Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1921-02-04
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM
GU. s. Bureau of Marketsy


Washington, d. C.-For week ended
Jan. 2S, 1921.
Hay and Feed.-Receipts and notices
of hay shipments light in western mar
kets. Eastern markets dull but prices
fairly steady. Quote: No. 1 timothy,
New York $3.50, Chicago s23, Memphis
. 500, Minneapolis $50, Atlanta $33.5c' No.
I alfalfa, Kansas city S24, Memphis
500. No. 1 prairie. Kansas City S14,
Chicago SIS, Minneapolis SIS.
All wheatfeeds reached new low level
In Minneapolis market General dull
ness prevailed in all markets, particu-
larry in southwest. Quoted: Bran s25,
middlings SIS, flour middlings S26.50.
Minneapolis No. l alfalfa meal 322,
Kansas city; white hominy feed s24,
st. Louis; 36 per cent cottonseed meal
$3.50, Memphis; linseed meal $38 Min
neapolis, $3.50, Buffalo; beet pulp S3S.
philadelphia; brewers grain $36. MIL
waukee; gluten feed reduced IS since
last week, now quoted $40, Chicago.
Fruits and Vegetables. - Northern
round white potatoes declined about 10c
per 100 lbs, (. o. b., reaching s3ch
ioc at s1.1o@1.2o. Sacked round whites
about zoe lower T. o. b. New York ship
ping points. closing si;0s91is. Move
ment continues very light New York
crop estimates release shows total
stocks on hand January first. 1920
600 bushels, compared with 127,400,ooo
bushels Jan. l, 1920; l74'97s'Ooo bushels
Baldwin apples from cold storage
closed slightly lower Z. o. b., around -
per Dbl. Baldwins and Greenings steady,
mostly AQ5; York Imperials s3.500
$50.
Sacked yellow onions slightly lower
Z. o. b.. S5c@$1; mostly Soc per 100
lbs; eastern markets down 10115c.
Jan. 81 at S5c a $3.50: middlewestern
steady, 75c@$1.4O.
New York cabbage steady Z. o. b..
mostly $40 per ton bulk; eastern mar
lFANa NA 81 ArAH a
Wakeflelds mostly $1.50@1.75 per III
bu. hamper sales to jobbers.
Grnin.-Flour jobbers state flour con.
sumption shows decrease from year ago
mainly local, and affected by wheat;
country offerings to arrive, light. In
Chicago cash mark ct number 2 red
winter wheat 22Q 2sc over March; No;
hard 517c over new No. mixed
corn &C under M =; yellow 5Q5& c
under. Minneapolis reports fair flour
trade; wheat demand good. Kansas
City milling demand fair; export de-
mand slow; cash No. dark hard winter
wheat &c over Kansas City March. For
the week Chicago March wheat advanc-
ed &c, closing at s1.65% May corn
March wheat UP half cent at s155 II ;
Kansas City March up 1sc at Sl.5SA ;
winnipeg May down 3Ac. at H.7SA.
Chicago May wheat $l.5f.
Live stock and Meats. Compared
with week ago, cattle and sheep
prices at Chicago declined. Hogs rang
hing 3O@ roc higher per 100 lbs. Beef
steers Csc. Veal calves advanced 5000
81 per 100 lbs. Fat lambs, feeding
lambs and yearlings down 25c; fat
ewes 20 a soc. Jan. 2Sth Chicago prices:
Hogs, bulk of sales, $3.50 @9.90; medium
s and good beef steers steers. :7 sSs2S
feeder steers 1926 ~ $50; light and
medium weight veal calves $11@13.50;
fat lambs sS.50110.75; feeding lambs
5000. yearlings $7.25@s; fat ewes
SO b0m5.50.
Eastern Wholesale fresh meat mar
kets almost invariably showed declines
compared with a week ago. AS rule,
better grades suffered most. LAMPS
lost S204, pork lotns si92. veal stea.y
to SO lower, beef steady to $3.50 lower,
utton steady at some markets, lower
at others. JanuSry 2Sth prices good
grade meats Beef S1501e, veal $2o@
%. lambs $1S@23, mutton $f1m Is, light
pork loins $22924, heavy loins $l69
49,
Dairy Produets,-Butter market for
the most part weak and unsettled dur
! ing the week. Business OF the past
few days indicates that the tone is
somewhat firmer although on the 2Sth
| the New York market showed signs
| OF further weakness. Recent heavy ar
| rivals of Da ush butter have been NOV
| ing rather slowly at around 4g@50c
| Today's prices 80 score domestic: New
York 4shc; Chicago. Acc; Boston, Soc
Cheese markets continued TO main.
| tain firm tone throughout week. but
during the past few days business has
been dull. In Wisconsin the tone seems
to be not quite so firm as week ago
| Prices at Wisconsin primary markets
average S1h Ollie lower; twins "a C
| Daisies 25c; Double Daisies 24hc
LonBhoTns &c, iouns Americas 20 ~ q