The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1922-12-28
STOCK PRICES TUMBLE
Low Grade Beef Advance, Other
Grades Steady.
~. 8. Bureau of Markets. Washington. ID. @.
for week ended Dec. Is. 1929.

LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Chica-
60 hog prices ranged from Is to Csc
lower for the week. Beef steers we're
from rs to 60c lower: butcher heifers
20 to Csc lower with butcher cow
from rs lower to 35c bigher. Feeders
ranged from Is to Csc lower and veal
calves from steady to Csc higher. Fat
lambs were 10 to Csc lower, feeders
steady to Csc higher and y~earlings %
to soc lower On Dee. 18th hogs
closed. dull: beef steers and butcher
cows and heifers strong to 15c higher,
calves and stockers and feeders most
iy steady with fat lambs 25 to 35c
lower. December 18th Chicago prices:
hogs, top 1886: bulk of sales IS to
1926; medium and good beef steers
$3.50 to Si1.50; butcher cows and
t~-it.fs $3.50 to $1,000; feeder steers
$685. to $7.75; light and medium
weight veal calves $3.50 to $40; . fat
lambs $13 to $15.4O; feeding lambs
S12.75 to STATE; yearlings SO to s13:
fat ewes s~4.75-s7.T5. Stocker and
feeder shipments from IL important
markets during the week ending De-
cember Sth were: Cattle and calves
1883: hogs 1900; sheep 6s,79S. In
eastern wholesale fresh meat markets
lower grade beef and good veal were
81 higher than d week ago with other
grades steady. Better grades Of lamb
and light pork cuts were 81 lower
with heavy loins FROM soc higher to
81 lower. All grades of mutton were
practically steady. On December 18th
beef was 81 higher at Boston at steady
at other markets. Veal and mutton
remained steady at all markets. with
York and 81 higher at Phila. Pork
loins were soc to 81 higher at New
York and steady at other markets.
December 18th prices good grade
meats Beef $15-S17; veal $15-$19;
lamb s23-s27: mutton s11-s17; light
pork loins s15-$17; heavy loins $3.50
to SIS.
GRAIN-Grain prices trended up
ward during the week and closed at
high points. Chicago May wheat up
sc. Chicago May corr up'4%c. Ad-
vance in foreign exchange, good *
port business, and improved milling
inquiry were Nail market factors.
Wheat strong ON the 18th selling at
new high price on crop, all deliveries.
Visible supply wheat 34,S43. 600 Blu.
shells compared with As, 070. 900 bushels
same date last year. Corn active and
h;rIar NYisthIn a,nDIx coma 4 q ~ nm
bushels compared with 18,258,00 blu.
same date last year. Closing prices In
Chicago cash market: No. 2 Red win.
ter wheat s1.S9; No. 2 hard winter
wheat 1929; No. 2 mixed corn TIC;
No. 2 yellow corn TIC. No. 8 white
oats Acc. Average farm prices: No.
2 mixed corr in central Iowa SAC; No.
2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas
s1.07. Closing future prices: Chi
cage May wheat s1.25h Chicago May
corn 75kc; Minneapolis May wheat
Sf.zS%; Kansas City May wheat
$1.l5E; Winnipeg May wheat s1.14h =
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter mar.
kets steady to firm since declines at
Chicago have placed markets In
normal relation to each other. Con.
sumptive demand good at prevailing
prices. Fresh and storage butter NOV
ing freely. More foreign butter has
arrived; further shipments expected.
Closing prices. go score butter: New
York 54hc; Chicago SIC. Cheese mar.
ksts firm but trading slow, rejecting
usual seasonal dullness. Dealers feel
confident and are not pushing sales
except at asking prices. Cheese
prices at Wisconsin primary markets
December 10th: Twins 261kc; Daisies
2TAc; Double Daisies 27c: Longhorns
and Square prints 27Ac.