Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-04-07
HOGS HOLD FIRE 9Th Ct 1
Grain Market Unse ttIed import
Duty Heads Off Buying.

Estimates, Washington, D. G. for week
ended April 3, 1922.
y: GRAIN-M Market unsettled during
week and prices ductuated nervously
Within 57ac range. Incentives for buy.
Ing were unfavorable crop news from
Kansas and Nebraska and new import
duty ton wheat; depressing influences
were larger estimates for Russian
crop and lower foreign markets.
Visible, supply wheat 35,ss7 900 bu: a
decrease Of 1905 900 bu. for week.
Visible supply corn 4s,SSs, 900 bushels,
decrease of 2,707,O00 bu. for week.
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket: No. 2 red winter wheat sl.35:
NO. hard winter wheat $134; No. 2
mixed corn SIC; No. 2 yellow corn
SIC; No. 3 white oats 36c. Average
farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in
central Iowa about 4312c; No. l dark
northern wheat in central North Da.
kota $1.32A; No. hard winter wheat
IN central Kansas $1.18. For the week
Chicago May wheat up Nc closing at
$1.33A; Chicago May corn down &c
at 58B; Minneapolis May wheat down
1c at $1.40A; K. c. May wheat down
sc at $1.19%;. Winnipeg May wheat
down $1Ac at $1341S.
HAY-Bad conditions of country
roads retarded movement of hay dur
ing week. Receipts light; demand
while limited to local needs is urgent
for the few cars of good hay avail
able. Central western markets about
81 higher. Eastern markets fair.
Quoted April l: No. / timothy Chi
cago $26, Minneapolis $1,000, ST. Louis
$24. No. 1 alfalfa Chicago $24, St.
Louis $25; No. prairie Chicago SIS,
Minneapolis $17, St. Louis $3.50.
FEED-Markets weak. Bran de-
clined $2.50-3. Heavy wheat feeds
followed the Decline Quoted April /:
Bran $19, middlings $40, Minneapolis.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS Chica-
go hog prices were firm at 15c higher,
medium and heavy hogs showing the
most strength. Beef steers and
butcher COWS and heifers generally
Csc higher; feeder steers firm to 10c
higher; veal calves firm to Csc higher
Fat lambs firm to Csc higher; feeding
lambs unchanged. Yearlings up 25.
SOC; fat ewes up generally Csc April
3 Chicago prices: Hogs. top, $10.55
Zone loadD; bulk of sales $990-1O.40;
medium and good beef steers $725-825;
butcher cows and heifers S435-$25;
feeder steers s5.40-7.25; light and me-
dunn weight veal calves $6.25-9; fat
lambs $13.25-16.25; feeding lambs
$11.75-13.75; yearlings $1175-1475;
fat ewes $725.105O
Stocker and feeder shipments from
IL important markets during the week
ending March Oath were: Cattle and
calves 46,029; hogs 5000; sheep A.
523.
VEGETABLES - Potatoes nearly
steady in eastern markets, weaker in
Chicago. Northern stock down 10c in
Chicago at $1.50-1.65, firm f. o. b. ship
ping points at $1.3O-1.5O
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butte mar
'kets unsettled; buyers operating only
for immediate needs with result that
tons have occurred on some
markets. Demand for medium and un-
dergrades good, and is attributed to
many buyers changing from storage
to fresh. Closing prices 80 scores:
Phila. 36c; Boston 36c1ac, New York
3512c; Chicago 3511c
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 1Sc; Double Daisies
17Ac; Young Americas zoe; Long
horns 1870; Square Prints 20Ac.