The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-04-12
RAIN MARKET IS FIRM
Beef Steers Weak to 15c Lower;
Cows and HeiferS 15c Lower.
(For week ending April 6, 1921

GRAIN: Grain market undertone
firm most OF week and prices show net
advances. For the week Chicago May
wheat up l cent, Chicago May corn
up 2 cents. Bullish crop reports,
strength in corn, and big export bust
ness were main factors. Wheat con
tinued strong on sixth with July and
September at new high levels. Corn
trade active, deferred futures reached
new high points. Speculative interest
in corn increasing; sentiment bullish.
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket: No. . red winter wheat $1.33;
No. 2 hard winter wheat S1.23; No. 2
mixed corn 78c, No. 2 yellow corn 78c;
No. 3 white oats 45c. Average farm
prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central
Iowa SAC: No. 1 dark northern wheat
in central North Dakota $1.03. Clos
ing future prices: Chicago May wheat
s1.2lS; Chicago May corr 1850; Min
neapolis May wheat $121h; Kansas
City May wheat $1.13ss; Winnipeg
May wheat sl.1sA.
HAY: Market generally steady and
prices fairly firm for best grades of
hay, Poorer grades dull and receipts
exceed demand in several markets.
Country loadings light. Good shipping
demand reported TO south from central
western markets. Quoted April 9Th:
No. l timothy Chicago s23, Minneapo-
lis $3.50, st. -oui: $3.50, No. / prai-
RE st. Louis $3.50, Minneapolis
$3.50.
FEED: Wheat feed prices remain
fairly steady but demand is very mod
crate. Mills and jobbers not forcing
sales as any pressure to sell tends to
lower prices. Supply OF linseed meal
exceeds demand in most markets, prlc-
es weak. C~ottonseed meal market also
weak. hut prices practically unchang-
ed. Demand for hominy and gluten
feed very quiet. Quoted April 9Th:
Bran S27, ~middlings $27. -four mid
dlings $3.50, Minneapolis; Gluten feed
$40.65 Chicago, "a per cent linseed meal
SAL Minneapolis.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets very sensitive and unsettled
throughout the week with spring pro-
duction close at hand, and the posi-.
bility of lower prices. Demand has
been no more than moderate and spec.
ulative interest has been entirely lack
ing. Price tendency OF the week was
downward, although at the close a
steadier o had developed. Closing
price so score butter: New York 49hc,
Chicago 4Sc. Cheese markets weak. De-
clines on Wisconsin cheese boards
Monday, April End, placed trading on
a basis averaging from l12c more than
a week ago. Absence of export buying
which featured markets during the
middle of March, and the approach OF
the flush production season caused
weakness. Prices at Wisconsin pri.
mary cheese markets April 5th: Sin.
gle Daisies 21Ac, Longhorns 20ac
Square Prints 21Ac, light trading in
other styles.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chi
cago hog prices ranged from 1C to zoe
higher than a week ago. Beef steers
weak to 15c lower; butcher cows and
heifers 10 to 15c lower; feeder steers
10c net off and light and medium
weight veal calves Soc to s1.25.up. Fat
lambs 40 to SOC lower; feeding lambs
steady to 25c and yearlings steady to
75c off and fat ewes steady to 25c up
On April 9Th hogs were uneven most
ly 10 to 15c lower than Thursdays;
beef steers, butcher COWS and heifers,
stockers and feeders weak % 15c low
err; bulls and veal calves around
steady. Sheep and lambs practically
steady. April 9th Chicago prices:
Hogs. top, 1855; bulk of sales $500
to $50; medium and good beef steers
$8.15 to $50; butcher cows and heif-
ers $40 to DTS; feeder steers -s6.25
to $40: light and medium weight veal
calves IS to 1925; fat lambs STATS
to 14.75; feeding lambs SIS to l4.75;
yearlings s9.75 to 1880; fat ewes 81
to 9.25. Stocker and feeder shipments
from IL important markets during the
week ending March 30th: Cattle and
calves 35.433. hogs 1886, sheep $500.