, 1921-12-08
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
= Furnished BY =
U.S.. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington DC.
tr.,l.ru newspaper Union New, Service,


Grain.
Wheat prices trended upward during
the week. influenced by drouth and
crop deterioration reports both domes-
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: 2 red winter wheat. s1.26;
No. 2 hard winter wheat. S1.16; No. Q
Doc; No. 9 white oats, 33c. Average
price to farmers in central Iowa for
No. 2 mixed corn. 3shc: to farmers In
Northern wheat. s1.10h; to farmers in
central Kansas for No. 2 hard winter
wheat. csc, For the week Chicago De-
a December corn down &c at 4Sc;
Minneapolis December wheat UP 3A C at
s1.27; Kansas City December wheat up
Wheat sf at us sij Sc Ii ,i Woisn9ipeee hid psss% asy
wheat closed at si.17&: Chicago May
corn, 54%c; Minneapolis May wheat,
s1i.1e&a w kansSs , Gity vb Maiy ,1 Wheat
Hay.
advanced SO in New York. other mar
kets unchanged but light receipts and
central western markets caused more
activity. Glover higher than timothy
at Cincinnati. No. l timothy: New York,
sssYi.iso: ph cineinnnatii. s sso.so. P~it ehieago,
$3.50; Minneapolis. $40; Atlanta. s27.5O.
No. clover: Pittsburgh. s21.50; Gin
eelnnati, s22. No / alfalfa; Kansas City,
vi; Memphis. $24: Omaha, S16.50. No. l
prairie: Kansas City. s11.50: Minneap-
oils, $3.50; Omaha s12; Chicago. SIS.
Feed.
Wheat feed offerings for December
and anuary shipment offered at soc to
~ discount. Prompt shipment offerings
light. Most markets inactive. Country
demand light. Prices steady to higher
In - EA"H
inal. Cottonseed and linseed meal
steady with little scattered buying
Cornfeds in ample supply. Stocks and
movement generally good. Alfalfa meal
and beet pulp dun. Bran. S1S: mid
dlings. $3.50; flour middlings. S21.50.
minneapolis; 36 per cent cottonseed
sSs. Minneapolis; white hominy feed.
vi, st. Louis. gluten feed. $31.65. Chi
ago No 1 alfalfa meal. S16.5o. Kansas
Fruits md Vegetables.
Potato markets slow, dun and weak
er. Demand and movement generally
slow during the week. Northern sacked
round whites declined 15c in the Chica-
go carlot market. closing at $3.50 to
Sl.65 per 100 lbs; steady at shipping
points at $3.50 to $1.55. New York
round whites up &c T. o. b. at Si.70;
weak In Philadelphia and PITTSBURGH
Wholesale markets at $1.75 to SO. Bulk
stock stendy in New York at so to $40.
New York Danish type cabbage up 81
I. o: b.. producing sections at $40 per ton
bulk; firm in Eastern city markets at
sfS TO $40. reaching. s55 in Pittsburgh
In st. Louis at $50.
New. York apple market dull. with
limited demand. Other markets nearly
steady. for barreled stock. New York
Baldwins A2h down csc in New York
CITY at Sc to $3.50 per Dbl. for stock OF
isir color. New England Baldwin, No.
kets. Northwestern extra fancy boxed
Winesaps firm in New York at $3.50 to
Livestock md Meats.
Chicago cattle prices show net de-
clines from a week ago whereas hogs.
sheep and lambs are generally higher.
Beef steers and butcher heifers were
generally 25c lower. Cows firm to csc
higher; feeder steers unchanged. Hogs
ranged from sc to zoe net higher with
most grades Of sheep and lambs Csc to
QUO higher. Chicago prices: Hogs, top,
$40; bulk of sales. $3.50 to sos; me-
ulum and good beef steers. 1855 to $40;
euteher cows and heifers. $3.50 to
and medium weight veal calves. $3.50 to
800 fat lambs. 50 to $10.5O: feeding
lambs. s7.75 to 50: yearlings. Sc to 1915;
With the exception of pork Ioins East
ern wholesale fresh meat prices are
generally higher than a week ago.
advanced 81 to SO: veal and mutt
ton. 81 ot$2 per 100 lbs. Reef gained
" to $3.50. Pork loins. generally 81
lower. Prices good grade meats: Beef.
&c. s24: mutton. $40 TO s14; light pork
loins, Sl5 to SIS; heavy loins. $40 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 90 score:
New York, 45hc; Chicago. 46c; Phila-
delphia 461sc; Boston. 45c.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices declined 7s points
during the week. closing at 17.s3c per
10. New York December futures down
10 points at 17.77c.