The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1921-03-23
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM


Gu. s. Bureau of Markedly
Washington. D. C.-For week ending
Jan. 10. 1921.
Hay and Feed.-Eastern hay markets
weak; prices s1o1;5o per ton lower e
markets about unchanged except az
Chicago and st. Louis where light re-
eeipts caused price advances Demand
provement is noted in demand from
southern markets. Quote: No. timo-
thy Anew STE. YTs ssS Gneas ss s. cu.
$29. No. alfalfa, Kansas City $40. At
ianta $3.50, ST. Louis $2s. No. prairie
Chicago hi;a 1911 ST. Kansas City $3.50. St.
High protein feeds steady. Hominy
feed and bran quoted 81 lower than
charges on alfalfa meal ranging $500
$40 from several western states to the
Missouri River caused freer offerings
and Sht Of mar
kets report distress sales Stocks OF
| several feedstuffs unusually heavy for
time Of sSs our
| dlings $40, Reddog $3.50 Chicago: lin
| seed meal sac Minneapolis, $40 Buffalo;
cent "a ent ed meal
white hominy feed $50 St. Louis. ssi
Chicago; beet pulp s45 northeastern as Tern
| price.
| Fruits and Vegetables. Northern
| round white potatoes down $50 3Oc per
| 100 lbs. at shipping points at $1@1.25.
Chicago car-lot market down 70 soc
at $1.25 @1.30. nearly reaching the sea-
sons low record Of Dec. 18th. Jobbing
prices down 1O@30c in other middle
western markets, closing $1.5Og 1.'o.
Sacked round white slightly lower I. Q.
b. western New. York shipping points
$1.5O@1.55. Bulk round whites up 5Q
i5c New York City at $1.s5@2. Sacked
Green Mountains slightly higher IN
Boston at $4,000. -,
common storage closing sa.s5@s;75 I. o.
b; cold storage $4@4.25. Baldwins'
lower, jobbing mostly S4@475. North
western extra fancy Winesaps steady.
jobbing. ss,ss@425 per BE-. box In New y
Minneapolis at $3@3:25.
Carlot movement increasing raPidly.
Shipments week ended Jan. Sth: Pota-
boxed apples 354; old cabbage 1855; new
cabbage 70; lettuce 464; onions sl2;
sweet potatoes sac. Shipments p-eced-
ing week; Potatoes 1853; oaF ar shhs sps
les; new cabbage 16; lettuce 244;
onions ITO; sweet potatoes 2sS.
with a week ago. Chicago live stock
anee: Eat ewes up poo 7 ,sa Nx.r,,n fat
ana feedng LAMBS nfs also higher HOE
up 5@3oc Cattle prices weak. beef
steers losing lo@s5c. Feeder steer.
priests Ras u } noe, 10;s
medium and good beef steers $3.50 g
lib; butcher cows and heifers $4.65 q
9.75; feeder steers $3.50 gs; ignt a M
9lo: warnings ss.5O@1o.25; fat ewes
, with the exception of beef. eastern
wholesale meat markets were higher
| Veal advanced 81 @3; lamb. mutton and
pork loins sl%s per 100 100 IBIS lbs nr 5ee'
good grade meats: Beef $17@1s; yea
i25@ %: lamb $3.50 %: mutton $f4@l8
light pork loins $2s@30: heavy loins
: Dairy Products. Butter market!
fairly steady early part of week. but
weakened Jan. 7th and sth with prics
!. domestic and large importations for
eign butter given as causes of depres
} sion: January 10th prices; 81 s se9re
delphia SAC; Boston SAC.
Grain.-General.. bearish sentimen
Z pervaded the opening OF the week
= grain markets and prices dropp ee,
~ | a buying movement set in, but part o
= the advances was lost on the 7th
y Heavy wheat export business produces
- 10th there was decidedly buiiis
= movement largely as result Of ad
vance of 7hc in exchange sterling
of Argentina wheat surplus at fort
eight million bushels less than broom
e halls estimate and resulting price ad
Is vance at Buenos Aires also had som
:, effect upon American prices. For tn
Il week Chicago March wheat gained ~
Il | closing at $1.77A; May corn down Ia
). at 74kc; Minneapolis March wheat U
y 1c at $1.73A; Kansas City March dow
le INC at sl.70N; Winnipeg May up 2%'
~ at $1.92N. In Chicago market jar
II 10th cash No. 2 red winter wheat 80
33c over Chicago March; No. har
winter 13@14c over; No. mixed cor
6@6k under Chicago May; No. yello'
IN S@SH under. At Minneapolis whea
demand slow but premiums of cas-
10 over futures strong, No. dark north
n. ern selling S@15c over Minneapoii
March. Kansas City reports expoI
n wheat demand good. milling deman
"a fair with receipts large. No. winte
cash wheat 6@sc over Kansas Cit
10 | March.