The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-05
WHEAT PRICES cratic
Word of British UItimatum Ia
Turks Unsettles Futures.

u. S. Bureau of Markets. Washington. D. c..
for week ended Sept. 20. 1922.
GRAIN-Grain prices unsettled dur.
Ing the week and closed lower. For.
eign war news was the dominating
market factor. Chicago December
wheat down cents, Chicago Decem.
ber corn down cent. Whea prices
erratic on the 29th following develop.
ment of political conditions abroad.
Export demand only fair. Cash mar
ket strong. Corn higher early but
prices declined later on liquidation
and weakness in wheat. Closing
prices in Chicago cash market: No.
2 red winter wheat Sill; No. hard
winter wheat $1.09; No. 2 mixed corn
64c; No. 2 yellow corn 64c; No. 3
white oats 4Oc. Average farm prices
No. mixed corn in central Iowa
about SIC. Closing future prices: Chi
cago December wheat $1.04; Chicago
December corn 5S1ac; Minneapolis De-
cember wheat $1.04%; Kansas City
December wheat 973sc; Winnipeg De-
cember wheat 945bc.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter mar.
:. kets firm during the week. Receipts
lighter following seasonal decrease in
production. Storage butter moving in
fairly large quantities in wholesale
way. Prices of fresh butter are now
the highest they have been this year.
Closing prices, 80 score butter: New
York 44c; Chicago 42c; cheese mar.
kets firm during the week. Demand
has continued good in spite of ad
: vances early in the week averaging
to SIC. Held cheese beginning to
move. Prices at Wisconsin primary
cheese markets Sept. %: Twins 23c;
Daisies 23c; Double Daisies 22Ac;
Longhorns 231kc; Square prints 241sc.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Chica.
60 hog prices for the week advanced
15c to 30c per 100 lbs. The price
trend of cattle was generally down.
ward. Beef cattle ranged from 15c
lower to 25c up; butcher cows and
heifers generally Csc lower and veal
calves SOC net lower. Feeder steers
were steady to 10c higher. Sheep and
lamb values showed mixed move
1nents; fat lambs were is to SOC
lower; fat sheep 10 to Csc lower while
yearlings were steady to Csc higher
and feeding lambs 80 to 75c higher
for the week. On Sept. 20, the Chi.
.cago hog market opened steady to 10c
higher, closed unevenly weak and
about 10c lower than early or about
steady with Thursdays average. Cat
tie market generally steady on all
classes; best native lambs steady to a
shade lower in between grades dull
and fully 25c lower; sheep about
steady. Sept. 29th- Chicago prices:
Z: S:Hogs, top s10.65, bulk of sales So to
$1,000; medium and good beef steers
$7.50-$11.10; butcher cows and heifers
$3.75 to. 1925; feeder steers $5.75
1925; veal calves $10-s12.75; fat lambs
s13-s1460; feeding lambs s13.25
s14.65; yea1lings $9.25-$12.50; fat
ewes $3.50-7. Stocker and feeder ship
xments from IL important markets
during the week ending Sept. 22nd
were: Cattle and calves 1926;
hogs 1884: sheep 1o7,275. There was
little change in eastern wholesale
fresh meat prices compared with 6
week ago. Beef and veal practically
steady, lamb weak to 81 lower; nut
: ton 81 lower at some markets and 81
higher at others while fresh pork
loins advanced generally about 81
higher per 100 lbs. On Sept. 29th 5eel
was firm to SOC higher; veal steady
lamb weak to 81 lower; mutton steady
at some markets and 81 higher al
Others and pork loins firm at some
markets and 81 higher elsewhere
Sept. 29th prices good grade meats
Beef $17-$18; veal S18-$2O; lamb $24
1928; mutton $12-s18; light pork loin:
$2S-$31; heavy loins s16-$23.
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