The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1913-03-07
MARKET REPORTS

| MARKET REPORTS
Dispatches concerning other quota
lions, conditions and phases are as
follows:
Chicago.
Hogs-Market slow. Light, $3.50
S.35; mixed, $S.10@s.35; heavy, $7.95
@S.35; rough, $7.95@S.10; pigs, $685.
NgS.20; bulk of sales, $s.25@s.30.
Cattle - Market steady. Beeves,
$6.S5@9; Texas steers, $4,000; west
ern steers, $6.20@7.75; stockers and
feeders, $6.15@8.1O; cows and heifers,
$3.25@7.50; calves, $79o1O.50.
Sheep - Market steady. Native,
$5.25@6.75; western, $5.35@6.75;
yearlings, $6.75@7.s5; lambs, native,
$7.4O@S.50; western, $7.5O@s.5O.
Portland.
Butter-City and country creamery
extras, solid pack, 37Ac.
Wheat-Track prices: Club, $50
soc; bluestem, $4,000; fortyfold, sec;
red Russian, Sac; valley, sec.
Portland Union Stock Yards Co. re-
ports receipts for the week: Cattle,
1901 calves, II; hogs, 42s6; 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 run. but bulk
of receipts consisted of medium to
good grades, selling $7.25 to $3.50.
Swine market steady to strong with
ok~ 80
cents during the week. Receipts have
been fairly liberal especially Mondays
run, which totaled $500 head. Bulk of
sales averaged So to $40, with sew
,eral loads selling at $s.15 and $500.
Mutton demand just steady for
prime ewes and wethers. The latter
was 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 for
some little time, due to the fact that
Europe is once more factor in the
situation, and there have been fair
sales of club during the week, the
bulk of which was on that account.
This has resulted in an advance of 1c
to soc, while bluestem, which is not
in as active request at the moment,
still continues at CSC. One of the Har-
a. nj no II
carried 1900 tons of wheat from this
port to the United Kingdom, while
another is now loading a similar con-
ssignment for the same destination.
With the end of the present week ad-
4ditional warehouse and tax will be
charged against holdings, and there
has been some little inclination to sell.
local receipts showing an increase to
214 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 limited character.
Late estimates placing the Argen-
tina crop at 195,000,0O0 bushels for
the season, as compared with 273,-
100000 bushels last year, keeps the
situation fairly we'll sustained and
causes holders to entertain confidence
that requirements will absorb all
stock before new crop supplies be.
come available.
Flour-There is a fair seasonable
business passing in local sales of pat
sents, with conditions holding without
material change. In the export situa
no nf
occurred. Price on export still holds
around $3.75.
Feed-There are no changes OF
note in the market for feedstuffs
Oats are holding steady at $2S@29
with barley holding quiet at $24@25
Hay is strong, but without change in
price.
Available Grain Supplies.
Special cable and telegraphic com
munications received by Bradstreet's
show the following changes in avail
able supplies as compared with previ
GUS account:
Wheat, United States, east of Rock
les, decreased $4,000 bushels.
United States, west of Rockies, In
creased $4,000 bushels.
Canada increased 1,417,0O0.
Total, United States and Canada
decreased 2,2S2,0OO bushels.
Afoat for and in Europe, increased
100000.
Total American and European sup
ply decreased 1,5S2,OO
Oats, United States and Canada, in
creased 100000 bushels.
The leading decreases reported this
week follow: