Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-10
GRAIN CLOSES LOWER
Chicago Hog Prices Ranged from
10 to zoe Lower.
CFor week ending May 7. 1929

steadily daring week and closed sharp
~ lower Chicago July wheat down
SIC; Chicago July corn down sac.
Main market factors were lack OF I'M
portant support, decline In stocks and
cotton market and break In corn mar.
ket on 9Th. Wheat and corn prices
firm most OF the It'll but liquidation
was resumed late and sharp break de-
veloped. Closing prices in Chicago cash
market: No. 2 red winter wheat $l.24;
No. Q hard winter wheat S1.1S: No. .
mixed corn 7sc; No. Q yellow corn soc;
MOI 9 white oats 4sc. Average farm
prices: No. 2 mixed corn In central
Iowa SIC: No. hard winter wheat
In central Kansas s1.05.
Closing future prices: Chicago July
wheat sl.15h: Chicago July corn
77hc; Minneapolis July wheat $f.21k;
Kansas City July wheat S1.0s%.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chicago
hog prices ranged from 10 to zoe low.
or for the week. Beef steers s to 15c;
butcher cows and heifers Is to 25c
and feeder steers Is to soc higher.
Fat sheep and lambs being quoted on
a shorn basis showed declines ranging
from s1.75 to 200. On May 7th hogs
opened 10 to use lower. closed IL to
CSC lower than Saturdays average;
beef steers and stockers and feeders
strong to 15c higher: butcher cows
and heifers strong to Csc higher; veal
ers mostly rs to soc lower. May 7th
Chicago prices: Hogs, top. ss.15; bulk
of sales s7.55 to $40: medium and
good beef steers $500 to $50: butcher
cows and heifers $4.75 to S.75: feeder
steers $685. to $50; light and medium
weight veal calves $7.75 TO 10: fat
lambs sl1.75 to 1925: yeariings So to
Ills; fat ewes IS to s.25. Stocker and
feeder shipments from ~ important
markets during the week ending April
27th were: Cattle and calves 1854
hogs 1900: sheep 9.115. In eastern
wholesale fresh meat markets veal
Arm TO 81 higher. mutton weak to 81
lower and pork loins 80 to 3 mp for the
week. May 7th prices good grade
meats: Beef $3.50 to Is: veal SIS to
rs: lamb s22 to 2s; mutton SIS to
II: light pork loins $3.50 TO 81: heavy
loins sl4 to II.
HAY: Timothy hay prices have
been maintained during the past week
on the few cars OF good hay received
but low grades are dull and are selling
at increasing discounts. Alfalfa prices
have been well maintained throughout
the weak. Receipts have been weak
and demand from feeders continued
fairly active. Prairie hay receipts In
western markets continue very light
and are from scattered shipping
points. There has been fairly active
demand at Kansas City from Texas
and other southern markets but the
approach OF pasturage is beginning Ia
restrict the local demand. Quoted
May 5th; No imothy New York SET
Chicago $2s. Minneapolis $3.50. Kan
sas City $40: No. alfalfa Kansas City
s2s50, Omaha s2175. No. I prairie
Kansas City $40, Minneapolis $3.50.
FEED; Feed markets quiet Transit,
offerings scarce, deferred shipments
offerings heavy. demand light. cotton
seed meal declined 81 per ton, Gluten
feed was advanced 81 per ton. prcduc
ton good. demand fair. Quoted May
5th: Bran s2S5o. middlings s2S.75
-four middlings $50. Minneapolis: glu
ten feed sS7l5 Chicago: 80 per cen,
linseed meal s4s Minneapolis: White
homtpy feed sSs st, Louis. $3.50 Chi
cago.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets have been temporarily frmer dur
ing the week due mostly to increased
supplies and In part to more liberal
buying by dealers in anticipation OF
slight price advance. The production
OF butter has made only small gains
from week 20 week Closing prices %
score butter: New York 4sAc: Chica
20 tsc Cheese markets fairly stead,
following the advances on Wisconsin
cheese boards Monday which placed
trading on a basis Of about nc to Il
higher than last week. Prices at VIE
consin primary cheese markets Ma,
sth; Twins axe, Daisies 2sc. Long
horns 2iAc. Square Prints 21,ac.