The Ordway new era., 1921-02-04
MARKETS
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FruIts md NcgcinhIes.


Fruits and Vegetables.
Northern round white potatoes de.
cintu about 15c per 100 lbs. (. o. b.,
reaching s3cas1.0O. Chicago car-Ioi
1hafhes s5 @ closed slightly lower. at s1.1o@
l5c {. o. b. New York shipping points,
closing s1.15g l.2O. Movement very
signt; New York down 15c. reaching
si-6o q l.sO. bulk. Jan. "a.
me beginning of the weeks grain
trading was marked by steady de-
eiines f until the ED. when report that
IN United States caused prices to ad-
vance: The advance continued until
.ne sfth, but subsequent bearish senti-
ment caused selling and prices dropped
about &c in two days. Report that Ar
sentina probably would not place su-
per-tax on exports and would permit
exported free of super-tax was a de-
pressing factor. In Chicago cash mar
ket No. red winter wheat 10 to 22c
over March: No. 2 hard SC to &c over:
new No. mixed corn. &c under May
yellow. &c under. Minneapolis reports
1shter flour trade. with No. dark
at &c to Ice over Minneapolis March,
Kansas City reports milling and ex-
port demand fair. with No. 2 dark hard
Mheat Mnea &c & to H., &c N, over Kansas city
wheat lost SIC, closing at S1633s May
corn. 1Ac. at 67asc. Minneapolis March
Sy,a, wheat down dlasc, at $l.5sB;, Kansas
May. 1896. at s1.75. Chicago May
wheat. S1.53ss.
Hay md Feed.
stormy weather and bad roads cur
failing hay shipments in West. Re
ceipts light. Timothy prices fairly
steady at recent decline. Alfalfa quot
ed 81 to So over last weeks prices. De-
most unsaleable. Eastern markets dull
because of light demand. quote No. L
timothy. New York. .ss25O; Cincinnati,
No. alfalfa. Kansas City. s25.Oo; oma-
ha. S21.O0. No. l prairie, Kansas City.
$3.50; Omaha. s11.00; Minneapolis. SIS.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets for most part weak
and unsettled. but business on the 26th
indicates that tone is firmer. The
heavy arrivals of Danish at New York
have moved slowly at around 49G soc.
Prices. 80 score. domestic: New York.
soc: Philadelphia, 50isc; Boston, soc;
Chicago, 45&c.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices as reported by the
ten designated spot cotton markets
closed around lac. as compared with
1i.67c week ago. New York March
futures down Ill points, closing at
1f.32c.
Live Stock md Meats.
Compared with week ago the Chi
cago market showed declines on cattle
and hogs and moderate advances on
sHeep, iahps anu Eeal caves ioS ;
lost 15c to soc; beef steers, 25c to zoe:
cows and heifers weak to soc lower;
feeder steers showed an extreme de-
cline of soc per 100 lbs; fat lambs ad-
vanced soc to 75c; yeariings. 25c to soc:
fat ewes, 25c per 100 lbs. January 26
Chicago prices: Hogs. bulk of sales,
s9.15 960: medium and good beef
steers, s7.75m9.75; butcher cows and
heifers. $4,000 800; feeder steers. $3.50
6.85; light and medium weight veal
calves, $1125@13.50; fat lambs. S9.25 %
1850; feeding lambs, $S.25 q 1925: year
lings. $1,000 $50; fat ewes. $500 a 500.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat mar
kets showed declines on practically all
classes and grades. Lamb down 50 to
81: veal. mutton and pork loins. 81 to
81: beef. 81 to S1.50 lower than week
ago. Jan. &c prices on good grade
meats: Beef SIS q 1850: veal. $1,000 a
$500; lamb, $4,000 $500; mutton
$500; heavy loins. s17.00@20.0O.