The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1921-05-12
ADVANCEM MAYWHEAT
Demand and Light Offerings Rea-
son for Bulge.
Unfavorable Crop News from Southern
FieIds-Dalry Markets Unsettled
Hog Prices Higher.
U. s. Bureau Of Markets, Washington,
D. c., for week ended May 6, 1921.

D. C., for week ended May b, 1877.
GRAIN: Prices advanced consider
ably during the week due mainly to
good demand; light offerings, strength
in cash market and small wheat stocks
at Chicago. May wheat showed most
strength and on the third advanced &c.
Big increase in prices caused much
liquidation cash grain by producers
and with feeling by some interests that
prices had advanced sufficiently there
was a drop on the 4th and 5th, but lat
err unfavorable crop news from Okla
homa and other sections caused a
strong reaction. Highest prices of adj
vance recorded on the sixth, May
wheat at one time selling 32c yer
July. At the close some change in sem
timent was noted. In Chicago cash
market No. 2 red winter wheat $1.55,
No. 2 hard $1.61, No. 8 mixed corn
oats SIC. For the week Chicago May
wheat up 1Sc at $1.4S%, May corn
3Ac at 60Ac. Chicago July wheat up
10c at $1.17B, July corn &c at csc.
Minneapolis July wheat up 9Ac at
S1.23h; Winnipeg July up lie at
$1.471A. Minneapolis -four demand dull.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets unsettled; price tendency down.
ward. Trading not normal, otherwise
tone of market would be firmer as
there has been temporary shortage
some grades. Declines due to desire
of trade to keep stocks moving in an
~ticipation of usual increased spring
production. Closing prices, go score:
New York and Boston See; Chicago
30Hc; Philadelphia SIC.
Cheese markets show some improve
ment following Mondays decline on
Plymouth Wisconsin cheese exchange.
Sales the past two days at slight adj
vances over those early in week.
HAY: Receipts continue very light,
but limited demand prevents any ma
terial advance in prices.
FEED: Wheat feeds and ~cottonseed
meal slightly higher, but demand linz
tied to immediate needs. Other feeds
steady at recent declines. Spring bran
quoted, Minneapolis SIS; standard mid
dlings, Minneapolis SIS; linseed meal
Minneapolis 500.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES:
Northern Round White potatoes down
10c per 100 pounds at shipping points,
closing 60-70c sacked.
New York Baldwin apples up soc per
barrel in city wholesale markets.
Northwestern extra fancy Winesaps
nearly steady Chicago, medium to
large sizes $~2.75-3,25, small sizes ST.
$3.50.
Sacked yellow onions slow and
steady eastern city wholesale markets
at 75c-$1.25 per 100 pounds.
Tennessee Klondike strawberries
steady around soc quart basis New
York; Virginia stock 25-30c.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chicago
hog prices ranged 10c-25c higher the
past week. Beef steers, butcher cattle
and feeder steers gained Csc, fat lambs
up 1~5c-25c: feeding lambs, yearlings
and fat ewes practically unchanged.
May sixth Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk
of sales. S8.25-S.70i medium and good
beef steers $7.50-S.75; butcher cows
and heifers $5.00-S.65; feeder steers
$6.75-8.15; light and medium weight
veal calves $S.00-10.O0; fat lambs $685.
11.40; feeding lambs $7.00-S.50; year.
lings $8.0o-9.50; fat ewes $5.75-7.25.
In eastern Wholesale fresh meat
markets lamb advanced 81; mutton
$1.00-2. 90 per 100 pounds. Beef steady
to soc lower; veal down 100000;
pork loins down 100000. May 6 pric-
es, good grade meats: Beef $3.50 O
1850; veal SIS 0-1S.00 lamb s21.00
$500; mutton $16.00-1S.0 90; light pork
loins s22. Co., 90; heavy loins $1,000
1000.