Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-06-21
HOG PRICES ADVANCE
Grain Prices FIuctuate Within a
Very Narrow Margin

for week enuing June 10. 1871
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chicago
hog prices ranged from 80 to Toe high
or for the week. Beef steers steady
to S5c and butcher cows and heifers
% to SOC up; feeder steers advanced
IS to 40c; veal calves so to Use: fat
lambs sl.75 to 2: yearlings $50 to
275.
On June 18th good to choice grade
hogs 10 to 15c higher; beef steers
and yearlings and better grades butch
sr cows and heifers strong to 15c
higher: stockers and feeders strong
to Csc higher June 18th Chicago
prices: Hogs. top, s7.45; bulk Of sales
sS.75 to 7.25; medium and good beef
steers $40 to 1855: butcher cows
and heifers s4.25 to 1925. Feeder
steers $40 to SIS: veal calves $s.25
to IL. Fat lambs $14 to 1880: year
lings sl1.75 to 1880: ewes So to s.25.
Stocker and feeder shipments from IL
important markets during the week
ending June Sth were: Cattle and
calves 4s.79s; hogs 1883; sheep
1876. In eastern Wholesale fresh
meat markets beef was soc to 81; veal
81 to Q: lamb IS to s: mutton 81 to S;
and pork loins steady to 50 higher for
the week June 18th prices good
grade meats: Beef SIS to II: veal SIS
to IS; lamb s2s to "a; mutton SIS to
Is; light pork loins SIS to 20; heavy
loins $11 to Is.
Hay: Timothy hay markets continue
firm because OF light receipts. Ar
rivals generally below demand for
good hay. Dry weather in some Sec
lions OF east and southeast causing
larger demand for hay. Alfalfa move
ment In central and southwest de-
layed by wet weather. Quoted June
18th: No. 1 timothy. New York $27.
Chicago $3.50. Minneapolis SIS. No.
prairie, Minneapolis $3.50.
FEED: Demand for feedstuffs light.
Prices most feeds fairly steady. Offer
ings generally ample to meet present
requirements Recent accumulation OF
about $4,000 tons OF bran by western
jobbers has temporarily halted decline
in this feed. Middlings hold firm and
command premium OF 81 to 5 over
bran Quoted June 18th: Bran $l9.
middlings $24. rye middlings $24. Min
neapolis: gluten feed s3715 Chicago;
White hominy feed s33 Chicago: 80
per cent linseed meal $3s Minneapolis,
IN I'D faA p
tainly within narrow range during the
week but a sharp break at the close
resulted In net losses Unfavorable
crop and weather news were sustain
ing influences but limited buying sup
port induced profit taking and price
recessions. Chicago July wheat down
4hc net: Chicago July corn down
sc. Wheat market weak on the 18th
caused by liquidation. Domestic and
export cash demand dull. Corn firm
compared with wheat and finished only
fractionally lower. Closing prices In
Chicago cash market: No. 2 red win
ter wheat s1l4: No. hard winter
wheat s1.09; No. mixed corn SAC;
No. yellow corn SAC: No. white
oats 42c. Average farm prices: No.
mixed corn in central Iowa Tic. Clos
ing future prices: Chicago July wheat
s1.07: Chicago July corn sic; Mime
apolis July wheat $1.09B; Kansas
City July wheat s9hc; Winnipeg July
wheat s1.15h.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets temporarily firm after a week
OF unsettled trading. Neither quality
nor prices have been entirely salts
factory for storing, and relatively
heavy imports at New York have been
an influence which has served to keep
the market more or less nervous.
Closing prices 80 score butter: New
York SOC; Chicago 3shc. Cheese mar
kets unsettled and fairly steady. Sales
slow at prevailing prices and buying
for storage very light for the season.
Thirteen hundred boxes OF cheese
have arrived at New York during the
week from New Zealand. and prices
on shipment for delivery during Feb
ruary and March has indicated costs
with the tariff included. amounting to
practically the same as present costs
OF full grass cheese suitable for stor-
age. Prices at Wisconsin primary
cheese markets June 18th: Single