Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-05-20
GRAIN MARK St ERRA1IC
Corn Trade Slow; Cash Demand
Continues Brisk.
Decline In Hog Prices-1endency Of
Beef Towards Advance-feed
and Hay Very Inactive.


c., for week ended May is. 1921.
GRAIN: Market unsettled and er
ratio most Of week. There was a big
advance on the 18th upon acceptance
Allied terms by Germany and state.
ment secretary Wallace that price
level fifty per cent above pre-war basis
would benefit whole country. but other
than this price range was compare.
lively narrow and fluctuations rapid
with May wheat showing strongest un-
dertone. Crop reports somewhat more
favorable. Cash wheat stronger. Corn
trade slow and weaker on hedging
sales against purchases in country.
Cash demand corn continues fairly
frisk. In Chicago cash market No. 2
red winter wheat $1.53; No. hard
$15S; No. mixed corn SIC; No. 3
yellow corn 58c; No. 3 white oats CSC.
Visible supply wheat 11,150,O0O bu-
shells, a decrease of 1,273,00O bushels
for week. Visible supply corn 17,745,-
600, decrease of 1859, 900 bushels for
week For the week Chicago May
whea. up TIC at s1.46b; May corn
NC a. $3.50. Chicago July wheat up
&c at S1.15ss; July corn down nc at
61hc. Minneapolis July wheat up 1c
at $120%; Winnipeg July 4%c at
$1.495s.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chi.
cago hog prices declined 15c-3Oc per
100 pounds the past week. Beef steers
up 25c; butcher cows and heifers Csc
soc. Feeder steers up 25-35c; veal
calves about steady. Fat lambs up
25c-$1 higher: feeding lambs 25c-50c.
Fat ewes gained 75c-$1. May Chicago
prices: Hogs, bulk Of sales, $S.15.
$40; medium and good beef steers
$7.5O-9; butcher cows and heifers
$685.; feeder steers $3.50; light
and medium weight veal calves $780,
$50; fat lambs $9.25-12; feeding lambs
$6.50-S.25; yearlings $7.50-10; fat
ewes $3.50.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
changed but slightly. Beef averaged
soc lower per 100 pounds.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES:
Northern sacked round white pota.
toes up 2O-25c per 100 lbs. at shipping
points, closing S0-95c. =
New York cold storage A-2h BALD.
win apples down 81 per barrel New
York $3.50. Medium size extra fancy
northwestern Winesaps up Csc per box
Chicago at $3.50; small sizes 1925.
2.75.
Texas yellow Bermuda onions
slightly weaker in eastern markets at
$1.5O-2 per standard crate commercial
pack.
Virginia Klondike strawberries down
&c per quart New York at 20-22c.
Arkansas Klondikes $3.50 per 24.quart
crate, carloads I. o. b. cash track May
IL. Tennessee Klondikes $2.75-3.50
I. O. b.
HAY: Hay receipts very light. De-
nand generally limited to local city
trade. No. I timothy quoted Chicago
$22. No. l alfalfa Omaha SO, Min.
neapolis $40. No. / prairie Minneap-
oils SIG.
FEED: Market continues dull. De-
mand limited to immediate needs.
With the exception Of gluten feed
there is practically no buying for fu. !
ture delivery. Spring bran quoted, ,
Chicago SO: hard winter bran Kansas
City $3.50; spring middlings about 81
under spring bran. Linseed meal Chi.
cago $31; II per cent cottonseed meal |
Kansas City $35; No. l alfalfa Kansas
City $3.50, Chicago $23.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets weak, price tendency lower. Con-
sumptive demand has been fairly good
but reports that Danish butter has
been offered as low as 281ac duty paid
has kept conditions somewhat unset
tled. Some interest in storing. Pro-
duction increasing. Closing prices 90
score: New York soc: Chicago 29kc.
Cheese markets show more active
trading following declines of past few
weeks. Prices Plymouth Wisconsin
cheese: Twins 1850; Daisies and
Double Daisies 12Ac: Longhorns 13c:
Yong Americas 1890.