The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1921-04-07
GOVERNMENT MARKET REPORT
Quotations Of Prevailing Prices OF
Farm Products at Various ceptsra
by Federal Bureau.

March 2S 1921
,h The following report is distributed by
States n Tean or Markets Of the United
e IN plled from Geographic reports from
an sections OF the country:
Hay.
o,I If1irkets steady and firm on better
CinninHa.; Scant offerings most markets.
~ tt ttInau receipts slightly larger but at
no time exceeded demand Local demand
;TtOre ae1lVe shipping demand unchanged.
wen cleaned up. Choice new eron aIfaITa
Ia loose bales offered at s25 f,os Angeles
aS adj No; l hat at SIS; No. at SIS. Loading
I'm Innate that from so to 60 per cent Of
in thai rs se pTa1pie crop is stiIl in barns
sparfneiv. Sef No nr,,a Alfalfa meal buying
NO; timothy $25 Chicago. SIG Mfnnea-
eeS9iils "a SIS Kansas City. SIS Philadelphia,
eeaage; 81! Minneapolis. sl7 Kansas city,
500 Cincinnati; No. l alfalfa SEA Chi
K Kansas $40 chi Minneapolis $40 Omaha. $50
prairie SIG Chicago. SIG Minneapolis,
$4Z.oo Omaha, Sl4 Kansas City.
Feed.
Markets generally lower and unsettled
NHeaI leeds particularly weak and quot
go - TO So per ton lower than a week
ago. PaStureage materially Checking de-
ma ir,siiui wheat feeds production improv-
mands. NN eAuAiS
ea one OF the largest gluten feed manu-
Tacturers has announced the closing down
OF ITS principal plants foe one week. Beet
Pulp IN poor demand: offered at $3.50
T; ~ q: Utah mills; $2S F; o. B. New
ments 10 Europe slowing up. Price
easier aa r, cottonseed meal pressed for sale
feed down 81; In light request and for
only prompt shipment. Lake Navigation
mas mas opened @i up; freight movement excel
tent, quoted bran $40. middlings SIS, rye
leeds S1I Minneapolis; white hominy feed
falfa meal $3.50 Kansas City sol ST
Louis. $3.50 cottonseed meal sos Mem
PMS: Linseed meal $1,000 Buffalo. sac
Msdi Nh Red Dog S29 Minneapolis.
Trading was not large during the week.
the market was easily influenced and pit
CONDITIONS were the preqominating fac
Tor. Sentiment generally bearish but
markets. Export demand brisk and
some flour sold Europe the oath, yet
market closed slightly lower than date.
Then on he 2Sth prices fluctuated rapidly
Mlthln small range but closed higher.
Freezing temperatures in west with <p-
prehension of damage led to short COW
erins. Visible wheat supply smallest in
thirty years with one exception at this
season Decreased 3.S1S. 900 bushels dur
ing week; Trading in July wheat started
on the 2Sth at 16 to zoe under May. Corn
trade light: range narrow: Visible sup
rivals corn while small, sufficient for re-
quirements; eastern demand slow In
Chicago cash market No. red winter
and No. hard wheat 1O1R to I235c over
Chicago May; No. 3 mixed corn SO. to
&c under May; No: Ssyellow 5 to &c un-
der. For the week Chicago May wheat
up lkc at $1.4Sss, May corn down 11ac
at 64Ac. Minneapolis May wheat up
~ at Sl.3S2s. Kansas City May CSC
higher at $1.36h, Winnipeg May &c
higher at S1.SO1s. Chicago March wheat
S1.5714.
Livestock and Meats.
Cattle and hog prices at Chicago de-
clined the past week. The break in hog
prices was sharp and ranged from 35c on
heaVies to 81 per 100 lbs. on medium
weights. Beef steers declined generally
25c to soc; cows weak to 25c lower; feed
er steers down soc. Fat lambs steady to
25c higher; feeding lambs unchanged.
Fat ewes up 25c to soc March % Chi
cago prices. Hogs, bulk of sales IS 80 to
$1O25; medium and good beef steers So
to S9.25; feeder steers 1925 to SO; lambs
light and medium weight veal calves
$3.50 to $40: fat lambs IS to SLOTS; feed
ing lambs 1928 to 1925; yearlings s7.25
to $3.50: fat ewes SIS to S6.75. In the
fresh meat trade Philadelphia
and the following prices comparisons in
clude only New York and Boston. Beef,
veal lamb and mutton prices generally
lower than week ago. Beef down soc to
81; mutton steady to 81 lower; lamb and
veal generally steady to 50 lower; light
pork loins steady to 81 higher; heavy
loins ranged from 81 lower to 81 higher:
prices good grade meats. Beef SIC to
$17; veal $50 to $21; lamb SIS TO s21;
mutton $12 to $14: light pork loins S25
to S26; heavy loins SIS to $22.