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Show CMcago Quotations k J CHICAGO, Aug. 11. A severe break in prices offered for corn for immediate imme-diate delivery tended today to weaken the market for futures. Industries were bidding only $1.95 for number two mixed this morning, a drop of 17 cents as compared with yesterday's last sales. The fresh setback was attributed attri-buted to the fact that distillers continued con-tinued to refrain from making any purchases pur-chases and appeared to have fully satisfied sat-isfied their wants previous to the enactment en-actment of the food control measure. Opening quotations for futures, which varied from unchanged figures to c lower with December at $1.15 to :$1.15& and May at $1.11 to $1.12 were followed by a slight rally and I then a decline all around to well below be-low yesterday's finish. Wheat slid downward, Influenced by bearish sentiment due to the assumed unlikelihood of any sustained advance in prices under official government food control. After opening unchanged at $2.18 September, the market descended de-scended to $2.14. Oats weakened with corn. Besides, predictions were current that the government gov-ernment estimate of the season's yield would yet be raised 100,000,000 . bushels. bush-els. New record breaking upturns in the hog market carried provisions upgrade. The greatest advance was for pork. CHICAGO QUOTATIONS. Open. High. Low. Close. $2.18 $2.18 $2.14 $2.15 Corn Dec. 1.15 1.15 1.14 1.14 May 1.11 1.12 1.11 1.12 Oats Sept. .5S .58 .58 .58 Dec. .58 .58 .57 .57 Pork-Sept. Pork-Sept. 43.10 43.25 43.05 43.17 Lard Sep.t. 22.67 22.75 22.60 22.72 Oct. 22.82 22.87 22.27 22.87 Ribs-Sent. Ribs-Sent. 22.30 23. .IK 92 07 01. ax Oct. 23.00 23.20 23.00 2320 OMAHA LIVESTOCK. OMAHA, Aug. 11. HOGS: Receipts, 3900: market 25c to 30c higher; heavy, $15.9016.40; mixed, $1616.30; light, $15.85(9)16.60; pigs, $13(5)15; bulk of sales, $1616.30. CATTLE: Receipjs, 100; market steady; native steers, $9.15(5)14.15; cows and heifers, $6.50 9; western steers, $S.5012.50; Texas steers, $7 8 50; cows and heifers, $6 8; canners, $56; stockers and feeders, $69.25; calves, $S12; bulls, stags, ofc, $6 8.50. SHEEP: Receipts, 800; market steady; yearlings, $9.7510.50; woth ers, $9.50(5)10.25; ewes, $89,25; lambs, $14.2515.25. CHICAGO HOG MARKET. CHICAGO, Vug. 11. Improved demand de-mand and continued scantiness of receipts re-ceipts sent hog prices soaring anew to- day but the fresh gains were not all held. Tho arrivals of cattle and sheep were consigned largely direct to the packers. |