The Hope pioneer., 1922-09-28
SHARP BREAK IN WHEAT
Sale Of Wheat and Grains In
crease as Peace Forecasts.

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crease as Peace Forecasts.
U. s. Bureau of Markets, Washington D. c..
tor week ended September rs. 1922.
,GRAIN-Wheat market unsettled
during the week and closed lower;
corn prices higher. Foreign war news
was the chief market factor. Chicago
December wheat down 1Ac. Chicago
December corn up 1c. Wheat declined
under general selling on the 25th.
Visible wheat supply 32,334,000 bu-
shells, compared with 51,159,000 bu.
same date last year. Corn showed
good resistance but closed unchanged
to slightly lower. Visible supply corn
10,559,00O bushels, compared with H..
491, 900 bu. same date last year. Clos
ing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. 2 red winter wheat s110; No. 2
hard winter wheat $1.06; No. 2 mixed
corn 63c; No. yellow corn 64c; No.
3 white oats 39c. Average farm
prices: No. 2 linked corn in central
Iowa about SOC; No. hard winter
wheat in central Kansas Ssc. Closing
future prices: Chicago December
wheat $1.04; Chicago December corn
5SAc; Minneapolis December wheat
$l.03%; Kansas City December wheat
97Ac; Winnipeg October wheat 94Ac
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter mar
kets firm during the week. Receipts
lighter following seasonal decrease in
production. Storage butter moving in
fairly large quantities in wholesale
way. Prices Of fresh butter are now
the highest they have been this year.
Closing prices 80 score butter: New
York 43c; Chicago 41c. Cheese mar
kets firm during the week. Demand
has continued good in spite of recent
advances. Held cheese beginning to
move. Prices at Wisconsin primary
cheese markets Sept. %: Twins 2ONc;
Daisies .21c; Double Daisies 2OAc;
Young Americas 1870; Longhorns
21kc; Square Prints 23c.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Chica-
go hog prices ranged from 25 to 6Oc
higher for the week. Beef steers
ranged from 10 to 3Oc lower with the
exception of best grades which were
generally Is to Csc higher. Butcher
COWS and heifers averaged about Csc
lower and veal calves from 81 to $1.50
lower. Feeder steers unchanged. Fat
lamb rs to Csc higher, feeding lambs
SO to 60c higher and yearlings rs to
soc higher. Lower grades of ewes
were Csc lower and better grades 1Oc
higher for the week. On Sept. rs,
hogs opened 10 to 15c higher that Sat.
urday's average but closed dull with
most of the early advance lost. Bet.
ter grades Of steers were generally
steady to strong with lower grades 10
to 15c lower. Butcher cows and
heifers were mostly Is to Csc lower
with stockers and feeders steady. Fat
lambs were Csc lower and feeding
lambs were firm. Sheep ranged from
steady to weak. Sept. Is Chicago
prices: Hogs, top, $1O70; bulk of
sales $7.75 tc $1,000, medium and good
beef steers $3.50 to 5000; butcher
COWS and heifers $3.75 to 1925; feeder
steers $5.65 to $8.25; light and medi.
um weight veal calves $40 to $12.5O;
fat lambs $13.25. to STATS; feeding
lambs s12.5O to $14.35: yearlings 1925
to $12.25; fat ewes $3.50 to $40.
IL important markets during the
week ending Sept. Is, were: Cattle
and calves 127,363; hogs 1866; sheep
92,104. AS rule eastern wholesale
fresh meat prices were firm to higher
than week ago. Beef and veal aver.
aged about steady, lamb was firm at
some markets and 81 to SO higher at
others. Fresh pork loins were gen.
orally 81 to SO higher, while net
changes in mutton prices were slight
On Sept. 25 veal, lamb and mutton
were steady to 81 higher than last
weeks close. Pork loins generally 81
to 81 higher, supplies of most kinds
of meat being only moderate and de-
mand fairly great. Sept. Is prices
good grade meats: Beef s17 to $3.50;
Veal $18 to $40; Lamb s24 to $50;
Mutton s13 to $17; light pork loins
$28 to $31; heavy loins SIG to $23.
Minneapolis Closing Cash Prices.
Spring wheat-No. dark northern,
1.13@116; No. northern, 1.15@1.2O;
No. 1 dark hard, 1.09@1.17; No. hard,
1.O2@104. No. am. dur. 92c@96c;
No. l. durum, S4c@91c. Corn No. 2
yellow, 58c@59c. Oats No. white, "a
@36c Barley, choice to fancy, 56c@
5Sc Rye No. 2, &c. Flaxseed No. /
2.25@2.26.
South St. Paul Live Stock.
So. St. Publishers, s4.O0@z5O;
veal calves, s3.5O@10.75; cows and
heifers, $3.25@5.50; hogs, sS.00@9.9O;
sheen and lambs $7llM1350