The Dolores star., 1921-02-25
MARKETS
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Fruits and Vegetables.

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Fruits and Vegetables.
sacked round white potatoes held at
market down 2Om 25c, at 90cG Sl.O5
sacked. Round whites weakened at
western New, York shipping points,
down 100 15c. at s1.4Oa1.5O bulk.
Cold storage Baldwin apples con-
tinued firm at western New York f. o.
bushel. Baldwins have been firm in
city wholesale markets at Sf.50n 500;
York Imperials. s3.75 a $50. Northwest
York, $3.50 q $50: s2.I5U2.25 f. o. b.
Florida celery steady in eastern mar
kets, s2.75g3.oo per crate. Shipping
Golden Hearts mostly s5.5Oa6.5O in
consuming centers: steady f. o. b. Los
Angeles 3O@35c per dozen punches.
Hay and Feed.
Hay receipts light in eastern mar
kets; heavy in west: Trend of market
downward. Prices declined during the
week but a few have reacted from the
low point. Cincinnati still congested.
Minneapolis and Omaha. Quote: No.
| timothy. New York $40, Philadelphia
e.; .noc cLnGinnati cha;i at s2s. Chicago $3.50
City $3.50 No. ! alfalfa, Kansas City
$3.50. Memphis s27. Omaha $19. No
! prairie, Minneapolis SIS, Kansas City
The demand for feedstuffs remains
light There is better feeling in wheat
feeds in northwest; prices slightly
not follow advance because country
dealers buying lightly. Quoted Bran,
s3o middlings, $3.50; flour middlinGs,
ern markets; No. ! alfalfa meal. $3.50
Kansas City. $22 St. Louis: SO per cent
cottonseed meal, $26.50; winter wheat
bran. S2i. gray shorts. s26 Memphis:
firr 1li
Cincinnati: white hominy, $40 st. Louis,
$25 Cincinnati; beet pulp, s33 New
York.
cotton in the ten designated markets
declined about four points during the
week. closing around 13.24c per lb,
New York March futures down nine
points at 13.62c.
The outstanding feature of the
weeks trading is the advance in prices
caused by green bugs in the south
west. Home export business in low
grade flour at Minneapolis: solid train
load left for seaboard. Country offer
ings corn somewhat larger as roads are
drying out. Export sales corn reported
100000 bushels at seaboard, but bust
ness checked somewhat by recent up
turn and advance in ocean freiShts. In
ter wheat. 26m 31c over Chicago
March; No. 2 hard, 619c over; No. 3
mixed and yellow corn, 4@4Ac under
Chicago May. For the week Chicago
March wheat advanced &c, closing at
S1.1A; May corn &c. at 7lasc. Min
neapolis March wheat up 7lec. at
Sl.59A: Kansas City March 7lsc, at
s1.614s; Winnipeg May 91kc, at S1.S7ls.
Chicago May wheat, S1.61a4.
. Live stock md Mcnts.
The feature of the week $ Chicago live
stock business was the sharp decline in
sheep and lamb prices. Fat and feeding
lambs lost 81; yearlings 75c@s1.25; fat
ewes, 40cd SIPS. Hogs gained 80 a 6Oc
per 100 lbs: beef steers 25 a Csc. Com
better grade averaged ESQ soc higher.
Feeder steers up 25c@ soc. Chicago
prices: Hogs. bulk of sales. s9.OOm
9.75: medium and good beef steers, $500
1890; feeder steers. s6.751S.25; light
and medium weight veal calves, s9.00q
1900; fat lambs s6.ooas:9O; feeding
CPS: fat ewes. s3.25 a $40.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
presented a rather mixed appearance
Beef ranged soc higher to 81 lower;
veal lost 81: pork loins down soc q $500
per 100 lbs: mutton up 81. Lamb ad-
vanced 81 in some markets, lost 81 in
others. Prices good grade meats: Beef.
s1300G15.00; veal, slS.00120.00: lamb.
$1,000 5000: mutton. $1,000 1900:
light pork loins. s1s.oo@21.0O; heavy
lons. S14.00@17.50.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets have gained firmne IS
during the week and prices are higher
than a week ago. Trading is much bet
ter and stocks have cleared up well.
Tone of market is steady to firm.
Prices. 90 score. Philadelphia. 47hc;
New York, 47c; Boston, 461ac; Chicago,
45hc.
Cheese market has been generally
weak but with advance in butter mar
kets more confidence is felt although
trading is light and prices show wide
range. Fresh cheese selling mostly at
241 n % Sc. held cheese 1M2c higher
than fresh.