Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-12-15
GRAINS ADVANCE SLOW
Grain Prices Strengthen, Closes
Higher for Week.
U. ). Bureau~of Markets, Washington. : D. C..
for week ended Dee. II, 1922.

q. 3. Bureau~of Markets, Washington. D. C..
for week ended Dee. IL. 1922.
0RA1N-Grain market developed
strength after first two days and
closed higher for the week. Chicago
May wheat up 47sc; Chicago May corn
1Ac. Oversold condition started
prices upward on sixth; further buy
ing stimulated by bull1sh Argentine
crop news, President HardinR's mes
sage to congress, Julius Barnes speech
before Illinois chamber Of commerce
ON tho 9Th and foreign credit bill in
troduced in congress. Market con-
tanusd Arm on the 11th Visible sup
ply wheat 33,516,00o bushels compared
with 1887 900 bushels same date last
.ysar. Visible supply corn 1885, 900
bushels compared with 15,s50,O00 bu-
sheas same date last year. Closing
prices in Chicago cash market: No.
Z Red winter wheat $1.33: No. hard
winter wheat 1923; No. 2 mixed corn
7ac; No. Z yellow corn 74c; No. 3
white oats 45c Average farm prices:
No. : mixed corn In central Iowa 61c;
No. ; hard winter wheat in central
Kansas 81. Closing future prices: Chi
caSo> May wheat $1.2oA; Chicago May
corn INC: Minneapolis May wheat
$1.1s4; Kansas City May wheat
$1.11A; Winnipeg May wheat 1903.
HAY-Market remains steady. Re-
ceipts generally moderate for season.
Demand of only fair volume and for
immediate needs. Prices show only
slight change. Quoted Dec 9Th No. l
timothy New York $3.50, Philadelphia
$22, Pttsburg $3.50, Chicago s22,
Minneapolis ST. St. Louis $20.5o, sa-
vannah $24.50. No. l alfalfa Omaha
$20.25, Memphis ssl, Minneapolis s23
No. Prairie Minneapolis $3.50, Oma-
ha $3.50, st. Louis $3.50.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-But mar
kets steady to firm. Factor OF great
est interest now is imports which have
caused an unsettled feeling. Chicago
and New York still out Of line with
each other; Chicago is now receiving
some butter ordinarily shipped to New
York. Closing prices 80 score butter:
New York 541zc; Phila. 5512c; Boston
SAC; Chicago 5511c Cheese markets
firm but trading is slow, partly due
to usual seasonal dullness. Wiscon-
sin production holding up remarkably
we'll. Movement of goods from stor-
age light. Dealers view general situa-
ton with confidence Cheese prices
at Wisconsin primary markets Dec.
9th: Twins 26%c; Daisies 27Ac;
Dauble Daisies 27c; Longhorns 27Aac:
Square prints 271ac.
LIVESTOCK AND Chicago
hog prices showed gains for the week
amounting to 2540c per 100 lbs. Beef
cattle ranged from 10c lower to 15c
higher, butcher heifers rs to 40c up
with butcher cows ranging from Csc
lower to Csc higher, feeder steers ad-
vanced Is to Csc and veal calves de-
clined Is to soc for the week Fat
lambs steady to 15c higher, feeding
lambs Csc net higher. while fat ewes
were unchanged and yearlings were
Csc net lower. On Dec. 18th hogs
opened 10c higher but closed weak
and unevenyl lower than Saturdays
average. Beet sters steady to 15c
lower, stockers and feeders steady to
strong, other classes generally steady
Fat lambs fully steady, sheep steady
to strong. December 18th Chicago
prices: Hogs. top. sS.55; bulk of sales
$8.15-8.50; medium and good beef
steers $7.40-s12; butcher COWS and
heifers $3.25-$11.15; feeder steers
s5.50-$S; light and medium weight veal
calves sS.25-s1O; fat lambs $685.
$3.50; feeding lambs s12.5O-s14.75;
yearlings $9.5O-s13.25; fat ewes s4.75-
S7.75. Stocker and, feeder shipments
from II important markets during tie
week ending December LIST were cattle
and calves 102,73S; hogs 1891; sheep
90,772. In eastern wholesale fresh
meat markets beef ranged from 81
lower to 81 higher: veal strong to 81
higher; lambs and mutton steady to
81 higher with light pork loins 81 to
81 lower and heavy loins generally 81
lower for the week: