The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1914-12-04
NORTHWEST MARKET
REPORTS

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portiand.--oatn were again n
strongest feature OF the grain marke
. and sse.60 was bid for any quantity
May delivery at the session OF n
Merchants Exchange. Only one L
OF zee tons was available st this n,
ura. however. For prompt deliver
$3.50 was bid with no sellers.
The export demand for oats 10 like
ly to keep the marke. firm as long a
the supply lasta The British steame
Lowther Range has sailed with $50
tons OF oats for England. The Den o
Airlie took out 500 tons. and 100 tom
was on the St Hugo.
The barley market is also firm. II
California there Is a sharp foreign de
mand and export inquiries have alsS
been received here. but at current
prices European business Is not yel
possible In the northwest.
The call for January club was the
feature OF trading in the wheat mar
ket. -Four 500o-bushel lots were scld
at Sl.16.
The week opened with n ouieter hop
market, but prices were on steady
basis. The Schmidt crop OF iS6 bales
at Aurora was bought by II. l.. Hart
at IL cents.
In California. buying has been heavy,
according 10 advices received by deal
ers. The Uhlmanns purchased $50
bales OF Sacramentos at ~ and 8
cents. Flanagan q Faust sold Ss2
bales of Sacramentos at cents. Sales
OF Sonomas included the crop OF j. c.
Williams, 2sl bales, to Ballerd & Hunt
at 10 is cents; Sanford Bros crop OF
$50 bales at cents and other lots At
.Sh 10 sh cents.
Imports OF hops In September. ae-
cording to official statistics. were "a
SGs pounds, compared with 9S,0s3 In
the same month last year. Exports
were 4SS.eS6 pounds. compared with
a,S67.l4S last year: total imports at
New York up TO November II were
s44T bales.
wheat-Bid: Bluestem. sl1T per
bushel: forty-told. sl.16h: club,
sl1sh: red Russian. sl.OSA: red fife.
Sl.I0.
Oats-No. l white feed. $sS5o.
Barley-No. / feed. $s4.50: brewing.
$500; bran. $500: shorts, $3.50.
Millfeed-Spot prices: Bran. $s4Q
$24.5o per ton: shorts. $s6 q $3.50; roll.
ed barley. $2750G2S.5o.
corn--whole. $50 per ton; cracked,
$S7 per ton.
Hay-Eastern Oregon timothy. SIS
Gl5.50: grain hay. S101il: alfalfa.
SI350G14: valley timothy, $1S914.
Eggs-Fresh Oregon ranch. case
count, 4oc: candled. 42iSc: storage,
27G3oc; fresh, eastern, 35G37hc-
Poultry-Hens. 13c; springs. 13c;
turkeys. ordinary 1sGlsc; culls $50
lie; live 1761Sc; dressed (choice).
2062lc; ducks, 1o9l4c; geese. 100
l2c.
Butter-Creamery. prints. extras,
4sisc per pound in case lots: &c more
In less than case lots; cubes, 3lc.
Cheese Oregon triplets, iobbers'
buying price. 15c per pound I. o. b.
dock Portland: Young Americas, 15hc
per pound.
veaEFancy, 11h912c per pound.
Pork-Block, 10c per pound.
Vegetables - Cucumbers. 50qT5c
per dox.; eggplant. &c pound; peppers.
667lkc per pound: artichokes, 90c per
dox.: tomatoes, 60c6$1 per crate;
cabbage. &61e per pound: peas, 10c
per pound; beans, 617c per pound;
celery, 506T5c per pound: cauliflower,
i09T5c per dozen: sprouts. So per
pound: head lettuce, $1-S592 per
crate; pumpkins. 1c per pound;
squash, 1c per pound.
Green Fruits-Apples. 65cGn.5o
per box; casabas, INC per pound;
pears, SI6I25; grapes. 75cGs1.75 per
crate: cranberries, ss9s per barrel.
Potatoes--oregon. 75Gs5c per sack.
Idaho, 85c; Yakima, S5cG$1; sweet
potatoes, &C per pound.
Onions-YeIlow, s5690c per sack.
Hops-1s14 crop, sG11c; 1913 crop.
nominal.
wool-valley. 17G1sc; eastern Ore
gon, 10000 nominal.
Mohair-1914 clip, 27lhc per pound. \
Cascara Bark-Old and new, 4c per
pound.
Cattle-Prime steers, $7.00G7.50; |
choice, $6.5016.75; medium. $3.50 |
$50; choice cows, $5.7516.25; medium
1925 O 5.75; heifers, $5.25 O 6,25;
calves, s6.O09S.00; bulls, s3.001475;
;tags, $4.5066.00.
Hogs-Light s7.OoG7.45; heavy,
s6.00G6.45.
Sheep-wethers. $4.0015.60; ewes,
B4.00G5.00; lambs. $5.00Ge.5O.