Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-03-31
HOGS SLIGHT Lon YER
Favorable Growing Weather Is.
Cause Of Weaker Grain Prices.

U. S. Bureau of Markets. Washington. &c.
for week ended Mar. n, 1922
GRAIN: Prices declined under liqui-
dation and selling by eastern inter
ests. Favorable growing weather over
belt and lower foreign markets also
factors. Receipts at close; cash trad
ing basis firm to higher. Visible sup
ply wheat 100000 bushels, a de-
crease of 1.O77,0O0 bushels for week.
Visible supply corn 48,996 900 bush
els, decrease of $4,000 bushels for
week. Closing prices in Chicago cash
markets: No. 2 red winter wheat $1.35;
No. hard winter wheat $133: No.
mixed corn SEC: No. yellow corn
SIC; No. white oats 36c. Average
farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in CEN
trail Iowa about 43c; No. dark north
ern wheat in central North Dakota
$685.; No. 2 hard winter wheat in
central Kansas $1l5. For the week
Chicago May wheat down 512c closing
at $1.33; Chicago May corn down
3Ac at 5SA Minneapolis May wheat
down SIC at s141%. Kansas City May
wheat down SIC at S1.20: Winnipeg
May wheat down 212c at s1.35ss.
HAY: Western hay markets firm
because Of very light receipts. Arriv-
ais in western markets not equal to
the limited demand. Prices higher in
southern markets but approach of
spring is curtailing demand. Quoted
March 25: No. timothy Chicago
| s25, Minneapolis $40 No. l alfalfa
Chicago $23 so, Minneapolis $3.50. Nc.
l prairie Chicago SIT, Minneapolis SIS.
FEED: Markets weak. prices gen
orally lower Increased offerings and
slow country demand principal fac
tors. Bran weak. Quoted March IS:
Bran s21.75, middlings s24.50, red dog
| $32, Minneapolis.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: Po-
tatoes firm in Chicago, steady other
cities. Western stock firm in Chicago
and St. Louis at S190-2.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chi
cago hog prices declined 5-l5c. Beet
steers lost 15-40c; butcher cows and
heifers firm to 10 cents higher; feeier
steers weak to soc lower; veal calves
weak to Csc lower. Fat sheep and
! lambs generally steady with spots IS
Csc higher. March p Chicago prices:
Hogs top S10.45; bulk of sales $50
1910; medium and good beef steers
s7-S.75; butcher cows and he;fers
$425-8.00; feeder steers S5.4O-7.25;
light and medium weight veal calves
500; fat lambs s13.25-16; feeding
lambs $11.75-1375; yearlings sl1.25-
| 1850; fat ewes $7-1025.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
II important markets during the
week ending March II were: Cattle
and calves 5000; hogs 1876;
sheep 1897
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets about steady at close following
declines at all markets. However With
Chicago relatively higher than eastern
markets further price readjustr:7nt
may occur All grades have shared
in what movement has taken place.
principally on account of sharp compe-
tftion among retailers. Closing prices
81 score: New York SIC; Chicago and
Philadelphia 3ec: Boston 391hc
Cheese markets barely steady; weak
in some quarters. Demand has been
light; production increasing in Wis
consin; quality running good for this
season OF year. Prices at Wisconsin
primary markets March IS: Twins
and Daisies 10; Double Daisies Isl
Longhorns 22A: Young Americas g:
Square Prints 2111