The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1914-12-04
NORTHWEST MARKET
REPORTS.


strongest feature Of the grain market
and $3.50 was bid for any quantity O
May delivery at the session of tn,
Merchants Exchange. Only one lo
of 100 tons was available at this fig
ure, however For prompt delivery
$3.50 was bid with no sellers.
The export demand for oats is like
ly to keep the market firm as long al
the supply lasts. The British steamer
Lowther Range has sailed with $500
tons Of oats for England The Den ol
Airlie took out 500 tons, and 100 tons
was on the st. Hugo.
The barley market is also firm. In
California there is a sharp foreign de
mand and export inquiries have also
been received here, but at current
prices European business is not yet
possible in the northwest.
The call for January club was the
feature of trading in the wheat mar.
ket. Four 5O00-bushel lots were sold
at $1.16.
The week opened with a quieter hop
market, but prices were on a steady
basis. The Schmidt crop of 1856 bales
at Aurora was bought by H. L. Hart
at II cents.
In California, buying has been heavy,
according to advices received by deal
ers. The Uhlmanns purchased 750
bales Of Sacramentos at TN and 5
cents. Flanagan C Faust sold 322
bales of Sacramentos at 7 cents. Sales
of Sonomas included the crop of J. c..
Williams, 291 bales, to Ballerd G Hunt
at 10 1-8 cents; Sanford Bros crop of
25O bales at 8 cents and other lots at
81 to 9k cents.
Imports of hops in September, ac-
cording to official statistics, were "a
842 pounds, compared with 98,092 in
the same month last year. Exports
were 4S3,986 pounds, compared with
2,S67,14S last year; total imports at
New York up to November IA were
PAT bales.
Wheat-Bid: Bluestem, SLIT per
bushel; forty-fold, $1.16k; club,
$1.13k; red Russian, $1.OSk; red fife,
$1.1O.
Oats-No. / white feed, $28.50.
Barley-No. feed, $24.5O; brewing,
$500; bran, 23.oO; shorts, $23.5O.
Millfeed-Spot prices: Bran, $24@
$24.50 per ton; shorts, $26@26.50; roll
ed barley, $275O@2S.50.
Corn-Whole, $36 per ton; cracked,
$37 per ton.
Hay-Eastern Oregon timothy, SIS
@15.50; grain hay, $1O@11; alfalfa,
$13.50@14; valley timothy, $13014.
Eggs-Fresh Oregon ranch, case
count, 40c; candled, 421ac; storage,
27@3Oc; fresh, eastern, 35@371ac.
Poultry-Hens, 13c; springs, 13c;
ordinary 18@19c; culls 15@
TIC; live 17@18c; dressed (choice),
20@21c; ducks, 10@14c; geese, 100
12c.
Butter-Creamery, prints, extras,
i3kc per pound in case lots; 1ac more
in less than case lots; cubes, 31c.
Cheese-Oregon triplets, jobbers'
buying price, 15c per pound I. o. b.
lock Portland; Young Americas, 15Rc
per pound.
Veal-Fancy, 11k@12c per pound.
Pork-Block, 10c per pound.
Vegetables - Cucumbers, 50@75c
per doz.; eggplant, &c pound; peppers,
,@7hc per pound; artichokes. soc per
loz.; tomatoes, 60c@$1 per crate;
cabbage, A@1c per pound; peas, 10c
per pound; beans, 6@7c per pound;
celery, 50@75c per pound; cauliflower,
I0@75c per dozen; sprouts, Sc per
)ound; head lettuce, $1.85@2 per
rate; pumpkins, 1c per pound;
squash, 1c per pound.
Green Fruits-Apples, 65c0$1.5O
,er box; casabas, INC per pound;
,ears, $1@1.25; grapes, 75c@$1.75 per
rate; cranberries, $500 per barrel.
Potatoes-Oreg 75@85c per sack,
daho, 85c; Yakima, 85c@$1; sweet
potatoes, &c per pound.
Onions-Yellow, $4,000 per sack.
Hops-1914 crop, SQ11c; 1918 crop,
Wool-ValIey, 17@1Sc; eastern Ore
ION, 10000 nominal
Mohair-1914 clip, 271sc per pound.
Cascara Bark-Old and new, DC per
,ound.
Cattle-Prime steers, $7.0O@7.50; |
,hoice, $650@6.75; medium, $6.25@ |
$50; choice cows, $5.75@625; medium
1926 @ 5.75; heifers, $5.25 q 6.25;
'alves, $6.00@S.00; bulls, $3.OO@475; |
tags, $4.50@6.0O.
Hogs-Light, $7O0@745; heavy,
Sheep-Wethers, $4.00@5.6O; ewes,
lambs, $5.O0@6.5O.