The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-01-18
GRAIN TRADE CAUTIOUS
Chicago Hog Prices 5 to 10 Cents
Lower Than Week Ago.
u, s. Bureau OF Markets, Washington,
II. c.. for week ended Jan. IL. 1928

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LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chicago
hog Irices generally five to ten cents
lower than a week ago. Beef steers
steady to about 35c. hatcher COW and
heifers 90 TO soc and feeder steers 80
to Acc up. Veal calves steady to Csc
lower. Fat sheep steady to Csc and
fat ewes 25c to 81 lower: yearlings
steady to loo up; yearlings unchanged.
On January 18th hogs slow, lighter
weights steady to 10c lower, butchers
weak to l5c lower than Thursdays
average; beef steers generally steady.
Spots Is to Csc lower on yearlings;
vealers around 25c lower; sheep and
lambs generally steady. January 18th
Chicago prices: Hogs, top, 1915; bulk
Of sales $3.50 to 1856; medium and
good beef steers IS to s11.50; butcher
cows and heifers 1886 to s10.75; feed
er steers s6.25 to IS; light and me
dunn weight veal calves $3.50 to Sill;
fat lambs $13 to SIS; feeding lambs
$12.75 to SASS; yearlings 1925 to
$13; fat ives S. to $3.50. Stocker and
feeder shipments from IL important
markets during the week ending Jan.
nary 5th were: Cattle and calves IS,
$40; hogs 5,252, sheep 23,141.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES: Pc
tatoes firm in city markets, slightly
weaker at Northern shipping points
Prices reported: New York sacked
round white potatoes $1.35 to $1.40 per
100 lbs. in city market; Csc to 81 I. o.
b. shipping points. Northern stock
soc to S1.1o in midwestern markets;
62 to &c (. o. b.
GRAIN: Trade in grains was local
and mixed with support on breaks and
pressure on advances and close for
week fractiolally higher. Trade was
cautious and not inclined to press eth
er side OF market account unsettled
foreign situation which was main in
fuence during week. Buying was not
aggressive on the 18th and wheat
market heav: but decline held in check
by fair support on breaks. Export de-
mand very slow and no indications of
any business. Dry weather talk from
southwest and Green bugs in Texas
was Strengthening influence in July
which showed irmness compared to
May. Corn prices lower in sympathy
with wheat. Closing prices in Chicago
cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat
$3.50; No. 2 hard winter wheat $1.21;'
No. 2 mixed corn 72c; No. 2 yellow
corn 72c. No. 3 white oats 45c. Aver
age farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in
central Iowa 59hc; No. 2 hard winter
wheat in central Kansas $1.03; No. /
dark northern wheat in central North
Dakota $1.04. Closing future prices:
Chicago May wheat $1.19h; Chicago
May corn 72B; Minneapolis May
wheat s1.20A; Kansas City May
wheat $1.10B; Winnipeg May wheat
$1.13.
HAY: Most hay markets slightly
weaker. Receipts and country load.
ings generally light but mild weather
restricting den-an Quoted May II:
No. / Timothy, Chicago $23; Mime
apolis $3.50; No. l Prairie, Mime
apolis SIS.
FEED: Mill feed markets inactive
with buyers and sellers apart. Stocks
mostly in second hands and firmly
held because of Improvement in grains.
Wheatfeeds slightly firnler on light
offerings by mills. Oil meals easier and
~cottonseed meal quoted about 81 low.
er. Gluten feed prices advanced by
manufacturers So per ton. Hominy
feed firm, price a shade higher, de-
mand and offerings light. Interior and
storage stocks good. Quoted January
18th; Bran S24,5O; Middlings $24.50;
Flour Middlings $27.25; Rye Middlings,
$23, Minneapolis. Gluten feed $44.35
Chicago.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
ket firm at close. Declines early in
month checked. Tendency again up
ward. Imports on eastern markets
light during week. First large shin
ments OF Australian and New Zealard
butter have just arrived at San Fran.
cisco. Stocks low for season. Total
available supply barely equals de-
mand. Closing prices: 92 score bat
ter, New York FAN; Philadelphia 54A;
Boston 54h; Chicago So. Advances in
prices on Wisconsin cheese boards
Monday have placed trading on slight.
ly higher basis than last week. Cheese
prices on Wisconsin primary markets
JaSrary 18th: Twins 26h, Daisies
27A, Double Daisies 26A, Longhorns
27A, Square Prints 27A.