Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1922-10-26

Del Janr0stern
SPRING WHEAID ECuNE
December Delivery Scores Ad-
vance on Short Covering.
%. &. Bureau Of Markets, Washington. D. O..
for week ended Oct. 20, 1899.
GRAIN-Following frmness first
two days of week grain prices trended
lower and closed at net losses. Chi
cago December wheat down one cent:
Chicago December corn up sc. De-
dimes were mainly on liquidation.
Market unsettled on the 23rd with
rapid price fluctuations but closed
fractionally higher. Visible supply
wheat $685. 600 bushels compared
with 1857, 900 bu. same date last
year. Corn higher after small break
IN early trading but decline in cash
premiums induced selling and partial
reaction late in session. Visible sup
ply corr 1885, 900 bu. compared with
1866, 900 bu. same date last year.
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket: No. 2 Red winter wheat SLID:
No. Q hard winter wheat $1.16;; No. 2
mixed corn Tic; No. 2 fellow corn TIC;
No. 8 white oats 42c. Average farm
prices: No. q mixed corn in central
Iowa about 58c; No. 2 hard winter
wheat in central Kansas 81; No. l
dark northern wheat In central North
Dakota 90 cents. Closing future
prices: Chicago December wheat
S1.11%; Chicago December corn
$3.50; Minneapolis Dec. wheat $1.07A;
Kansas City December wheat $1.O4b;
Winnipeg December wheat 81 cents.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATs-Prac-
tically all classes Of livestock showed
price Improvement for the week at
Chicago. Hogs advanced 10 to 3Oc;
beef steers advanced 25. to soc; butcher
heifers steady to COO and veal calves
so to 75c. Feeder steers were steady
while butcher COWS were 15c lower to
zoe higher. Fat lambs advanced As to
75c; feeding lambs Is to 75c; year
lings 75c net and fat ewes 75c to 81
per 100 lbs. On Oct. 23rd Chicago
hog prices opened 10c higher but
closed steady with Saturdays aver
age. Beef steers and yearlings- steady
to 15c lower; stockers and feeders 10
to 15c loewr; lower grades butcher
!! COWS and heifers CSC lower, other
grades weak to 15c lower and veal
calves weak to Csc lower. October
23rd Chicago prices: Hogs, top $9.75;
bulk Of sales $40 to 1915; medium
and good beef steers $7.25 to $11.65;
butcher COWS and heifers $3.50 to
$1O.15; feeder steers $4.65 to $8.1O;
light and medium weight veal calves
$8.25 to $11.5O; fat lambs $13 to
$14.6O; feeding lambs $13 to $14.75;
yearlings 1925 to $12.75; fat ewes
$3.50 to $3.50. Stocker and feeder
shipments from ~ importont markets
during the week ending October "a
were: Cattle and calves 183,063; hogs
1905; sheep 1926. The trend of
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
for tho weak was inward Mutton
was Arm - 81 HIGHER lamh sind pork
|~1oins q to 81 higher and real. Arm "a
lisa higher Reef ranged from roc
lover - 81 HIGHER nar Inn nonnds on
October 2ard heef onened firm to 81
higher At some markets. steady with
Fridav,s nrices at others Veal strong
= 81 hipher.at New YORK. steady else.
where. lamb around s15hipher at New
yorL and phila, q r. 80 lower a. Rns.
ton. mutton and nork loins generally
steady ia 81 higher. October Gard
s18. veal s1e ia s19. lamb s25 to s28:
mutton s13 ia sic: light pork .loins
s25 - 500. heavy 1oing SIG to s22.
DAIRY PRoDUCTs-Butter mar.
kets Arm during the week. Current
demand has kept fresh butter cleaned
I'M and with production SHOWING fur.
Their evidences Of decreasing prices
have been easily maintained. High
~nricoa ~ fancvthn++ar has t1,rhad MANY