Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-03-27
MARKET REPORTS

Dispatches concerning other mar
kets, conditions and phases are as fol-
lows:
Chicago.
Eggs, unsettled; at mark, cases in
Guided, IN @1734c; ordinary tirsts,
17@17Ac; trsts, 17s4Q1Sc.
Hogs-Market strong to sc higher
Bulk, $s.sO@S.9O; light, $S.sO@s.9o;
mixed, $S.6O@9.O5; heavy, $4,000
S.92h; rough, $S.4O@s.55; pigs, $685.
@S.95.
Cattle - Market steady. Beeves,
$725@9.15; Texas steers, $6@7.25;
western steers, $6.6O@7.9O; stockers
and feeders, $6@S.15; cows and
heifers, $3.sO@9; calves, STOP.
Sheep-Market strong to 10c higher.
Native, $6@7.1O; western, $635@7.15;
yearlings, $7.25@S.25; lambs, native,
$S@9.2O; western, $S@9.20.
Portland.
Track prices: Club, S6@S7c; blue
stem, 9S@99c; fortyfofd, S7@SSc; red
Russian, o4@S5c; valley, S7@SSc.
Butter, city and creamery extras,
solid pack, 37hc.
The Portland Union Stock Yards
company reports market as follows;
Receipts for the week have been:
Cattle, 1904; calves, 9; hogs, 2,544;
sheep, 3,34S; horses, 20.
Cattle liquidation has been compar-
atively liberal this week, but steers
were the only class which showed
steadiness. Nearly all steer offerings
graded a shade short of prime, selling
Lat tn with 1all
lot at 49, Tops are considered steady
at $7.70 to $7.75. Butcher stock has
been slow, due to lack of quality, but
demand is not very broad for the best.
: Although an urgent call for prime
: calves rules, receipts have been insig-
nificant. A good bull trade at steady
prices shared butcher division activ-
ity with COWS. Generally the cattle
market is. STEADY with downward ten
= dency.
: The hog market is rapidly advanc
: ing to the SO level of two years ago
= Thursdays run contained several
) leads of prime light swine and they
all brought $S.75 bids from anxious
buyers. Weeks total gain has beer
approximately so cents Receipts have
Y been light and demand firm. Port
: land is again the highest hog market
S in the country.
s The sheep house furnished severa
c surprises this week. Mutton and laml
!, markets have been shaky for the las
> fortnight and the sudden activity thi
week upset all calculations. killers
showed they could be induced to biz
for prime yearlings, ewes and lambs
They at least gave top prices for sew
eral cars, 1928 to $685. for yearlings
3 1925 for ewes, 81 and $7.25 for lambs
J, Packers were evidently caught shor
handed and as the annual spring rul
. of sheared stock is slow coming the
grasped the opportunity to get ten
porary surplus. The result being
sellers market, which weakened tC
. ward the close. Market basis is III
steady.
The following sales are Representa-
s tive Steers, $7.55@S; COWS, $4,000
Z; heifers, $3.50; bulls, $5.s56; hog
S, $S.45@s.75; lambs, $7@725; ewe
1925.
Tacoma.
Wheat-There is not much doing
5 the way of spot business, while recer
sales have served to reduce surplu
ot holdings at the interior to a poir
where there will be no eXcessiy
cary over into the new season. Loo;
receipts for the week were the lar
rt est since the turn of the year, aggr
a eating 1928 cars, but much of tn
=" grain was put aboard for tidewatt
before March /, when the tax asses
" ments became effective, and it is pro
pit able that there will be a sharp d
as crease, following the tidewater recei]
H. of these shipments.
Flour-There is a good business
" patents in progress, with the unde
tone of the market strong on tt
al basis OF present prices for whea
Export is holding quiet, with on
- moderate orders being booked fl
- shipments, though there is still co
=, siderable business going forward
III deliveries previously contracted fC
"a. Prices are steady at $3.75@3.S5.
ed Feed-The week receipts include
cars oats, 16 of barley, 4 of corn al
of 65 of hay. Holders of oats are strol
es in their position, demanding 500 f
April delivery in round lots. Car
al quotations continue at $2S@29. T.
20 barley market is in a comatose conc
~ ton with prices nominally at $24@s
nc Corn is unchanged at $27. Hay &C
tinues to hold at former ruling
by though the market is firm, with ia
demands. Millfeed is moving lit
he more freely, with the lower pric
M quoted by the mills, but there is st
is abundant stocks.
to Liverpool.
ks Wheat - Spot steady; futur