Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-01-06

'd|aAl MARKET WEAK " (.
Declines Registered in Wheat
and Corn Prices.
government Crop Estimate Has Bear
tsh Effect-Winter Wheat Area
SoWn in Fall ~ Million
Acres-Hoas Down.

u. S. Bure9t of Markets, Washington. d. g.
c LOT * ,r gn%ed Zee: 50. 1871.
out week, Chicago May wheat regis
tering a net decline of two cents and
closing at $1.15; Chicago May corn
down one cent at sac. Prices declined
on the 30th on bearish construction
placed upon Government crop report
estimating winter wheat area sswn
this fall 44,293,000 acres, which is IL
per cent less than the revised estimat-
ed area sown in fall of 1920. Closing
prices in Chicago cash market: No.
red winter wheat, $1.1S; No. 2 hard
winter wheat, $113; No. 2 mixed
corn, 48c; No. 2 yellow corn, 48c;
No. white oats, 34c. Average price
to farmers in central Iowa for No.
mixed corn about $50; to farmers in
central North Dakota for No. dark
Northern wheat: $1.09A; to farmers
in central Kansas for No. 2 hard win
ter wheat, CSC. For the week, Min
neapolis May wheat down 2Ac, clos
ing at $121%; Kansas City May
wheat down 1%c at $1.17A; Winni-
peg May wheat down 311c at $1.1Ob.
Hay-Holiday inactivity in hay mar
ket continues.
Feed - Mill feed market continues
inactive. Wheat feed prices firm on
light production but demand is light
and offerings are slightly larger. De-
mand for other feeds only fair and
prices and conditions are practically
unchanged. Quoted Dec so: Spring
bran, $3.50, Minneapolis; $3.50, Chit
cago; Standard middlings, $22; -four
middlings, $24, Minneapolis; SO per
cent cottonseed meal, $40.50, Chicago;
linseed meal, $44, Minneapolis; gluten
feed, $685., Chicago.
Fruits and Vegetables Potato mar
kets stronger, demand and movement
slow.
Livestock and Meats-Due to Excess
sive runs and sharply declining val
ues during the past two days, Chicago
hog prices show net declines for the
week ranging from Is to 45c per 100
lbs, heavy weights declining most. III
the cattle market stock selling near
the lower end of the various price
ranges advanced from 25-50c OF the
average while the selling near the W
per end of the ranges remained IN
| changed; this applies to both beef
and butcher cattle. Feeder steers
were generally steady. Fat lambs
were weak to 35c higher, while feed
ing lambs were 25-50c higher. Yearl-
ings and fat ewes were generally soc
higher per 100 lbs. Dec. 30th Chicago
prices: Hogs, top, $3.50; bulk of
salel, $6.40-7l5; medium and good
beef steers, $685.; butcher COWS and
heid& rs, $685.. feeder steers, $3.50;
ligh| and medium weight veal calves,
$6.75-9.50; fat lambs, s1050-11.75;
yearlings, $8-10.50; fat ewes, $3.5o-6.
The trend Of eastern wholesale
fresh meat prices was upward Though
advances were only moderate. Beef
and veal ranged from firm to 81 high
er. Lamb and pork loins were SIP
higher while mutton prices. were I'M
changed.
Dairy Products-Butter markets I'm
settled and weak at close. Closing
prices, 80 score: New York, 4o1S;
Philadelphia, az; Boston, AZ; Chi
cago, 40. ="
Cheese markets quiet and tendency
toward weakness. Prices at WiscDn-
sin primary markets Dec. 29th: Twins,
10; Daisies, 1872; Double Daisies,
1914; Longhorns, 1917; Young Amer
icas, 1917.