The Hope pioneer., 1922-10-12
GRAINS MAKING GAINS
All Glasses of Live Stock Show
= Sharp Declines.

U. S. Bureau of Markets. Washington, D. c.,
for week ended Oct. g. 1922.
GRAIN-Grain prices unsettled dur
ing, the week but closed higher Chi
cago December wheat up 21sc; Chi
cago December corn up 2asc. Prin-
cipal market factors were: War news,
strength in corn improved cash de-
mand. Market strong at the start on
the sixth but ran into liquidation and
closed irregular Milling demand con-
tinues good. Corn lacked buying sup
port and declined under liquidation.
Cash corn demand good. Closing
prices in Chicago cash market: No.
2 Red winter wheat SLIT; No. 2 hard
&c; No. 2 yellow corn &c; No. 3
white oats 40c. Average farm price
No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa sac.
Closing future prices: Chicago De-
cember wheat $1061s; Chicago De-
cember corn 60Bc; Minneapolis De-
cember wheat $1.O7A; Kansas City
December wheat 995sc; Winnipeg De-
cember wheat 955sc.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter mar
kets firm during the week. Produc-
tion shrinking and receipts on mar
kets running lighter. Supplies espe-
cially of medium and lower grades ap'
pear ample to take care of immediate
demand. A movement of storage
goods heavy for season. Closing prices
80 score butter: New York 45c; Chi
cago 43c. Cheese markets steady dur.
ing the week. Wisconsin board
prices advanced Monday on small
styles only. Firmness in the country
not fully shared in distributing mar.
kets where buying is being held close.
ly to requirements. Fall quality run
ming good. Cheese prices at Wiscon.
sin primary markets Oct. 5th: Twins
22Ac; Daisies 231sc; Double Daisies
23cA; Longhorns 24Ac; Square
prints 25kc.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-All
classes and grades of live stock at Chi
cago showed sharp declines for the
week. Hogs ranged from 25 to S5c
down, lighter weights showing the
greatest decrease. Beef steers to
35c. cows and heifers generally 10c;
feeder steers 10 to 15c and veal calves
S1.75 to $2.25 lower. Fat lambs and
yearlings declined 25 to soc and feed.
ing lambs Is to soc down while fat
ewes were steady to 25c lower per 100
lbs. On Oct. 9Th at Chicago hogs op-
ened steady to unevenly higher, and
closed weak to 10c lower on lighter
weights and steady on others com.
pared with Thursdays average. The
cattle market was slow and generally
weak to lower on all classes. Veal
calves so to 75c lower Fat lambs
and sheep practically steady. Oct. 9Th
Chicago prices: Hogs, top $10.05:
bulk of sales $3.50; medium and good
beef steers s7.15-s111O; butcher cows
and heifers $365-915; feeder steers
$5.65.$S10; veal calves s7.75-$11; ia,
lambs S12.50-s14.35; feeding lambs
S13-$14.35; yearlings $8.75-s12.25; fat
\ ewes $3.5o-$6.75. Stocker and feeder
shipments from IL important market:
during the week ending Sept 29 were
sheep 124,s6s. AS was the case O
live stock prices, eastern wholesale
fresh meat prices declined material!
for the week. Beef ranged from veal
to 2 lower, veal 81 to IS lower on bet
ter grades and 81 to 50 lower on me
dunn grades; lamb 81 to Sc dowl
while mutton ranged from 81 lower t.
81 higher and pork loins from S
lower to 81 up per 100 lbs. On Oct
9Th beef was weak to 50 lower, yea
steady at some markets and as mucl
as 81 lower at others; lamb weak
tending lower; mutton weak to S
lower while pork loins were unevenl
soc to 81 higher under light receipts
Oct. 9Th prices god grade meats: Bee
SIS to s1s; veal s13-$17; lamb s2t
s24; mutton s13.s14: light pork loin
$27-s29; heavy loins $17-$22.