Sioux County pioneer., 1922-08-17
markets ALL LOWER
Chicago and Northwest Meats
and Wheat Are Off.


for week ended July ST. 1922.
HAY-Increasing receipts of new
timothy hay weakened market during
week and prices declined 81 to So per
ton. Much Of new hay of poor quality
and sold $4 to S. under price Of old
hay. Demand light as buyers waiting
arrival of better grades Of new hay.
Quoted July 20 No. timothy Chicago
s21.
GRA1N-Early in past week wheat
markets broke on increased hedging
pressure and generally favorable out
look for crop but exceptionally heavy
export business caused prices advance
an 9th and 2Sth. Weakness in for.
eign markets and foreign exchange
however, carried prices of again at
the end of week. Cash corn continued
relatively strong but prices fluctuated
in sympathy with wheat. On the 31st
wheat prices broke sharply. A heavy
hedging pressure was factor. Sep.
tember and December futures sold at
new low levels. Liverpool market also
declined. Visible supply of wheat 49,.
667 900 bushels compared with 24,65S,-
900 last year. Visible supply corn 49,.
100000 bushels, compared with H.
$4,000 last year. Closing prices In
Chicago cash market: No. 2 red win
ter wheat $1.08; No. 2 hard winter
wheat $1.10; No. 2 mixed corn 81
cents; No. 2 yellow corn 63 cents; No.
3 white oats "a cents. Average farm
prices: Number mixed corn in cen.
tral Iowa so cents. Closing future
prices: Chicago September wheat
$105N; Chicago September corn
61hc; Minneapolis September wheat
s111Nc; Winnipeg October wheat
$110A.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
Peach markets generally weaker dur.
ing the week. Demand slow.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATs-Chica.
go hog prices dropped 80 to 40 cents
from those Of week ago, heavy hogs
losing most. Cattle prices show slight
Improvements over those Of week
ago; beef steers steady to 10c higher;
butcher COWS and heifers steady to
zoe up, veal calves advanced soc while
feeder steers remained unchanged.
Fat lambs Is to Csc up, yearlings
steady to SOC higher, fat ewes Csc
lower to 35c higher while feeder lambs
declined Is to Csc per 100 lbs. On
July 31st Chicago hog prices opened
10 to zoe higher on better grades,
closed firm, mostly 10 to 15c higher
on better grades, others weak 10 to
| 15c lower Beef steers and butcher
cows and heifers strong to Csc higher;
bulls steady to strong; veal calves
omstly steady and stockers strong.
July 31st Chicago prices: Hogs, top,
$1070; bulk $50 to $1,000; medium
and good beef steers So to $40;
butcher cows and 'heifers $4.10-S9;
feeder steers s565 to SITS; light and
medium weight veal calves $8.50-$10;
fat lambs $11.75-s13; feeding lambs
s11.50-s1250; yearlings $3.50 to $1O.S5;
fat ewes $3.25-$7.60. Stocker and feed.
er shipments from IL important mar.
kets during the week ending July
21st were: cattle .and calves 47,627;
Hogs 5,14O; Sheep 34,919. All classes
of fresh meats in wholesale fresh meat
markets declined during the past
week; beef weak to SOC lower, veal
81 to 50, lamb and mutton 81 and 50
down while light pork loins were weak
to SO and heavy loins weak to 81 low.
er for the week. On July 81, beef
steers. Veal and mutton steady to 81
higher; lamb and pork chops steady
to So higher. July 81 prices good
grade meats; beef s14 to SIG; Veal
| $13.17; Lamb $22-25. Mutton s13-$16.