The Yale expositor., 1920-12-30
MARKETS
v. S. BUREAU or MARKETS
Washington, D. c.
Cweek ending pec. 20. lao

(Week Ending Dec. 20, 1920
Hay and Feed
Hay market generally easier Receipts
continue light but i'm most mar.ets are
In excess OF the limited holiday demand.
Quoted: No l timothy. New York
$3.50, Chicago $27, Cincinnati s27. At
lanta $95. Kansas city $23,5O. No. ] al
lanta $3.50. No. / prairie, Kansas City
SIS, Chicago S23.
Unusually light demand caused further
breaks breaks n feed prices Feeders reported
heavier stock than usual at this season
OF year. Quote: Beet pulp $4S, bran
$35. Philadelphia; No alfalfa meal s26.
Kansas City; Red Dog $3.50, flour mid
ding $3.50, Minneapolis.
Fruits and Vegetables
Northern round white potatoes lost
5 to l0c per 100 lbs. at shipping points,
reaching $l.16 to 31.30 Chicago carlot
market up TO 10c, closing $1.35 To 81. As
sacked; tobbing range slightly lower in
other mddlewestern markets at $3.50 to
to $40; greenmountalns $40 TO S2.20:
sacked greenmountains closed $l.7o 10
81 I'm Boston.
Baldwin apples slightly lower at West
Dbl. Baldwins and greetings steady,
tobblng 1886 to $3.50; yorks $3.50 TO A5
Northwestern extra fancy winesaps un-
oils jobbing steady at $3.25.
Apples in cold storage Dec /: $780,
906 bbls; 6,622,36S boxes; Dec. l, 1919;
1895, SOS bbls.; 7,792,532 boxes.
Yellow globe onions down 10 TO Csc
per 100 lbs, I. o. b. western New York
shipping points. closing around 81. Con-
Stunning markets slightly lower jobbing
Carlot movement of Is varieties fruit
and vegetables 1881 cars week ended
Dec. 16 compared with 10,2S1 preceding
week and 6,6S2 corresponding week a
year ago.
Live Stock and Meats
Chicago hog prices established a new
low record on Dec. 10 but recovered later
in the week. Sheep and lambs scored
rather sensational decline, fat ewes
dropping $l.25; fat lambs Sl.6O and feed
ing lambs. s1.25 per 100 pounds.
Dec TO- Chicago prices BULK OF hogs
SS.95 TO 1910; medium and good beef
hefers $4.25 to s1O.25; light and medium
weight veal calves $3.50 TO $3.50; feeder
steers 1926 to SO; fat lambs SO 10 1915;
to oeS S. io ia fat ewes StSO So to $3.50 'O"'
Under fairly liberal supplies and a slow
demand dressed meat prices were weak
TO lower. Dec; 20 prices. good grade
$50: lamb $22 to S27; mutton $i1 to SIG:
light pork loins $40 to S22; heavy loins
SIS to s17.
There has been heavy export sales Of
Guilty In securing cash wheat to fill old
sales. on the 10th Great Britain bought
IN the L. 8. 100000 bushels; Spain
italy bought S1.25O,OOO bushels; Spain
ESQ 600 bushels. The markets have shown
a distinctly firmer undertone since the
10th. Flour trade continues dull and
milling demand for wheat slow. There
has been heavy buying of corn by Chi
cago elevator interests the past few
DAYS.
For the week Chicago March wheat
gained ? 1-2c, closing at $1.64 3-S; May
corn I 5-Sc at 73 7-Sc; Minneapolis
March wheat up S-sc at st62; Kansas
City 1-2c at s1.6O 1-2; Winnipeg May
Use at SIG 3-S. Chicago December
wheat closed $40 10: December corn
SO 3-4c: May wheat sl,6l is.
Dairy Products
Butter markets improved during the
week. Following lowering of retail price
In line with present wholesale markets
consumptiVe demand is better and trad
ing quite active No large imports dur
ing week and Danish does not occupy so
strong "A position as n week ago. Prices
new offerings around 4Sc. not especially
attractive. Storage butter still moving
slowly and surplus over last years hold
ings on all markets.
Closing 90 score fresh New York
IS lie: Chicago 80 1-2c; Philadelphia,
SEC; Boston 50 Lee.