New Ulm review., 1921-02-02
WEEKLY GOVT
MARKET GRA N.
Fruits and Vegetables.
fU. S. Bureau of Markets.

down . to lUc per LOU lbs. I. o.. b.
reaching 60 to 90c. Chicago carlot
market also reaching new low to 81
to 1.10. Sacked round whites to
10c f. o. b. lower New York ship
ping points, closing around $1.10
Movement continues very light. Blu
reau of Crop Estimates release shows
total potato stocks on hand 49,
2S6,000 bus. January /, 1921;
127,400,000 bus. January 1, 1920;
l74,973,0O0 bus. January l, 1919.
Baldwin apples from cold storage
steady f. o. b. around 81 per bbl
Baldwins and Greetings steady most
ly 81 to SIS; New York Imperials
$3.50 to SIS. Northwestern extra
fancy Winesaps steady at 1878 to
81 per box in New York; $2.10 to
$2.25 f. o. b. shipping points.
Sacked yellow onions down 25c
per 100 lbs. in City markets, sales
in large lots closing 75c to $1.25
f. 0. b. prices at new low point
around 75c. Florida celery down
25c per crate in consuming markets
closing mostly $2.75 to 1925; SITS
f. 0. b. shipping points.
Carlot shipments week ended Jan
uary 29; Potatoes 2,875 cars; boxed
apples 1868, barreled apples 1,O44;
old cabbage 275, new cabbage 125:
old celery 21S, new celery 1913;
lettuce 676; onion 422; spinach 142;
sweet potatoes 347. Shipments pre-
vious week: Potatoes 3,O48 cars;
boxed apples 337, barreled apples
795; old cabbage 280, new cabbage
297; old celery 24O, new celery 119;
lettuce 446; onions 424; spinach
FAT; sweet potatoes 379. "a So
We Hay and Feed. r.
! a.Timothy and prairie hay markets
very weak with very slow demand
Better demand for alfalfa at steady
prices. Receipts light because OF
unsatisfactory prices to producers,
and bad condition of country roads.
Buyers Indifferent expecting lower
prices when shipments increase. Re-
celpts at Pittsburgh and Richmond
considerably exceed demand. Quote:
No. l timothy New YORK $33.
Chicago $24, Atlanta $3.50, Mem
phis $29. No. alfalfa Kansas City
$23, Omaha $21, Memphis $29.50
No. prairie Minneapolis SIS, Chi
cago $40, Kansas City $14, Omaha
$3.50.
Feed market demoralized and de-
and oats restricting demand for
feedstuffs of equal feeding value and
quoted at higher prices. Bran and
middlings down about So. Gluten
feed and hominy very weak. The
demand has not increased in pro-
portion to increased output of corn
mills, Alfalfa meal due to lower
alfalfa hay prices. The demand for
alfalfa IS mostly for forward ship
ment. Linseed meal steady; cotton
seed meal off ST. so per ton. Quoted
Brana 1924. SO, middlings $22, -four
middlings l$26, reddog $32, Min
neapolis; Linseed meal $38 Mime
apolis: $4,000 Buffalo; So per cent
cottonseed meal $28 Memphis; white
hominy feed $32 New York; gluten
feed $40#Chicago; beet pulp $38 f. o.
b. Seaboard markets; oat feed $17
Northeastern markets, $11 Chicago
NaI% Live Stock and Meats.
1 Compared with a week ago Chica-
go cattle and sheep price showed
fairly sharp declines, while hogs
advanced 25c to 40c per. 100 lbs.
Beef steers down 40c to 75c; butcher
cattle and feedersteers 25c to soc.
Veal calves steady to shade higher;
fat lambs down 81; feeding lambs
25c to 55c per 100 lbs Yearlings
lost 60c to $1.25; fat ewes 75c.
January 81 Chicago prices: Hogs,
bulk of sales, 1925 to $500; me-
dium and good beef steers $7.35 to
$9.10; butcher cows and heifers
$3.50 to $3.50; feeder steers Sc to
$3.50; light and medium weight veal
calves $1,000 to $13.25; fat lambs
SO to $10.25; feeding lambs SO to
$3.50. yearlings $3.50 to $8.75; fat
ewes 1925 to $5.25.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat mar
kets generally lower than week
ago. Beef lost 81 to $1.75; veal 81
to $3;s lamb So to So; pork loins
81 to 81; mutton weak to So lower.
January 81 prices, good grade meats:
Beef $14.5O to SIG; veal $40 to $23;
lamb SIS to %; mutton $11 to SIG;
light pork lolins $22 to $25; heavy
pork loins SIG to $40.
Grain.
Excepting advances on the 9th
and 28th sentiment in the grain
trade has been decidedly bearish
and prices are considerably lower
than week ago. There was
break of s lie in Argentine wheat
on the 31st and this added to bear.
ishness in American markets. Euro
n . 7 ~ -