, 1921-10-13
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
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Grain.
Markets sagged all week. Export
sales Of wheat lighter. Hedging and
sPecuIatiVe selling Of wheat pronounced
on most days. Corn prices stayed
WITHIN narrow limits but worked low
n, closing at a new low point. Husk-
ms ieturns from corn belt reported dis
somewhat improved. Closing prices in
Chicago cash market: No. 2 red win
ger wheat. Sly; No. 2 hard winter.
fl,ISi No. 2 mixed corn, 47c; No. . yell
low &c; No. 3 white oats. S3c. For
me week Chicago December wheat lost
ne closing at S1.11Ss; December corn
lost lhc, closing at 4SMc; Minneapolis
December wheat lost 1Shc. closing at
sl.225z Kansas City December wheat
,ost S4c' closing at $1.03% Winnipeg
pefsinoeT Wheat lost 1Se closing, at
sl.!S?s. Chicago May wheat closed at
si.lb4s May corn at 54B Minneapolis
May wheat at $1.22H Kansas City May
wheat at $1.0SB; Winnipeg May wheat
at Sl.l91s. Estimates of world wheat
crop excluding Russia and some minor
countries. total 2,7S7, 900. 900 bushels,
with 2,614,0O0. 900 last year
and 2,19l.0OO. 900 the pre-war five year
average. Russia and India, which were
pre-war exporters, are importing wheat
TINS year. Supplies now remaining in
United States equal only to pre-war
normal domestic requirements.
Live stock and Meats.
Compared with a week ago the trend
or the Chicago live stock prices was
upward. The more desirable grades of
beef steers and butcher heifers led this
movement with net advances ranging
from 25c to 75c per 100 lbs. Feeder
steers were 25c higher and butcher
cows steady; hogs ranged from 15c to
35c higher. Practically all grades OF
sheep and lambs ranged from strong
10 higher. In each class the most de-
sirable lots averaged about Csc higher.
October 5 Chicago prices: Hogs, top,
1856: bulk of sales, $6.75@S.50; me-
dun and good beef steers. $6;15@1o.40;
feeder steers. S4.S5Q6.S5; light and me-
dunn weight veal calves, $3.50 11.50;
fat lambs. S7.25q9.25; feeding lambs.
$500 go; yearlings, s5.0O@7. 700; fat
Stocker and feeder shipments from
eleven important markets during the
week ending Sept. 80 were: Cattle and
caIves, 1O1,677; hogs, $50; sheep,
126.
In contrast with live stock eastern
wholesale fresh meat prices were gen.
was 81 to 50 lower. with mutton and
fresh pork loins ranging from steady
to 81 lower. Beef was 81 to $1.50 low
err and veal steady to 81 lower. Octo-
$4,000 1900; veal. $500 1000; lamb
$500 a 1890; mutton, $11.00 a 13. 90;
light pork loins $4,000 Q2s.o0; heavy
Receipts light in practically all mar
kets. Prices steady but demand limited
mostly to local needs. Shipping de-
mand continued light. Quoted October
b No. l timothy, New York, $1,000
Chicago. s24; Minneapolis, S19. No.
alfalfa, Memphis. s22.50; Minneapolis
S21. Kansas City, $4,000. No. l prairie
Chicago, $17; Minneapolis, SIS; Kansas
City, $13.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Northern round white potatoes
strengthened in Chicago. gaining Csc a
$500 per 100 lbs. sacked. EASTER
fround whites lost 15c in P~hiladelphi;
and Pittsburgh. closing at $2.150$2.25
Round whites firm at S1.75 @1.95. fob
northern shipping points; weak at S1.8l
at New York points; Maine Greer
Mountains weak at $1.1641.41 per 10I
lbs. bulk. fob. and weak and dull a
S1.65 @1.S5 in New York.
Demand for cabbage slow to moder.
ate; markets well supplies. New YorI
domestic weakened in Philadelphia
closing $500 ZOO lower at S25 2S pei
ton bulk. New York Danish abou
steady in Cincinnati at $685. 90 a 40. 90
weak at shipping points at $50, fol
Northern Danish gained SO at $4,000
27.O0. fob: firm in Chicago at $40, and
up $40 in st. Louis at $45.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets were firm, the sup
ply of fancy butter being short OF the
demand. Un~dergrades were slow. Clos
ing prices of 80 score: New York. 45c,
Chicago. 44hc; Philadelphia. 46hc.
Boston. acc.
Spot cotton declined 121 points dur.
ing the week, closing at 1870 per Id
New York October futures lost 1bt
points. closing at 19.48c.