Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1922-10-19

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Active Buying for Seaboard
Raises Wheat Price.
q. s. Bureau Of Markets. washington. p. q.
for week ended Oct. rs, 1922.
GRAIN: Grain prices generally
averaged higher during the week. In
iuenced by wal news early in week.
strength in Liverpool. and continued
transportation difficulties. Chicago De-
cember wheat up 3Mc net: Chicago
December corn up Sc. Wheat had q
higher range ON the 18th on lack OF
selling pressure. Corn active and high
er with larger outside interest. Clos,
ing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. 2 red winter wheat $1.18: No. 2
hard winter wheat $1.13; No. 2 mixed
corn CSC; No. 2 yellow corn coo; No.
3 white bats 42c. Average farm pric-
es No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa
about 55hc. Closing future prices:
Chicago December wheat $1.19A; Chi
cago December corn 64c; Minneapolis
December wheat $1.08h; Kansas City
December wheat $1.03; Winnipeg De-
cember wheat $3.50.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets barely steady during the week.
Receipts continue to run light follow
ing seasonal decrease in production.
Supplies Of all grades ample with
some tendency toward accumulation.
Undertone somewhat unsettled in an
ticipation Of heavier arrivals. Storage
butter fairly active. Closing prices 81
score butter: New York 45c, Chicago
43hc.
Cheese markets firm during the
week. Comparatively light receipts
and good fall quality maintained firm
ness. Growing confidence through the
week was expressed in more active
trading. Cheese prices at Wisconsin
primary markets Oct. 18th: Twins
24c; Daisies 24c; Double Daisies,
Young Americas, Longhorns and
Square Prints 23Ac.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Prac-
tically all classes of live stock were
lower. than a week ago. Hogs dropped
S to 6Oc per 100 lbs. Beef steers rang
ed from 10c lower to 15c higher; butch
er cows and feeder steers unchanged;
veal calves weak to Csc down, while
butcher heifers showed a slight price
Improvement. Fat lambs and yearlings
Csc and feeding lambs Is to 35c lower,
while fat ewes were not materially
changed for the week. On October 18th
butcher hogs 10 to 15c lower; pack
ing sows and pigs unevenly steady.
Butcher heifers strong to 15c higher;
butcher cows steady to strong; other
classes about steady. Sheep and lambs
practically steady compared with
Thursdays prices. October 18th Chi
cago prices: Hogs, top, $3.50; bulk
$8.15 to $9.40; medium and good beef
steers $7.15 to Sill; butcher cows and
heifers $685. to $685.; feeder steers
$685. to $50; light and medium
weight veal calves $3.50 to Sill; fat
lambs $12.25 to $14.10; feeding lambs
S12.75s to $14; yearlings $3.50 to $12;;
fat ewes $3.50 to $6.75. Stocker and
feeder shipments from IL important
markets during the week ending Oct.
9Th were: Cattle and calves 180,327;;
hogs 1856; sheep 17O,401.
Fresh meat prices in eastern whole
sale markets were not materially
changed for the week. Beef practically
steady, veal weak to 81 lower; lamb
and mutton firm to 81 higher and fresh
pork loins weak to So lower.
On Oct. 18th beef and mutton gen
orally steady; veal steady in some
markets, 81 lower at others; lamb
steady to 81 higher at Philadelphia;
weak to lower elsewhere; pork loins
steady at some markets and 81 lower
at others. October 18th prices good
grade meats: Beef $15-18; veal $12-17;
lamb $20-25; mutton $13-15; light pork
Joins $2428; heavy .loins 1892.