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Show Marketgram Grain. Save a decline on the 3 0th and again on the 2nd, wheat prices advanced during the week, Chicago December wheat showing a net gain of 4 cents and closing at $1.25. Bullish factors were firm undertone; good buying demand, particularly from seaboard houses; and large export ex-port sales. Declines at the close of the week were caused by lack of support; sup-port; aggressive selling by northwest houses, and a less active export de-maud. de-maud. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.27; No. 2 hard, $1.27; No. 2 mixed corn, 65c; No. 2 yellow corn, 55c; No. 3 white oats, 35c. For the week Chicago December De-cember corn lost lc, closing at 53 V&c. Minneapolis December up 2c, closing at $1.31; Kansas City December De-cember up 4c at $1.16 Ms; Winnipeg December lost 1, closing at $1.33I2. Chicago September corn, 53 c; Minneapolis September wheat, $1.32; Kansas City September Sep-tember wheat, $1.14; Winnipeg October Oc-tober wheat, $1.39. Dairy Products. The butter market mar-ket the past week has shown wide fluctuations and at the close was still unsettled. Demand has decreased. Market conditions are not the most satisfactory. Closing prices 92 score: New York and Philadelphia, 42c; Boston, 41c; Chicago, 38y2c. The cheese market is lower this week and very unsettled. Demand is mostly for small lots of the smaller small-er styles. Prices in Wisconsin primary pri-mary markets range jfrom 18 YiC-19 YiC-19 c, and in eastern distributing markets 20c-22c. Hay. The hay movement generally gener-ally is again light, but prices have not advanced from the level of the recent decline. Stocks light and all buying seems to be for immediate needs only. iWth few exceptions pastures pas-tures have improved during the past few weeks. Alfalfa and Prairie harvesting har-vesting nearly finished in most sections. sec-tions. Quoted September No. 2 timothy: tim-othy: New York, $30.50; Chicago, $22; Atlanta, $26. No. 1 alfalfa: Atlanta, $28; Memphis, $2 2; Omaha, $16. No. 1 prairie: Minneapolis, $14.50; Omaha, $12. Feed. Mill feed demand light. Offerings of winter wheat feeds by southwestern mills continue good. Southwestern bran offered about $1 lower than quoted by northwestern mills. Middlings steady at $1 per ton over premium bran. Livestock and Meats. Chicago livestock prices tended downward the past week. Hogs lost 45c-55c, beef steers steady to 15c lower. Butcher cows and heifers generally steady. Fat lambs and yearlings down 50c; fat ewes 25c. "Veal calves advanced $2-$2.25. September 2 Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $9.65; bulk of sales, $7.10-19.50; medium and good steers, $G.25-$8.75; butcher butch-er cows and heifers, $3.65-$8.75; feeder steers, $5.25-$7.75; light and medium weight veajl :,calves, $111 $13.75; fat lambs, $6.75-$8.75; feeding lambs, $5.50-$7; yearlings $4.50-$.75; fat ewes, $2.50-$4.50. Blocker and feeder shipments from eleven important markets during dur-ing the week ending August 2 6 were: Cattle and calves, 82,787; hogs, 3,012; sheep, 88,571. In whole-j whole-j sale fresh meat markets lamb prices 'dropped $4-$6 per hundred pounds. Mutton steady at some markets hut $3 lower at others. Beef down, Jill. Ji-ll. 50. Pork loins generally $l-$2 j lower. Veal averaged $2 higher per I hundred pounds. September 2 prices good grade meats: Beef, $13.50-$16; veal, $20-$22; lamb. $15-$19; mutton. mut-ton. $ 1 1-$ 1 2 ; light pork loins, $24-$2S; $24-$2S; heavy loins. $14-$21. |