Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-03-16
GRAIN MARKET sluMPY
Hogs and Cattle Also Show Ten
dency Downward.


dency Downward.
U. 5. Bureau Of MArksta WasAinstoa. b. C..
for week sndsd Mar ~ is11.
0RAIN-Market had heavy under
tone during week and registered biz
declines In prices, Chicago May wheat
losing llNc net. Chicago Nay corn
down SIC. News mixed, but main
bearish factors we're lower foreign
markets. continued Improvement in
crop conditions In Southwest and gov
eminent report Of farm reserves. Clos
ing prices In Chicago cash market:
No. red winter wheat $l.2s: No. :
hard winter wheat $1.29; No. : mixed
corn SIC; No. yellow corn SIC: No.
3 white oats SEC. Average farm
prices: No. . mixed corn in Central
Iowa about 43c; No. dark Northern
wheat in Central North Dakota 81. -:
No. . hard winter wheat In Central
Kansas Sis. Visible supply wheat
3S.S62,0O bus. decrease Of l.303. 900
bus. for weeks visible supply corn a..
O7S.OO bus, an increase Of 3.2SS.OOO
bus. for week. Minneapolis May
wheat down 7xc. closing ut Sl.37k:
Kansas City Max wheat down l0hc.
closing At $1.2Ok: Winnipeg May
wheat down &c 1t $133k.
vEGETABLES-New York potato
market firm. other markets weaker.
Northern stock down 1Oc in Chicago
at e1.60 to LIS. Western rurals
reached seasons low points. growers
receiving Toe at Idaho points and s0c
Colorado points.
LIVE STOCK AND MEATS-Chi.
cago hos prices declines 80 to s0c per
100 lbs, medium and heavy weights
declined most. Beef cattle 10 to 2oc
lower. Butcher cows and hsifers
steady to 16c lower. Feeder steers
down 15c: veal calves generally &c
lower. Fat lambs declined 50 to CSC:
feeding lambs UNCHANGED. Some
grades OF yearlings steady. others Soc
lower. Fat ewes steady. March II
Chicago prices: Hogs, top $lO.1E:
bulk Of sales SlO.2s to 1918: medium
and good beef steers $3.50 to so:
butcher cows and heifers 14.25 to SIS:
feeder steers $3.50 to 7.s0: light and
medium weight veal calves. 1918 to
1850: fat lambs Sl3.25 to 1856: feed
ing lambs $11.50 to 1880: yearlings
$11 to 14.25: fat ewes 50 to $50.
St0cker and feeder shipments from
~ important markets during the week
ending March were: Cattle and
calves 1881: hogs 1895: sheep 2s..
l4s.
HAY-very light receipts Of good
quality has caused slight advances in
hay prices at central and Eastern
markets. Southern markets practical.
ly unchanged.
FEED-Feed markets quiet. Pas
lures beginning to furnish grazing in
many Southern sections. Wheat feeds
are easier. particularly bran and -four
middlings. offerings fair by mills but
good by resellers. Quoted, Bran $26,
midclings $26, -four middlings S2s. so,
Minneapolis. Linseed meal $3.50
Minneapolis
| DAIRY Butter mar
kets firm with fancy butter especially
scarce. Lower prices have stimulated
good consumptive demand. Closing
prices 90 score: Chicago $50
Cheese market steady to firm. Trad.
ing has been fairly active despite Wis
consin advances. early in week. Scar.
city of held cheese has helped increase
demand for fresh goods. Prices At
Wisconsin primary markets March IL:
Twins 1Sxc; Daisies 20hc: Double
Daisies 2ONc: Young Americas 21c:
Longhorns and Square Prints 21kc.
Minneapolis cash Closing Prices.
Minneapolis-Wheat No. l dark nor
thern. 1.4461.5z: No. northern, l.l2
G1.4s: No. 2 northern. 1.37@l43: No.
northern. 1.3l01.3s: No. / durum,
l1s0122. Corn, No. 3 yellow, 48c0
4sc: No. 3 mixed. 4704s Rye No. :,
sscQsSc. Oats No. 2 white. 33c. Bar.
ley. choice to fancy, 5Sc0e0. Flax.
seed. 2.54625s.
%. o. Paul Live Stock.
So. st. Publishers. 5.000s7s;
cows. 3.5005.OO: calves. 3.750s.00:
hogs. 102501OS5: sheep and lambs,
12.00015.50.
Minneapolis Suffer, EGGS and Poultry.
Observation-Disclosures - Extras. 35c:
frsts. CSC: seconds. 24c: storage ex.
tras, -: packing stock. fresh. sweet,
16c: stale goods. SC: grease. lie.
EGGS-Country receipts. rots out,
per case, $500: No. / candled good
cases, free from rots: small dirties
and checks out. per dozen. &c: sec
onds. small. dirty and held stock. rots
and leakers out, per dozen. tic:
checks. rots and leakers out. per dog.
15c: quotations on eggs include cases
LIVE POULTRY-Not advisable TO
ship turkeys under lbs. weight.
Hens. I lbs. and over. 24c; hens I'm.
der lbs, 1sc: cripples and culls
unstable: ducks, fat. 1Sc: geese. fat.
Ice: turkeys. fat, over 8 lbs. Csc;
turkeys. thin and small. 150z2c;
cripples and culls, unstable; guineas,
per dozen. $500. Young ROSTERS. 21c:
old ROSTERS. 16c.
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