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Show losed at $ 1.24 2 and hard winter iit $1.20; No. 3 mixed and yellow; coni at 5Sc; No. 3 white oat at 3 2c. i Chicago September wheat closed today to-day at $1.2:ir' ; corn at 50sie. Mill- neapolis September wheat at $1.31. Kansas City at $1.13 i. Chicago December De-cember wheat closed at $1.2o''s; De-j cember corn at 55-c. Minneapolis I December wheat at $1.30; Kansas; City at $1.17. ! Marketgram (C. S. Itureau of .Markets.) ji For week ended August 13, 1921. MAY'. Prices have advanced in, ; central western markets because of; j light receipts and urgent demand for I good hay. Poor grades neglected, j Eastern and southern markets continue con-tinue dull because of limited demand. ! FEED. Markets show fair activ-j activ-j Ity. Quotations generally easier be-! be-! cause of heavier offerings. Bran and j middlings market dull. Receipts and movement light. Alfalfa meal firm, demand de-mand light. Corn feeds in good supply sup-ply though production somewhat less than normal for this time of the year. DAI It Y PRODUCTS. Butter markets mar-kets unsettled during the week but steadier at the close. Preliminary cold storage report shows butter holdings on August 1 of 82,350,000 pounds, compared with 101,455,000 pounda a year ago and the five-year average of 95,659,000 pounds. Ninety-two score prices August 12: New York, 43 Vic; Chicago, 40 c; Phila delphia, 44c; Boston, 44V4c. Cheese markets weak, prices ranging rang-ing a full cent below a week ago. Dull trading incident to recent advances ad-vances made declines inevitable and even at lower prices business remained re-mained slow. Wisconsin primary market prices August 12: Twins, 19c; Daisies, 19Mjc; Double Daisies, 19c; Longhorns and Young Americas, Ameri-cas, 21c. LIVESTOCK AXD MEATS. Chicago Chi-cago livestock: Extreme fluctuations fluctua-tions prevailed in the hog market during the past week. Prices advanced sharply on the Sth, following the declines de-clines of previous week, but reacted react-ed again during the next four days. The week closed, however, with e sharp advance resulting in the price level being from 25c lower to 5c higher than a week ago. Suppliew have been plentiful and consisted largely of heavy hogs, average weight being over 2 60 pounds. Many were held over each market day. Cattle were generally strong, all better grade steers up 2 5c, cows and heifers were steady to 25c higher, all feeders up 25c and veal calves down 50c. Fat lambs 2 5c-3 5c lower, feeding lambs up 25c-50c, yearlings and ewes unevenly 25c higher. August 12 Chicago Chi-cago prices: Hogs, top, $11; bulk 01 sales, $8.40-$ll; medium and good beef steers, $7.25-$10; butcher cows and heifers, $3.50-$9; feeder steers, ?5-?7.75; light and medium weight veal calves, ? 3-$ 9.2 5; fat lambs, $8.50-$10.65; feeding lambs, $6.75-$8.25; $6.75-$8.25; yearlings, $6.25-$8.50; fat ewes, $3.25-$5.25. Stocker and feeder shipments from eleven important markets during the week ending August 5 were: Cattle and calves, 48,740; hogs, 1,518; sheep, 39,721. Western dressed .beef at eastern markets generally steady; better grades up 25c. Veal declined $1, mutton, $l-$2, while lamb advanced an equal amount. Light pork loins up $2-$ 3; heavier unevenly $2 lower. August 12 prices good grade meats: Beef, $15.50-$17.25; veal, $15-$16; lamb, $22-$26; mutton, $11-$15; light pork loins, $26-$30; heavy loins, $15-$22. GRAIN. AVheat prices were lowest low-est first day of week ending today. On August 6 there was an advance which continued to the 10th, influenced influ-enced by foreign crop reports and good flour demand and milling and export demand for wheat. News has been bullish since but the market has not fully responded and was weak today, partly influenced by heaviness in corn and oats. Fair export business busi-ness during week and nearly a million mil-lion bushels of wheat sold England today. Canadian crop estimated 28S,000,000, but many in grain trade regard this too high. Australian wheat surplus estimated 12,000,000 for export, which is first time in several sev-eral years crop has been so nearly exhausted in August. In Chicago markets No. 2 red winter wheat |