The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-15
HOG. PRICES ADVANCE
War Talk and Strength in Corn
Raise Grain Prices
U. s. Bureau of Markets. Washington. ID. c.
for week ending February 9. 1928.

for week ending February 3. 1928.
GRAIN: Grain prices show net
gains for the week influenced princf
pally by strength in corn and wal talk
from Near East. Chicago May wheat
up 3hc. Chicago May corn up 1%c.
Highest prices for week reached on
the 9th but there was considerable
profit taking toward close of session
and prices reacted. Milling demand fnI
cash wheat improved; Southwest pric.
es higher. Corn prices advanced to new
ing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. 2 red winter wheat $1.37, No. 2
hard winter wheat $1.21, No. 2 mixed
corn 75c, No. 2 yellow corn Use, No. 8
white oats 44c. Average farm prices:
No 2 mixed corn in central Iowa SIC,
No. 2 hard winter wheat In central
Kansas $1.05, No. l Dark Northern
wheat in central North Dakota S103
Closing future prices: Chicago May
wheat $1.2ih. Chicago May corr 76c,
Minneapolis May wheat $1.21A, Kan
sas City May wheat s1.13, Winnipeg
May wheat $1.14.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar
kets firm most OF week but no more
than steady at the close. Price advanc.
es have occurred but prices being
about 2hc over a week ago. All the
firmness during the week was due to
speculative support, although interest
temporarily lacking in face Of the
holiday, Monday the 18th, and antici-
pated heavy receipts following this, but
little interest in foreign butter now.
Closing prices 80 score butter, New
Yorh 49hc, Chicago t9c.
Cheese markets partly steady to
weak. Decline occurred on the Wis
consin cheese boards Monday but
trading interest is still lacking in view
OF further possible declines. Prices on
Wisconsin primary cheese markets
Feb. 8th: Twins 24A, Daisies and Dou.
BILE Daisies and Young Americas 25h,
Longhorns and Square Prints 25&.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chica.
go hog prices advanced Is to Csc for
the week. Beef steers %unevenly 15c
lower to Csc higher; butcher COW and
heifer 25c net higher; feeder steers
weak to csc lower and veal calves 75c
to SLIPS up. Fat lambs weak to 25c
lower; feeding lambs steady and year.
lings and fat ewes 25c net higher for
I'the week. On Feb. 9th hogs opened 10
to zoe higher thar Thursdays aver
age, closed 5 to 10c lower than early
beef steers, butcher cows and heifers
and veal calves generally steady:
stockers and feeders slow. Sheep and
lambs generally steady. Feb. 9th Chi
cago prices: Dogs. top, $50: bclk
81. 70 so; medium and good beef
steers 81. 100000: butcher cows and
heifers 81 to $40; feeder steers $5.75.
8; light and medium weight veal
calves $S.75 to $13.25; fat lambs $13.
1885. Feeding lambs $13.25-15.50
yearlings $9.50-13.0O; fat ewes $5.25
S.25. Stocker and feeder shipments
from IL important markets during the
week ending Feb. 2 were: Cattle and
calves 5S,110; hogs 12,347; sheep IS,
$50. In eastern wholesale fresh mea;
ma hCto pCSl MN W ~ hiShCA fNul
steady to 81 lower, good grade lamb
81 to So lower and medium grade firm
to 81 higher. Good grade mutton soc
TO 81 lower and medium grades 81
lower to 81 higher,d spending upon
the market: light pork loins steady,
heavy loins soc to 81 up. for the week.
On Feb. 9th bee weak to soc lower
at Boston, steady elsewhere; veal firm
at New York. steady at Philadelphia
and 81 lower at Boston: lamb weak TO
81 lower at Philadelphia, weak else
where. Mutton weak at New York.
steady elsewhere; pork steady to firm
at New York, barely steady elsewhere.
Feb. 9th prices good grade meats:
Beef s13 to SIS: veal s12 to $50; lamb
SIS to S22; mutton $3.50 to SIS; light
pork loins SIS to $17; heavy loins s12
to S15.