Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-09-01
MARKETS UNCERTAIN
Wheat Higher, Then Lower
Pork Higher, Beef Off.

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9hAlN-Wheat prices higher first
half of week on good export business
and oversold condition. The market
then turned dull but at the close of
week prices advanced. Chicago Sept.
wheat shows net gain of 2hc for
the week; Chicago Sept. corn up 1c.
On the 28th buying by seaboard houses
sent prices up, but aggressive buying
was lacktn on the upturn and best
prices were not held. Cash demand
generally good. Visible supply wheat
27.813,000 bu., compared with 343, $780,
600 Blu. same date last year. Chicago
grain stocks 3,290,000 blu. wheat.
1,323,000 blu. corn, 1887 900 bu. oats in
addition to $4,000 'bu. wheat afoat.
Corn advanced early but lost upturn
on 4quidation. Visible supply corn
6,949, 900 bu. compared with 10,050;000
Blu. last year. \ Closing prices in Chi
cago cash market: No. red winter
wheat $1.06; No. 2 hard winter wheat
SLOT; No. 2 corn &c: No. 2 yellow
corn CSC; No. 8 white oats 33c. Aver
age farm prices; No. 2 mixed corn in
central Iowa soc. Closing future
prices: Chicago Sept wheat $103h;
Chicago Sept corn 60hc; Minneap-
oils Sept. wheat SLOPPY; Kansas City
Sept. wheat &c; Winnipeg October
wheat $1.00A.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATs-Chica-
go hog prices were generally 10-25c
higher for the week with some ex-
treme heavies as much as Csc lower
per 100 lbs. Beef steers and butcher
COWS and heifers were Is to soc lower
and veal calves soc lower Feeder
steers were 10-15c higher, fat lambs
firm to 10c higher and feedig lambs
25-50c higher; yearlings firm to Csc
higher and fat ewes unchanged. On
Aug. % light hogs we're active and 10
to 15c higher; good butcher hogs
strong to 10c higher and packing sows
steady to strong. Beef steers and
yearlings fairly active and steady to
-45c higher; butcher COWS and heifers
slow but about steady with stockers
and feeders steady to strong. Aug.
% Chicago prices: Hogs top $9.S5:
bulk of sales $6.75 to 9.775; medium
and good beef steers $7.85 to 1915;
butcher COWS and heifers 1885 to 50;
feeder steers $3.50 to So; light and
medium weight veal calves $40 to
$11.50; fat lambs $12 to 1910; feed
ing lambs $11.50 to $13; yearlings
1915 to SLIPS; fat ewes $3.50 to $7.65.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
eleven important markets during the
week ending August 18th were: Cat
tie and calves 86,519; hogs 4,206;
sheep, 56,76S. Net changes for the
week in eastern wholesale fresh meat
prices were slight. Beef was gener-
ally 81 lower, veal and fresh pork
loins firm to 81 higher lamb and NUT
ton were practically unchanged. On
Aug. a28th beef and veal were gener-
ally steady under light to moderate
receipts and slow demand.
: DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter mar
kets firm during the week. Decrease
in production in evidence and along
with lighter receipts on markets per-
centage Of top grades is becoming
lighter. Undersrades do not share
fully In firm condition of markets
Closing prices August %, on 81 score
butter: New York SIC; Chicago 35c.
Cheese markets about steady during
week but an unsettled undertone has.
been evident. Decreases early in week
in Wisconsin were not anticipated in
wholesale distributing markets and
buyers have operated cautiously.
Cheese prices at Wisconsin primary
markets August 26: Twins 19Ac;
Daisies zoe, Double daisies 1880,
Longhorns zoe, Square prints 2111c.