The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-12-25
The Markets

Latest weekly market reports, issued
by the U. S. Bureau of Markets, Wash
ington, D. c.:
Cotton-Spot cotton declined about
q points during the past week, clos
ing around 14.90c. New York Deem
Der futures lost % points at 15.45c.
Hay-Market very weak especially
en- lower Grades, Quotations lower IN
practically all markets due generally
to slightly increased receipts and lack
Of adequate demand. Necessary to
carry hay over from day to day in
several western markets. Quoted De-
cember Is No. l. timothy Philadelphia
S29, Chicago $685. Cincinnati $27. No
alfalfa Kansas City $24, Omaha $2l
No. prairie Minneapolis ST, Chicago
S23, Omaha $13 st, Kansas City SIS.
Feed-Market trend continues down
ward on principal feeds; demand very
limited; transactions small. Wheat
mill feeds and linseed meal down 50
cents; cottOnseed meal off about $3.50
per ton; corn feeds steady. Quoted
December - spring bran Philadelphia
$50, Minneapolis SIS; Middiines about
81 below brln. TAirty-siX per cent
cOttOnseed neal Cincinnati $3.50,
Chicago $32, Philadelphia $36. Oil
meal Minneapolis so, Philadelphia
$3.50, Chicago $3.50. Fominy Gin
cinnati $5S, PhiladeIphia ST. Gluten
Philadelphia $55. 40. | alfalfa mea!
Chicago $29, Kansas City f26.
Seed-Growers in important millet
seed producing sections receiving per
100 pounds clean seed: ST. to $15G
golden millet rs cents to $1.25. Com
mon millet 70 cents of $40 broom
corn millet. Seedsmen not buying and
not much millet seed has moved to
date.
Fruits and Vegetables-Potato val
ues continued to decline slowly.
Northern round stock lost an add,
tional Is to rs cents per 100 lbs. at
shipping points, reaching $1.2O to
$1.9O. Chicago carlot market declined
also but more than recovered the last
of the week, closing $1.35 to $15O.
Jobbing range in other middlewestern
markets $3.50 to $1.85. Prices in East
slightly lower; New York market bulk
S2.1O to $3.50; Boston sacked SITS
to 81.
Sacked yellow onions dull and slight.
ly lower in consuming markets at rs
cents to $3.50 per 100 lbs, sales below
81 in Pittsgurgh, Cleveland and De.
troit.
California Iceberg Lettuce slow and
weak jobbing SITS to 1925 eastern
markets; $3.50 to $3.50 Middlewestern
Carlot movement lettuce and sweet
potatoes increasing; apples, cabbage,
onions and potatoes decreasing.
Livestock and Meats - Compared
with week ago all classes of live
stock at Chicago show declines. De.
probation is greatest In cattle, medium
and good beef steers at drop of 81 to
! $1.50. Cows and heifers declined 81
to $1.25 per 100 lbs. Hogs lost about
so cents. Sheep down 10 cents to 25
cents. Fat lambs declined rs cents;
feeder lambs rs cents per 100 lbs
December 16 top Chicago prices: Hogs
$9.15, yearling steers $1450, good beef
steers $12.25@$12,5O; heifers $1O25;
cows 1885; feeder steers 50; YEA
calves $40; fat lambs SLIPS; feeding
lambs $1,000; fat ewes $5.25. Under
fairly liberal receipts and a slow de
mand the fresh meat markets were
weak to slightly. Beef and veal lost
| 81 to So, lambs 81 to 49, Mutton and
pork not materially changed. Deem
Der 16 prices good grade meats: Beef
| S17@$20, veal $16@$22, lamb $23@$26
mutton $11@$16, light pork loins $1t
| 0$22, heavy pork loins $15@$19.
Grain--Markets during week have
had very uncertain trend, first adyanc
ing and then declining with sentiment
changing as rapidly as prices. Out
standing features have been heavy ex
port sales of wheat and great difficulty
in securing cash wheat to fill old sales
On the 18th Great Britain bought In
the United States 100000 bushels
wheat; Italy 1,250,000 bushels; Spair
100000 bushels. Partly as result Of
this buy market advanced but later
broke on report of fine crop prospects
| in Argentine, with yields running
above expectations. Excellent demand
for cash wheat and corn. No improve
| ment in demand for flour at large mill
| ing centers. In Minneapolis on the
| 10th: No. dark northern wheat sole
at 7 to IL cents over Minneapolis
March. Choice Canadian and Monta
ma 13 to IA cents over March; No. 2
1 { to 8 cents over. In Chicago Nos.
and 2 soft red winter 81 to 361a cents
! over Chicago December, hard winter
9 to Ii cents over New No. 2 mixed
corn 21b cents over December; No. 3
| Y cent under; new No. yellow IS tt
| 6 cents over; No. A, about ! to II
cents over. For the week Chicago
March wheat lost 1-S cents, closing
at $1.5S Is; May corn Z S-8 cents a
! 67 7-S cents. Minneapolis March
wheat down IN cents at S1.53h
Kansas City 6A cents at $1.53R
| Winnipeg May, cents at $1,73. Chi
cago December wheat closed $1,64Rt
MAY wheat $1.52 3-S; December corr
81 cents.
| Dairy Products - Butter markets
steady during week; tone firm on thu
18th. Prices have recovered from
weakness and low points early in thu
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