The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-08-18
MARKETS
v. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. c.

Grain
Wheat prices slumped first two days
OF week under selling pressure. otrons
cash demand active export traue al1
good flour demand, however. csus se
prices TO rise for the balance OF ,ne
week except for slump occurring on AN
gust 10 Week closed with wheat again
advancing and a strong undertone appar
ent Country offerings smah CUTIE
week. Corn price generally ioiioweu
wheat in their fluctuations. Closing
higher on last day of week under strong
export demand and liberal buying. IN
wheat h' closed at si.25 No. 2 hard at
sl.27; No. 2 mixed corn at SIC; NO ye.-
low at 5sc No white oats at SSc. ror
the week Chicago September wneat up
TEMPER corn dropped half cent, CLOSING
at 81 IA. Minneapolis Sept wheat up
five cents: closing at $l.Sz s.s h nioasns
at Sl.l4 IA. Chicago December Whea.
closed at sl.27 49,. December corn az
So lac. Minneapolis December 5.,t.e S wheat
Der wheat closed at $1.lS Ia.
Hay
Timothy prices advanced So during the
week at Chicago and 81 at Minneapolis
ana Cincinnati because of light receipts.
Eastern markets steady but unchanged.
Southern markets still rather inactive
with but few price changes. Alfalfa IN
poor demand. Prairie stronger at Chi
cago but barely steady at other markets.
Quoted August 10: No. l timothy, New
York s32. Philadelphia $685. Cincinnati
S225O. Chicago $25, Minneapolis slo.bO.
Memphis SCI, Atlanta s27, Omaha $3.50.
Kansas City 1913. No prairie Mime
apolis SIS. Omaha S11.50, Chicago SIS.
Kansas City $ll.50.
Markets show fair activity Quotations
generally easier because OF heavier Of
ferings Bran and mddlings market
dull; Receipts and movement light, Lin
seed meal selling 81 and old crop cotton
Alfalfa meal firm and demand light.
Corn feeds in good supply though pro.
dlction is somewhat less than normal
gust II bran 1919, middlings $it25.
flour middlings $50. Minneapolis. white
holniny feed $3.50 St Louis; No; l al,
falfa meal $3.50 Kansas city linseed
meal $3s, Minneapolis; gluten feed s3o.50
Chicago.
Frsits and Vegetables.
~ J. Irish Cobbler potatoes steady IN
New York at 1885 to $3.50 per 100
ranged sOQ9Oc higher at $S35@4 CHI
cago firm at $3.50. Virginia Eastern
shore cobblers soc lower In New York
at S5.25M5.50 but advanced $iGt125 in
ether markets to range Of $5nG.5O per
hbl. Kansas early Ohios have gained 30
per cent in Kansas City. closing SSn3,25
81. 75M3 in Chicago. August estimate OF
white potato crop places total at 3l6
coo. 600 bu., compared with 42S. 600, 900 last
year.
Live Stock and Meats.
Chicago live stock: sharp declines on
the hog market brought top down soc
and bulk Of sales 65c6D1.45 under week
ago, heavies falling off most e. Yearlings
and better grade beef steers up 25p5Oc.
other grades steady to 10c higher. Cows
and heifers steady to 25c higher feeders
down 50@75c. Fat lambs defined 2OM
25c. Feeding lambs up 25605Oc and
yearlngs Csc, Ewes steady. August H.
Chicago prices Hogs, top s11; bulk of
sales. S8Q1O50; medium and good beef
steers s7.25@1O; butcher cows and heif-
ers, S3.50M9; feeder steers. $5m7.75; light
and medium weight veal calves, $1,000
1926; fat lambs, sS5O@lO.65; feeding
fat ewes. $3.25@5.25. Stocker and feeder
shipments from IL important markets
during the week ending Aug. 6 were:
Cattle and calves 1910; hogs $l.5ls;
Western dressed beef at eastern mar
kets steady to Csc higher; dressed veal
steady to 81 lower, lamb $1@7 higher
mutton steady on better grades, declin-
ing 81 on lower Pork loins, up $i@2.
beef s15.50ql725; veal sl5@bl6 lamb s22
M26: mutton $l2d15; light pork loins
s26629; heavy loins $15@23.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets barely steady and
about two cents lower than a week ago
Lighter demand and more favorable con
ditions In producing sections principal
FACTOR influencing present feeling. Pre-
liminary cold storage report shows but
ter holdings on August /, OF S2.35O, 900
lbs. compared with lOl.455,O0O lbs. a year
ago and the 5-year average of 1855. 900
lbs. ~ score prices August H. New
York 43 12; Chicago 40 1-2; PhiIadeIphia
a: Boston a..