The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1922-09-07
MARKETS ARE STEAD|ER
Meat and Wheat Remain at Last
Week Level.
U. s. Bureau of Markets, Washington, D. c.,
for week ended September l. 1922.


GRAIN: Grain prices fluctuated
within narrow limits during the week
and average lower on selling Influenced
by weakness in Liverpool, liquidation
and hedging pressure. Corn higher
for week on bullish crop reports from
corn belt. Chicago December wheat
down INC; Chicago December corn up
Mc. Wheat prices averaged higher on
the first on short covering and buying
influenced by strength in corn. Move.
ment spring wheat rapidly increasing.
Private reports suggest spring wheat
crop 270,000,0OO bushels or 100000
bushels more than government Au.<
gust estimate, Bank Of Montreal re.
port estimates crop in Canadian prov.
inces 350,000,00O bushels, compared
with 2S1,000,0OO bushels last year.
Corn had strong undertone due to buy.
ing Influenced by private report esti.
mating corn crop 2,8300OO, 900 bushels
or 187,000,000 bushels less than gov.
eminent August figures. Closing pric.
es in Chicago cash market: No. 2 red
winter wheat Sill; No. hard winter
wheat Sill: No. 2 mixed corn CSC; No.
3 yellow corn CSC; No 8 white oats
$50. Average farm prices: No. 2 mix
ed corn in central Iowa about SOC; No.
2 hard winter wheat tn central Kansas
85c: No. dark northern wheat in GEN.
trail North Dakota S3c. Closing future
prices: Chicago December wheat $1.O2;
Chicago December corn 55B; Mime
apolis Dec. wheat $1.O1a; Kansas City
December wheat 94%: Winnipeg Dec
wheat 95A.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets firm during the week. Decrease
in production in evidence and along
with lighter receipts on markets per
centage Of top grades is becoming
lighter. Undergrades do not share
fully in firm condition of markets.
Closing prices, 80 score butter: N. Y.
381sc;; Chicago SIC. Cheese markets
barely steady during week. Business
has been very quiet with feeling of
buyers that prices are high. Rain and
cooler weather IN Wisconsin favorable
to production. Prices at Wisconsin
primary markets Aug. 81: Twins 1914;
Daisies 90; Double Daisies 1875 Long.
horns 90; Square Prints 21N.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chi.
cago hog prices ranged from firm to
soc net higher for the week. Beef
steers were generally $4,000 higher
but butcher cows and heifers ranged
all the way from loo lower to 40c high
er. Veal calves averaged SOC higher
and feeder steers were unchanged.
Fat lambs were 25-40c lower and fat
ewes weak to 15c lower. Feeder lambs
were firm to Csc higher and yearlings
unchanged. On Sept. I, light weight
and butcher hogs opened 10-15c higher
but all grades closed weak. Beef steers
and butcher cows and heifers were
slow with prices steady to 15c lowe
than Thursdays average. Veal calves
and stocker steers were steady. Fat
native lambs were slow and weak to
15c lower. Feeding lambs were steady
and sheep weak. Sept. /, Chicago pric-
es: Hogs, top $3.50; bulk of sales 1918
$50, medium and good beef steers
$8-10.50; butcher COWS and heifers
1915 to $40; feeder steers $3.50 to
$500; light and medium weight veal
calves $1125-12.75; fat lambs s12 to
$13. Feeding lambs $11.50 to $13;; year
lings $8.75 to $11.25; fat ewes $3.50 to
$3.50. Stocker and feeder shipments
from IL important markets during the
week ending Aug. rs were: Cattles
and calves 99.197; hogs 5,905; sheep
47,842 Eastern wholesale fresh meat
prices were, not materially changed
during the week. Lamb and pork loins
were steady to 81 lower.