The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-11-02
WHEAT SCARS IN PIT
Markets Jump on Estimate OF
100000 to Europe.

LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Com
pared with a week ago Chicago hog
prices ranged from 80 to SOC lower
light hogs declining most. Cattle e
orally lower, butcher cows and heif-
ers 10 to 25c, feeder steers 10 to Zoe
and veal calves SO to 75c down while
beef steers ranged from 10c lower to
loo higher. Fat lambs about steady
feeding lambs Is to Use lower with
yearlings % to sec up. Fat ewes steady
to Acc higher per loo lbs. On October
81 Chicago hog prices opened about
steady, lights an digit butchers
closed steady with Thursdays aver.
age, heavy packing sows fully 15c
lower. Beef steers, butcher cows and
heifers and bulls mostly weak To 25c
lower; veal calves largely 25c lower.
Fat lambs Is to 25c lower; sheep
steady. Oct. 27h Chicago prices; Hogs
top, $40; bulk of sales $50 to $40;
medium and good beef steers 7.25 to
$11.75, butcher cows ard heifers $50
to $40; feeder steers $50 to IS; light
and medium weight veal calves s TO
$11. Fat lambs Is to S1465; feeding
lambs 1915 10 $14 IS; yearlings 9.75
to $13; fat ewes 4.50 to 1915. Stocker
and feeder shipments from II impor.
tan markets during the week ending
Oct. 20 were: Cattle and calves 176,
Ga, sheep 212.94S. In eastern whole
sale fresh meat markets the price
trend was generally higher. Beef, lamb
and pork loins firm to 4 higher, nut.
ton / to So higher and veal 81 lower
to So higher on good grade, but weak
to 50 lower on medium grade. On Oct
9th beef, lamb and mutton generally
weak to 81 lower than Thursdays
prices, veal steady and pork loins gen,
orally steady to firm. Oct. 9th prices
good grade meats: Beef 16 to SIS;
veal 16 to SIS; lamb "a to SCI; NUT
ton Is to SIS; light pork IONS "a to
SGT; heavy loins II to $23.
GRAIN: Market unsettled and ay-
eraged lower during the week until
the 25th but then reacted and the
close shows net gains over a week
ago. Chicago December wheat up 2Ac,
Chicago Decem$r corn unchanged
Wheat active and sharply higher on
the 9th under generally bpilish news
Cash wheat firm TO higher: milling de.
mand fairly good all markets. Corn
strong with wheat. Closing prices in
Chicago cash market: No. 2 red win.
ter wheat s1.22; No, 2 hard winter
wheat $1,21; No. 2 mixed corn re:
No 2 yellow corn 72c; No. 3 white
oats 44c. Average farm prices: No. 2
mixed corn in central Iowa about 5Sc.
Closing future prices: Chicago Dec
wheat $1.14: Chicago Dec. corn 67Hc;
Minneapolis Dec. wheat $1.10% Kan
sas City Dec. cheat Sl.C7S; Winnipeg
Dec. wheat 81.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar,
kets firm during the week. Current de.
mand has kept fresh butter cleaned UP
and with production showing further
evidences of decreasing prices have
been easily maintained. High prices oil
fancy butter have turned many buyers
score butter: New York AS: Chicago
&c.
Cheese markets steady during the
week although in wholesale distribut
ing markets there is an unsettled I'm
1ertone which is not so evident a.
Primary markets in the country. Wis
consin cheese board prices Monda,
showed little change from a week ago
Cheese prices at Wisconsin grimar,
markets Oct 25th: Twins 25A; Dai
sizes 25h; Double Daisies 25; Long
horns 25H: Sqnarc Prints 25h
Young Americas 25H.