The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-03-22
STEERS HIGHER
Grain Prices Close Higher Thar
ID. A Week AGO

u. S. Bureau OF Markets, Washing
ton, d. c., for week ending March 10
1923.
GRAIN-Prices kept within narrow
limits during the week but closed
higher than a week ago. Trade local,
action of market governed by pit con
ditions rather than by important news,
Wheat firm on the 18th and prices ad
vanced on reports Of big export bust
ness. Corn prices advanced easily on
buying encouraged by advances In
wheat prices. Closing prices in Chi
cago cash market: No. 2 red winter
wheat $1.32, No. 2 hard winter wheat
S1.22, No. 2 mixed corn 75c, No. 2 vel
low corn 75c, No. 3 white oats 45c.
Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed
corn in central Iowa &c, No. 2 hard
winter wheat in central Kansas $1.02
No. ! dark Northern wheat in central
North Dakota $1.02. Closing future
prices: Chicago May wheat S1.21,
Chicago May corn 74Ac, Minneapolis
May wheat $1.201a, Kansas City May
wheat Slips, Winnipeg May wheat
s1.15&.
FEED-Trading in feed stuffs quiet
A few eastern markets quote bran and
middlings soc and 81 lower respec'
lively. Co tonseed meal a shade lower
and linseed oil meal weak. Production
appears ample and while transit and
prompt shipment offerings are in light
supply there is an urgency Of offerings
for future shipment especially OF
wheatfeeds. Stocks and interior sup
plies fair. Movement light and de.
mand light. Quoted March 16th-Bran
$2S. Middlings s2S. Flour middlings
1929 so, MINNEAPOLIS. "a per CEN Lin,
seed meal SASS 0 Minneapolis. SAT Buff,
falo; white hominy feed $40 Chicago,
$3.50 st. Louis, Gluten feed s42.65
Chicago.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter mar.
kets steady to firm, but nudertone
more or less unsettled. Demand in.
creased and some price advances have
occurred. Sales of New Zealand but.
ter slow. Closing prices 92 score but.
ter-New York soc, Chicago SOC.
Cheese markets relatively firm. the
chief support being buying for export
trade. Domestic demand light. Wis.
consin shipments tied up account
snow. Prices at Wisconsin primary
cheese markets March 18th: Single
Daisies 23c. Double Daisies 22lhc,
Young Americas 24Nc, Longhorns
23ac, Square prints 241Ac.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Chica.
go hog prices ranged from 80 10 40c
higher than a week ago. Beef steers
averaged from 10 to 25c lower. butcher
ocws and heifers steody to Csc higher
and feeder steers 10 h zoe and veal
calves 25 to 75c up. Fat lambs were
rs to 40c and feeding lambs % to 45c
lower and yearlinRs were steady to
15c and fat ewes steady to 10c off for
the week. (On March 10th hoes were
10 to 15c higher than Thursdays aver.
age. All classes of cattle generally
steady. Fat lambs Is to Csc higher
and sheep steady to strong. March
18th Chicago prices: HOES, top. 1885.
bulk of sales $50 to s9.75. medium
and good beef steers $3.50 to $685.:
butcher cows. and heifers $3.50 tc
S9.S5; feeder steers s6.35 to sS.35.
Light and medium weight veal calves
So to $11: fat lambs s13.25 to SASS:
feeding lambs $13 Is 70 $14.85: wear.
'lings 9.75 to $3.50; fat ewes $3.50 to
SS.75. Stocker and feeder shipments
from IL important markets during the
week ending March 9th were: Cattle
and calves 1924. hogs 1888: sheen
2l.S73. In eastern wholesale fresh
meat markets beef advanced soc To
IL, veal firm to 50 up; lamb and NUT.
ton practically steady and pork loins
soc lower for the week. On March
10th beef was firm to slightly higher
Mutton steady to firm. veal week. lamb
and pork weak to 81 lower. March 16
prices good grade meats: Beet s13
tn s14.50. veal SIS to SIC. lamb s22 to
s24, mutton s13 to s14, Ii~ht pork loins
s14 to SIG. heavy loins 5000 to 10.