The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-13
ST. LOUIS MARKETS

st. Louis, Mo.-Cash Wheat-Re-
ceived, 10000 bushels, including Is
cars local and AZ through. Offerings
about 65 cars, of which close to 80
sold to local mills and about 10 to go
out, part transferred through eicva-
tors. About 90 cars were carried
over. Ear sd es of red wheat were
at the full premiums prevailing last
week; late, the feeling was weaker,
but No. / Red offered at 1922 and
late sales of No. 2 Red at $3.50. Hard
wheat dragged and 1c and &c lower.
Track sales (dockage, if any al ow-
ed:
No. l Red Winter wheat-One car
81 pound test at $685. destination,
car COZ pound test at 1922, one
car gar.icky $2.31la
No. Red winter car 5S pound
test, per cent dockage at $2.333. /
car 50 pound test at 1921 = dest.na-
ten, 6 ears 5S & 59la pound test at
1921, 2 destination; S cars IS and 80
pound test at S2.3O1a, 3 cars SO and
500 pound test at $3.50; one car
smutty at 1929. 2 ears garlicky at
$2.2S12. part car smutty vt 1927;
balance No 2 red at 50 80.
No. 3 Red Winter car 81 =
pound garlicky at 1927. No. 5 Red
winter wheat, one car 5Sl3 pound
, about 80 bushels musty at 1925. No
1 hard winter, one car 81 pound
Nebraska at $3.50 destination; No. 2
hard winter, l car 60 pound test 2
per cent rye at at 1927, 1 car 50
pound test at So 2612, 2 cars IS and
50 pound test at 1925. No. ) hard
winter, car 80 pound test 3 per
cent rye and smutty 1t 1926.
Corn-the opening was rather ir-
regu al ri about the same to smartly
lower. with the May delivery reveal
ing the most ,oss. followed by a
fractional, recovery, chiefly due to
some pretty strong buying operations,
and then downturn of x and q C
although trading 1t the cheapest lev
ell was light; along toward noon, how
ever, the market p cked up consider
able and made 4 fairly large net ga n,
which was supplemental by right
interesting squirt of 1c to &c in cary
| afternoon. Prccs ruled very strong
in the ,ate period closing sc off t
l and &c better than Saturday.
December ranged from $l.36 (open-
ing) to S1.31I buTers, was down t
S1.34 4 at one time.
Reccipts-Cattle II 900 head, hog.
25,00O head; horses and mules. 900.
Cattlc-Supply was heavy, with {
good proportion Of steers. Marke
generally slow and quite uneven
some sales looking c'osc to steady
with others full pc lower, general
market was 15c to 25c lower for the
day. Cooper County. (Mo) beeves
topped at $3.50. No prime, heavy,
finished steers were offered.
Heifer trade, with few exceptions,
continued IN stagnant condition. A
large part of the offering of this
class was carried over, due to the
failure to receive bids. Cow trade I'M
even, many Gamers and good. heavy
beef cows holding steady or not over
10 to 15c lower. while IN between
butcher cows were slow and Is to Csc
lower. Best heavv feeders close to
lower Best heavy feeders close to
steady, but light stock cattle very
draggy and 10 to 25c lower. Large
part of the offering found out ct
through Killing channels.
Hogs-Close to $4,000 hogs arrived
and practically al of them were on
the market for sale. and then there
were several more thousand hogs on |
the market that came in last week |
that We're carried over, so that the
house was chock,full of hogs and lots
more were yarded in the sheephouse
and some in the cattle pens.
The top of the market was s17.65,
paid by one of the local packers, the
'ulk sold at $3.50 to s17.55. Pigs and
lights by the thousands rema ned in
he pen all day without receiving a
I'D and when sale was made it was