The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-10-01
The Markets

KEYS generally weaker WIN ''''
mand New York bulk round whites
ranged $220m240 per 100 IDS. IN
Philadelphia and New York. S2foV
go per 100 lbs. sacked in PittsburRh-
Northern round whites slow ana STEADY
IN Chftago al $3.50. Maine irish COD
blers ranged 81 20m2.60 i'll consuming
markets: down 20c AT shipping points,
closing $l.360l.4 AS per 100 lbs. bulk.
Sacked round whites firm at Mime
sofa points. ranging S2.o5m2.lo Tod.
Virginia eastern shore yellow sweet
potatoes slightly stronger in New York
Al S35Om400 per barrel Other mar
sets down 15M25c at $4.25N475. Ten
uessee Nancy Halls down 1om25c in
Chicago and Kansas City at $l.lbW
I.25 per bushel hamper. New Jersey
yellows lost 25c, ranging $15oMl.6 5
In New York and $200G2.25 In Chi
cago. Onion market with moderate
demand continues irregular. Eastern
yellow globes up 75c in New York City.
ranging $4,000 90. slightly weaker III
Boston and Philadelphia at $350m4oo,
firm in Chicago at $3.50M3.75. yellow
globes off lOc to 25C at Massachusetts
shipping points at S3.4om".5o. he
mand and movement good at New
York shipping points, Baldins A-212
apples firm at So per barrel. In North
western producing sections extra iancy
Jonathans RANGED 81 $4,000 per box.
firm in New York City at $i5OW5.oV.
Live Stock and Meats-ChiCaGo i've
stock price declined during the week.
Fat lambs down $l.35M $50 per 100
lbs Yearlings down 50cW$l00. Fat
ewes 25 m50c. Hogs off 30M5oc, nght
weights declining most. Beef steers,
feeder steers and butcher cows and
heifers generally steady to 25c lower.
Veal calves broke SlM2 per 100 lbs.
September % Chicago prices: Hogs.
top $S25: bulk of sales $6.5OmS.2O.
Medium and good beef steers $6,ooO
9.75; butcher cowks and heifers $3,50U
800: feeder steers $5.00M700, Light
and medium weight calves $1,000
1900. Fat lambs $700M9.00: feeding
lambs $5.75M7.25, yearlings $4.750
TOO. Fat ewes S2,50m475. Stocker
and feeder shipments from II impor-
tant markets for the week ending Sep
TENDER 16 were: Cattle and calves
66,481; hogs 5.0SG; sheep 65.537. East
ern wholesale fresh meat prices trend
ed upward. Mutton advanced $1,000
800. while veal and lamb were general
ly steady to 81 higher per 100 lbs;
beef practically unchanged. Pork loins
steady except for one market, where
lights loins advanced 81 per 100 lbs.
September % prices good grade meats:
Beef $1%017: veal $18@22: lambs ST
122: mutton $12@15: light pork loins
$25@30; heavy loins $13021.
Cotton-Spot cotton prices advanced
77points during the week, closing ut
1910 per ID. New York October fu-
lures up 6S points at 1880.
Dairy Products - Butter markets
barely steady and unsettled. under
tone continues. especially at New
York. where price on top grades have
declined 1c during the past two days.
Undergrade weak and accommodating.
Demand for all grades mostly limited
to immediate needs. Closing prices %
score: New York 431ac; Chicago 43c;
Philadelphia and Boston 44c. Cheese
market steady. Trading active early
In week. especially at Wisconsin pri-
mary markets. but since advances of
Monday on Wisconsin cheese board a
less confident tone has marked trad
ing. Storage stocks being drawn on
to some extent. September % prices
at Wisconsin primary markets; Twins
19c; daisies 20c; double daisies 1910;
longhorns zoe, Young Americas 20Mc.
Hay-Market very dull and inactive.
Rains continue to retard movement
In "a arLsn az
dull, but little more activity report
ed In Southern markets. Receipts very
light central western markets, but
light demand prevents any price ad
vance. Quoted September %: No. /
timothy. New York $27, Cincinnati
$19.75. Chicago $24, Atlanta $2S, Mem
phis $24. No. alfalfa, New York s26,
Memphis $2250, Atlanta $780, Kansas
City SIS. No. l prairie, Kansas City
$11.50.
Feed-Mill feed market very dull;
transactions small Quotations prac-
tically unchanged. Linseed meal mar
ket easy. trade light. Light stocks
causing firm tone in cotton seed meal
market. Gluten has declined $3.50
during week Hominy also slightly
lOWsI. AIldld Hledi anu Dect pup
sell slowly; market weak. Quoted
September %: Spring bran. Philade-
phia $22, Minneapolis $13. Standard
middlings, New York s23.75, Mime
apolis $14. Linseed meal. New York
$47.50, Minneapolis $3.50. Cotton
seed meal. Memphis $36. Atlanta $39.
Gluten, Chicago $2S.65. Hominy feed,
Cincinnati $3.50.
Grain--Prices averaged lower dur
ing the week. There were numerous
rallies. but these were lost through
profit taking. At the close wheat mar.
ket showed firm undertone. There was
improved export demand for hard win
ters. Northwest wheat receipts less
than last year. Country offerings corn
to arrive somewhat larger on account
Of more favorable weather. Closing
prices In Chicago cash market: No. 2
red winter wheat $12S; No hard
winter wheat $126; No mixed corn
SAC: No. yellow corn SAC; No white
oats 35c. For the week Chicago De-
cember wheat down 11Ac. closing at
$1.26; December corn down 1ac. clos
ing at 56c. Minneapolis December
wheat down &c at SLAIN; Kansas
City December down lac at $1.19Ac.