The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-02-22
HOGS REMAIN STEADY
Sharp Decline in Grain Prices Fol-
lowing Reports.
U. s. Bureau of Markets. Washington, ID. G.
for week ending February l6, 1923.

GRAIN: Grain prices trended up.
ward until the 18th, when a sharp de
cline occurred on reports of private
settlement of outstanding lines. For
the week Chicago May wheat down
INC net; Chicago May corn down one
cent. Wheat market unsettled on the
10th. Corn lower early with wheat
but rallied later and closed higher.
Broomhall estiamtes "a per CEN Ar
gentiHe corn crop destroyed by heat
and drouth. Closing prices in Chicago
cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat
No. 2 mixed corn 75c, No. 2 yellow
corn 75c, No. 3 white oats 47c. Aver
age farm prices: No. 2 mixed corr in
central Iowa Gle, No. l dark northern
wheat in central North Dakota $1.03,
No. 2 hard winter wheat in central
Kansas $1.05. Closing future prices,
Chicago May wheat $1.2OA. Chicago
May corn 75h. Minneapolis May wheat
S1.21. Kansas City wheat SLIP. Win
nipeg May wheat $1.15h.
FEED: Western feed markets firm.
Bran in good jobbing demand princi.
pally from east, other wheat feeds
steady. Future offerings large and
quoted at substantial discounts. Cot.
tonseed meal offerings fair, prices firm.
Oklahoma-Kansas mills rot quoting as
freely as last week. Linseed meal and
cake weak, offerings large, demand
light. Hominy feed inactive and weak.
er on increased offerings. Gluten feed
quiet, offerings good, demand quiet.
Inquiry good from range sections, light
from other sections. Supplies In deal.
ers' hands generally ample to meet
demand. Movement and receipts fair.
Quoted February 10th: Bran $27, mid.
dlings $27, rye middlings s26, -four
middlings $29, Minneapolis; bran $2S,
gray shorts S31.75, Kansas City.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chicago
hog prices generally steady to 15c
lower than a week ago. Beef steers
weak to 25c lower, butcher cows and
heifers steady to SOC up and veal
calves Csc off to Csc higher. Feeder
steers unchanged. Fat lambs 10 to Csc
and yearlings and fat ewes Is to soc
up. Feeding lambs steady to loo low.
er. On February 18th hogs opened
steady to 10c higher. Closed mostly 10
to zoe lower than Thursdays average.
Beef steers rs to Acc lower. better
grades butcher cows and heifers Csc
lower. other grades steady to weak:
veal calves steady. Stockers and feed
ers dull. Sheep and lambs generally
steady. February 18th Chicago prices:
Hogs, top, $S.75; blk of sales $3.50 to
$50; medium to good beef steers
$3.50 to lois; butcher cows and heif.
ers S4.35 to 9.75; feeder steers S5.75
to 500. Light and medium veal calves
SO to 13; fat lambs $13.25 to 1916,
feeding lambs $13.25 to 1910. year.
lings 1915 to 1878, fat ewes. $5.75 to
$50. Stocker and feeder shipments
from II important markets during the
week ending February 9Th were: Cat.
tie and calves 49,5S9, hogs L0,737
sheep l 1,306. In eastern wholesale
fresh meat markets beef and veal
steady for the -eek; good grade lamb
81 to =" up, MEDIUM grade steady
nation firm to So higher. light pork
loins steady and heavy loins 81 to
$3.50 of. On February 10th beef and
lamb generally steady, veal and NUT.
firm at New York, steady at Phila.
delphia and weak at Boston: porl
about steady at New York, weak a
Philadelphia, and weak to soc lower /
at Boston. February 18th prices good
grade meats: Beef $13 to Is, veal 81?
to 20, lamb s21 to "a, mutton $13 TO
IL. light pork loins SIS to II, heavy
Joins $l1.50.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter mar.
kets somewhat unsettled during the
week but the tone at the close today
Is very firm and prices advanced
sharply. markets receiving some srec.
support and are further
strengthened by reports OF severe
weather in producing sections which
will affect receipts later on. Closing
prices 90 score butter: New York soy, |
Chicago So. Cheese markets triaI
steadier. following the decline on Wis |
eonsin cheese board Monday. Trading
not real active, however, prin arily ON
account OF the snow blockade at mn.
merous Wisconsin shipping points
interfered with shipping. The
report Of prices at Wisconsin pri
mary markets were for February 18th:
Daisies 241a. Double Daisies "a. Long
25.