The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-09-28
SHARP BREAK IN WHEAT
Sale of Wheat and Grains In.
crease as Peace Forecasts.

for week ended September 25. 1922.
GRAIN-Wheat market unsettled
during the week and closed lower;
corn prices higher. Foreign war news
was the chief market factor. Chicago
December wheat down INC. Chicago
December corn up 1c. Wheat declined
under general selling on the 25th.
Visible wheat supply 32,334,0O0 bu-
shells, compared with 51,159,000 blu.
same date last year. Corn showed
good resistance but closed unchanged
to slightly lower. Visible supply corn
10,559,0 900 bushels, compared with 12,-
491, 900 blu. same date last year. Clos
ing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. 2 red winter wheat $1.10; No. 2
hard winter wheat $1.06; No. 2 mixed
corn CSC; No. 2 yellow corn 64c; No.
8 white oats 800. Average farm
Iowa about soc; No. hard winter
wheat in central Kansas $50. Closing
future prices: Chicago December
wheat $1.O4; Chicago December corn
58Ac; Minneapolis December wheat
$1.O3T; Kansas City December wheat
97Ac; Winnipeg October wheat 94Ac.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter mar
kets firm during the week. Receipts
lighter following seasonal decrease in
production. Storage butter moving in
fairly large quantities in wholesale
way. Prices of fresh butter are now
the highest they have been this year.
Closing prices 90 score butter: New
York 43c; Chicago 41c Cheese mar
kets firm during the week. Demand
has continued good in spite of recent
advances. Held cheese beginning to
move. Prices at Wisconsin primary
cheese markets Sept. %: Twins 2014c;
Daisies 21c; Double Daisies 20%c;
Young Americas 1870; Longhorns
21kc; Square Prints 23c.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Chica-
go hog prices ranged from rs to Goo
higher for the week. Beef steers
ranged from 10 to soc lower with the
exception of best grades which were
generally Is to Csc higher. Butcher
cows and heifers averaged about Csc
lower and veal calves from 81 to $3.50
lower. Feeder steers unchanged. Fat
lamb Is to Csc higher, feeding lambs
so to COO higher and yearlings rs to
SOC higher. Lower grades Of ewes
were 25c lower and better grades 10c
higher for the week. On Sept. rs,
hogs opened 10 to 15c higher that Sat-
urdaY.s average but closed dull with
most Of the early advance lost. Bet
ter grades of steers were generally
steady to strong with lower grades 10
to 15c lower. Butcher COWS and
heifers were mostly Is to. Csc lower
with stockers and feeders steady. Fat
lambs were Csc lower and feeding
lambs were firm. Sheep ranged from
steady to weak. Sept. rs Chicago
prices: Hogs, top, 5000; bulk of
sales SITS to $1,000, medium and good
beef steers $3.50 to $1,000; butcher
COWS and heifers 1918 to 1925; feeder
steers $5.65 to 1925; light and medi-
UNI weight veal calves $40 to s12.50;
fat lambs $13.25 to STATS; feeding
lambs $3.50 to SLABS; yearlings 1925
to $12.25; fat ewes $3.50 to $40.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
IL important markets during the
week ending Sept. Is, were: Cattle
and calves 2?,363; hogs 1855; sheep
92,104 AS a rule eastern wholesale
fresh meat prices were firm to higher
than week ago. Beef and veal aver
aged about steady, lamb was firm at
some markets and 81 to SO higher at
others. Fresh pork loins were gen.
orally 81 to SO higher, while net
changes in mutton prices were slight.
On Sept. Is veal, lamb and mutton
were steady to 81 higher than last
weeks close. Pork loins generally 81
to So higher, supplies of most kinds
Of meat being only moderate and de-
mand fairly great. Sept. rs prices
good grade meats: Beef SIT to $3.50;
Veal SIS to $40; Lamb $24 to $50;
Mutton $13 to SIT; light pork loins
$2S to, $31; heavy loins SIG to $23.
Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices.
Spring wheat-No. 1 dark northern,
1.13@1.16; No. 1 northern, 115@12O;
No dark hard 1O9m117. No hard