Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1913-03-28
MARKET REPORTS

ket conditions and phases are as fol
lows:
Chicago.
Butter. easier; creameries. 2sc to
s415 Q35c.
Eggs-Firmer; at mark, cases in
cluded, 17Q17clkc; ordinary firsts,
1890; frsts, 171sc.
Hogs-Market slow, sc to 1Oc lower.
Bulk, Ss.750s.95; light, Ss.7O69.O5:
mixed, $4,000; heavy. Ss.356S.95;
rough. SS.35QS.50; pigs, S6.s0@S.s5.
Cattle-Market slow. Beeves. $40
western steers, $6.SO@S.15; stockers
ers, $3.5O@S; calves. S7a11.25.
Sheep-Market steady to shade low
err Native, $6.15@7; western, $6.4OQ
40; yearlings, SI20@s.25; lambs,
native, $7s5@s.s5; western, $3.50
$50.
Portland.
Wheat-Track prices: Club, $50
sec; bluestem, 97Q9sc; fortyfold, Sc
QS7c; red Russian, SAC; valley, seq
SIC.
Butter-City and country creamery
extras, solid pack, 3735c.
Portland Union Stock Yards Co. re-
ports receipts for the week CattIe,
SO9 calves, 10; hogs, S,7O6; sheep,
2,542; horses "A.
A somewhat firmer cattle market
this week. Transactions were limited,
due to the light liquidation. Prime
heavy steers went to the killers at
S775Q7.s5; uulk, $7.30Q7.6O. Butcher
stock was also stronger, but a true
line on market stability is difficult to
obtain so long as receipts are small.
Demand for good cows and heifers Is
stronger. Top loads of cows sold at
S6.S5 and heifers in small lots 81 to
1925. Calves have not been a market
factor for two weeks, although prices
are steady to strong. Generally, the
entire cattle market had an improved
tone, but only for choice stock. Size
of next weeks receipts will determine
stability of price range.
The hog market continued its as
cent this week and reached the high
est point Wednesday. when several
hundred head of choice light swine
realized 1925. Bulk of sales averaged
so to $9.15, while smooth and rough
stuff brought proportionately stiff
prices. Market eased off a shade
Thursday, but closes the week steady
from 50 to $915. Upward trend may
be checked temporarily, but nobody
ventures a prediction as to where it
will finally settle.
Mutton trade was a sticky affair
compared with recent periods. Plenty
of sheep are arriving but the bulk is
contracted. Buyers are bidding steady
prices for good wethers and ewes.
Best load of wethers sold $685. and
ewes $3.50. Lamb market is steady to
firm at unchanged prices. Choice
sheared lambs brought $3.50 Thurs
day.
The following sales are representa-
tive: Steers, $7.25@7s5; heifers,
1928; cows, $6.50@6.s5; calves, So;
bulls, $5.25Q5.50; hogs, $9@9.25;
shorn lambs, $6.25@6.5O; wethers
$5.s5; ewes, $3.50.
San Francisco.
Barley-Shipping, $1.35.
Oats-Red, $1.5O@155.
Unsatisfactory, $1S@20.
Liverpool.
Wheat-Spot, steady; futures, dull;
March, rs sgd; May, rs 319d; July
rs 294d.
Tacoma.
Wheat-The local wheat market is
becoming reduced to a rather narrow
affair The only business passing dur
ing the week has been on alifornia &C
count, some slight termination being
evidenced in demands from that
source. due in part to desire to stock
up before the depletion in supplies
which now seems impending for the
Pacific northwest, shall render such a
! plan difficult. The local mills are not
animated by the same consideration
however, for they have provided fol
their wants very literally, and have
no reason for making additional pur
chases under existing conditions
Europe which has taken a few lots
for shipment by outgoing steamer!
of late, after a considerable period o.
withdrawal from local markets, has
not been factor in the situation dur
{ ing the week, although advices from
D that source, which indicate a strong
f undertone, have been one of the ele
ments supporting the situation. Japai
! is pretty well stocked up for immedi
ate requirements, and inquiries from
D that source have not led to any new
| bu0AACon. hS pAASC oAbuoblOh Aelo bCSl
holding very steady.
AS had been expected, there wa
T. an easing off in the movement to tide
water, following the receipt of shiI
ments started from the interior befor
s the first of the current month, the as
s gregate receipts locally for the wee
2 amounting to 1874 cars. This declin
e is destined to be permanent feature
e likewise, because of the fact that frs
4. hand holdings have been reduced
limited dimensions, probably well III
q der 10 per cent of last seasons ha
vest.
- blour-There have Deen no marke
- changes in the flour situation. Som
" business is still being booked on e.
d port account, though the volume
rs relatively small, business in that d
II rection being mostly in the line
e filling old contracts. The price
ii steady at $3.SO@3.9O. Patents are mo
t. ing fairly, with a firm undertone pc
mQatinQ the market but No chang,