Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1922-07-06
wheat REMAINS FIRM
Hogs Show Upward Tendency
All Stock Prices Stronger.

GRAIN: Market strong early in
week on unfavorable weather eports
but rains and lower temperatures oath
and 26th induced declines. Disappoint.
ing threshing returns and strong cash
market caused advance on the 9th
and prices fairly well maintained re.
mainder Of week. Chicago July wheat
up lie for week; Chicago July corn
.downNc.
On the Goth wheat trade nervous
but undertone firm. Black rust found
on stem of spring wheat South Dakota
but no damage claimed as yet Cash
market strong. Corn held moderate
range and closed firm.
Closing prices in. Chicago cash mar.
ket: No. 2 red winter wheat $1.16: No.
2 hard winter wheat $1.1o: No. 9 mixed
corn 63c; No. yellow corn csc; No.
3 white oats SIC. Average farm prices:
No. mixed corn in central Iowa Soc:
No. dark northern wheat in central
North Dakota S1.22; No. 2 hard winter
wheat in central Kansas csc. Closing
future prices: Chicago July wheat
$l.l4A; Chicago July corn 6211c; Min.
neapolts July wheat $1:34X; Kansas
City July wheat $1.0S1s; Winnipeg
July wheat $1.275s.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chica.
go hog prices ranged 10000 higher for
the week, Beef steers 1920 higher;
butcher cows and heifers firm to CSC
higher, feeder steers were firm to 10c
higher; light and medium weight veal
calves generally Csc higher. Fat and
feeding lambs assoc higher; yearlings
up 40-50c; fat ewes 75-75c higher.
On June 10th Chicago hog prices
opened 10-20c higher, closed weak and
about 15c higher than Wednesdays
average. Beef steers, butcher cows and
heifers strong to 15c higher with in.
between grades of beef steers showing
most advance. Stockers steady; veal
calves steady to Csc higher; fat lambs
Csc lower; sheep steady to strong.
June 18th Chicago prices: Hogs, top,
81, bulk of sales $9.75-1O.95: medium
and good beef steers $7.90-9.6O; butch.
or COWS and heifers $4-S.60: feeder
steers $5.65-7.75; light and medium
weight veal calves $7.25:9; fat lambs
$12-13.40; feeding lambs $11-12.30;
yearlings $S.75-11.75; fat ewes 1915.
$40.
Stocker and feeder shipments IL i'm.
portant markets during the week
ending June 23rd were: Cattle and
calves 53,365; hogs 1929; sheep 22,149.
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kets firm most of week as result OF
unexpected export demand and con
tinued buying for storage. Tone weak
at close as prices became top.heavy
Price tendency downward.
Closing prices 90 score butter: New
York 50; Chicago So; Philadelphia
So; Boston 3S1s. fsA i
HAY: Eastern markets heavy and
unsettled during the week except New
York, where market Is firm with prices
slightly higher. Other markets slow
with demand only for top grades. Low
grades sold only at discount.
Quoted June 2Sth: No. timothy
New York $3.50, Chicago $3.50. No.
prairie Kansas City SIS, st. Louis
$3.50, Minneapolis $12.
FEED: No material chang, in
wheat feeds during the week. Offer.
ings from Northwest small with no
pressure to sell. Offerings from South.
west normal Demand quiet especially
from the east. Practically no trading
in feeds. Quoted June 2Sth: Spring
wheat bran Chicago $17.25, standard
middlings Chicago $19.25; winter
wheat bran st. Louis SIT.