, 1921-12-15
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
- Furnished BY -
U.S.. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington DC.
western Newspaper Union News serrlce.)

Grain.
The market was weak at the close
with DECEMBER in lead and buying
market: No. 2 red winter wheat, SLIP;
No. 2 hard winter wheat, s1.10; No. 2
mixed corn. 49c; No. 2 yellow corn. 49c:
to mi in central Iowa for No. 2
mixed corn about 33c; to farmers in
central North Dakota for No. l dark
northern wheat, $1.0Oh; to farmers in
central Kansas for No. 2 hard winter
wheat, 9Oc. For the week Chicago May
wheat declined 6hc closing at SILK
chicago May corn down INC, closing
at 53Bc; Minneapolis May wheat down
&c at Sl.1S; Kansas City May wheat
down &c at $1.03A; Winnipeg May
wheat down &C at s1.0S.
spot cotton prices declined 40 points
during the week. closing at 1890 per
pound. New York December futures
down 90 points at 17.21c.
Fruits and Vegetables,
Potato markets mostly steady and
slow, stronger in West. Green Noun
tains bulk per 100 lbs. f. o. b. Maine
points stronger at s1.36 to $1.41. Up
26c in Philadelphia at 50 to s2.15.
Sacked stock steady in Boston. New
york I, o. b. shipping points weaker at
more steady. Philadelphia up Csc at
81 to sails. Bulk stock in New York.
S2.1O to sails. Carlot sales sacked
cago at SLIGO to s1.75. Michigan ship
ping points stronger at si.47 to $3.50
+. o. b..
Apple movement moderate. western
New York market dull, A az Baldwins
from cold storage. 81. Eastern markets
mostly with Maine Baldwins
at Sc to 81 per barrel New Yorks
higher in Chicago. Northwestern extra
fancy Jonathans steady in Chicago and
Kansas city at S2.25 to So per box.
eastern and middle-western yellow
onions uD 2bC in NaW Xork Of &E En tn
$3.50. and in Baltimore at SO. Eastern
stock weaker in other markets at $40
70 s5.Ss. Middle western red supply
changed.
Market flrmer but shows some weak
ening from recent strong position. Re-
ceipts not large but demand continues
below normal. Quoted: No. l timothy.
New York $40. Philadelphia s22. Pitts
burgh $21.50. Chicago s23. Minneapolis
$3.50. Memphis s24. No. / alfalfa,
Omaha $3.50. Memphis ,25. No. i
prairie, Omaha s12, Minneapolis SIS.
Offerings of wbe head feeds from mill.
very light and in many Instances only
with flour orders. Higher prices cur
failing demand. Cotton seed and lin
Quoted: Spring bran, 1880, standard
middlings $50. flour middlings $22. lin
seed meal Sal; Minneapolis spring bran
per cent cotton seed meal. sss'50 Mem
PMS S4O.25 Chicago; white hominy 1923,
yellow hominy $22, Chicago.
Live stock and Meats.
chicago prices show mixed move-
ments Tor Inc week. Light hogs adj
vanced 10c to 15c; medium and heavy
weights declined sc to 15c. Good beef
steers down loo to Csc; medium grades
up loo to zoe. Heifers practically UNI
changed but cows declined Csc to 4Oc
per 100 lbs. Feeder steers unchanged.
Sheep and lamb prices generally
higher. The following net advances
for the week being indicated: Fat
lambs 75c to 81, feeding lambs soc to
Zoe, fat ewes soc to 60c. all per 100
pounds. Chicago prices: Hogs. top,
S7.25; bulk of sales. 1915 to 81: medium
and good beef steers. Sc to s9.75;
butcher cows and h~eifers, s3.25 to
Ss.i5; feeder steers, $3.50 to $3.50; light
and medium weight veal calves. Sc. rs
TO -: fat lambs. $40 to SLIPS; feeding
to $500; fat ewes. $3.50 to $5.75.
with the exception of beef, eastern
Wholesale fresh meat prices showed
material advances for the week. Veal.
lamb and pork loins generally 81 to So
higher per 100 lbs: mutton averaged So
higher. Beef prices were practically
unchanged. Good grade meats: Beef.
S13 to SIG: veal. $18 to $40: lamb. s23
to s25; mutton. $40 to SIC; light pork
ioins' SIS to S21; heavy loins. sI3 to
Dairy Products.
Butter market weak and declines the
past few days have offset advances
which occurred early in week. Lack of
bpying interest in the face of more
liberal supplies accounts in part for
been in line with each other since the
middle of November. Closing prices,
90 score; New York AN c, philadelphia
4ehc. Boston 44c. Chicago 43lkc.