Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-11-02
WHEAT TRADE STEADY
Local Prices Partially Offset
Liverpool Strength.

y. 8. Bureau Of Markets. Washington. d. c..
for week ended Oct. 30. 1922.
GRAIN: Grain prices made net
gains for the week, Strength in Liver.
pool and Winnipeg, removal hedges
against sales for export. and improved
cash and milling demand were leading
factors. Visible supply wheat 49,.
$4,000 bushels compared with 54,333.-
600 bus. same date last year. Corn
had poor support and market de-
cltned under liquidation. Visible sup.
ply corn S,0S7 900 bus. compared with
1s,SS6.00O bus. same date last year.
Closing prices In Chicago cash mar.
ket: No. : red winter wheat 31.23:
No. : hard winter wheat $40: No.
mixed corn Toe: No. . yellow corn Toe:
MOI white oats Gee Average farm
prtces: No. mixed corn In central
Iowa 67c; No. hard winter wheat in
central Kansas CSC. Closing future
prices: Chicago Dec. wheat 31.15:
Chicago Dec. corn 66Hc: Minneapolis
Dec. wheat S1.0sk: Kansas City Dec.
wheat &L07h; Winnipeg Dec. wheat
s9kc.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets arm during the week, with price
tendency continuing upward. Produc-
ton decreasing: supplies Of fancy
grades short and held 1t such high
prices ~ TO stimulate demand for low.
or grades also. Storage butter active.
Closing prices % score butter: New
York lShc: Chicago Ashc. Cheese
markets show signs of weakness at
close. Dealers in Wisconsin cutting
prices to some extent but business 10
slow with stocks accommodating. Prices
at Wisconsin primary markets Oct. -:
Twins and Daisies 2Shc: Double Dali.
sizes 16c: Longhorns 25Ac: Square
Prints 36hc.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chi.
cago hog prices ranged AS to soc low.
Or for the week. Beef steer prices
ranged from zoe lower to 16c higher;
but cher COWS and hsifers and feeder
steers 20 to 26c down while veal calf
prices declined 7sc to tl.1S. Fat
lambs Is to CSC and feeding lambs 80
to TIC lower with yearlings and fat
ewes were steady to CSC higher per
100 lbs. On Oct 3oth Chicago hog
prices opened 10 TO 1Sc lower, closed
weak to sc lower than Saturdays
average; strictly good and choice ma
tive beef steers. butcher cows and
heifers and stockers steady; lower
grade native beef steers and bulls l5c
lower: veal calves largely Soc lower;
feeder vteers Csc on. Fat lambs CSC
lower and sheep steady. Oct. S0th
prices: Hogs, top. sos: bulk
@0.2O-S.90: medium and good beef
steers e7.36-l1.75: Butcher cows and
heifers $s.50-l0: feeder steers $40
7.60: light and medium weight veal
calves S7.50-10.25: fat labs STATS
ll.16; feeding lambs S12.50-l4: year
lings $3.50-12.76: fat ewes 34b0-7,75.
St0cker and feeder shipments from IL
important marekA during the week
ending Oct. 20, were: Cattle and
calves 1854: hogs 1890; sheep
212.94S. Eastern Wholesale fresh meat
prices were not much changed from a
week ago. Veal lamb and light pork
loins weak to 81 lower: mutton steady
to - higher and heavy pork loins gen.
orally II higher. On Oct. 30 beef was
steady at some markets. soc to 81
higher It others: lamb 81 lower at
some markets.. and a. much as 81
higher at Others; veal steady to 81
higher: mutton practically steady and
light pork loins weak to 81 lower.
compared with Fridays prices. On
Oct. S0th prices good grade meats:
Beef $le-1S: veal $16-l9: lamb s24-27:
mutton $ls.lS: light pork loins SEA.
~: heavy loins $l7.23.