The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-08
HOG PRICES ARE LOWER
Foreign News Is Big Influence on
Grain Markets as Whole
y. 8 Bureau CT Markets, Washington, u. y.
for week .nding January 20. 1928.

for week nding January 20. 1928.
I GRAIN-Grain prices kept within
narorw limits during the week and
only fractional net changes occurred,
Foreign news was dominating influence
but commission houses supported
market on breaks. Wheat trade mar
row on the 29th with ome parish
sentiment over political news abroad
and increase in visible supply. Visible
supply wheat 54,505, 900 bushels COM
pared with 1871, 900 bushels same
date last year. Corn lower with wheat
and weakness in cash market. Visible
supply corn TO- 8 900 bushels com
pared with 26, z 900 bushels sane
date last year. Closing prices in Chi
cago cash market: Number 2 Red
winter wheat 1929; No. 2 hard winter
wheat $1.15: No. 2 mixed corn 70c;
No. 2 yellow corn Tic; No. 3 white
oats 43c. Average farm prices: NO.
2 mixed corn in central Iowa 58c: No.
2 hard winter wheat in central kansas
81; No. l dark northern wheat In cen
trail North Dakota 99c. Closing fu-
ture prices: Chicago May whea
Sligo Chicago May corn 72hc: Min
neapolis May wheat s1.16k: Kansas
City May wheat s1.OSA; Winnipeg
May wheat $1.11%.
HAY-Story weather caused firmer
hay markets at close of week in east
I and central west. Better buying re-
ported by southern dealers who fear
delay from bad roads and weather con
ditions. Demand for alfalfa in south
| vest reduced by mild weather.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Chi.
cage hog prices ranged Is to zoe lower
than week ago. Beef steers 10 to 25c
lower; butcher heifers steady. butcher
ocws steady to zoe and veal calves
| steady to soc up; while feeder steers
were 10 to Csc off. Fat lambs l5 to
csc and yearlings rs to soc lower while
feeding lambs were Is to 25c up and
fat ewes unchanged. On January 29.
hogs were 15c higher thar Saturdays
average, beef steers mostly steady to
l5c lower: butcher cows and heifers
steady to strong; veal calves about
steady. Fat lambs st lady to Csc higher
and sheep steady. January 18th Chi
cage prices: Hogs, top, $3.50: bulk
sales $3.50 to $3.50; medium and good
beefs steers $7.65 to SLOTS: butcher
cows and heifers $3.S5 to $40 rs;
feeder steers $6.25-$S; light and
medium weight yea lcalves ~$S.25-S12;
fat lambs $~13-$15.10; feeding lambs
s1S-$15; yearlings $9.25-$13; fat ewes
$5-$S. Stocker and feeder shipments
from IL important markets during the
week ending January goth were:
sheep 2S.457. In eastern wholesale
fresh meat n; rkets b~eef1and veal gen
orally steady; lamb 81 to 81 lower,
gosd grade mutton weak to 81 lower
with cheaper grades steady to soc up;
pork loins generally 81 lower for the
week. On January goth beef general
ly steady; veal around 81 higher at
New York, steady elsewhere; lamb
soc to 81 higher at New York; mutton
about soc higher at New York. cteady
other markets. Pork barely steady.
January goth prices good grade meats:
Beef $l3-$16. veal $13-s20, lamb S22,
$2S. mutton $13-Sl5. light pork loins
s15-s17, heavy loins $12.50-s14
DAIRY PRoDUCTS-Buttef mar,
kets barely steady ana unsettled as
week closed. Heavy production. limit
ed demand and prospective imports
appear to be factors Of greater in
! fuence. Closing prices go score but.
ter: New York and Chicago ACC, Phi.
ladelphia SOC, Boston sic.
Cheese markets barely steady dur
ing week. Heavy buying interest of
market and withdrawal Of this demand
caused markets to become less firm.
Production showing increase over year
ago in Wisconsin.
Cheese prices at Wisconsin primary
markets January 29th: Twins 26Ac:
Daisies 27Ac; Double Daisies etc;
Longhorns c7Ac: Square Prints Csc