Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-04-06
HOGS HOLD STRENGTH
Grain Market Unsettled Import
Duty Heads Of Buying.

i
Estimates, Washington, D. c. TOR week
ended April 3, 1922.
GRAIN-Market unsettled during
week and prices nuctuated nerv0usly
within SIC range. Incentives for buy
Ing were unfavorable crop news from
duty on wheat: depressing influences
we're larger estimates for Russian
crop and lower foreign markets.
Visible supply wheat 35,8S7 900 blu. .
decrease OF 1,2O5. 900 bu. for week.
Visible supply corn 46,Ss9.0 900 bushels.
q decrease Of 2.7O7 900 bu. for week
Closing prices In Chicago cash mar.
ket: No. red winter wheat Sl.36;
No. 2 hard winter wheat $1.34: No. .
mixed corn SIC; No. 2 yellow corn
SIC; No. white oats Sc. Average
farm prices: No. mixed corn in
central Iowa about 43hc: No. dark
northern wheat In central North Da-
kota 3l.32h: No. 2 hard winter wheat
In central Kansas Sis. For the week
Chicago May wheat up Nc closing at
$1.33k; Chicago May corn down &c
at 6Sk: Minneapolis May wheat down
1c 1t $1.40k; X. C. May wheat down
Nc 1t Sl.lsk; Winnipeg May wheat
down $1Ac at @1.34A.
HAY--Bad conditions Of country
roads retarded movement Of hay dur
ing week. Receipts light: demand
while limited 10 local needs ID urgent
for the few cars Of good hay avail.
able. Central western markets about
81 higher. Eastern markets fair.
Quoted April 1: No. ! timothy Chi
cago @2S. Minneapolis $1,000. st. Louis
~. No. alfaifs Chicago ~. st.
Louis $3s: No. prairie Chicago SIS,
Minneapolis 81. st. Louis $3.50.
FEED-Markets weak. Bran de-
clined e2-60-3. Heavy wheat feeds
followed the decline. Quoted April 1:
Bran 80. middlings go. Minneapolis.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Chica-
90 hos prices were hrm ut l5c higher.
medium and heavy hogs showing the
most strength. Beef steers and
butcher cows and heifers generally
26c higher: feeder steers frm to 10c
higher: veal calves Arm to CSC higher.
Fat lambs Arm to CSC higher: feeding
lambs unchanged. Yearlings up IS.
Soc: fat ewes up generally Csc. April
Chicago prices: Hogs. top. $10.65
Zone load; bulk Of sales $9.S0-l0.40:
medium and good beet steers @7.25-S26:
butcher cows and heifers $4.35-$26:
feeder steers t5.l0-7.3b: light and me-
dunn weight veal calves $S.25-s; fat
lambs @l325-1e25: feeding lambs
3l1.7El3.76: yearlings $ll.75-l475;
tat ewes 17.25-106O
Stocker and feeder shipments from
II important markets during the week
ending March seth WERE: Cattle and
calves l6.o2s: hogs b5.s0s: sheep a..
6aS.
VEGETABLES Potatoes nearly
steady In eastern markets. weaker in
Chicago. Northern stock down lOc In
Chicago At $1.60-1.s5. Arm I. o. b. ship.
ping points At $l.30-l.S0.
DAIRY PRODUCTE-Butter mar.
kcts unsettled: buyers operating only
for immediate needs with result that
accumulations have occurred on some
markets. Demand for medium and un-
dergrades good. and IL attributed to
many buyers changing from storage
to fresh. Closing prices % scores:
Phils. SEC: Boston 3schc. New York
S6hc: Chicago 35Mc.
Cheese markets weak: price ten.
dency downward. Business dull as
many buyers anticipate lower prices
later. Production increasing under
more favorable weather. Prices at
Wisconsin primary markets April l:
Twins and Daisies lSc: Double Daisies
17kc: Young Americas zoe: Long
horns 1s%c: Square Prints 20kc.
Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices.
Minneapolis---W Wheat No. l dark nor
thern. l.57Gl.5S: No. northern. l.4s
| Gl.52: No. 2 northern. l45G1.4S: No,
northern, l,3S0iA5: No. l durum.
l.1s0124. Corn No. yellow. %9cG
soc: No. 8 mixed. 4ScGA9c. Rye No.
2. s2cGs4c. Oats No. 2 white. S2cG
sac. Barley. choice to fancy, 5scQ
sec. Flaxseed. 2.4SG25S.
90. et. Paul Live stock.
| So. st. Publishers. 5.O00665;
Cows. 350GS.50: Calves, 4.0O0775:
Hogs. s.50010i5; Sheep and Lambs,
ll.O0dl1550.
Minneapolis, Butter. EGGS and Poultry
Minneapolis BUTTER - Extras.
35c; firsts, 20c: seconds. 24c: storage
extras. acc: packing stocks, fresh.
sweet. l7c; stale goods. &c: grease, 1c.
E0GS-Country receipts. rots out.
per case. $3.50; No. candled. good
extras, free from rots. small. dirties
and checks out, per dozen. 2shc: sec
onds. small. dirty and held stock. rots
and leakers out. per dozen. lSc;
checks. rots and leakers out. per do1,
Ice. Quotations on eggs include
cases.
LIVE POULTRY-Not advisable to
ship turkeys. under lbs. weight.
Hens. 4 lbs. and over. 35c: hens un.