Askov American., 1923-01-18
GRAM rRIcE MAKE GAIN


y. q Bureau os Aa1kete weeAlAgteA.
2. c. for week ended Jan. Is iS3a.
GRAIN: Grain prices made sligAt
net gains during the wsek, Chicago
May wheat up lKc: Chicaso May corn
~ 1xc. Foreign political conditions
main factors ln0ueaeing market.
Wheat narket inactive at opening o.
the 18th but lafae short covsr1ng
brought prices to frAetioaally higher
level Visible suppU wheat %0.ls3.0ee
bushels compared with q, ~. 600 bash
els same date last yaAx. Visible supply
corn lS.sls. 900 bushels compared With
3l,1sS. 900 -tusAels Same date hast year.
Ciosins prices n Chicag Q cash mar
ket: No. red winter wheat $1.3l: No.
I hard winter wheat $ll1: No. mixed
corn 72c: No. ! yellow corn 71c: No.
) white oats &c. Average farm pric-
80: No. mixed corn In central Iowa
Soc: No. dark northsfn wheat In
central North Dakota $l.oa. Cltsing
future prices: Chicago May wheat
S1.lSk; Chicago May corn 73Kc: Min
nsapolis May wheat ti.lsst: Kansas
City May wheat el.l0k: Winnipsg
May wheat sl.l3k.
FEED: MIN feed markets quiet but
nrm. Jobbsrs heavily stocko1 and
discounting prices. Present light oper-
alton Of nour mills tend to sustain
wheat feed prices. Cottonsesd meal
weak: linseed meal easier. Corn feeds
arm. production good. demand fair.
Alfalfa meal steady. demand light
production good. Supplies IN interior
considered normal and storage stocks
in excess Of those held 1t same time
last year. Receipts and movement
good. -
LIVESTOCK AND MHATs: Chicago
hos prices we're 30 to CSC lower Tor
the week. Beef steers ranged from
Csc higher to 2sc lower on top and
good grades to 40c higher On medium
grades. Butcher cows and heifers
we're 10 and 36c higher respectively
while feeders were IS to l0c higher
and veal calves Soc lower. Fat lambs
we're IS to l0c lower. feeders steady
to lOc higher. yearlings steady and
ewes 40c to Il lower. On January 18th,
hogs were Ave to nftcen cents lower
beef steers generally steady to CSC
l0wr. and fat lambs Is to Soc lower
Fat sheep weak to sc lower. January
18th. Chicago prices: Hogs. top. $50:
bulk OF sales e7?s to 1S.25: medium
and good beef steers $3.50 to 311.5o:
butcher cows and heifers t37s to
3l0.56: feeder steers ss.z5 to s.: light
and medium weight veal calves $S.25
to $l1; fat lambs 3l1.75 to STATS:
feeding lambs 312.76 to &1lSs: year.
linss 1926 to SIS: tat ewes IS to ts.ss
Stockers and feeder shipments from
IL important markets during the weeh
ending January 5th we're: Cattle and
calves $3.50: hogs s.z61: sheep 23.l4l
In eastern wholesale fresh meat mar
kets beef ranged from steady to -
higher for the week. veal 81 TO IS high
er on better grades and steady pu
lower grades: lamb remained prac
tically unchanged. Mutton was q
lower on good grades and Il to 3,
higher on medium grades. Light porh
loins were from 81 lower to SOC high
er and heavy loins steady to Soc low
er. On January 18th beef was II high
or ut Boston, steady to slightly higher
at Philadelphia with good steers 500
to 81 higher and other grades steady
at New York Veal was steady at al
markets. Lamb was 81 higher st Phil
adelphia and steady elsewhere. Nut
ton vas 81 higher 1t Boston. steady Il
81 higher at Philadelphia and steady
at New York Pork loins were Soc Il
81 higher at Philadelphia. Loins and
shoulders Soc to 81 higher with 0theI
grades steady 1t New York and Bos
ton. January 18th prices good grade
meats: Beef $14-l7; veal Si7.30; laml
3242s; mutton S13-l7: light pork loinI
31s.50-18: heavy loins @1115.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets barely steady to weak. Firmnesi
early in week gave way under pressure
Of relatively heavy supplies which in
cluded several thousand packages o.
foreign butter. Closing prices % score
butter: New York s3c: Philadelphia
5lc: Boston sac: Chicago Sic.
%. q. Paul Livestock.
Steers 5.25G7.50: cows and heifers
315Qs7s; veal calves. 100000;
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