The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-08-02
HOG PRICES ARE HIGHER
Wheat Closed Lower for the
Week in All Markets.
(For week ending July 27, 1929

LIVE STOCK AND chi
cago, hog prices ranged from Is to
soc higher for the week. Beef steers
10 to Csc up. Butcher cows and heif-
ers steady to 55c lower, feeder steers
35 to 40c off. and veal calves advanced
soc. Fat lambs declined so to 75c and
yearlings soc net. On July 81 hogs
opened 10c higher, closed 10c lower
than yesterdays average. Veal calves
soc lower. Fat lambs steady to 25c
lower, feeder 25c lower.
July q Chicago prices: Hogs top
$7.75; bulk of sales $685. to 7.65. Me-
dunn and good beef steers s7.75 to
| 1890; butcher cows and heifers s3.40
to 10; feeder steers 1918 to s; light
and medium weight veal calves 50 to
Il; fat lambs SLOTS to 10: feeding
lambs $10.75 to 1875; yearlings SITE
to 1850; fat ewes $3.50 to Z. Stocker
and feeder shipments from II impor-
ant markets during the week ending
July 20 we're: Cattle and calves 1905,
hogs 5,S67, sheep 32,087. July 9th
prices good grade meats: Beef SIG to
1850; veal SIG to Is; lamb SIS TO "a;
mutton s12 to IS; light pork loins SIT
to 20; heavy loins $40 to IA.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter firm
after sharp advances which followed
heavy buying at New York reports OF
sharp decreases in production togeth-
er with firm foreign markets, respon-
sible for the reaction. Prices Of 81
score butter: New York 42c; Chi
cago 40c. Cheese markets are lower
and unsettled this week following de-
cline of price on the Plymouth, Wis
consin, market of "a to &c or Mon
day. These lower prices are expected
to cause more active buying and bet
ter market conditions. Prices at Wis
consin primary cheese markets July
Is: Flats 22Ac; Twins 211sc; Single
Daisies 211Ac; Young Americas 23c;
Longhorns 22&c; Square Prints 23c.
HAY: Western markets weak as
a result of increased receipts and
prices generally lower. Eastern mar
kets about unchanged and offerings,
particularly top grades, well absorbed.
Quoted July 81: No. l timothy Min
neapolis SIT, No. l prairie Minneapo-
lis $3.50.
FEED: Mill feeds firm but not
quotably higher. September, October
and November shipment bran offered
$3.50 under prompt shipment prices,
Hominy feed easier and quoted about
soc lower. Gluten feed unchanged. Oil
meals in good supply, demand very
light. Quoted July 81: Minneapolis
bran $40; middlings S24.75; flour mid
dlings $29, rye feed S24.50; white
hominy feed Chicago 1872; 80 per cent
linseed meal Minneapolis $4,000.
GRAIN: Wheat closed lower for the
week in all markets except Minneapo-
lis. Corr closed higher OF drought
news mainly. For the week Chicago
September wheat declined 1Bc; Chi
cage September corn advanced INC.
Wheat declined early on the 9th
with Liverpool and on weakness in
corn market hut advanced later on
strength in Minneapolis and closed
firm. Export demand slow with no
sales reported up to close. Corn aver
aged lower on well scattered rainfall
over corn belt. Closing prices in Chi
cago cash market. No. 2 red winter
wheat CSC; No. 2 hard winter wheat
Csc; No. 2 mixed corn 90c; No. 2 vel
low corr soc; No. 3 white oats 42c.
Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed
corn in central Iowa 76c; No. 2 hard
winter wheat in central Kansas 7Sc.
Closing future prices: Chicago Sep
tember wheat 97Ac; Chicago Septem-
Der corn 77Bc; Minneapolis Septem-
Der wheat $1.07; Kansas City Septem.
Der wheat 91hc; Winnipeg October
wheat 96hc.