Charlevoix county herald., 1921-08-26
MARKET REPORT
FURNISHED ~ U. S. BUREAU
or MARKETS. WASHING
TON, .. c.

Market undertone reasonably firm
early part OF week under export buying
and strong cash market but weakness In
coarse grains unsettled foreign exchange
and weakness In stock market acted as
bearish influences remainder OF week.
General liquidation on last day of week
grains bringing corn futures down to
lowest point at this season of year since
1906; Wheat export sales continued
good. Country offerings of wheat were
were liberal In Chicago cash market
No. Red winter wheat closed at $11S;
No. hard at $1.20; No. mixed corn at
"a cents; No. yellow at 81 cents; No.
cago Sept wheat lost 3-4c, closing at
si.i6 5-S; Sept. corn lost 3-4c, closing
at 81 3-4c; Minneapolis September wheat
lost cents. closing at $l.24 S-+; Kansas
city September lost 7 1-2c, closing at
$1.06 "a. Chicago December wheat
closed at SLIT 3-s; December corn at 53c;
Minneapolis December wheat closed at
$1.22 IA. Kansas City December wheat
closed at $1.09 IA.
Hay
Market easier. Heavier receipts at
western markets past few days depressed
prices as there was practically no ship
in excess OF local demand. Eastern and
southern markets were also weak with
demand poor: Quoted August 18th: No:
s21,5O. Chicago s25. Minneapolis $40, At
lanta $27. No: ! alfalfa: Memphis s22. So
Minneapolis $40, Atlanta $2S. Omaha
$3.50. No. / prairie: Minneapolis s15
Demond and production light Prices
OF most feeds particularly oil meals
held steady except bran, which was
weak. Less alfalfa meal being ground
eastern demand and small sales to feed
manufacturers Stocks are fair, move
ment and receipts light Quoted August
is: bran sl3.75, middlings $145O, Mime
Atlanta; s37 Memphis. Linseed meal 500
Minneapolis; white hominy feed $24 st.
Louis; gluten feed $1,000 Chicago
Dairy Products.
Butter markets weak following unset
tied feeling past week. Certain advances
In all markets were made but with de-
clines on August 18th and 18th prices
are from to l Lee below a week ago
Temporary firmness marked trading on
one or two days because of fairly liberal
buying but as dealers stocks are again
ample for immediate needs demand was
prices Aug. 16: NeY York AZ 1-2c; Phil
adelphia 43c; Boston 43 1-2c; Chicago 80
cents.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Increased potato supplies from New
Jersey shipping sections checked moder-
kets. New Jersey sacked Irish Cobblers
declined Is to 20 cents per 100 pounds,
during the week, closing $S15@SS SIS, De-
mand and movement are reported inn
proving at New Jersey shipping points
Sacked cobblers range s303.35 per 100
lbs. (. o. b. Sacked early Ohios closed
slightly lower in Kansas City around SO.
Idaho white varieties were firm in mid
dlewestern markets, closing $3506D3.75
per 100 pounds. California Salmon Tint
cantaloupes from Turlock section declin-
Il &c. 30. q IL.
and Pittsburgh, reaching s2@2.25 while
the Boston market strengthened, closing
$250@ $50.
Live Stock and Meats.
Despite a moderate recovery in the hog
market August IS, closing prices at Chi
cago showed net declines ranging from
25c to 81 per 100 pounds compared with
a week ago. Beef steers were % cents
lower with butcher cows and heifers
ranging from steady to % cents lower.
Light weight feeding steers were 80 cents
higher with others steady. Fat lambs,
fat ewes and yearlings were practically
lambs were 80 cents higher. August 18th
Chicago prices: Hogs top $10 bulk of
sales $S.15@9.S5; medium and good beef
steers s7@975; butcher COWS and heifers.
S3.5O@S.75; feeder steers $550M7; light
and medium weight veal calves $500
9.25; fat lambs $S.50@10.75; feeding
lambs, $6.75@s75; yearlings $6,25@S.5O;
fat ewes $3.25@5.25 Stocker and feeder
shipments from IL important markets
during the week ending August IL We're:
Cattle and calves 59,33S; hogs 1855;
cheep. S6,32s: With the exception of veal
eastern, wholesale fresh meat prices were
generally lower. Beef defined soc to
$780, lamb and pork lolns $1@2 While
mutton was steady to 81 lower per 100
lbs. At most markets veal ranged from
s1@2 higher August 18th prices good
grade meats: Beef $14017; veal $11D1S:
lamb S21@24; mutton $11@15; light pork
lolns S25@29; heavy loins $l5@21