The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-10-05
WHEAT PRICES cratic
Word of British UItimatum To
Turks UnsettIeS Futures.
u. s. Bureau of Markets, Washington, d. C..

u. s. Bureau of Markets, Washington, d. c.
for week ended Sept. 20. 1922.
GRAIN-Grain prices unsettled dur
ing the week and closed lower. For.
eign war news was the dominating
market factor. Chicago December
wheat down 4 cents, Chicago Decem'
Der corn down / cent. Whea prices
erratic on the 29th following develor
ment of political conditions abroad.
Export demand only fair. Cash mar
ket strong. Corn higher early but
prices declined later on liquidation
and weakness in wheat. Closing
prices in Chicago cash market: No.
Q red winter wheat Sill; No. 2 hard
winter wheat $1.09; No. 2 mixed corn
SAC; No. 2 yellow corn 64c; No. 3
white oats 40c. Average farm prices
No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa
about SIC. Closing future prices: Chi
cage December wheat $1.04; Chicago
December corr 5S1Ac; Minneapolis De
cember wheat $1.04as; Kansas City
December wheat 97$c; Winnipeg De
cember wheat 94&c.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter mar
kets firm during the week. Receipts
lighter following seasonal decrease in
production. Storage butter moving in
fairly large quantities in a wholesale
way. Prices of fresh butter are now
the highest they have been this year
Closing prices, 92 score butter: New
York 44c; Chicago 42c; cheese mar
kets firm during the week. Demand
has continued good in spite of at
vances early in the week averaging
to SIC. Held cheese beginning tC
move. Prices at Wisconsin primary
cheese markets Sept. %: Twins Csc;
Daisies 23c; Double Daisies 22Ac;
Longhorns 23hc; Square prints 24Ac
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Chica
go hog prices for the week advanced
15c, to 30c per 100 lbs. The price
trend of cattle was generally down
ward. Beef cattle ranged from Is;
lower to 25c up; butcher cows anG
heifers generally Csc lower and yea
calves SOC net lower. Feeder steers
were steady to 10c higher. Sheep anc
lamb values showed mixed move
ments; fat lambs were Is to SOC
lower; fat sheep 10 to Csc lower while
yearlings were steady to 25c higher
and feeding lambs 80 to 75c higher
for the week. On Sept. 20, the Chi
cago hog market opened steady to 10c
higher, closed unevenly weak and
about 10c lower than early or about
ctaodv with Tburcday'c ayaroua Cat
tie market generally steady on all
classes; best native lambs steady to a
shade lower in between grades dull
and fully Csc lower; sheep about
steady. Sept. 18th Chicago prices:
Hogs, top $10.65, bulk of sales IS tc
$1,000; medium and good beef steers
s7.50-$11.10; butcher cows and heifers
1878 to 1925; feeder steers $5.75.
sS.25; veal calves $10-$12.75; fat lambs
$13-$14.60; feeding lambs $1325
$14.65; yeaIlings $9~.25-$12.50; fat
ewes $3,50-7. Stocker and feeder ship
ments from IL important markets
during the week ending Sept. 22nd
were: Cattle and calves 143, 265;
hogs 1884; sheep 107, 275. There was
little change in eastern Wholesale
fresh meat prices compared with q
week 60. Beef and veal practically
steady, lamb weak to 81 lower; nut
ton 81 lower at some markets and 81
higher at others while fresh pork
loins advanced generally about 81
higher per 100 lbs. On Sept. goth beef
was firm to soc higher; veal steady,
lamb weak to 81 lower; mutton steady
at some markets and 81 higher at
others and pork Joins firm at some
markets and 81 higher elsewhere
Sept. 29th prices good grade meats:
Beef $17-$1S; veal s1S-$20; lamb $24
$28; mutton s12-s1S; light pork loins
s2S-$31; heavy loins $16-s23.