Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1922-12-21
HOG PRICES DROP Low |
BulIish Sentiment Prevailed ii
Wheat During Week.
". q. Bureau OF Mar3pete, Waahinatop, D. [
1or weak Anded Ooo. is. 1921.

oego hog prices registered declines
ranging from 1O-20c for the week. Cat.
tie prices are generally lower; beet
steers ranging from weak to .86o.
Butcher cows and heifers weak to 25o;
feeder steers generally l5c, and veal
calves steady 70 500 down. Fat lambs
were 1926 higher, feeding lambs gen
orally 2bc higher. while yearlings were
steady to $50 lower and fat ewes un.
changed. On December 18th hogs
were 15c lower than Wednesdays aver
age. Beef steers and butcher cows and
heifers weak to uneyenly lower, other
classes slow, steady to weak. Choice
fat lambs steady, In between grades
weak to 16c lower; sheep around
steady. December 14th Chicago prices:
hogs, top, $S.1B; bulk Of sales $7.S6-
80: medium and good beef steers
s7.60-11.76; butcher COWS and heifers
9S.85-10.75; feeder steers $5.85-s; light
and medium weight veal calves $3.50
10; fat lambs s13.2B-15.60; feeding
lambs $12.75-16; yearlings $e.26-13.26;
fat ewes 94.75-7.7B. Stocksr and feeder
shipments from 12 important markets
for the week ending December 8th
were: Cattle and calves 92,229: hogs
1890; sheep 86.7sS. IN eastern whole
sale fresh meat markets beef ranged.
from firm to SOC higher; veal Arm t.
81 higher; lamb weak to 81 lower;
mutton Arm to 81 higher; light pork
loins 81 to 81 lower and heavy loins
81 lower. to SOC higher for the week.
Dec. 14th prices good grade meats:
Beef $14.6o-17; veal $14-1e; lamb $28.
q; mutton $11-17; light pork kins
s15-17; heavy loins 319.50-16.
GRAIN: Bullish sentiment prevailed
in wheat market during the week and
close vas sharply higher. Principal fac
tors were: Bullish Argentine news;
Presidents message to Congress; for
eign credit bill and Barnes speech be-
fore Illinois Chamber OF Commerce.
Chicago May wheat advanced TIC;
Chicago May corn advanced 4he. On
the 14th profit taking continued but
breaks did not extend far and close
was fr%actionally higher. Good support
on all breaks but buying on~bulges
less aggressive. and many looking for
reaction after sharp upturn recently.
Closing prices In Chicago cash mar.
keti No. 2 red winter wheat 31.87; No
& hard winter wheat $1.27; No. 2 mixed
corn ITO; No. 2 yellow corn TIC; No. 3
white oats Acc. Average farm prices:
No. 3 mixed o r in central Iowa
63Ae; No. 1 dark northern wheat In
central North Dakota BLOT; No. 3
hard winter wheat In central Kansas
$1.06. Closing future prices: Chicago
May wheat $1.23M; Chicago May corn
s741Ab !; Minneapolis May wheat $1.22M;
Kansas City May wheat $1.14N; Win
nipeg May wheat $1.10A.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets barely steady. Prices at Chicago
have declined account accumulation 70.
sulting from high prices. Eastern mar
kets ruled steady during week. Some
foreign imports coming In, but guam
titles not large. Closing prices, 81
score butter: New York $40; Chi
cago 521hc. Cheese markets firm but
trading Is slow, partly due to usual.
seasonal dullness. Wisconsin produc-
ton holding up well, but cold weather
Is hampering shipments. Movement Of
goods from storage light. Dealers view
general situation with confidence.
Cheese prices at Wisconsin primary
markets, Dec. 18th: Daisies 27c: Dou-
bic Daisies &c; Longhorns 27Ac;
Square Prints 27kc; Young Ameri.
cas 27Ac.