Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-13
VISIBLE SUPPLY LOWER
Material Decrease Shown in
Wheat and Corn.
Cattle and Hog Market steady-Meats
Decline-Wheat Export and Milling
Demand Slow.
q. s. Bureau of Markets, Washington,
D. c., for week ended May 8, 1921.

D. c., for week ended May 9, 1921.
GRAIN: Prices advanced the early
part Of week due to strong cash wheat
position and good export demand. This
produced heavy liquidation cash wheat
by growers and prices dropped on tho
fourth and fifth. Subsequent unfavor-
able crop news from Oklahoma and
keen demand cash wheat seaboard
with good export sales reported caused
strong reaction. On 7th weakened
technical position due big advance, re-
ports exporters reselling and much
needed rains reported southwest
brought about considerable change in
sentiment and precipitous decline re-
suited. On the 9Th news mixed and
prices lluctuated rapidly. Export and
>mfiiing demand slow. Visible supply
wheat 12,423, 900 bushels, q decrease Of
1,026, 900 for. week: Visible supply corn
100000 bu. q decrease Of .3,91S,o0o
for week. In Chicago cash market No.
3 red winter wheat $1.45: No. 2 hard
$1.4S: No. 3 mixed corn SOC: No. 5
yellow corn 60c; No. 3 white oats 3Sc.
For the week Chicago May wheat up
four cents at $1.3S%: May corn half
cent at sos. Chicago July wheat up
4Ac:at $1.13k; July corn Nc at 62Ac.
Minneapolis July wheat up SIC at
$1.1sx: Kansas City July 4Ac at
$1O63k..<2A .j;r:: =, -: :.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Hog
prices at Chicago advanced soc per
100 pounds the past week. Beef steers
and butcher cattle practically un.
changed, feeder steers up 1886; fat
lambs up 50-S5c: feeding lambs steady i;
fat ewes up 25-50c. May 9 Chicago
price: Hogs, bulk of sales, $S.45-S.90;
medium and good beef steers $3.50.
8.75: butcher cows and heifers $685.:
feeder steers $675-8.25; light and
medium veal calves $7.75-9.50; fat
lambs $9.50-11.85; feeding lambs 81.
$50: yearlings $s.25-9.5o: fat ewes S..
$50.
In eastern wholesale fresh meat mar.
kets lamb and mutton advanced while
beef, veal and fresh pork declined.
Beef down SOC: veal 81. Pork loins
ranged from steady to 81 lower per
100 pounds. Mutton steady to 81
higher; lamb up 81 to So. May
prices good grade meats: Beef $3.50.
II; veal $16-18: lamb 1926; mutton
$16-1S: light pork. loins $24.25: heavy
loins $500.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES:
Northern Round White potatoes nearly
steady at shipping points closing GO.
zoe sacked. Chicago carlcts $4,000.
New York Baldwin apples up 25-50c
per barrel in several eastern wholesale
markets. A-21z cold storage stock Sc.
Z per barrel.
Sacked yellow onions slow and dull
in eastern city wholesale markets at
75c.$1 per 100 pounds.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets showed tendency to become
steadier the past week. Prices fluc.
tuated slightly but on the whole condi.
ticns pointed to more confidence in
trading. No active movement into
storage but some interest shown. Clos.
ing prices 80 score: New York and
Boston Sc; Chicago 31h.
Cheese prices registered a further
drop followed by improvement in bust
ness. Prices ruling established new
low records, being lower than at time
since 1915. On Plymouth Wisconsin
cheese exchange today the following
prices prevailed: Twins 12k; Daisies
Is; Double Daisies 1874; Longhorns
1874: Young Americas 13.
HAY: Demand continues limited
Receipts generally light. Prices about
81 lower at Cincinnati and Minneapolis
account increased receipts. Prices
steady most other markets. No. !
timothy quoted MinneaA oils $19; No
1 alfalfa Kansas City $22; No. 1 prai.
|rie Minneapolis SIG.
FEED: Decreased production has
caused firmer tone in millfeed market
but buyers refuse to buy at higher
quotations. Linseed meal and corn
feeds dull and lower. Export demand
and light stocks have caused advance
in cottonseed meal prices. Spring
bran quoted Chicago 1925, Minneap.
oils SIS; spring middlings Chicago
$18.25; Minneapolis $14; Linseed meal
Minneapolis s29, Chicago s31.
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