Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-05-26
lHOG En-
Export Demand on Wheat SIumps
Depression. ].
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49, for week ended May 22, 1922. 49,

Y. s. Bureau of Markets, Washington. D. c.
5" Tor week ended May 20. 1922. ..,-
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS Chi.
cago hog prices declined 10-15c. Beef
steers and butcher heifers up 10-15c:
cows practically unchanged. Feeder
steers weak to Csc lower; veal calves
averaged about steady. Fat lambs and
warnings weak to soc lower; fat ewes
down 4Oc-$1. Spring lambs steady.
May 22nd, Chicago prices: Hogs. top.
$1O.75; bulk of sales $1O.25-10.75: me-
dunn and good beef steers $7.65-8.75:
butcher COWS and heifers $475-8.50;
feeder steers $6.10-7S5; light and
medium weight veal calves $7.5O-9.75:
fat lambs $10.25,13.1O; spring lambs
$13.50-15.50;> yearlings $S.5O-1075; fat
ewes $4-7.35. ..sz -.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
IL important markets during the week
ending May 18th were: Cattle and
calves 55,1s2; hogs 1885: sheep
VEGETABLES: Northern sacked
| Round Whites steady in Chicago
$1.50-1.6o per 100 lbs, firm Northern
trail shipping points $125-135 f. o. b.
Total carlot shipments week ending
May Goth: New stock 1886 cars; old
stock 2,093.
Cold storage holdings of apples May
LIST in terms of barrels were 958,844,
compared with 1,929,675 on April LIST.
HAY: Choice grades of timothy
scarce in most markets causing a
brisk demand and firm prices for that
quality. Lower grades constituted bulk
of receipts. Clovers and alfalfa in
slow demand because of pasturage
and nearness of new hay in South
west. Quoted May Goth: No. 1 tim
othy, Chicago $26, Minneapolis $2l50,
St. Louis $27, Omaha $40. No. prairie
Chicago $3.50, Minneapolis s1S, st.
Louis $17.
FEED: Wheat mill feed market
strengthened slightly toward close of
week for spot feed as dealers and job
bers began to replenish stocks. Coun-
try buying light. Production also light.
High protein feeds inactive, scarcely
enough business to establish market.
Corn feed In good demand and supply
light. Quoted: Spring bran $40, stand
ard middlings $1,000 Minneapolis.
GRAIN: The wheat market during
the week has suffered from a lack Of
outside support and poor export de-
mand. The heavy run of wheat was
also a depressing factor. Visible sup
ply wheat 26,353,000 bus, a decrease
of 100000 bus. for week. Closing
prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2
red winter wheat $1.33; No. hard
winter wheat $1.33; No. 2 mixed corn
&c; No. 2 yellow corn &c; No.
white oats SOC. Average farm prices:
No. 2 mixed corn in Central Iowa
1917; No. 1 dark northern wheat in
Central North Dakota $132h; No. 2
hard winter wheat in Central Kansas
$1.15. For the week Chicago July
wheat down &c closing at $1.235s; Chi
cago July corn down 74c at Gao; Min
neapolis July wheat down SC at
$1.41%; Kansas City July wheat down
14sc at $1.15#; Winnipeg July wheat
down &c at $1.35.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets steady Throughout the week and
firm at the close. Arrival of full grass
butter has stimulated interested in
storage, although no active buying for
this purpose has taken place, as oper-
ators feel present practice makes stor-
ing too great risk. Closing prices, 90
score: New York 36H; Chicago 34h;
Philadelphia and Boston 81.