The St. Mary banner., 1921-01-22
The Markets

| Latest weekly market reports, issued
by the U. S. Bureau Of Markets, Wash
lngton, d. c.:
Hay and Feed-Continued light re-
ce1pts and slightly improved demand
have caused hay prices to remain
steady in Western markets Eastern
markets generally weak because of
limited demand. Weather still i'm
portant factor. Slight improvement
noted In orders for shipment. Quoted
Jan. II: No. l timothy New York s35,
Philadelphia $27, Chicago $29, Mime
apolis $22, Cincinnati $27.50, Atlanta
$35. No. l alfalfa Kansas City S26,
Omaha S21.50. Chicago s25. No prai-
r1e Kansas City $14, Omaha $3.50,
Minneapolis $3.50.
Linseed meal and cottonseed meal
were in slightly better demand. HON.
my feed weak offered about $3.50 per
ton lower than price a weak ago.
Gluten feed and wheat feed produc-
tion improving. 1t is expected that
sufficient stocks Of gluten feed will be
available to supply the trade during
the next few months. Bran fairly
steady but flour middlings and reddog
sold off 81 to S3 No improvement in
alfalfa meal demand. Stocks remain
larger than normal Quoted: Mid
dlings $3.50, flour middlings $27, red
| dog $34, Minneapolis; linseed meal
$3.50 Buffalo, $39 Minneapolis, 36q5
cottonseed meal $2S Memphis; White
| hominy feed $50 ST Louis, $3.50
| Northeastern markets; gluten feed
S4S Chicago; oat feed 500 Northeast
ern markets! 2026 per cent brewers
grains SAL Philadelphia.
Fruits and vegetabIes-N Northern
round white potatoes continued to de
cline at shipping points closing to
| 15c lower per 100 pounds at to Sis
| This is the lowest price this season
| Chicago carlot markets closed slightly
| lower at $1.25 to S140. Jobbing range
down 10c in other Middle Western
markets, closing s1.4O to $1.75 Sacked
round whites slightly lower f. O. b.
Western New York shipping points
around $3.50. New York market
down 15c at $3.50 to s195 bulk Sack
ed Green Mountains closed slightly
lower in Boston at s1S5 to 81.
Big Boston lettuce up soc per 11a
| bushel hamper in consuming centers,
jobbing 81 to s2.75. California Ice
berg lettuce slightly higher in con-
suming markets, mostly 81 to $3.50 per
crate Prices about zoe higher f. o. b.
| shipping points at S160 to So. Sacked
yellow onions steady f. o. b. around 81
per 100 pounds. Consuming markets
continue slow and dull; Middle West
ern cities 75c to $1.35; Eastern, 81. rs
to s1.65.
Carlot shipments increasing stead
| lily. Movement week ended January
IL: Potatoes, 1884 barrels; barreled
apples, S79; bo1ed apples, 376; cab
ba 70, 81; lettuce 555; onions, $40;
we1. potatoes, 4S3 Shipments previ-
ors eek: 7otatoes 1926 cars; bar
role4 pples 6S2, bo1el apHles 297;
c. bJcga, 465; lt,uce, 31a; onions,
o24; 9goet .otCtoes, 21.
3ctol.-4niudlinI sno- Coca T5...h-
81 about q cen. e "ounL turin the
'7ee.., closin. a.oNnd 15c. NO To-.
LanuaF.~ 1uturos U &c 7oilt-, clos
ng ct 17.15c.
Live Soc. oaC GsCt .-Com'er2G
wieh @ week ego Chicago 40 nrice1
| we're nearly stead.7, some Grades &C.
wancing sc % 15c. Ewes GGvCnced vOc
TO 81 per 100 pounds; lambs, SteeIy
| TO a shade lower. Beef steers Gene--
ally Csc lower; COWS and heifers deVr
95c 20 75c. Feeder steers firm 20 SOC
higher. Jan. Is Chicago prices: Dulk
OF hogs s9.i0 20 $3.50. Medium and
good beef steers 1915 20 s11.25; butch
er cows and heifers $3.50 to $40; iced
or steers 81 70 1925; light and medi-
nm weight veal calves $40 TO S12; Fat
, lambs s1O5O TO s12.10; feeding lambs
1926 to s10.50; yearlings $3.50 70
s1O25: fat ewes 1926 to s6.25. Fresh
pork was the weakest feature in the
Eastern wholesale fresh meat markets.
Compared with a week ago prices de-
clined 81 to So per 100 pounds. Lamb
and zeal down 81 to 81; beef steady
10 81 lower. Mutton averaged IL
higher. January 13 prices on gooo
Grade meats: Beef $3.50 to S1S; veal
s2S TO $26; lamb S24 to s27; mutton
s13 to SIT; light pork loins s2i to s2T;
heavy loins $40 to s22.
nairy peoducts.-Butter markets de-
veloped weakness the early part o.
abo weak and heavy declines occurred
In all markets. There was tendency
toward recovery on the 18th but the
markets on the 18th were barely
steady and almost weak. Prices %
score: New York sac; Chicago aS1sc;
philadelphia, 54hc; Boston 54c;
GRAIN Except on the opening and
closing days OF the past week there
mas heen a continuous advance in
wheat prices due to better sentiment
induced by heavy export demand and
sales and improvement in sterling ex'
change. On the 18th Chicago March
wheat reached the highest point In
some months, selling at 1851, but
later closed of. Five hundred thou