The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1923-05-10
GRAIN CLOSES LOWER
Chicago Hog Prices Increased .
to 15c for the Past Week
(For week ended May 4, 1929

tfOT Wtth tulGd WAY
LIVESTOCK AND MEATS: Chica
go hog prices increased 8 to loo to'
tie week. Beef steers ranged IRON
15c lower to 10c higher and outche'
COWS and heifers 15c lower to Zo'
higher; feeder steers advanced 20 &c
soc and veal calves were steady 10 zoe
up. Fat lambs advanced 80 to iac'
yearlings Csc and fat ewes were steady
to Csc up.
On May 4th hogs were steady to loc
loweS than Thursdays average; cat
tie and sheep about steady. May Atm
Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $50; bulk
of sales $7.65 to SIS; medium and good
beef steers $50 to go; butcher COWS
and heifers $465 to $50; feeder steers
1925 to $50; light and medium weight
val calvs 1926 to 10; fat lambs $3.50
to 1885; yearlings $40 to 1878; tat
ewes 81 to $50. Stocker and feeder
shipments from IL important mar
kets during the week ending April
9th were: Cattle and calves 6l,634;
hogs 14,064, sheep 9,115. At eastern
wholesale fresh meat markets beer
steady to soc lower: veal 81 lower to
81 higher; mutton weak to 81 and lamb
weak to So lower; light pork loins soc
to 81 up for the week. May 4th pric-
es good grade meats: Beef $13.50-l5;
veal s14-16; lamb S22-25; mutton $15-
II; light pork loins $16.50-19; heavy
loins $12.50-15.
FEED: Millfeed markets steady but
dull. Active demand for immediate
delivery wheat feeds and transit offer
ings light. Demand very moderate
for prompt or late offerings. South
western offerings wheat feeds very lib
eral. Hominy feed slightly lower. AL
falfa meal firmer in anticipation Of
light shipments. Inquiry good. Oil
meals very quiet and linseed meal
quoted lower. Gluten feed advanced
soc per ton for June shipment and
movement generally good. Quoted May
4th: Bran $2S.75, middlings $29, flour
middlings $1,000 Minneapolis; gluten
feed s3615 Chicago; white hominy
feed s33 Chicago: 80 per CEN linseed
meal s41.50 Minneapolis.
GRAIN: Grain prices trended down
ward during tie week and closed
sharply lower. Chicago July wheat
down 4&c; Chicago July corn down
&c. Improved weather and crop on
ditiors in winter wheat territory and
northwest, lack of support, liqHida-
ton in May future, and weakness in
stock and cotton markets were main
market features. Wheat declined on
the 4th induced by further decline in
stock market. Local sentiment bear
ish. Closing prices in Chicago cash
market: No. 2 red winter wheat 81. 30;
No. 2 hard winter wheat $1.21; No. 2
mixed corn SIC; No. 2 yellow corn sac;
No. 3 white oats ACC. Average farm
prices: No. 2 mixed corr in central
Iowa SIC; No. 2 hard winter wheat in
central Kansas $1.05; No. / dark
northern wheat in central North Da.
kota S1.05. Closing future prices: Chi
cago July wheat $1.1S3s: Chicago July
corr sic; Minneapolis July wheat
$1.23B; Kansas City July wheat
$1.10S Winnipeg July wheat $1.20%.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter markets
were weak and unsettled the early
part of the week under the influence
of higher receipts and reports-of weak
foreign markets. The market at the
close today, however, was about
steady to firm and prices have recov-
cred slightly from the steady down
ward tendency which has featured
markets throughout the whole month.
Closing prices so score butter: New
York 43c; Chicago 41bc. Cheese mar
kets fairly steady following the ad.
vances on Wisconsin cheese boards
Monday which placed trading on a
basis Of about half to one cent higher
than last week. Feeling differs in the
markets and some buyers are still op-
Grating very ~conservatively while a
few appear willing to purchase some.
what beyond immediate requirements.
Prices at Wisconsin primary cheese
markets May 3rd: Flats 21hc: Twins
21Ac; Daisies 22c; Double Daisies
21Rc; Young Americas 211x.: Long.
horns 21Ac; Square Prints &c.