The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-09-13
BEEF PRICES DROPPED
Wheat Prices Held Narrow
Range During the Week.
washington, d. c., For week ending
Sept. 6, 1929

washington, ID. c., For week endlng
Sept. 6, 1929
HAY. Hay market remains firm
but prices practically unchanged in
east. Increased receipts weaken mar
kets in central west and price de-
clines of soc to 81 per ton reported.
Fairly active demand at most mar
kets for good grades of timothy, lower
grades slow sale. Recent rains in
Southwest checking demand for al
falfa and market shade easier. Quot
ed Sept. 5th, No. l timothy, Chicago
$27, Minneapolis $40; No. l alfalfa
Kansas City $22.75; No. 1 prairie Kan
sas City $3.50, Minneapolis ST..
FEED: Feed market continues
fairly firm but trading of small vol
ume. Offerings OF wheat feeds still
of small volume but demand less ur.
gent and prices steady. Offerings of
linseed meal larger. Prices lowered
soc to 81 per ton but demand limited.
Cottonseed meal firm and prices I'M
changed, but only small sales report
ed. Corn feed prices steady offerings
and demand both light. Quoted Sept.
s: Spring wheat, bran Minneapolis
$3.50, Standard middlings $3.50, lin.
seed meal Minneapolis $3.50, Gluten
feed Chicago SALTS.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets about steady at the close of the
week ending today. Trading has been
somewhat unsettled and prices at
times irregular. Uncertainty of fall
production continues to be an element
of influence. Imports continue altho
not in quantities which themselves are
of Importance. First shipments of
fresh butter arrived during the week.
Wholesale prices of so score today:
New York 45c, Chicago 45c. Cheese
markets steady to firm after slight ad-
vances on Wisconsin cheese boards
Monday. Buyers operating conserva-
lively at new prices. but on the whole
a fair business reported. Wholesale
prices at Wisconsin primary markets
Sept. 5th: Twins PAGE; Single Dali
sizes 25c; Double Daisies 2412c; Young
Americas 26Hc; .L%onghorns 26c;
Square Prints 26c.
GRAIN: Wheat prices held mar.
row range during the week but closed
slightly higher. Buying by elevator in
terests, strength in corn and higher
foreign markets were Strengthening
factor. Wheat prices averaged high.
er on the sixth, influenced by wet
weather and light receipts. Corn mar.
ket had firm undertone on covering
by shorts. Closing prices in Chicago
cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat
s1.05; No. 2 hard winter wheat SLOT:
No. 2 mixed corr SIC; No. 2 yellow
corn 90c; No. 8 white oats csc. No. 2
mixed corr in central Iowa 76c. Clos.
ing future prices: Chicago December
wheat $1.05%; Chicago. December
corn 6SBc; Minneapolis December
wheat $1.17h; Kansas City December
wheat s1.03B; Winnipeg December
wheat 95Bc.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chicago
hog prices ranged from sc lower to
Acc higher for the week. Beef steers
were Is to 35c lower, butcher cows
and heifers weak to Csc off. feeder
steers steady to 40c and veal calves
25 to soc higher. Fat lambs steady to
Coo higher; feeding lambs 10 to Csc up.
yearlings steady to 25c lower and fat
eve so to 75c lower. On Sept. 9Th
hogs mostly Csc lower; veal calves
SOC higher and fat lambs 15c up. Sept
9Th Chicago prices; Hogs top 50 35;
bulk of sales $3.50 to go; MEDIUM
and good beef steers s7.65 to 11.75:
butcher cows and heifers $3.15 to IL
feeder steers $3.50 to Ole; light and
medium weight veal calves So % to
Ills; fat lambs $11 to 14.25; feeding
lambs SLIPS to 1860; yearlings $7,75
to 1915; fat ewes $3.75 to 7.25. EST.
mated receipts at seven markets were:
Cattle 81 900; calves 1900; hogs 81.
600; sheep $4,000. Stocker and feeder
shipments from IL important markets
during the week ending Aug. 80 we're
Cattle and calves 1875 939; hogs 17.I2O.
sheep 1880. In eastern wholesale
fresh meat markets beef soc lower to
SOC higher; veal firm to 81 higher;
lamb weak to 81 and mutton SO to "a
lower and pork loins 81 to 81 higher
for the week.