The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-04-15
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM
az. 5. Bureau OF Marketsl

caused a temporary price upturn the
| first OF the week, but prices began 70
| drop on the 3Oth due TO liquidation OF
| coarse grains for country account. The
| decline continued until the End, when
active export demand caused prices 70
| rally an advance that continued
| wheat decreased 2.2sS.0O0 bushels for
week. visible supply corn Increased
$4,000 bushels. In Chicago cash mar
| ket No > Red Winter wheat roc over
| Chicago May; No. hard. IL a l2c over;
| No. 3 mixed corn. SO a Sc under Chicago
May. No. yellow. 3 y a "a, under For
| II at Sl.3SB May corn, 4%c at 5Sne.
| Minneapolis May wheat down S%sc at
| $3.50; Kansas city May, 8 sac at Sl.3O@
| Winnipeg May 1890. at $l-6f. Kansas
| City milling and export demand good,
| No. hard wheat sc over Kansas CITY
| May.
Hay.--Many eastern markets reports
| excessive receipts. An almost cessation
| of demand caused markets to rule low
| err Receipts in middle western mar
| kets continue light, but as buyers were
| few, quotations held only firm. In view
| OF relatively lower price OF oats re-
| ceivers are urging shippers TO take ad
| vantage of present prices. STOCK yarus
| Chicago advise sufficient hay on hanu
| TO last till June and only interest IN
| top No. 2 timothy or clover mixed. Ar
| ri vtus of alfalfa of the better grade
generally light. Cincinnati and Boston
| very weak on heavy receipts; quoting
| S2.00G 800 lower than week ago snip
ping demand poor. Quoted-Ho.
| timothy $25 Chicago. s29 Boston. $2i.5O
Memphis. s22.50 Cincinnati. $19 Mime
| apolis: No timothy $50 Chicago. $24.50
| Boston. $25 Memphis s20.50 Cincinnati.
$3.50 Minneapolis: No. alfalfa S24
Chicago $3.50 Memphis. $50 New Or
| leans, $21 Cincinnati. 500 Minneapolis.
No prairie SIS Chicago, $l5 Mime
apolis
Feed.-Retailers in most sections re-
port very light business due to surplus
at mills. Wheat mill feed production
| in northwest said to have reached sixty
| per cent of normal on increased flour
| business. Feed market depressngly
| dun and weak at lower levels; cot
| tonseed meal draggy; sales OF thirty
six per cent meal reported s22 Mem
phls. In keeping with decline in corn
| hominy feed slumped further; quoted
| $3.50 lower than last week. A light
export demand reported from New Or
leans for this feed Linseed meal and
gluten feed steady but showing weak
tendency. Split cars bran and standard
middlings offered at $3.50 and $40 re-
spectively. delivered northeastern mar
kets. Transit offerings good and of
fered at discount under spot stuff in
many markets. Quoted-Bran $17. mid
$3.50 Buffalo, s39 Minneapolis; white
and yellow homny feed S21 Chicago.
gluten feed s37 Chicago, thirty-six per
cent cottonseed meal s22.50 Memphis,
reground oatfeed $3.50 Chicago.
Livestock and Meats---The Chicago
hog market declined $4,000 per 100
lbs. the past week, light hogs losing
most. Beef steers and heifers prac-
tically steady; cows and feeder steers
generally 25c higher; veal calves down
50cQs1; fat lambs and yearlings. DOG
75c; fat ewes about steady; April attn
Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales
$S.75@10: medium and good beef steers,
SS.25m9-65; butcher cows and heifers,
So @925; feeder steers, $1,000 go;
81 q $50: fat lambs. s7.5001 10; feeder
lambs, s7.50NS.75; yearlings, $7qS.75;
fat ewes, So SIS.
with the exception of veal, fresh
meat prices at eastern wholesale mar
kets showed an upward trend for the
week. Lamb and mutton up $l42;
pork steady at some marke si@S
ranged soc higher TO 81 lower depend
! ing the market. April 4th prices
| Veal, sl7@ 20. lamb sisG %. mutton,
$130l6: light pork loins, S25 20 20 I;
heavy loins, SISM 20.
| Fruits and yegefabies.--Potafo mar
kets firm at northern shipping stations,
closing S5cM$f per 100 lbs. sacked: car
lot market in Chicago held at Slq LILO.
New York Round Whites held at s1.40q
Triumphs, s9.50Ml0 per 100 lbs Kan
sas City.
New York cold storage Baldwin APP
pies about 25c per Dbl. lower in city
Wholesale markets. s4.75@5.75. North
western extra fancy Winesaps slightly
weaker Chicago at 81. 25 a 3.50 per box;
steady Kansas City at $3.50q4.
Middle-western Yellow onions slow
and dull in city markets, 5Oc@Sl per
100 lbs. Texas Yellow Bermuda onions,
commercial pack mixed Nos. i and :.
lower Pittsburg at S26562.75 per
standard crate. Chicago market slow
around 1925; shipping points sl.15 T.
o. b.
Louisiana Kiondike Strawberries
about 10c per pint higher New York at
25 a. &c per pint. Prices up 20 "a soc per
crate middle-western markets at $500
per 24-pint crate; up $1.1O per crate
Z. o. b. around 81.
Car-lot shipments week ended April
2: Old potatoes, 2614 cars; new pota-
toes, 200; boxed apples, 315; barreled
apples. 444; old cabbage, 2S: new cab
bage, 632; old celery. Z; new celery, 22s;
lettuce 357; old onions. ZIG; new on
ions, 303 sweet potatoes, 2S5; spinach
356; Strawberries, ZIG; tomatoes, I'll.
Dairy Products.-Butter market has
shown steady recovery the past week.
Influence of Danish imports seems to
have been pretty well discounted be-
fore shipment actually arrived and with
this butter held at firm prices and do
nestle receipts barely taking care OF
demand markets have been firm. Pres
ent feeling points to no immediate
break. Closing prices 92 score; New
York, 81 nc; Chicago, 4Skc; Philadel-
phia, 521ec; Boston, sic.
Dull trading and weakness has fea-
tured cheese market the past week.
Trading slow as buyers have looked for
still lower prices. Considerable differ
ence of opinion regarding immediate
outlook, but il is generally felt that
prices will seek lower level before bot
tom of market is reached Prices on
Plymouth Wisconsin cheese exchange:
Twins. 19c; Daisies, 20 y c; Double Dats-
les. 20c; Longhorns. 2lc; Young Amer
icas, gle; Square prints, zoe.