Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-05
GRAIN MARKET WEAK
Trading Was Confined Within
Narrow Limits.
Export Sales Fairly larue-corn Fol-
lows Wheat-Tradino In December
Corn and Wheat Futures Starts.

Corn and Wheat Futures Starts.
u. 8. Bureau Of Markets. Washington
D. c., for week ended Aug. I. 1891. -
GRAIN: Trading for the week was
within narrow limits except for bulge
on the eth, which was of short life
The unusually heavy receipts Of wheat
have been chief bearish influence
Lack Of public buying was another
bearish factor. Export sales have
been fairly large and have acted al
chief bullish factor. Com prices have
largely followed wheat. Cask mar
kets for both wheat and corn have had
weak undertone. Visible wheat sup
ply placed at 24,658,000 bu., an in.
crease for the week of $4,000 bu
Visible supply of corn placed at H..
$4,000 bu., decrease of 4,308, 900 bu
Trading in both wheat and corn De.
cember futures began. In Chicago
cash market No. red winter wheat
closed at 1928; NO. 2 hard at 1928;
No. 8 mixed corn at SIC; No. 3. yellow
corn at SOC: No. new white oats
at 33c. For the week Chicago SAptsn,.
Der wheat up one cent closing at
$1.24h; Chicago September corn drop
ped 1Ac, closing at Coo. Minneapolis
September wheat lie higher, closing
at $1.301a. Chicago December wheat
closed at 1928: Chicago December
corn closed at 60A. Minneapolis De-
cember wheat closed $131N. Kansas
City December wheat closed al
$1.18%.
HAY: Receipts Of hay generally
light. Much. only Of fair quality. High
grade timothy in good demand. Low.
Or grades selling at discounts ranging
from $3.50 per ton. Prices steady.
Quoted: August LIST: No. / timothy
Chicago $21. No. 1 alfalfa Omaha
$3.50. No. upland prairie Mime.
apolis SIS.
FEED: Millfeed situation in north.
east a shade easier. Good demand in
the northern section of Michigan.
Recent rains caused a considerable
dropping of in the demand in Wiscon-
sin. Quoted August LIST: Bran 1875,
middlings SLABS Minneapolis; gluten
feed $1,000 Chicago; No. alfalfa meal
$3.50 Kansas City; white hominy feed
322.50 st. Louis; new crop $500 cot
tonseed meal Sal Philadelphia; lin
seed meal $14 Minneapolis.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
1ets firm with price tendency upward.
Hot weather has cut production and
has made fancy grades scarce. Stor-
age holdings continue to show moder.
ate increase but are still 5000, 900 lbs.
less than year ago. A small ship
ment OF about $4,000 lbs. of Danish
butter arrived at New York during the
week, but it was of little influence on
the market as it was sold before ar
rival: Prices Of 90 score: New York
IL; Chicago Az; Philadelphia a:
Boston As. -.s.s.- --.ases,
Cheese markets easy. Prices ad.
vanced early in the week but slowness
ness has featured trading since. Wis
censin primary market prices: Twins
81; Daisies %; Double Daisies 211h;
Longhorns 24h: Young Americas
2sh.:
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: Wiz.
sinia eastern shore Irish Cobbler po-
tatoes up 25c per Dbl. in New York,
closing $4.25-4.50. Kansas sacked
Early Ohios at low point Of }1-1.25 per
100 lbs.
Georgia and South Carolina Tom
Watson watermelons, medium sizes,
steady in New York at $250-$300 per
car. ..,>.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Ad-
vahces In the prices Of hogs and the
better grades of beef steers with de-
;r$1ss in dressed veal, lamb and NUT
:o6 @9fe features Of the week. Hogs
advanced 40-55c, yearling steers 10-50c
and heavy steers 10-15c. Lower grade
feeder steers declined quarter and
all veal calves soc. Other cattle
steady. Best grade fat lambs down
soc, lower grades up Csc, better grade
feeding lambs up 35c, fat ewes steady
and yearlings about steady. August
LIST, Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $11.50;
bulk Of sales $9.50-11.5o; medium and
geqR beef steers $7.25-9.40; butcher
so&s a9q he1fers 1871 feeder steers
$4.75-7.25; light and medium weight
Veal calves sS25-1050; fat lambs
3S.50-10.5O; feeding lambs $3.50;
yearlings $685.; fat ewes $s.25-5.5o.
Western dressed beef at eastern
markets about steady, better grades
soc higher; veal and lamb declined
31.2: mutton steady to 81 lower: pork
loins up ST. August LIST prices good
grades meats: Beef $15.50-17; veal
STIR; lamb 1921; mutton . Staff
light pork loins $25-28; heavy loins
1923. .4~ .;s@*
Meat Packers to Convene.
Cihcago-Meat packers from every