The Hope pioneer., 1922-09-07
MARKETS ARE STEADiER
Meat and Wheat Remain at Last
Week Level.
U. S. Bureau of Markets. Washington. d. c..
for week ended September |. 1000.

S.s
for week ended September /. 1922.
GRAIN: Grain prices fuctuated
within narrow limits during the week
and average lower on selling Influenced
by weakness in Liverpool, liquidation
and hedging pressure. Corn higher
for week on bullish crop reports from
corn belt. Chicago December wheat
down 1Ac; Chicago December corn up
5sc. Wheat prices averaged higher on
the first on short covering and buying
influenced by strength in corn. Move
ment spring wheat rapidly increasing.
Private reports suggest spring wheat
crop 270,000,0O0 bushels or 100000
bushels more than government Au.
gust estimate. Bank of Montreal re.
port estimates crop in Canadian prov.
inces 35G,000,000 bushels, compared
with 2S1,000,000 bushels last year.
Corn had strong undertone due to buy
ing, influenced by private report esti-
mating corn crop 2,S3O,000,000 bushels
or 1S7,000,000 bushels less than gov
ernment August figures. Closing pric-
es in Chicago cash market: No. 2 red
winter wheat Sill; No. 2 hard winter
wheat Sill; No. 2 mixed corn 63c; No.
2 yellow corn CSC; No. 3 white oats
| 33c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mix
ed corn in central Iowa about soc; No.
9 hard winter wheat in central Kansas
S5c; No. l dark northern wheat in CEN
trail North Dakota S3c. Closing future
prices: Chicago December wheat $1.O2:
Chicago December corn 55B; Mime
! nj &c u,l,o
, December wheat 94A; Winnipeg Dec.
wheat 951s.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets firm during the week. Decrease
in production in evidence and along
with lighter receipts on markets per-
centage of top grades is becoming
lighter. Undergrades do not share
fully in firm condition of markets.
Closing prices, 80 score butter: N. Y.
3S1ac;; Chicago &c. Cheese markets
barely steady during week. Business
has been very quiet with feeling Of
buyers that prices are high. Rain and
cooler weather in Wisconsin favorable
to production. Prices at Wisconsin
primary markets Aug. 81: Twins 1914:
Daisies 20; Double Daisies 1875; Long
horns 20; Square Prints 21A.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chi
cago hog prices ranged from firm to
30c net higher for the week. Beef
steers were generally 50-60c higher
but butcher COWS and heifers ranged
all the way from 1Oc lower to 4Oc high
er. Veal calves averaged soc higher
and feeder steers were unchanged.
Fat lambs were 25-40c lower and fat
ewes weak to 15c lower Feeder lambs
were firm to Csc higher and yearlings
unchanged. On Sept. l, light weight
and butcher hogs opened 10-15c higher
but all grades closed weak Beef steers
and butcher COWS and heifers were
slow with prices steady to 15c lower
than Thursdays average. Veal calves
and stocker steers were steady. Fat
native lambs were slow and weak to
15c lower. Feeding lambs were steady
and sheep weak Sept. 1, Chicago pric-
es: Hogs top $3.50; bulk Of sales $6-75-
$50, medium and good beef steers
SS-1O5O; butcher cows and heifers
1915 to $540; feeder steers $3.50 to
$500; light and medium weight veal
calves $1125-1275; fat lambs $12 to
$13 Feeding lambs $11.5O to $13; year
lings $8.75 to SLIPS; fat ewes $3.50 to
$3.50. Stocker and feeder shipments
from IL important markets during the
week ending Aug. 25 were: Cattles
and calves 99,197; hogs 5,905; sheep
47,842. Eastern wholesale fresh meat
prices were not materially changed
during the week. Lamb and pork loins
were steady to 81 lower.