Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-04-28
WHEAT DvANCE HOLDS
Very Little Change in Hog Mar
ket-Beef off,.

u 5. Bureau of Markets, Washington. D. c..
for week ended April "a. 1922.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Po-
tato markets continue weak; midwes-
tern markets recovered somewhat at
ten close. Shipments for the week
44S3 cars. Chicago carlot sales down
l9c at $1.45-l55, nearly steady at
North-central shipping points $780,
1876
HAY:-Prices fuctuated with local
receipts. Demand is limited to imn,e-
date neds and markets were there
fore rather unsettled. Quoted April
22nd. No. timothy. Chicago s26,
Minneapolis $22. No. l prairie Chi
cago SIS, Minneapolis $3.50.
FEED:-Markets quit but firner,
especially for wheat feeds and cotton
seed meal, Linseed meal easier, Offer
ings light, demand poor. Production
corn feeds good, price unchanged, de-
mand fair. Retail sales slow resulting
in little inquiry for feedstuffs from
the interior. Wheat feed production
light but stocks appear ample to meet
requirements. Quoted April 22nd:
Bran $23, Middlings s2375, Minneapo-
lis; linseed meal, $50, Minneapolis.
GRA1N:-Recent advance in grain
market we'll maintained during the
week with July touching new high at
$1.3OA. Principal market factors
were: Bullish crop news both donas-
tic and foreign; higher foreign mar
kets; large export sales new crop
hard winter, and fair business in
Manitobas. Visible supply wheat 81
100000 bushels, decrease of 1886 600
bushels for week. Visible supply corn
39,014,000 bushels, a decrease OF a.
10000 bushels for week Cloisng
prices in Chicago cash market: No
2 red winter wheat STAT; No i,ar;l
winter wheat $146; No. mixed corn
&c. No. 2 yellow corn SIC; No 3
white oats 800. Average farm prices:
No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa about
4S1sc; No. l dark Northern wheat in
central North Dakota $149; Nc 2
hard winter wheat in central Kansas
$1.3O. For the week Chicago May
wheat up SIC closing at $1.46: Chi
cago May corn up nc at sly. Min
neapolis May wheat up 4Hc at
$1.55A; Kansas City May wheat up
SIC at $1.31A; Winnipeg May wheat
up 312c at $1.42112.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chi
cago hog prices ranged firm to 15c
higher. Beef steers lost 10000; butch
er cows heifers weak to 10c lower
EHo01or
changed. Sharp advances occurred in
sheep and lamb prices, fat lambs. av-
eraging $1.25 higher with yearlings
ranging from Csc to 81 higher Fat
ewes were Csc higher. April oath,
Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $10.65;
bulk of sales $99O-1O.60; medium and
good beef sters $7.40-S.6O; butcher
cows and heifers $450-s35; feeder
steers $5.S5-7.60; light and medium
weight veal calves $5.50-775; TAT
lambs $12-14.75; yearlings $1O-13: tat
ewes $6.75-950
Stocker and feeder shipments from
II important markets during the week
ending April 14th were: Cattle and
Calves 39,183; Hogs 10,509; Shee2 l.
660
Cheese markets have shown slightly
more activity at the lower prices pre-
vailing. Consumptive demand good
On Plymouth Wisconsin cheese ex-
change today declines were slight;
closing prices: Twins 1870; Daisies
141@c; Double Daisies and Longhorns
14A. Prices at Wisconsin primary
~, rZo mil T1yir noi
sizes 1871; Double Daisies 1914; Young
Americas 1914: Longhorns 1871;
Square Prints 1891.