Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-04-14
HOG MAR ! I IS FIRM
Grain Market Weak But Under
tone Shows Improvement.
y. 5 bureau of Markets, Washington. D. c.,
= Tor week ended 1000

for week ended April 10, 1922
( VEGETABLES: Potato markets
weaker, we'll supplied, demand moder-
ate. Northern sacked Round Whites
weak III eastern markets at $1.S5-2.lO
Carlot sales Chicago, s145-1.60; weak
ut north central shipping points at
$120-147.
= HAY: Warm weather fastening
pastures and weakening demand for
hay. Account extremely light receipts
prices firm at most markets. Improved
road conditions and increased loadings
indicate larger receipts to come. Quot
ed April Sth: No. l timothy, Chicago,
$26. No. l alfalfa, Minneapolis, s23.
No. 1 prairie, Chicago, SIS; Minneapo-
lis, SIS.
FEED: Most feed markets dull. No
material change in prices. Offerings
of wheat and corn feeds continue lib.
eral and slightly exceed demand.
Wheat feeds now quoted Lake and
Rail basis in eastern markets. Quoted
April Sth: Bran SPOTS, middlings s22,
flour middlings $24, Minneapolis; lin
seed meal $3.50 Minneapolis.
GRAIN: Market weak and prices
lower first half week but the under
tone improved and prices show net
gains, Chicago May wheat up half cent
closing at $1.33M Chicago May corn
up lAc at 1913. Outstanding factors
were lack OF outside trading and gov
eminent crop report. More friendly
fQolinC IN h,,1- 60
supply wheat 34.163 600 bushels, a de-
crease Of 1,734,000 bushels ior week.
Visible supply corn 45,305,O bushels.
decrease of 1,5S4OO0 bushels for
week. Closing prices in Chicago cash
market: No. red winter wheat S135;
No. 2 hard winter wheat s135; No. 2
mixed corn 5Sc: No. yellow corn sec:
No. white oats SSc. Average farm
prices: No. mixed corn in central
Iowa about 451at; No. dark northern
wheat in central North Dakota Sl35;
No. z hard winter wheat in central
Kansas $1.20. For the week Minneaoo-
lis May wheat up 31l4c closing at s144;
Kansas City May wheat up 11.c at
$1.21; Winnipeg May wheat up lac at
$1.345s.
| LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Clica-
go hog prices advanced 45-6Oc. Cattle
prices ranged downward. Beef steers
| lost 10-25c; butcher COWS and heifers
| weak to Csc lower; veal calves down
50-75css Feeder steers practically
steady. Sheep and lamb prices con-
siderably lower; fat ewes being soc
81 off, vearlings generally S. lower
! and fat lambs from 50 to $225 down
April 10 Chicago prices: Hogs, top,
| Sill; bulk Of sales $10.50-1095; medium
and good beef steers $715-S.75; butch
er COWS and heifers s435-S; feeder
steers $5.40735; light and medium
weight veal calves S5.75-S.25; fat
lambs $11.25-14; yearlings $10.5O-13.5o;
fat ewes $675-9.5O.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
IL important markets during the
week ending March 81 we're: Cattle
and calves 5O,551; hogs zoos: sheep
9,70S
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets have recovered from recent dull
ness and at close are firm with price
tendency upward. Offerings all grades
fairly we'll cleaned up. Closing prices
% score: New York and Boston 36k !;
Chicago IS; Philadelphia 361a.
Cheese markets weak at lower
prices. Declines are seasonal and this
appears to be cause of weakness more
than actual accumulations on market.
No confidence in trading and buyers
except prices to reach still lower lev
els. Prices at Wisconsin primary mar
kets April Sth: Twins 161a; Daisies
| 16A; Double Daisies 1914,