Little Falls herald., 1922-11-10
MARKETS. / ( ARE NERVOUS
Politics Has Affected Wheat
Making 1t Jumpy.
U. 8. Bureau of Markets, Washington. D. C..


for week ended Nov. 6, 1929.
GKA1N-Grain prices closed higher
1or the week, Chicago December
wheat advanced 13ac, Chicago Decem.
Der corn up two cents. Most strength
was shown during the middle. OF the
week on bullish private reports on
crops and world conditions. Grain
prices decllned early on the sixth but
later buying caused reaction to higher
level. Export business restricted bv
break in foreign exchange Visible
supply wheat 32,27s,o 900 bushels com.
pared with 56,595,o0o bu same date
last year. Corn unsettled but prices
responded readily to strength in
wheat. Visible supply corn 8,SO6 900
Du compared with 1S,891,O0o bu. last
year. Closing prices In Chicago cash
market: No. 2 red winter wheat
$1.23; No. 2 hard winter wheat s115:
No. mixed corn Tic; No. 2 yellow
corn Tic; No. 3 white oats 43c. Aver
age farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn
In central Iowa about SIC; No. ! dark
northern wheat in central North Oak.
SIC; No. 2 hard winter wheat in CEN
tral Kansas 81. Closing future prices:
Chicago December wheat s1.16A: Chi
cage Dec. corn 69c; Minneapolis Dec
wheat $1.13; Kansas City Dec. wheat
$1.091s.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS. All
class of livestock declined in prices
during the week. Hogs ranged from
10 to zoe lower; beef steers and
butcher COWS and heifers declined Is
to 25c. Feeder steers Is to 40c off
and veal calves Csc net down. Fat
lambs were 5 to Csc; feeding lambs
lO to 25c and yearlings 20 to 4Oc
lower. Fat ewes were practically un-
changed for the week. On Nov. 9Th
Chicago hog prices were 10 to 15c
higher than Saturdays average. Bet
ter grades beef steers, butcher COWS
and heifers strong to higher, other
grades and stockers and feeders slow
about steady; bulls strong to zoe
higher, veal calves steady to Csc lower,
largely steady. Nov. 9Th Chicago
prices: Hogs, top $S.75; bulk of sales
$3.50 to $3.50; medium and good beef
steers $6.85 to $116O; butcher COWS
and heifers. $3.50 to $40; feeder steers
IS to $7.65; light and medium weight
veal calves $7.75 to $40; fat lambs
$l25O to $14.10; feeding lambs s12.25
to 1880; yearlingss 1925 to s12.35;
fat ewes $3.50 to SITS. Stocker and
feeder shipments from 12 important
markets during the week ending Oc.
tober 9th were: Cattle and calves
lS4,473; hogs 1852; sheep 19S,153
lhe trend of prices in eastern whole
sale fresh meat markets was also
downward. Beef declined 81. veal
weak to 81; mutton and pork loins
weak to So lower while lamb ranged
from 81 to SO down for the week. On
November beef generally steady with
fridays prices; veal 81 to 81 lower
at New York, steady elsewhere: lamb
steady at Boston, 81 to 50 higher at
other markets, mutton 81 lower on
good grades, other grades generally
steady; pork lolns generally weak.
November s prices good grade meats:
beef SIS to SIT; veal SIS to $1S; lamb
$2O to S26; mutton $12 to S13; light
pork IONS $22 to $25; heavy loins $17
to s22.
DAIRY PRODUCTs-Butter mar
kets firm at steady prices during the
week. Production decreasing; sup
plies on market, especially of fancy
grades, somewhat limited. High
prices of top scores have turned more
interest to medium and undergrades.
Withdrawals from storage heavy.
Closing prices 92 score butter: New
York 491zc; Chicago 49kc.
Cheese markets barely steady; un-
dertone unsettled. Prices do not
snow much change from week ago but
trading is slow and mostly confined
to small lots of goods for immediate
needs.
Prices at Wisconsin primary cheese
markets November 4th: Daisies
25Ac; Double daisies 24kc; Long
horns 25Ac; Square prints Csc.