, 1921-06-23
MARKETS
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Live stock md Ments
Hog prices at Chicago showed net
past week. Beef steers firm to 15c
higher; butcher cows and heifers gem
glally steady. Veal calves down soc.
ewes generally 75c lower. June IL
Chicago prices; Hogs, bulk OF sales.
S!.sO@S $40 medium and good beef
h%elfers. 400 $50; feeder steers. s6.25
H!.Ib; light and medium weight veal
calves, S1.50W9.75 fat lambs. 10000
is'90; yearlinEs. 5000 $50; fat ewes,
In eastern wholesale fresh meat
markets beef and lamb prices declined
while veal, mutton and pork loins adj
yanccd. Beef down soc to 81. lamb.
81 to 50 per 100 pounds. Veal. mutton
higher. Heavy loins up 81 to So. Prices
good grade meats; Beef. Sl5.OU016.OO:
veal. Sl6.00m 20.00; lamb. S2lOOW27OO.
mutton. $1,000 1900; light pork loins.
100000 2i.oo; heavy loins. $16.O0Q2 20. 90.
Hay.
Market generally weak. Fair de-
mand at Chicago and MinncnpoUs
Eastern markets dun. Demand and
city. Conditions improving at Cincin-
natl: Very little activity in southern
markets No timothy quoted New
YORK, $3.50; Cincinnati. S1S.25. Chi
caEo, $22; Minneapolis, SO: Atlanta
S27.50. No. l alfalfa. Atlanta. 20. No.
! prairie; kansas city, si2; Minne-
FiNA'' '"'"N
Conditions in feed market continue
very, quiet. Prices generally are easier.
Stocks good and movement light. Cot
tonseed and linseed meal dun. Corn
feeds steady. Immediate shipment bran
offered at 1880 10 per cent cotton
seed meal at $3S.5O Chicago. Quote
bran sl4.75; Middlings. $3.50; flour
mlddlinEs, 1880, Minneapolis; SO per
cent cottonsecd meal. $29.50 Memphis;
white hominy feed, S24.5O Chicago.
$Sl"'9 delivered northeastern markets:
10. alfalfa meal, SIS Kansas city:
linseed meal. 500 Minneapolis.
Grim.
Heavy rains in southwest and floods
in Kansas started an advance on the
18th on fears that harvest would be de-
iayed and quality damaged. govern
ment crop, threatened railroad str,Ke
July LIST, black rust reports and fore
cast FOR hot wave over wheat belt in
Iluenced a continuance of the advance.
Further floods in sections Of Kansas
and Nebraska and more claims Of
black rust from Nebraska and South
Dakota. Sentiment less bullish ac-
count lack OF foreign demand and in
crease in offerings Of wheat from Uli-
nois FOR shipment by July goth. Scnti-
ment in corn generally bearish account
large stocks at terminals and lack OF
good domestic and export demand. In
Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter
mixed corn. coo: No. 3 yellow corn. coo:
No: 3 white oats. acc. For the week
s1.22% September corn up 1skc. at
62%c. Chicago July wheat down quar-
ter cent at $1.32; July corn lLc at
u &c; Minneapolis July wheat up 5L c
at $l.36A; Kansas City July down 2ik c
AZ Sl221s; Winnipeg July up sac at
Sl.76M.
Fruits md Vegetables.
Heavy potato receipts in New York
city depressed prices SIPS per bbl-
North Carolina cobblers closing $4,000
SEE eastern Shore of Virginia stock,
$3.50 S2.75. Florida tomatoes in mod
crate demand In New York City and
down S2.25 to $3.50 per six basket car
rier at $2.75 q $500. Mississippi and
Texas four basket carriers steady in
Chicago at S1.75M2.00.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets somewhat Irregular
during the week and price fluctuations
registered. although prices now about
unchanged from n week ago. Markets
indicate that tone is firm again. Stor-
age demand active. all grades moving
well. Quality good for this season.
Percentage of undcrgrades compare
lively small. Closing prices % score:
New York. 33c: Chicago 80 Mc: Phtlndel-
phia, 331kc; Boston, 34c.
Cheese markets fairly active. but
bulk Of trading taking place al coun-
try points whore prices are hc to lr
lower thnn a week n~s sc .rr--, .
mand developing. Production close to
peak. Wisconsin primary mana A.
Twins. 13&c: Daisies. lax q: Double
Daisies, 13hc LonEhorns. 15c: Young
Americas, 15hc.
Spot cotton down 33 points at 1890
per pound. New York July future.
down IS points at 12.05c.