Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1921-02-25
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM
%. s. Bureau OF Markets.l

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washington. d. C.--For week ended
Feb. IS. 1921.
Fruits and VemefabIes-Sacked round |
white potatoes down 5@Sc per 100 lbs.
{. o. b. northern shipping stations ~
SOC soc. Chicago car-lot market oo ,,.H |
whites held around 81 at western New
York shipping points.
Cold storage Baldwin. apples firm at
western New York I. o. b. sIatlons,
around s4.25 per Dbl. Baldwins firm 10 ~
city wholesale markets at $4.9OW o.
York Imperials 50. 10 Q4.5O. Northwest
ern extra fancy Winesaps firm New
York $500 4,50i up 10c I. o. b. at $2zS
@235.
Danish type cabbage weak around
Sale markets up $i@2 per ton, closing
s14@18 Florida new cabbage weak at
$1.25@2 per IL blu. hamper.
Eastern yellow sweet potatoes STEADY
at SI.50@2 per blu. hamper. New Jer-
sey stock up 25c Chicago, at $2.75@S
Grain.-Prices advanced about loo
the early part of week as result OF
An overbought condition was then dis
closed and pfeces reacted ABOUT 4s,
Larger movement, small demand ano
entire lack of export business then
caused a further decline despite more
serious reports regarding green Bugs,
on the 18th colder weather and snow
were reported in the. bug territory.
This influenced market lower, but
prices later rallied on reports of export
business and hessian fly talk from
winter wheat states. For the week
closing at $167ss May corn " c at
69% C, Kansas City March wheat up lc
at $1.57A. Chicago May. wheat $1.57A.
In Chicago cash market No. Red win
ter wheat ZOOS 1c over Chicago March;
No. Q hard 4@6c over; No. mixed corn
3% l@4hc under May; yellow az @4Hsc
under.
Hay and Feed.-on account of colder
weather and light receipts hay market
slightly improved over conditions early
In the week but prices still lower. than
remains light; only few orders for
shipment being received in western
markets. Kansas City congested with
PG tpmo ai New york ssi5c. chicago ss4,
Cincinnati $2s. Memphis $29. Kansas
City $3.50. No. I alfalfa Kansas City
$3.50, Memphis $30
50c@$1.5O due principally to bidding
up by jobbers as country demand Is
showing no signs. of improvement
tanned at the high prices and that
they view the advance as of tenn
porary character. Stocks remain ample;
particular activity noted except in
wheatfeeds. Resales by jobbers at
higher prices reported. Movement, re-
eeipts and production satisfactory
Forty three per cent cottonseed meal
| quoted Chicago market $3.50 below mill
prices. Linseed meal and gluten feed
dull. Quoted bran $2O.50, middlings $40
Minneapolis; flour middlings $27, red
/ dog $33 Chicago; linseed meal sac Min
neapolis, $40 Buffalo; 36 per cent cot
falfa meal $40 Kansas City; white
| hominy feed $32 northeastern, $33
southeastern markets; gluten feed $50
| Chicago.
with week ago hog prices at Chi.
/ cago were nearly steady, declines of
/ 10@15c on some grades being counter
balanced by equal advances on others.
Beef steers up IS @90c; better grades
i of cows and heifers 50@75c; common
| grades unchanged. Feeder steers ad-
| vanced 25c@$1 per 100 lbs. Fat lambs
up 25c; feedins lambs down 25c. Fat
ewes gained 25@50c. Feb. 18th Chicago
| prices: Hogs, busls of sales, 1886 a
$50; medium and good beef steers So 40
9.25 feeder steers S7@S.75; light and
IS.S5; fat lambs ss.75 @ S.75; feedins
Eat fae ewes es'1 $3.50 S5.a5.
Eastern Wholesale fresh meat mar
kets firm to slightly higher than a
week ago. Beef and pork loins steady
to 81 higher; mutton up $I@2; yea
good grade meats: Beef $1s.5o@i5,
veal s1e@2 90; lamb $1sQ20; mutton SIC
loins si4@is
parry Products. - During the pas,
week 80 score butter has advanced y o
1c daily WIN Other grades following
closely. Prices on the 18th are prac-
ticaiIy back to where they were three
weeks ago when the decline began
| Demand is now very firm; trading very
active. Feb. 18th prices, 80 score
Philadelphia 4S15c; New York and Bos-
ton 48c; Chicago Ate. With scarcely
more than a steady market cheese
prices have shown but very little
change the past week. Smaller styles
are least in demand with prices show
ing wider ranges than on other styles
Majority sales prices range 25@25hC
on most styles.