The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-07-30
The Markets


about 81 higher than one week ago
Receipts and stocks light, Contra
! Western markets weak and mostly il
buyers favor. Little shipping demant
| and receipts slightly in excess of loca
demand Country loadings again fall
/ ing Off Considerable new hay arriv
| ing out of condition. Southern mar
| kets inactive and weak. Quote July q
number 1 timothy New York $3.50
Philadelphia $21, Cincinnati S21, new
| 1880 Chicago $25, New $40, Atlanta
| $3.50, Kansas City new $11. No.
/ alfalfa Kansas City $19, Omaha S16.50
Memphis $22. No. l prairie, Mime
apolis $14.50, Omaha $11.50 Kansas
| City $13
Feed.-Wheat feeds fairly firm bu
easier tendency is noted in quotations
! for future shipment. Kansas mills
asking SIT for hard bran for July
shipment and $16.25 for 30-day ship
ments. Country trade not taking hold
as expected and market in resellers
hands as mills sold heavily to jobbers
last few weeks. Oil meals firm, sales
very light. Hominy feed soc to 81 low
err Gluten feed and alfalfa meal I'M
changed. Stocks and receipts fair
Quoted: Bran $14 middlings $14, lin
seed meal $345 Minneapolis white
hominy feed $3.50 st. Louis, So per
cent cottonseed meal $3.50 Memphis
Gluten feed $3.50 Chicago, No. l al
falfa meal $40 Kansas City.
Dairy Products.-Butter markets
steady during the week but unsettled
at the close and the confident tone of
week ago is lacking. Movement in
to storage still continues, but smaller
percentage of current receipts will
grade satisfactory for this purpose as
hot weather defects are common. 80
score butter: New York 42c, Chicago
401ac, Philadelphia 112c, Boston 43c.
Cheese, Wisconsin primary prices:
Twins zoe, daisies 21c, double daisies
201ac, longhorns 24c, Young Ameri-
cas- 23c. Cheese markets very firm
and average fully SC higher than a
week ago on all styles following ad-
vances at country markets on Monday.
Good export and consumptive demand
lending support to trading.
Fruits and Observation-Disclosures
eastern shore irish cobbler potatoes
advanced $125@1.50 per barrel In New
York, reaching 81 to $4.25. Other
Eastern markets mostly 81 to $3.50.
Shipments have been decreasing. Kan
sas sacked early Ohios down Is to Csc
per 100 lbs. in Kansas City, closing
S1.25 to $3.50. California salmon tint
cantaloupes nearly steady in Eastern
markets, closing SO to 81 per standard
crate Prices declined 25 to SOC per
crate in the middle west, closing $3.50
to 1925. Georgia Elberta peaches
range soc to 81 higher per six basket
carrier in Eastern wholesale markets
at 50 to $685.. Texas alberta peaches
advanced $1.25 to $3.50 in Chicago,
closing $3.50 to 3s.75. Georgia and
South Carolina Tom Watson watermel-
ons medium sizes slightly stronger In
New York at $500 to $3.50 per car.
Haulings have been light at Georgia
Shipping points. Good demand advanc
ed prices moderately, rs to 20 pound
stock closing $1e00260 per car f. o. b.
cash track
Graln-Markets firm and higher
first two days of week mainly because
of unfavorable crop returns and re-
ports that rust and blight were IN
creasing, especially in the northwest.
Public buying was also factor.
Prices declined on the 18th with trade
evening up This continued through
the 18th, when overbought condition
was disclosed. During the remainder
of the week outside buying fell of
and the market became unsettled with
trade only fair and mostly local. Coun-
try offerings were not large during the
week. In Chicago cash market NO.
red winter wheat closed at $125; No.
2 hard at 1926; No. yellow corn at
&c; No. mixed corn at &c; No.
new white oats at 36c. For the week
Chicago July wheat dropped 7c, clos
ing at $1.251a;' July corn advanced NC
at 64Ac. Minneapolis July wheat drop
ped SIC, closing at $1.29A. Chicago
September wheat dropped 519c, clos
ing at $126%c; September corn NC
lower, closing at 61Ac. Minneapolis
September wheat dropped SIC, clos
ing at $1.313s. Kansas City Septem-
Der wheat dropped 6Ac, closing at
$115.
Live Stock and Meats-Chicago live
stock: Compared with a week ago,
hog prices advanced generally 75c to
85c. Better grades of steers were up
a quarter and cows and heifers de-
clined an equal amount. Better grades
of feeder steers were about steady,
lower grades declining about 75c. Veal
calves were up a half dollar on better
grades. Lambs and yearlings were un-
changed and ewes up 15c to 75c. July
81 Chicago prices: Hogs, top Sill;
bulk of sales 1920 to Sill; medium
and good beef steers $725 to So; butch
or cows and heifers 1913 to 1915;
feeder steers IS to $3.50. Light and
medium weight veal calves So to Sill;
fat lambs 1925 to $1,000; feeding
lambs Sc to 81; yearlings Sc to $3.50;
fat ewes 1925 to $3.50. Stocker and
feeder shipments from eleven impor-
tant markets during the week ending
July IL were: Cattle and calves 1854;
hogs 22S7, sheep 1928. Eastern dress
ed beef advanced SO on better grades.
but the price range widened. Veal
about steady; lamb was down ~ to
IS; mutton 81 to So on lower grades.
Light pork loins advanced So, heavy
loins unchanged July Fl prices good
grade meats: Beef $13.25 to SIS; veal
SIG to SIS; lamb $21 to $25; mutton
S13 to $I8; light pork loins $23 to rs;
heavy loins SIG to $40.