The Holly chieftain., 1921-12-08
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
- Furnished BY =
U.S.. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washinstoa DC.
,wzs.rn Newspaper union r.v, s.r,es.,

Wheat prices trended upward during
the week. influenced by drouth and
tic and foreign. The only decline was
induced by rains in drouth area. Cash
market firm with active domestic and
export demand. Closing prices at Chi
cago: No. red winter wheat, $1.26:
No. hard winter wheat. $1.16: No. 2
mixed corn. 49c: No. 2 yellow corn.
60c; No. white oats. 33c. Average
No. . mixed corn. ssHc: to farmers in
central North Dakota for No. 1 dark
Northern wheat. .$1.10A; to farmers in
wheat. CSC. For the week Chicago De-
ceember wheat up SIC at $1.1sX; Chi
cago December corn down &c at 48c:
si.27; Kansas City December wheat up
Wheat up Ss SC st ,ios%' ,pee ehiease sss%Hsy Msy
~asat corn si9sed n chessS Ms1 bss Msy
S1.2lx; Kansas city May wheat.
l.10h; Winnipeg May wheat, $1.14.
Hay.
Market generany' stronger. Prices
kets unchanged but light receipts and
a good local and shipping demand in
central western markets caused more
Goyss Nn higher than He
.se hss,nnas ciaeianasi. m sse:se tessssse esisaEe
1850; Mime Minneapelts. sis; Atlanta; $3.50
cinnati. $22.. No: alfalfa: Kansas City.
$21: Memphis. $24: Omaha, $3.50. No. 1
prairie; Kansas city, s11;5o; Minneap-
oils. 1880; Omaha, $12: Chicago, SIS.
Feed.
Wheat feed offerings for December
and January shipment offered at SOC to
81 discount. Prompt shipment offerings
light. Most markets inactive. Country
demand light. Prices steady to higher
though In a few markets largely nom
inal. Cottonseed and linseed meal
steady with little scattered buying:
movement generally good. Alfalfa meal
and beet pulp dull. Bran, SIS: mid
dlings. $3.50; flour middIings. s21:5o;
meal. $3.50, Memphis: linseed meal,
s3s. Minneapolis: white hominy feed
$21. st. Louis; gluten feed. $31.65. Chi
cago; No. alfalfa meal, $16.50. Kansas
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potato markets slow. dull and weak
er. Demand and movement generally
round whites declined 15c in the Chica-
go carlot market, closing at $3.50 to
$1.s5 per 100 lbs; steady at shipping
at Whites so sp to sS & Sew T. at ,d xGEs
weak in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
wholesale markets at s1:75 to Sc. Bulk
stock * steady IasE In Mew York at e to ss.1cs
(. Q; b. producing sections at $40 per ton
bulk; firm in Eastern city markets at
$46 to $50. reaching $55 in Pittsburgh
in st. Louis at $50.
New. York apple market dull. with
limited demand. Other markets nearly
Baldwins A2h down 25c in New York
City at IS to $3.50 per Dbl. for stock Of
fair color. New England Baldwins No.
l ranged 81 to 81 in other city mar
kets. Northwestern extra fancy boxed
M'Rs'aDs ss.7S. ''rm IN new york at $3.50 to
e Livestock and Meats.
Chicago cattle prices show net de-
c!ines from week ago whereas hogs.
sheep and lambs are generally higher.
Beef steers and butcher heifers were
higher: feeder steers unchanged. Hogs
ranged from &c to zoe net higher with
most grades of sheep and lambs 25c to
$40; bulk of sales. $3.50 to SOS; me-
dium and good beef steers, s5.s5 to $40;
butcher cows and heifers. $3.50 to
and medium weight veal calves. $3.50 to
$3.50: fat lambs, 50 to $10.5O: feeding
lambs. $7.75 to SO; yearlings, SO to S8.75;
fat ewes. SO to $5.15.
ern wholesale fresh meat prices are
generally higher than a week ago.
Lamb adyaneed 81 to $S; veal and nut;
81 to $3.50. Pork loins. generally 81
$13 to SIG: veal, SIS to SIS; lambs. $40
loins, SIS to S18; heavy loins, $13 to 16.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets gaining firmness fol-
lowing the slump which occurred dur
ing middle OF November. Storage but
ter moving better as fresh prices ad-
vance. Imports light but improved
Australian and New Zealand butter at
San Francisco. Closing prices 80 score:
New York. 46kc: Chicago. 46c; Phila-
delphia, 46Hc; Boston. 4bc.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices declined IS points
during the week, closing at 1880 per
lb. New York December futures down
70 points at 17.77c.