The Ordway new era., 1921-04-29
MARKETS
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Washington, D. C.
Western Newspaper Union News Service,
Dairy Product.

Dairy Products.
Butter markets very irregular the
past week with general price tendency
downward; 92 score butter now Acc.
New York; 45c. Chicago; 47kc. Phiia.
to keep stocks cleaned up has kept
market nervous. California butter in
iaIriy liberal quantities.; Danish but
Cheese markets dull and inactive
following declines averaging Ibc at
plymouth, Wis, cheese exchange. Pres
ent prices Wisconsin primary markets:
Twins. I7e: Daisies. 17M: Double
Daisies. 17kc; Young Americas, 17kc;
Longhorns. 16% @17c.
Hay.
Market continues dun and inactive.
Prices steady on top grades. No. i
timothy quoted $40, New York; S24,
thii1adephis; sian1e ia 81 sls Minneapolis $40,
falfa. $50, Omaha; $50. Kansas city;
$26 Memphis; s32. Atlanta. No. /
prairie. $3.50. Minneapolis; s14.50,
Kansas City, S12.50. Omaha.
Feed.
Market continues draggy. Eastern
markets not following stronger feel
ing manifested by western mills Lin
seed meal up 81. at 1913, Minneapolis.
because of better demand and limited
production. Quoted: s39, Philadelphia;
$3.50. Kansas City. Cotton seed meal
up SOC, Memphis 'at S25; quoted, $50,
$23.50, Philadelphia; .S25.50 New York:
Si6. Minneapolis. Spring middlings.
Slb. Minneapolis; ,$22 Philadelphia.
Memphis. Alfalfa meal. SIS. Kansas
City.
Live Stock md Meats.
Chicago hog prices declined '40c to
zoe per 100 pounds the past week. me-
dium and heavy. weights declining
most. Cattle prices not materially
changed. Fat lambs, fat ewes and
yearlings practically steady, feeding
lambs down 25c to soc. Chicago prices:
Hogs, bulk of sales. SS.OOG $500; me
dunn and good beef steers. S7.50@
SS.75; butcher cows and heifers, $i.75
@$9.oO: feeder steers, $1,000 500; light
and medium weight veal calves $3.50
a 800; fat lambs. $S.00GS10.25; feed
ing lambs, $6.50a 500. yearlings. S7.25
a 800; fat ewes $5.O0@6.75.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
steady to strong. Beef practically un-
changed, Veal steady to 81 higher.
Lamb steady to 81 higher. Light pork
loins unchanged; heavy loins steady to
81 lower. April 10 prices good grade
meats: Beef S15.75 q 1850; veal. $500
q 20.00; lamb. s1700@22.0O; mutton.
sli.00 q 1900; light pork loins, $500 q
$500. heavy loins, $1,000 a 25.UO.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Sacked round white potatoes weak
ened slightly at northern shipping
points. closing 70@ soc per 100 pounds.
Chicago carlot market held at 9Ocn
Sl.OO New YORK fOund WnlleS DOWN
l5c. New York City, at 81. a l.25 bulk.
Texas Sacked Bliss Triumphs weak
ened slightly, Kansas City, at $3.50,
New York cold storage A2h BAD
win apples firm in leading wholesale
markets at S5.50q6.25 per bbl.; Chi
cago up sl.O0Q1.25 per bbl., at $500 a
$50 Northwestern extra fancy Vine
saps. medium to large sizes; up about
25c per box. Chicago. at S2.I5 3.Io'
small sizes, s2.0O@25O
Grain.
Prices continued to decline. but on
the settlement of British strike and
good export business, started an up
turn that was given impetus by pass
age of tariff bill in House, and reports
of freezing weather and blizzard IN
winter wheat belt. Liberal offefinSs
in outside markets and weakness IN
Winnipeg market as result OF 4uii :,
States before tariff bill becomes law.
Exporters after cash corn. country
offerings corn light; domestic demand
moderate. May corn strong as result
higher premiums cash wheat and re-
ports indicating some deterioratioii -, ",
growing crop in the Southwest caused
by recent freeze. India wheat &C or0P ono reo reo
ported poor with indication 9OOoO,OOO
to 1O0 100000 bushels less than year
ago. In Chicago cash market No.
red winter wheat s1.35 Is No. nara,
yellow, 5SMe: No. white oats. 3s Ac.
Enr the week Chicago May wheat up
cents. at s1.25ss May corn 4'sc, a.
$3.50. Minneapolis May wheat up 3
cents, at S1.16k: Winnipeg May, :
cents, at s1.55. Kansas city mining
| demand fair. export demand Stow NO
| hard, $1.33k.
Spot cotton prices down vi % e5e p0'pes pes
| Mound New York May futures down
! 27 points, at 11.92c.