Charlevoix county herald., 1921-02-11
MARKET REPORT
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Hay and Feed

Hay and Feed
Minneapolis reports Twin Cities mar
kets flooded with low grade hay; musty
and unsound stock selling at seas
Chicago hay receipts very light but de-
mand is OF a hand TO mouth character
AZ buyers appear not to be alarmed
able to work prices higher. Good No
timothy would sell at about $40 Mime
apolis. s25 Chicago, Alfalfa weak and
lower in Cincinnati market where ia
Quoted: No. 1 timothy: $3.50 At
lanta. s26 Cincinnati; No. 2 timothy: sSl
atlanta, ~ Minneapolis, $2S Cincinnati;
$2s Cincinnati; No. alfalfa, s2s Atlanta
$l4 Omaha. s22 Cincinnati; No. prairie:
$l4 Minneapolis. $1l Omaha. SIS Kansas
City; No prairie; $50 Minneapolis,
No change in feed market conditions
Demand remains quiet and prices gen
orally lower than last week: Gluten
feed reduced another IS, making decline
$l3 per ton within past two weeks. Hon
my steadily selling or bran down So so.
Quoted: Bran $2S. middlings s21. -four
White monthly my feed ' $50 So northeastern
markets: No. ] alfalfa meal s22 Kansas
City.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes declined about ten cents per
loo lbs at northern as shipping stati0ns
market down loo at $1Q1.10. Round
whites ten to fifteen cents lower (. o. b.
New York shipping points closing SOLOS
$1.50QL66 bulk
Baldwin apples from cold storage
steady T. o. around 81 per Dbl. Bald
Eets at sie large 1 lots; York Hs'i Im ms
rails $3.50 Chicago s5@5.25. North
western extra fancy Winesaps steady
around $2.15 per box 4. o. b. shipping
sizes "a to y4.25. medium sizes SO to $3.50.
Carlot shipments week ended Feb. 2:
potatoes 2.si0 cars: boxed apples 416;
as; lettuce $40, onions 4e6; sweet pota-
toes 35s.
Live Stock and Meats
&C Compared with "a q week ago Chicago
% d sysrass Esd ns; FEEDER su.S os
soc per 100 lbs. veal calves 81 to $1.5O.
February 9 Chicago prices. Hogs, bulk
OF sales ss So@ 10; medium and good beef
ferg N26QS; feeder steers $5.s5QS; light
and medium weight veal calves $500
1850; fat lambs $7@s76; feeding lambs
sa2sgs.se; yeariinss sS.25@715; fat ewes
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
were Invariably lower than n week ago
bssf Prses vs sSpd sao rade meats
g2l; mutton 310N14: light pork loins 500
If2; heavy loins s16@ls.
Grain
Prices opened higher but subsequently
declined as result OF depressing economic
and financial reports. The declines con-
tinued until the End when over sold con-
dition was revealed and this together
with advance Of Sc from low point In
Buenos Aires wheat caused general buy
ing and an advance in American prices
On the 3rd, however, the markets suffer.
ed a relapse and Chicago May wheat fell
to S1.42 IA. new low price on crop
For the week Chicago March wheat
down IL lac at s1.62 Is; May corn s-4c
at 81 3-8c. Minneapolis March wheat
down IA lac at $40 3-4; Kansas City
March IL 3-4c at $1,46; Winnipeg MAY
u Use at $1.65 3-s. Chicago May wheat
sl.43 Is.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets have failed to recover
strength and feeling has been unsettled
throughout week. Feb. Sd prices declined
sharply In eastern markets. Chicago mar
ket has not followed declines fully. but
weakness in east has affected trading
there. Foreign butter still available, but
finding slow demand.
Prices go score domestic fresh: New
York Acc: Philadelphia 47c; Boston 47c:
Chicago IS 1-2c.