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Show Weekly Markets ! i Bureau of Markets crop estimates for week ending June 20, VJ'22: j Livestock and Meals. Chicago hog prices declined five to ten cents low- j er per 100 lbs. for the week. Medium : and good beef steers ranged from 15c ' lower to 20c higher. Hulk of cows and heifers were generally steady! with feeder steers about 10c lower, j Light and medium weight veal j calves were 50c lower. Fat lambs j averaged 50c higher, yearlings 15 to j 50c higher and fat ewes 50c to 75c higher per 100 lbs. On June 20th,; light weight hogs closed firm withj good butcher hogs generally steady at 15c lower. Tacking grades were 15 to 25c lower, beef steers, butcher cows and heifers and stockcrs steady to strong. Sheep and lambs generally gener-ally 25c higher. June 2(i, Chicago prices: Hogs, top $10.75, bulk of ;ales ?!).G0 to 10.50; medium and good beef steers, $7.75 to $9. '10; butcher cows and heifers, $4 to $8.-10; feeder steers, $5.65 to $7.75; light and medium weight veal calves, $7 to $.50; fat lambs, $12 to $13.50; feeding lambs, $10.75 to $12; year-,ings, year-,ings, $8.50 to $11.50; fat ewes, $3.25 'o $7. Stocker and feeder shipments from 12 important markets during the week ending June 26: Cattle and calves, 48,90'.); hogs, 12,068; sheep, 33,082. Eastern fresh meat prices Lended generally downward during he week, net declines ranging from pi on pork loins to $2 on veal and lamb. Beef and mutton generally steady. On June 2G, -beef ranged from 25c to 50c higher, veal $1 lower low-er at some markets and $2 and $3 higher at others. Lamb and pork loins ranged steady to $3 higher; mutton steady to $2 higher. June 26 prices good grade meats: Beef 513 to $14.50; veal $12 to $16; lamb ?18 to $24; mutton $12 to 1$4; light pork loins $19 to $24; heavy loins $13 to $20. Grain. Prices trended upward until un-til 23rd, but weakness toward close resulted in only slight net gains; Chicago Chi-cago July wheat up lVic; Chicago July corn up c. Market influenced Tiainly by weather conditions. Bearish Bear-ish sentiment prevailed on the 26th, as recult of rains and lower temperatures. tempera-tures. Political developments European Euro-pean also had some effect; export demand restricted. Visible supply wheat 22,002,000 bushels, a decrease of 2,612,000 bushels for week; visible supply corn 31,326,000 bushels, a decrease de-crease of 1,015,000 bushels for week. Closing prices in Chicago cash market: mar-ket: No. 2 red winter wheat $1.13; No. 2 hard winter wheat $1.13; No. 2 mixed corn 62c; No. 2 yellow corn 62c; No. 3 white oats 37c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa 49c; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas 96c; No. 1 dark northern wheat in central North Dakota $1.22. Closing future prices: Chicago July wheat .fl.ll'i; Chicago July corn 61c; Minneapolis July wheat $1.30; Kansas City July-wheat July-wheat $1.05; Winnipeg July wheat $1.24. |