Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-31
HIGHEST GRAIN PRICES
Chicago Hog Prices Ranged from
IS to 40c Lower for Week.
tFor week ended May Is. 1881

tFor week ended May Is, 1881
HAY: Light movement Is ruling
factor in current hay market situation.
Demand OF limited volume and prob
ably will not absorb any material In
crease in receipts without lowering
the market. Eastern markets dull but
central western markets rather active
for limited arrivals. Quoted May 26th:
No. timothy. Chicago S2s: Minneapo-
lis SIS. No. I prairie, Minneapolis
$3.50.
FEED: Most feed markets dull and
Inactive with occasional inquiries for
transit shipments. Deferred shipment
offerings continue difficult to place In
interior. Jobbers and mixers principal
buyers OF bran for future shipment.
Quoted May 26th: Bran SIS. middlings
$3.50. -four middlings $3.50, Mime
apolis; 80 per cent linseed meal SIS
Minneapolis: gluten feed $37.l5 Chi
cago; white hominy feed s34 Chicago
GRAIN: Highest prices were reach
ed the first two days of week after
which the market trended lower under
liquidation and local selling. For the
week Chicago July wheat declined
2hc net; Chicago July corn down
2hc. Continued liquidation forced
prices lower on the 2sth, but short
covering and buying by commission
houses brought about a reaction from
low points. Lack OF confidence In
market and better weather conditions
were responsible for berak. Closing
prices in Chicago cash market: No.
red winter wheat s1.2S; No. hard
winter wheat sl.1S; No. 2 mixed corn
7sc; No. Q yellow corn 79c; No. 8
white oats 43c. Average farm prices:
No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa Sc.
Closing future prices: Chicago July
wheat s1.14h: Chicago July corn Tic:
Minneapolis July wheat $1.17%: Kon.
sas City July wheat s1.07h; Winnipeg
July wheat s1.1s.
DAIRY AND. POULTRY PROD
UCTS: Butter markets weak and low.
err in the face OF increasing supplies
on the markets. Production increas'
ing and some current receipts begin
ming to show grass flavor. but on the
whole neither quality or prices are
such as to make storing a safe risk
In the opinion OF most operators
Closing prices 80 score butter: New
York 3Sc; Chicago 37hc. Following
advances amounting to about &c which
occurred on Wisconsin boards. Mon
day. cheese markets appear firmer
Trading has been fairly active at the
new prices but on the whole business
is being done on a confident basis.
Prices at Wisconsin primary cheese
markets May 26th: Flats 24c: Twins
23hc; Single Daisies 23&c; Youns
Americas FAC; Longhorns 24c; Square
Prints Csc.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chicago
hog prices ranged from Is to 40c lower
for the week Beef steers ranged from
40c lower to Csc higher; butcher cows
and heifers steady to 35c and veal
calves 25 to soc lower. Feeder steers
ranged from l5c lower to 10c higher
Fat lambs 75c to s1.25; spring lambs
sk.IU u E-NJs w ~ - o'N
fat ewes soc to s175 lower. On May
2sth hogs were generally Csc lower
beef steers. butcher cows and heifer'
weak to Csc lower. veal calves un
evenly lower: feeder steers steady u
lower: fat and spring lambs around
soc and sheep steady TO Csc of. MAJ
2Sth Chicago prices: Hogs. top 1916
bulk OF sales $3.50 to 7.30; medium
and good beef steers $3.50 to 1885
butcher cows and heifers s475 to 10
feeder steers $3.50 to $50: light and
medium weight veal calves IS to IL
fat lambs sll75 to 1850; sprinl
lambs Sl3.75 to 1880: yearlings So Il
IL; fat ewes 1918 to s25. Stockel
and feeder shipments from IL impor
tant markets during the week ending
May 18th were: Cattle and calves SO,
44s: hogs 12,12s: sheep 1882. In east
ern wholesale fresh meat markets bee
soc lower TO SO higher. Veal weak tt
81 higher: lamb weak to 81 lower
mutton 81 lower to 81 higher an'
pork loins weak to 81 lower for thu
week. May 2sth prices good grad
meats: Beef $3.50 to 1850; veal 81
/ TO IS: lamb s27 to 80; mutton SIG Il
90; light pork loins ST to 20; heaV,
| loins sl3 to IS