The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-01-26
HOG PRICES ADVANCE
General Market Conditions About
Normal Throughout Country.

u. s. Bureau of Markets, Washington, D.. G..
for week ended Jan. 20. 1922.
GRAIN-The market had a better
undertone throughout week and prices
averaged higher. Principal market
factors were light receipts, good mill.
ing demand. bullish crop news and
statistics, and dryness and cold wealth
err in southwest. Domestic -four de-
mand improved: cash wheat market
firm. Export corr demand only fair.
Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed
corn in central Iowa about 36A; No.
/ dark northern wheat in cent al
North Dakota. s1.10%. Minneap lis
May wheat up two cents at sl.21h.
HAY-Market very quiet. Recei1ts
generally light but equal I o mited
demand. Prices for top grades ste t6y
but lower grades dull and slow slls.
Quoted Jan 90: No. / timothy, NV
York, 500; Chicago, s22; Minneapolis,
SIS; No. l prairie, Minneapolis, SIS;
Chicago, SIT.
FEED-Mill feeds easier. Demand
rather Indifferent. Offerings fairly
liberal. Wheat feeds for future de-
livery in good supply. Shipments from
Minneapolis about two thousand tons
daily. Middlings weak and quoted
about 81 lower han bran. HON ny
weak, offerings good. Glrten feed
quiet despite recent four do lar re-
duction in price. C~ottonseed AID lin
seed meal fairly firm, inquiry light.
Alfalfa meal and beet pulp unchar ged.
Quoted Jan. Goth: Bran, $40 rs; mid
dlings, $50; -four middlings, $22.Jo,
Minneapolis.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS 49, Chi.
cago hog, sheep and lamb prices ed
vanced during the week while cattle
prices were generally lower. Ho
up 10000, medium and light wei h 8
advancing most. Beef steers and
butcher cows and heifers were & n.
orally Csc lower with some cows down
Acc. Feeder steers were practically
steady. Calves up 75c. Chic go
prices: Hogs, top, $3.50; bulk of
sales, s7.95-S.25; medium and good
beef steers, $465-$9; butcher cows
and heifers, $3.40-7.75; feeder steers,
s5.15-6.90; light and medium weight
veal calves, ~S7.2510.25; fat lambs,
s11.75-1325; feeding lambs, s.0.25-
1880; yearlings, $9.50-12; fat ewes,
s5-7.75.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
II important markets during the week
ending Jan. 18th were: Cattle aid
calves, 40,693; hogs, 2.S2S; sheep, 23,-
215.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-Po,
tato markets nearly steady. No sal s
reported in Chicago on account Of Geld
weather. Northern sacked Ro nd
Whites of sc +. o. b. at $1.65.1.S 3 per
100 lbs. Bulk stock in New York held
at $2.35-245.
DAIRY PRODUCTS - Butter mar.
kets unsettled throughout week. Trade
lacks confidence and buying Is l re >
ly for immediate needs. Receipts
fairly heavy. Quality running coed
for season. Little activity in import.
ed butter. Danish asking prices too
high to attract purchasers. Closing
prices, go score: New York, SIC:
Philadelphia, 35c; Boston, sec; Chi.
cago, 325c.
Cheese markets continued steady.
Unsettled butter markets we're of n.
direct influence and zero weather In
parts of Wisconsin interfered with
shipping. Inquiries for cheese mo e
numerous and considerable co7idnnce
in markets is evident. Prices at Wis.
consin primary markets, Jan. 10Th:
Twins, 20; Daisies, 20S; Double
Daisies, 20A: Young Americas, 20;
Longhorns, 20A Square Prints, 1914.