The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-03-16
WEEKLY
MARKETGRAM.
u. $. Bureau OF Markets For
For Week Enddc March 10.

nay IccclptS generally light. Ma
JOrlty OF markets reporting easier ten
dency. Omaha market strong; al
falfa and prairie quoted about 81
higher because of insufficient roceipts
Southern markets duh and largely in
buyers favor; sales at widely varying
prices. Best grades in good demand.
Good inquiry for southwestern pvai-
rie and straw, especially rye straw
in Chicago. Receipts in Cincinnati
large with light shipping demand.
Quoted March 9, No. 1 timothy, $40
Minneapolis, $3.50 Memphis. s22
Cincinnati, $3.50 Chicago. No. 2
timothy. $3.50 Minneapolis, s24
Memphis. $40 Cincinnati. No. 1 clov-
er mixed, $3.50 Minneapolis, $2O.5O
Cincinnati. No. l prairie, SIG Min
neapolis, SIS Kansas City. No. l al
falfa, $21 Minneapolis, $27 Memphis,
$19 Omaha, s23 Kansas City. No. 2
alfalfa, ST Minneapolis, $40 Mem
phis, $40 Omaha.
Feed.
Atlanta and southeastern markets
report conditions unchanged from
week ago with demand light and
stocks moderate. COttonseed meal
prices easier. Prices fairly steady
and stocks ample but firmly held by
jobbers as few now offerings are
made by mills. Offerings expected
shortly to improve. Bullish feeling
among jobbers who anticipate usual
spontaneous purchasing moveme, t
this time of year to cause higher
prices. Transit offerings in several
sections offered below shipment
prices. Corn feeds unchanged. Cot
ton seed easier and linseed meal
quoted 81 higher. Alfalfa meal in
poor demand Quoted. bran $23,
middlings $22 Minneapolis. sc per
cent cottonseed meal, $25 Memphis,
$34.50 Philadelphia. Linsccd meal.
Sd0.50 Minneapolis. SAL Buffalo. No.
l alfalfa meal. $40 Omaha and Kan
sas City. Gluten feed, sat Chicago
White hominy feed. $23 St. Louis,
s32 Boston. Beet pulp sac f. O. b.
New York.
Live Stock and Meats.
Compared with week ago Chi
cago cattle prices show slight de-
clines while hogs and lambs are gen.
orally higher. Beef steers and butch
er cattle down 15c to csc. Feeder
steers firm to csc higher. Fat lambs
up 25c to 75c. yearlings 25c to soc
per 100 lbs. Fat ewes down Csc. Me-
dunn and light weight hogs up SOC
to 40c; heavy weights weak to sc
lower. March 10 Chicago prices:
Hogs, bulk of sales, $1O.10 to S1.4O;
medium and good beef steers $40 to
S10.25: butcher COWS and heifers S.
to 1915: feeder steers $3.50 to s?.75;
light and medium weight veal calve :
$3.50 to $l2.75; fat lambs $S.75 to
$ll; feeding lambs 1925 to 1926:
yearlings $725 to 1925; fat ewes 50
to $3.50.
With the exception of beef. eastern
wholesale fresh meat prices tended
downward. Beef advanced SOC to
$3.50 per 100 lbs. Veal lamb, mu;~
ton and pork loins weak to 81 lowcr.
March 10 prices good grade meats:
S22; lamb SIS to $40: mutton $1l t.
SIS; light pork ioins $2l to $24;
heavy loins SIG to S19.
Grain.
Market higher on good export de-
mand early in the week but prices
then declined on favorable reports of
crop conditions and bearish construc-
ton placed on government crop re-
port. Chicago May wheat undergoing
net loss of 4c closing at $1.57 SIS.
May corn a C to 70I2c. On the 10th
all grain prices declined despite re-
sumption export business and other
bullish news. Reported France took
6OO,OOC bushels wheat at seaboard
and sales via gulf exceeded 100000
bushels. France also said to have
bought Argeetina wheat cheaper than
American. oklahoma weather bu-
rcau confirms green bug reports; high
dry winds reported Kansas. In Chi
| cago cash market No H red winter
wheat IS to zoe over Chicago May:
No, hard 10 to 12ssovcr, No. mix
cd corn 6% to 7c under May; No. 3
| yellow 6a to 6 y c under. For the
week Minneapolis May wheat down
&C to Sl.50 is; Kansas City May
4 14c at s1.511k; Winnipeg May 5-Sc
| higher at $1.S7 SIS. MINNEAPOLIS
| flour and wheat demand little better.
Kansas City milling demand fair.
| Cotton.
The average price for mddling
spot cotton as reported by the 10 des-
ignated spot cotton markets declined
22 points during the week, closing
around 11.13 per Id. New York
March futures up 10 points at 11.3O.
Dairy Products.
Tendency in butter markets has
been downward during the week
Prices now average to &c under
those OF u week ago and markets are
now very weak. Trading is slow and
little. but regular. business is ma
terializing. Supply exceeds demand
and dealers shading prices in some
instances. Closing prices, 92 score:
New York and Boston 4Sc; Chicago
46 Y; Philadelphia 4Shc.
Cheese markets steady during the