Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-07-04
I he Courier's Markets Of the World
GRAIN REVIEW OF
THE PAST WEEK

wheat to mills and $4,000 bu new In
all position to exporters. 100000 bu
corn and 235,O00 hu oats. Charters were
for 100000 bu wheat and 10000 bu
corn to load next week at &c to Buff
falo. s
An urgent need OF new crop winter
wheat to fill export sales was demon
strated yesterday Prices for new hard
winter at Kansas City advanced l@2c,
while old hard winter and new rec was
up lc. despite reports OF immense ac-
ceptances on overnight bids to the
country, and claims of poor bids from
abroad.
st. Louis was advanced Y q Nc while
Omaha was unchanged and Milwaukee
11ac higher.
Bids of 11ac over July for seven to
ten day shipment sent out from Chi
cago brought out liberal acceptances
from the country. but exporters took
almost as much as was bought to ar
rive.
Premiums on spring wheat at Min
neapolis were tirmer, due to an I'M
proved demand for flour, and No. l
northern bluestcm sold readily at IA
@4c over. July and velvet chaf at IN
12Lac over July.
Less confusion existed In the cash
corn market as the result Of more
liberal view taken as to what consti-
tuted damaged grain. Handlers. howev-
err. We're not disposed to buy By grade
to any great extent and the bulk of the
offerings sold on their merits.
Corn values were unchanged to Lac
higher here. A81sc higher at Milwau-
kee, nc higher at Peoria, unchanged TO
SC higher at Omaha. unchanged to lie
higher on white and unchanged to nc
lower on yellow and mixed at Kansas
City and unchanged at st. Louis except
on yellow which was up 1000
Shipping demand for cash oats re-
mains fairly brisk. Sample values were
unchanged to Nc higher at Chicago,
unchanged to nc higher at Milwaukee.
Peoria and ST. Louis, unchanged to 'ec
lower at Omaha and unchanged at
Kansas City.
John Pruess Of Cedar county. Ia. was
on today's market with q load o. cattle
Of his own feeding, averaging 1245 lbs,
tat sold to the New York butchers at
80.
VIM. Schroeder Of Cedar county. Ia,
was on today's market with load of
yearlings. averaging 1907 lbs, selling to
P. D. Armour at $3.50. Thcy were Mr..
Schroeder's own feeding,
Amos Bolick. Mcdiarolis, Iowa, was
here with shipment OF two cars of
ycnrlings of his own feeding, 40 head
averaging 1876 lbs, which sold at ss.S5
Pc cWt.
We. Phillips of MaEnska county
Iowa, marketed 35 steers of his own
feeding Wednesday, averaging 1890 lbs
and selling for $500.
Leading shorts in avheat here and the
northwest. who had good profits, took
them yesterday being indisposed to
run any risk regarding rust damage
Their purchases were nuinly respon-
sible for the advance. Barrett, and all
the big shorts covered. At sos for July
several million bushels were offered
shaffeT, J. Rosenbaum Grain, and other
cash houses wcrc ..eavy sellers against
county acceptsrccs on the advance,
but offerings were Wtll taken by the
big sorts Sertimcnth at the close was
more friendly to the buying side on
declines, as ali markets were regarded
as oversold.
Peck Bros. & Crocl, Of Mec,:anics-
vile, Iowa. were on the today
with a load 3f 327-lb hogs that sold at
Ss421h. TIE shipment was accompanied
by c. D. Peck
c. A. Kline, :. prosperous farmer of
Ola, Ia. had two loaas Of stock on
Wednesdays market. One car Of cattle
overaE ing 124S los sold at $500; car
Of hogs 2S3-lbs average at, $685..
j. f. Johnson, among the noted feed
crs Of Hardin county, Iowa, had "a
steers on yesterdays market, selling
for $3.50 per cwt., md averaging 1404
lbs.
Albert Kaiser. the well known popu-
Ter live stock buyer for the Amana SO.
ciety at Homestead, H., mad hogs here
Saturday and again Wednesday,