Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-15
WHEAT MARKET GAINS
Slight Advance Recorded for
Week; Demand Slow. i
Dry and eliohtino Weather Continues
In Spring Wheat Area-visibIe -
Corn Supply Decreased 10000 s5zy4
Bus. by Late Reports.

c., for week ended July II, 1921.
| GRAIN: Prices uncertain and east.
" Influenced during the week with
trade and sentiment rather mixed.
The greatest weakness was shown on
;he 9Th, account hedging sales and
local pressure, but market recovered
IN the sixth Influenced by crop and
weather reports. The week ended
with prices unsettled Crop news con-
:inues bullish. Country selling wheat
freely. Resale prices American wheat
IN United Kingdom officially quoted
much below Argentina; nevertheless,
export demand very slow. Visible sup
ply wheat 6,8S1,000 bu., an increase OF
$4,000 blu. for the week. Dry, hot
weather prevails over corn belt, Corn
;asseling in practically all sections.
Visible supply corn 22,196,o0o bu.,
decrease of 2,10S,000 bu. for week.
n Chicago cash market No. 2 red win
:er wheat $1.1s; No. 2 hard $1.19; No.:
! mixed corn SOC; No. 3 yellow corn
j9c; No. 3 white oats 34c. Compared
with July 9Th prices, Chicago July
wheat closed 1kc higher at $1.19;
July corn 215c higher at 615s.H Mime
lpolis July wheat up 6% at $1.21%.
Chicago September wheat up 21kc at
ELISA; September corn up 1c at
59hc. Minneapolis September wheat
up 4c at $1.23A; Kansas City Septem-
Der 11zc at $1.09; Winnipeg October
wheat up SIC at $140h.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES:
Lighter potato receipts in eastern mar
kets early in the week advanced prices
Of Virginia eastern shore Irish Cob
blers to a range of $2.75475, highest
prices prevailing in New York at
t4.50-4.75. Unusually heavy receipts
n New York on Saturday dropped
prices 81 per Dbl: r..
Texas tomatoes slow and weak in
Chicago at 75c-$1 per 4-basket carrier.
HAY: Receipts extremely light.
No. l timothy quoted, Chicago $25,
Kansas City new SIS, No. 1 alfalfa
Kansas City $3.50. No. prairie Min
aeapolis SIS.
FEED: Market quiet but steady.
Lower prices attracted buyers and the
demand improved slightly.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets firm; higher price levels reached
during the week being sustained. Mar
kets supported by lighter production.
poor average quality and consumptive
demand, and moderate into-storage
movement. Preliminary storage re-
port covering entire United States for
July released today shows stacks
63,750,000 pounds compared with 52,-
$50 900 pounds last year, and 90,15S, 900
pounds in 1919 Closing prices 81
score: New York 39c; Chicago $50;
Philadelphia 800; Boston 40c.
Cheese markets firm and trading has
ben active partly on account fairly
heavy buying by exporters. Prices at
Wisconsin primary markets average:
Twins lac; Daisies 15kc; Double
Daisies 15Ac; Longhorns 1910
Young Americas 16A.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Prac-
tically all classes and grades of live
stock at Chicago show net advances
over price of week ago. Hogs up 35-
zoe; beef steers 10-25c; butcher cows
and heifers 25-5Oc. Veal calves ad-
vanced 75c-$125 per 100 lbs. Fat
lambs and fat ewes gained 25-75c.
Feeding lambs we're about a quarter
and yearlings 25-50c higher. July II
Chicago prices: Hogs, top $1O.15;
bulk of sales $910-10.10; medium good
beef steers $725-S.65; bucher cows
and heifers $4-S50; feeder steers $3.50;
light and medium weight veal calves
$S.25.10.75; fat lambs $9-11.75; feeding
lambs $6-7; yearlings $6-S.75; fat
ewes $685..
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
advanced. Lamb up $2-5; pork loins
50c-$2: beef $1-1.50; veal and mutton
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