, 1921-12-01
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
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Hay.
Market active and receipts light at
minneapolis, Chicago and Cincinnati.
unchanged. Alfalfa and prairie dull at
Omaha and Kansas City. No shipping
demand and local trade inactive. Quot
ed. NO. l timothy, New York, S26; Phil
adelPhia, $23; Cincinnati. 500; Pitts
burgh. s21: Chicago, s2s; Minneapolis.
$ls.6o; Kansas City, $14. No. / alfalfa,
phis. s24. No. l prairie. Kansas City.
$l2; Omaha, s12; Chicago. SIS. No. 1
clover, Cincinnati. 1922.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apple markets steady: movement
slow: Almost no sales at shipping
points last two day New York Bald
wins; A23a, closed steady in New York.
eago, at $3.50. Maine No. Is up in
Pittsburgh at $3.50; steady in Phila-
delphia at $e.75. Extra fancy boxed
Jonathans lower in Baltimore at SI.S5
q2.0o; lower In Kansas city at s2.75
$500. Firm at Pittsburgh at s2.25Q
2.75. Auction sales New York down
lOc, at S1.75Q2.45 per box.
Potato markets dull and weak. Green
Mountains at Maine (. o. b.. shipping
points down 15c. at 1871 @1.36 per 100
IDS: bulk. Jobbing sales in New York
down soc, at $3.50 sacked. Boston weak,
at $1,000 200. New York lacked round
whites closed loo lower. at S1.65 per
100 lbs. at shipping points. Down l5c
In New York. at $1.s5; down 15c in
Philadelphia at S1.909l.e5. Northern
round whites, carlot sales. in Chicago
2oc lower, at S1.25 Q1.50 per 100 lbs,
f. o. b sales in Michigan down loo,
at $l-6Oq 1.55, sacked; down 25c in Wis
consin at S1.004 LIS. warehouse cash to
growers.
Cabbage markets strong. Danish
type at New York (. o. b.. shipping
points closed S37Q3S after a peak OF
S4S; up 81 in New York and Baltimore
in Philadelphia, s4Oas5. Northern
Danish steady in st. Louis at $50, but
lost $40 in Chicago. closing $50. East
ern sacked yellow onions down 25c in
Boston at $3.50 q5.75 per 100 lbs. Firm
in other eastern markets. Middle west
ern yellow varieties steady in New York
t5.50d5.75. Middle western reds and
California yellow 3, $500 u $50, Chicago.
Grain.
Markets uncertain. but undertone i'm
proved and prices trended upward.
Buying was induced by advance in ster-
ling exchange. crop deterioration from
drouth in Australia and big decrease in
the visible supply. Exports domestic
wheat and flour about 179, 600, 900 BUSH
els based almost entirely on official
reports. Closing prices in Chicago cash
market: No. 2 red winter wheat. s1.22;
NO. z hard winter wheat, SLIP; No. 2
mixed corn. 52c: No. 2 yellow corn, sac:
No. 3 white oats. 35c. Average price to
farmers in central Iowa for No. 2 mixed
corn, 3bnc; to farmers in central North
DAKOTA for No. l dark northern wheat,
$l.O6; to farmers in central Kansas for
No nara winter wheat, S6c. For the
week Chicago December wheat adj
vaneed sac, closing at t1.10n; Chi
cago December corn up 2Lc, at 50hc.
Minneapolis December wheat up 5 cents.
at fl.22; Kansas City December wheat
up 4%c. at S1.03; Winnipeg December
wheat up 3%c, at S1.06A. Chicago May
wheat closed at sl.l3S; Chicago May
corn. Soc; Minneapolis May wheat, S1.2i;
Kansas City May wheat, $1.O6; Winni-
peg May wheat. I'LL.
Live stock and Ments.
Chicago hog prices declined 10c to
l5c per 100 lbs. during the week. Beef
steers advanced Zoe with some grades
up more. Butcher cows and heifers
ranged from 25c to Soc higher; feeder
steers up 10c to Csc. Fat lambs and
yearlings advanced Csc to Use; feeding
lambs and fat ewes not materially
top. $3.50; bulk OF sales, t6.s5Q6.s5;
medium and good beef steers. 5000
1925: butcher cows and heifers, 1888
1900; feeder steers. $4.60Q6.60; light
and medium weight veal calves. $3.50
lambs. s7.5oas.5o; yearlings. $1,000
$50; fat ewes. $2.75G4.75.
The trend OF eastern Wholesale fresh
meat prices was sharply downward.
Pork loins. veal. lamb and mutton de-
orally SOC lower. Nov. 20 prices good
grade meats; Beef. S12d 1850. Veal. $i4
OILS; lamb, $3.50 81; mutton. s10d12;
light pork loins. s1s919; heavy ioins,
sl3Ql7.
Dairy Products.
Butter market had weak tone during
the week. but was firmer at close. Pro-
duction holding up well. Storage but
ter moving slowly. Imports light. but
further offerings being made. Closing
prices. % score; New York, 43c; Phila-
delphia. 4fc; Boston. 44c; Chicago. 45c.