The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-05-13
u. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
Wheat Prices Drop Five Cents, Cattle
and Hogs Decline, Sheep and
Lambs Advance.
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM.
(By u. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS


Washington, April 2S.-For week ending
April 26.-GRAIN-Market weak at open
ing, but subsequent strength In cash corn,
reports OF damage from freeze in South
west, good export demand and light coun-
try offerings caused a price advance that
continued until the 18th. On the 18th flu
ture wheat prices dropped about five cents
due to lack OF support, despite forecast of
freezing temperatures In Southwest,
strength stock market and decrease Wis
ible supplies wheat and corn. Germany
and Italy reported seeking new and old
crop wheat. Milling demand slow. cash
premiums somewhat lower. Visible sup
ply wheat B,513,O0O bushels, a decrease OF
ds!S.O0O bu. for week. Visible supply corn
2S,l67,OO bu., a decrease of $4,000 bu. for
week. In Chicago cash market No. 2 red
winter wheat $1.341x, No. 2 hard $1.36X, No.
3 mixed corn 5SAc. No. 3 yellow, $3.50, No.
3 white oats BIC: For the week Chicago
at 599c. Minneapolis May wheat up lc
at $1.19; Kansas City May &c at Sill; Win
nipeg May 4hc at $l.60. Minneapolis
DAIRY PRODUCTS - Butter markets
weak and unsettled the past week, price
declines averaging six cents. Closing
prices, so score: New York 4o1ac, Chicago
4oc, Philadelphia and Boston 42c. APP
proach of fresh season of production
given as cause present weakness. Dealers
been selling freely avoid being caught
with any surplus as signs of usual spring
slump have appeared.
HAY-Market continues dull and mac
tive. Receipts light. Offerings and de-
week. Prices practically unchanged. De-
mand almost entirely local in most mar
kets. Better grades timothy in fair re-
quest; poorer grades almost unstable.
Quoted: No. ! timothy. Chicago. s22, Min
neapolis $3.50; No. l alfalfa, Chicago, $23,
Omaha $40; No. / prairie. Chicago. SIS.
Minneapolis SIG.
for linseed meal, for which demand con
tinues poor.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES = Round
white potatoes nearly steady. northern
sacked. Chicago carlot market held at
soc to S105. Cold storage Baldwin apples
up 25-Soc per Dbl. in city wholesale mar
go per Dbl. Northwestern extra fancy
Winesaps, medium to large sizes. up about
25c per box. Chicago, at S2.75-4;0o; small
and unsettled New York, at 6Oc-sl.2 % per
100 lbs. Old onions in cold storage, New
York. city and vicinity. estimated approxi-
mately 1850 sacks, or about 319 cars.
despite declines averaging fully 1hc. Dis
tributors see no signs of Improvement un-
I'll bottom is reached; The lowest prices
oowViissee y cheese Wst EXCHANGE csainea R an ihe m tiy paisies
l5c. Double Daisies 14c, Longhorns 1870,
Young Americas lac. No twins offered.
LIVE sToCK..Cattle and hog prices at
Chicago declined the pas week, while
sheep and lamb prices advanced. Hogs
lost 35c-$1.1 10 per 100 lbs, light hogs declin-
ing most. Beef steers down $500, heifers
&c. butcher cows 25-75c, feeder steers Csc
to 81. Fat and feeding lambs and fat ewes
up soc: yearlings up 6-76c. April Is Chi
cage prices: Hogs, bulk of sales, 81. so
SIS: medium and good beef steers $7.2-
$40: butcher cows and heifers A.75QS. 70:
feeder steers $6.50dS. rs; light and medium
weight veal calves $3.50: fat lambs s.. 10
11.2; feeding lambs $3.50: yeariings
$3.50: fat ewes $5.5O-T.&. Stocker and
feeder shipments from IL important mar
kets during week ended April Is were:
1851.