Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1922-03-24
GRAIN j | PRICES |: ) HIGHER 4 J |.
Foreign Situation aid light Re-
ceipts cause-Hogs Down.
y. 5. Bureau of Markets.. Washington, D. O..
Tor week ended Mar. 20, 1922.

y. 5. Bureau of Markets. Washington. D. O..
Tor week ended Mar: 20. 1922.
GRA1N-Prices averaged higher for
the week Influenced by the strength
In cash markets, good reports Of sales,
light receipts and bullish view of for
etgn situation. Visible supply 'wheat
3S,179.OO0 bus, decrease of 673.OO0
bus. for week. Visible supply corn
46,6OS,OOO bus, an increase of 1,531,-
600 bus. for week. Closing prices in
Chicago cash market: No. 2 red win
ter wheat $685.; No. 2 hard winter
wheat $1.36; No. mixed corn SOC:
No. 2 yellow corn 60c No. 3 white
oats SIC. Average farm prices: No.
2 mixed corn in Central Iowa about
Acc; No. = L dark Northern wheat in
Central North Dakota $1.36ss; No. 2
hard winter wheat in Central Kansas
$1.15. For the week Chicago May
wheat up. 6Ac; closing at 1851;
Chicago May corn INC at &c; Min
neapolis May wheat UP SC at $14o:
Kansas City May wheat up SIC at
$1.26k; Winnipeg May. wheat up 47lc
at $1.35h.
HAY-Hay prices advanced in sew
eral Central Western markets. Very
light receipts largely responsible for
advances. General demand unim-
proved; poor hay sells slowly. East
ern markets dull, Southern markets
inactive. Buying general for .inme-
date needs only.
FEED-Feed markets inactive.
Country demand in most sections re-
mains poor. Quoted March IS: Bran
$23, middlings $3.50, Minneapolis.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter mar
kets firm under an excellent demand
which is taking all grades including
storage. Closing prices 80 score: New
York 4Oc; Chicago 39c; Philadelphia
391Ac; Boston 40kc.
Cheese markets steady but trading
is not on confident basis except for
held goods which are scarce Prices
at Wisconsin primary markets March
IS: Twins 191ac; Daisies and Double
Daisies 2Cc; Young America "22c;
AOuS AIZC, IIlulS LJC.
LIVE STOCK AND MEATS-Chi-
cago hog prices declined 80 to 45c per
100 lbs. Beef steers weak to zoe lower;
butcher cows and heifers down 10 to
Csc; feeder steers firm to Csc higher;
veal calves declined Is to $1.25. Fat
lambs unchanged Feeder lambs and
yearlings generally Csc higher. Fat
ewes showed a net advance of 75c per
100 lbs. March 20 Chicago live stock
prices: Hogs, top $1,000; bulk Of
sales $500 to 1880; medium and good
beef steers $40 to $50; butcher COWS
and heifers $4.15 to So; feeder steers
$3.50 to IT'S; light and medium
weight veal calves Sc to 9.25; Fat
lambs $13.25 to 1886; feeding lambs
$11.75 to s13.75; yearlings SLIPS to
$14.50; fat ewes $6.75 to s1o25.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
IL important markets for week ending
March 10 were: Cattle and calves
52,1O5; hogs 13,417; sheep 1856
VEGETABLES - Pot-to hau!ings
light at shipping points, demand and
movement light, market weak and un-
settled in North Central and Western.
$1.20 to SLAB per 100 lbs
Minneapolis Cash Closing Prices.
neapolis-Wheat No. l dark nor
thern, 1.55@1.62; No. l northern, 1.53
@1.56; No. northern, 1.4S@1.53: No.
3 northern, 1.42@1.49; No. l durum,
1.19@1.24. Corn, No. yellow, 52c@
53c; No. 3 mixed, sic. Rye No. 2,
97c@98c. Oats No. white, 33c@34c
R9rlAV chOico fancy SQomS0p