The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-30
WEEKLY MARKETGRA|M
GU. S. Bureau of Markets. J

ns Washinston;; . p; G. for week ended
Hay.-Hay market continues dull.
Receipts ~ per cent lighter than pre-
Wous week. Demand light, mostly To-
cal Southern markets ABOUT 81 lower
Alfalfa lost s2G4. western
markets. Low grades selling at wide
discount, Southern consuming sec
tions still using considerable local for
age such as peavine and Bermuda hay.
Dealers generally will keep stocks low
ing at country points reported light.
Quoted December II: No. 1 timothy.
New York, $40, Cincinnati $3.50. Chi
sag9 ssG Kansas CITY $3.50 ia4
Memphis $32. Omaha $22. No. prairie
Minneapolis SIS, Chicago $24, Kansas
City $3.50. st. Louis $19.
Hay Feed.-Hay feed stuffs move-
ment remains below normal because Of
continued favorable weather conditions.
Bran and middlings prices steady In
ma Of markets. but declined
pared to s35 last week. Red Dog lost
50 per ton past two weeks. Linseed
meal demand slightly improved, cot.
43 per cent meal $37 Chicago. Hominy
lost 81 per ton; gluten steady and un-
changed. Demand for all feeds is Of
brofe ton ouessd R
$3.50. middlings $3.50. Minneapolis
linseed meal SAL Buffalo and Minneap-
oils; SO per cent cottonseed meal $2s
Memphis, $37 northeastern markets;
beet pulp $40 Chicago, pure white hon.
my $41, yellow hominy $38, delivered
New York; No. l alfalfa meal $3.50
Kansas City.
seed.-Growers in important seed
producing sections receiving per 100
lbs. clean seed, $1.25@1.50 golden mil
let; 75c@$1.25 common millet; zoe q
$1.40 broom corn millet. Seedsmen not
bnvinR and Dni1lQf seed has
moved to date.
Grain-General business and finan-
cial conditions were reflected in the
weeks grain markets and future prices
March wheat closing at $1.61x. drop
Of 1875: May corn 72Ac. a drop Of SO c
There were sharp breaks on the 18th
reserve bank report stating that be-
ginning of liquidation or reductions OF
loans imperative. On the other hand
cash wheat is commanding large pre-.
| meat demand. Flour trade continues
moderate but steady with prospect fol
increase after holidays. Chicago pre-.
| soft red winter. 33@36c; No. 2. 32@36c
No. 8, 2s@3Oc; No. l hard winter, 100
| lie; No. 2, S@10c. Old mixed corn Nos
and 2: &c over DECEMBER yellow
INC over December; No. 4, 1c under
No. yellow, 4hc over. For the weel
Minneapolis March wheat lost 4 &c q
SI;;s7%c; Kansas City, 1she At H; SS
| cago December wheat closed at $1.6SA
| December corn, 70A.
! Fruits and Vegetables-Potato val
| ues continued to decline slowly. North
ern round white stock lost an addition
| al 100 1Sc at shipping uoints, closinl
| 81 80 q 1.35. Chicago carlot market de
| clined S5c, reaching lowest points Q
season at $1.25G1.40 sacked. Middl
| western jobbing range down 15@35c a
s1.50@ 200. Prices held fairly well il
the east. Western New York f. o. b
:Is5 gig; New York market bull
Baldwin apples unchanged at west
| ern New York shipping points at SAC
4:25 per barrel. Baldwins. Yorks an
at s4@5. Northwestern extra fame
Winesaps +. o. b. s2.25 per box; Chicago
| Yellow Globe onions steady at west
ern New York shipping points. closin
s1.10 @ 1925. Consuming markets stead!
mostly s1@1.5o; some sales in Pitts
burg as low as soc; Detroit, 75c.
points first part of week. Big Bos
hamper +. o. b. at soc@s1 consumin
markets SIG %25o Sal II nar cr Ice
| Carlot movement generally lighte
barreled and boxed apple shipment
decreased about % per cent at 13t
l cars $40 cars DOAtu Ioldl
shipments, 1913 cars a decrease of
per cent; onions, 30S cars; IL per cen
lettuce, 40S cars, an increase OF
| per cent.
steady; advanced latter part of weel
Considerable difference of opinion 6
to turn markets will take. but feelin
is temporarily better. Further arri,
one cargo. Receivers of Danish NAL
ing every effort to move goot
promptly. Storage butter still slo,
York, Sac; Chicago 4sAc; Philadelphia
SAC; Boston, SIC. These prices Nc higl
er than week ago.
Cheese trading inactive despite d.
cidedly lower prices at country poin
and moderates declines in distributir
markets. Usual light dems I'D prior
holidays in evidence, but anticipation
stili lower market caTS isnans 6nye ehse
the 18th. Prices: Twins. 19A
dasies. 21c; double daisies: zoe; lor
at country points carrying over som
what heavier stocks than usual. He
cheese. firm; especially fancy
Livestock and MeatsCHogs a,
ing the past week. Under fairly liber
receipts hogs showed an average n
depreciation of 75c per hundred poun
and on the 9Th scored a new low , Z
l
downward movement declines rangil
from Use on best feeder steers to 81.
l on cows and heifers. Beef steers 10
, 5Oc@$125. Veal calves declined 81.
per hundred pounds. Under modera
supplies and improved demand f
lambs gained s5c: practically all
ewes up soc; feeding lambs unchange
: December IS top Chicago prices esd HOS Ss
? steers, s12.5O@12.75; heifers, s1O.'
cows. 1926: feeder steers, ss'2s; N Xe
j, lambs, SIPS; fat ewes, s5.75.
: Fresh meat prices changed on
slightly. Good beef showed a modera
:, decline at some points: other grad
practically unchanged. Veal steady
81 lower. Mutton and pork loins u
< changed; lamb firm at 81 per 100 II
D higher. December 18th prices on go
grade meats: Beef, s17@22; veal,
D 623 lamb, s25@ mutton, WIG
light pork loins, $20@ %; heavy loi'
S15@1S.
Y Relief Fund Voted for Armenia.
New York.-The executive comm