Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS Chicago Oct 21 Wheat opened weak today but the downward trend was stub stubbornly stubbornly borly contested and Id December at the close was unchanged at cent lower at May ay sank sak on the final figures 6 i 4 cent below blow yesterday The big bear bar factor was a weakening of cash ch wheat prices In the southwest coupled cuple with wih a larger run rn of western wester hard had cables in induced Induce induced winter wheat wh at Lower foreign duce by free te offerings of of Russian and Argentina Argentini wheat and an advance in the Bank of England discount rate bore down on the local market market The bulls buns were encouraged by the firmness of cash wheat whet here and the milling demand in the northwest Northwest mills mis In the tc week just passed made an increase of barrels In the th flour output and are cred credited credited led with wih being bing sold up to February The bullish effort bore fruit at the close when earlier earler losses loss were recovered The corn pit pi today toay reversed the bullish movement nt of yesterday and profit taking sales kept the quotations declining for a atme time Resting ordre absorbed the offer offerings offerings orrs ings at the low point pint of the tile day da and prices then steadied December closed cent lower than yesterday The oats oat market dropped off sharply at atthe atthe atthe the outset Later a partial recovery de developed developed December May Ia and July each closed cloe 14 cent lower than yesterday October lard took a sharp Jump up In Inthe inthe the early erly trading advancing 22 21 2 cents cent Closing prices ranged from unchanged to toK K 16 1 cents higher for pork and cents higher for lard to unchanged to 7 cents higher for ribs The loading leading futures ranged as follows I WHEAT T TI I Open I High I Low I Close Clos Dee Dec May If IG 10 i JUly 98 IY 98 93 98 CORN CORNI I Open I High Hish I Low I Close Oct 50 69 56 60 Dec De se a l 69 4 t r May I 61 8 l o 00 S 6 61 July 60 W 0 60 16 60 OATS OATS I Open I High I Low I Close Dec 13 30 39 i May ay 42 4 M 41 I 4 13 4 i 42 July 40 14 40 39 MESS PORK Per bbl bbl I Open I High I Low I Close Jan Oct i 18 5 55 1862 1850 1862 May 1840 1830 1830 LARD Per 10 lbs Ibs Ib I I High I Low Lw I Close Clos Oct 1255 1275 1250 1250 Nov 1200 10 1200 18 1187 1126 19 1191 Jan 10 1110 10 10 1106 SHORT 10 lbs Ibs I Open I High I Low I Close Ma ay 1032 1072 Oct 1130 13 1130 12 1125 12 1123 May ay Cash quotations were as follows Flour Steady Rye No 2 73 Barley Feed or mixing fair to choice malting Flax Seed No 1 southwestern No 1 northwestern Timothy Seed Mess Pork Per bbl Lard Per lbs Ibs Short loose Short Clear Sides boxed Grain Statistics Total clearances of wheat and flour were equal to bushels primary re receipts were bushels compared with bushels the corresponding day daya a year ago Estimated receipts for to tomorrow tomorrow morrow Wheat 58 cars corn cars oats cars hogs head |