The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1926-12-18
Livestock Of All, '
|, Kinds Is Marketed
in Large Amounts

The outstanding event Of Novenal1a,
IN this Federal Reserve dtstrict- Ias
the marketing Of all classes of live.
took in very lafke amounts. sScord-
ing to preliminary svrS mary !, 81
agricultural and financial conditions
prepared by the Federal Reserve
bank Of Minneapolis. nh
| The total Naniber ofsheAd OF III
varieties at South st. Paul was "a
per cent over a.year ago. Hog re.
ccipts reached record break :nR "a.
tails for November and were 40 per
cent larger than in October in mum.
ben Of head. However, owing to the
large proportion of stock pigs r..
ceived, average weights'swefe much
lighter than a year ago. There extra
ordinary receipts Of livestock wete
reflected in the check payments
through banks in the cities having
livcstoc K terminals, the gains in in
dividual debts over November OF
last year being % per cent for South
ST. Paul and 10 per cent for Sioux
Falls. In the face Of such heavy
marketings some price declines were
inevitable. Median hog prices drop.
ped $1.50 per hOndretlweight, and
other varieties of livestock declined
in price as compared with October
| median prices. It is noteworthy thnt
as compared with year age, price
changes Of livestock exhibited AAs
many gains as losses, so that the
livestock price situation in general
was fully as favorable as in, Novem.
Der Of last year. Shipments Of stock
crs and feeders during November
were nearly double the total for the
same month year ago, hog ship.
ments alone being more than three
times as large as last year.
Grain Receipts Smaller
In this district grain receipts At
terminals continued to exhibit to-
tails below a year ago, the volume in
November being one-third below last
year. This has been reflected in
carloadings for grain and grain
products, which were q per, cent 'be-
low last year when comparing the
first three weeks Of November in
each year. The median prices OF. the
grains during November as compared
with year ago declined Is, cents
for wheat, Is cents for corn and "a
cents for flax, and increased %
cents for durum, Ia cents for rye,
6 cents for oats and / cent for bar
ley. As compared with October
medians. small declines where shown
for all the grains, except durum and
flax. Grain stocks in terminal eic-
vators at end of November equaled
those at the end Of October and
were 10 per cent greater than last
year.
The physical volume of business,
as measured by carloadings for the
average working day during the first
three weeks Of November, was slight
~ larger than a year ago. Gains In
carloadings were shown for livestock,
coal and coke and merchandise in
less than carload lots. Reported
shipments of linseed products and of
flour were respectively, IS and II per
cent lower in November than year
ago.
The money value of business trans
acted in this district, as measured
by check payments through banks
in seventeen CITIES, was Deiow INA.
in November a year ago, declines
being shown in all reporting cities
except Billings, Fargo, Helena, Mi
not, Superior, Lacrosse, Sioux Falls
and South St. Paul. OF these the
first four named are in the wheat
belt, and the last two named have
livestock receiving terminals. Sales
at retail, according to preliminary
reports made to US by department
stores located in twelve cities with
in this district were per cent small
or than Il year ago.