Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-08-12
GRAIN PRICES DECLINE.
Heavy Movement Force Wheat
and Corn to New Low Levels.
Large Receipts and Low Foreign De-
mands Factors-Llvestock Recov.
erino Earlier siump-Dairy
Products Show Weakness.

d. c. Tor week ended August y, 1871.
GRAIN: Wheat prices were under
selling pressure most of the week but
export buying kept markets fairly
firm: first two days. Declines then set
in and wheat prices dropped to new
low levels. On August Sth, however,
good undertone developed and fair
advances took place. Good export.
buying was main bullish factor. Heavy
receipts and lack of public buying
were main depressing factors. Corn.
was also weak during the Wsek though
export buying continued 1eir. Visible
supply Of corn placed ats33269, 900 bu.,
a decline of $4,000 bu. during. the
week. In Chicago cash market No.
red winter wheat closed at $1.22; No..
hard at 1923; No. mixed corn at
SIC; No. yellow corn at SIC; No. 3
new white>oats at 33c. For the week
Chicago September wheat dropped
21hc closing at $1.2216; September
corn down 2Ac closing at 5712c: Min
neapolis September. wheat down SIC:
closing at $1.27h. Kansas City Sep:
TENDER wheat down SIC closing: at.
e1.11h. Chicago December wheat,
closed. at $125h; December corn tat,
573hc. Minneapolis December wheat,
closed at SIPS. Kansas City Decem=:
Der wheat closed at $1.16A. /:
HAY: Eastern hay markets mac
tive. Receipts light. Quoted August
STU: No. timothy, Minneapolis, 49, !,
No. alfalfa, Minneapolis, $40. No. l..
Minneapolis, SIS.
FEED: Recent heavy rains in most:
important dairying sections have ma
terially reduced the demand for feed:
stuffs of every description. Severe de-
cline in grain markets and prospectives
freight reduction also served the check
demand. Quoted August Sth: Bran:
$3.50, middlings $14.50 Minneapolis;
Red Dog $31-34 Chicago; linseed meal
$50 Minneapolis, s42 Chicago; new
SO per cent cotton seed meal $42
northeastern markets; gluten feed
$1,000 Chicago; white hominy feed:
$24 st. Louis, $25 Chicago; No. 1 al;
falfa meal $18.75 Kansas City.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: Vir-,
ginia eastern shore Irish Cobbler po-,
tatoes continued to advance closing:
SOC higher in New York at a range!
Of $4.75-5 per Dbl. 9th r markets most
ly $5-6. Kansas sacked Early Ohios
up SOC per 100 lbs. in Kansas City
closing SITE firm in Chicago with good
demand at $225-250 an advance Of
90c-$1.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets slightly weaker with prices about,
half cent lower than early part Of
week. Receipts running light anu
dealers making efforts to avoid accu-,
mutations Of stocks. Small shipments
of Danish arrived at New York last
week. Prices of 90 score. New York
A; Chicago 42A; Philadelphia 43h;
Boston AN.
Recent price advances on cheese
tended to check buying demand. Mar
kets are weaker with many dealers
shading prices to make sales. Recent
rains increased production and cooler
weather helped to improve quality.
Wisconsin primary market prices on
August 5th: Twins 1871; Daisies 20k:
Double Daisies 2OA; Young Americas
%; Longhorns 22h. ::
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: A good,
rally following early declines brought
the hog market top 10c above week:
ago, but left the bulk of sales 5c-15e:
lower. Heavy hogs suffered the great
est loss in value. Beef steers advanced
40-60c, demand for light weights being
strong. August 9Th, Chicago prices:
Hogs top $11.60; bulk of sales $685..
11.45; medium and good beef steers
$7.25-10; butcher cows and heifers
$3.50; feeder steers $5-7.65; light
and medium weight veal calves S.
9.75; fat lambs $S.5o-1o75; feeding
lambs $6.5o-7.75; yearlings $6-S.50;
fat ewes $685..
Stocker and feeder shipments from
II important markets during the week
ending July 10Th, were: Cattle and
calves 2s,747; hogs 2,161; sheep A.
592.
Western dressed beef at eastern
markets steady with 81 of on lower
grades. Veal unevenly steady Lamb
up $1-4; mutton off $1-2; light pork
loins up 81, heavy loins steady. August
9Th prices, good grade meats Beef
$15.50-17; veal $15-17; lamb $23-25;
mutton $12-16; light pork loins $26-29:
heavy loins 1929. -. +