Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1923-05-24
GRAIN PRICE UNCERTAIN



D. C.. for week ending May II. 1879.
FEED-Fairiy god demand for spot
and transit feeds In most markets.
Heavy offerings from winter wheat
feed territory both for deferred and
prompt shipment caused gradual de-
cline Of bran prices. Distant deiiv-
cries bran quoted n Kansas City mar
ket around SIS per ton, Quoted May
18th bran $3.50. middlings $3.50.
-four middiings s2s.75 Minneapolis.
gluten feed s3715 Chicago. White
hominy feed S34 Chicago. 80 per cent
linseed meal $3.50 Minneapolis. $40
Chicago.
GRAIN-Price fluctuations uncer-
tain at times but market showed bet.
ter undertone due to unfavorable
weather and crop news and closed
higher for the week. For the week
Chicago July wheat advanced one
cent: Chicago July corn advanced Nc.
Wheat averaged higher on the 21st
but extreme advances not maintained.
Corn higher with wheat early but lost
out later due to profit taking and To-
cal selling on advances. Visible sup
ply of-xhat s7,1l0,0Oo bushels this
year compared with 2s.353.o00 bushels
last year. Visible supply Of corn H.
$4,000 bushels this year compared
with 30,660,0o0 bushels last year.
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket: No. 2 red winter wheat s1.2s:
No. 2 hard winter wheat s1.20; No. 2
linked corn sec: No. yellow corn
S3c; No. white oats 44c. Average
farm prices: No. mixed corn in
central Iowa CSC: No. Q hard winter
wheat in central Kansas s1.05. Clos
ing future prices Chicago July wheat
$116A: Chicago July corn 7shc:
Minneapolis July wheat SLIPS: Kan
sas City July wheat $l.0S%: winni-
peg July wheat S1.19%.
| LIVESTOCK AND MEATS-Chica-
go hog prices ranged from Is to Csc
lower than week ago. Beef steers
we're Is to 45c and butchers cows 10
to SOC higher. Feeder steers were
steady to 10c and veal calves steady
to SOC up. Fat lambs rs to s5c: spring
lambs Is TO soc; yearlings 75c TO s1.5o
and fat ewes steady to soc higher. On
May 21st hogs weer 10 to zoe lower
beef steers, butcher cows and heifers
and stockers and feeders 10 TO l5c
higher; veal calves Is to soc lower
Fat lambs 10 to CSC lower: sheer
steady TO strong May 2lst Chicago
prices: Hogs top SITS; bulk OF sAles
s7.25 TO s7.s5: medium and good beef
steers ss.75 to 5000: butcher COWS
and heifers $50 to $40: feeder steers
ss.25 to s1L50: fat lambs SD to
s15.25; spring lambs SIG TO sI7.s5;
yearlings ss.75 to s14; fat ewes s42s
to IS. Stocker and feeder shipments
from u important markets during the
week ending May 18th were: Cattle
and calves 42.ss7; hogs $50: sheep
1903. In eastern wholesale fresh
meat markets beef was 81 to 50; veal
firm to 81; lahmb firm to 81 higher
with mutton weak to 81 lower: light
pork loins soc to 81 lower and heavy
loins 81 lower to 81 higher for the
week. On May 21st beef was SOC to
81 higher. veal 81 so to 81 and pori
-loins steady to soc higher at Boston
COW and bull beef SOC to 81 higher and
pork loins steady weak to 81 lower al
New York and all classes generally 81
higher at Phila. May 21st prices good
grade meats: Beef $3.50 to SIT: yea
SIS to SIS; lamb SGT to s31; mutton
SIT to SIS, hight pork loins $3.50 Il
s21: heavy loins s14 to SIC.
DAIRY PRoDUcTS-Butter mar
kets unsettled and weak at the close
today, with prices at III to cent
lower than week ago. Increasing sup
plies on the market due to higher pro
duction not readily observed by cur
rent demand and this sluggish move
ment threw trading In the buyer,
favor Undergrades becoming more
liberal in supply. Closing prices 81
score butter: New York 41c: Chica.
20 40c. Cheese markets have gained
some strength and buying is on a more
confident basis, and purchases are be
ing made for future requirements.
Buyers however criticize regarding
quality High prices have resulted In
the return of some OF the cheese ship
ped to England earlier in the spring.