advices, on
the other hand, show that both the
wheat and barley crops are short, and
that there will be an increased call
upon the North Pacific states to make
up the deficit.
Wheat continues to move to tidewa-
ter normally for the late season, the
total local receipts for the week aggre-
eating SO cars, while for the month Of
April an aggregate OF 760 cars were
received locally.
Feed--There Is still strongly sus-
tanned frmness in the market. Oats
have again been advanced to $3O031
per ton, and, while business is not of
an active character, it is difficult to
secure supplies at the present time.
The scarcity and sustained demand
for millfeed has resulted in q second
advance OF 81 per ton In two weeks.
Hay IL unchanged, but holding rela-
lively firm. Receipts have been: Oats,
5 cars; barley, 20 cars: corn, 3 cars,
and hay. 26 cars for the week.
Chicago.
Hogs-Market SC lower. Bulk Of
sales, $6.25@8.95; light, $S.l508.40;
mixed, $S.0508.4O: heavy, $7.800S.35;
rough. $7.sO@s; pigs, $e.s50s.25.
Cattle-Market duh and weak.
Beeves. $7.2009; Texas steers, $6.75@
IT'S; western, $6.0008.1O: stockers
and feeders, 10000; cows and heif.
err, $3.9008.15; calves, $6.500o.25.
Sheep-Market steady to 1Oc lower,
Native, $5.7506.s5; western. $3.50
$40: yearlings. $6.aS07.65; lambs, ma
tive. $e.s60s.s5; western. $4,000
6.45.
New York.
Raw sugar steady; Muscovado,
2.86c; centrifugal, 1850; molasses,
2.61c. Refined steady
Spot coffee. quiet; Rio No. z. 11xc:
Santos No. !. 1880; mild coffee. dull;
Cordova, 14h0l7c.