Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-07-26
HOG PRICES ARE HIGHER
Market Trend Uncertain But
Prices Worked Higher.

w. "ooA chuinB Suiy 30, ASSSJ
LIVE STOCK AND MEATS: Chi.
cago hog prices averaged about CSC
higher for the week. Beef steers
ranged from 25 to soc lower: butcher
cows and heifers 10 to 15c; feeder
steers to 10c: and veal calves Csc
net lower. Fat lambs 81 to 1.50 and
yearlings S1.25 lower. On July 23rd
hogs rs to 40c higher: beef steers
shade higher: stockers and feeders
strong to 15c higher and veal calves
SOC lower. Lambs weak to Csc lower.
July 20 Chicago prices: Hogs. top.
sS.05; bulk $7.75 to s: medium and
good beef steers IS tSo 1865: butcher
cows and heifers 1915 to S.S25; feed
er steers $3.50 TO SIS: light and me-
dunn weight veal calves $3.50 to $50.
Fat lambs S11.50 to 1895; yearlings
$3.50 to 11.50: fat ewes So to 6. Stock
er and feeder shipments from IL i'm
portant markets during the week end
ing July Is were: Cattle and calves
3S,706; hogs s,275: sheep 3s.3l2. In
Eastern Wholesale fresh meat markets
beef was soc to 81 lower, veal 81 to
s, lamb SO to 5. mutton 81 to 80. and
pork loins 81 TO 2 lower for the week.
July % prices good grade meats: Beef
SIT to 1880; veal SIS to 20: lamb $22
to rs: mutton $14 to 1873 light pork
loins $1s to FL: heavy loins So to Is.
HAY: Markets holding firm. Re-
ceipts new hay increasing but arriv.
ais well absorbed account low stocks
In cities. Best grades rather scarce
and in excellent demand. New best
prairie moving well. Quoted July 81:
No. 1 timothy Chicago SIS, New
York $3.50. Minneapolis SIS. No.
alfalfa Chicago $23. No. prairie Chi
cago SIS. Kansas City $3.50, Mime
apolis SIT.
FEED: Wheat feeds dull. Demand
from interior very light resulting from
good pastures In most sections. Recent
advance OF soc to 81 per ton in cot
tonseed meal materially reduced de-
mand. Corn feeds In ample supply at
steady prices. Quoted July 81: Mime
apolis bran $3.50, middlings $3.50,
GRAIN: Market trend uncertain
but prices worked higher and closed
at net gains for week. Bullish factors
were: Rust and heat damage reports |;
sterngthin corn and oversold condition
on the 18th. For the week Chicago
September wheat advanced 2bc; Chi
cago September corna dvancec CSC.
Wheat fuctuated rapidly on the 23rd
with prices both higher and lower
than Saturday. Visible supply Of wheat
4,sOO, 900 bus. compared with 15,47s..
900 bus. same date last year. July corn
sold new higher for season while de-
ferred deliveries average lower on
showers and forecast for unsettled
conditions over belt. Visible supply oil
corn 1,S47, 900 bus. compared with 49,
ais, 900 bus. same date last year. Clos
ing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. red winter wheat s1.02: No. 2
hard winter wheat s1.02: No. 2 mixed
corn SSc; No. yellow corn 9lc; No
8 white oats 43c. Average farm prices:
No. 2 mixed corn central Iowa 74hc:
No. dark northern wheat in central
North Dakota SIC: No. hard winter
wheat In central Kansas 7Sc. Closing
future prices: Chicago September
wheat sS%c; Chicago September corr
7sxc: Minneapolis Septhmber wheat
s1O4M; Kansas City September wheat
s2%c; Winnipeg October wheat s7%c
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Although but.
ter markets were unsettled during
the week htere was very little change
in prices with decrease In receipts
and quality showing up poorer under
summer conditions. The demand for
the better grades was generally hrm'
er while lower grades accumulated and
were more difficult to move. Closing
prices OF 90 score butter New York
Ale; Chicago 3sc; Cheese markets are
showing the influence OF heavier pro-
duction and larger storage stocks
with buyers conservative in their
cheese prices at Wisconsin primary