The Delta independent., 1921-04-29
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM
U. S. BUREAU OF MARGETS
Week. ending April %. 1921

price declines about three cents on
the 23rd markets closed weak and un !
settled. In anticipation of large spring |
break account increasing production
and nearness of fresh season dealers |
have been free sellers. Closing prices /
80 score: New York Al; Chicago 40; |
Philadelphia 43; Boston AZ. Cheese
markets dull and inactive following |
declines averaging 1hc at Plymouth |
Wisconsin Cheese Exchange on the
18th The better trade which was ex-
pected to follow this decline has not
yet materialized. Prices Wisconsin
primary markets average: Daisies IL
Y double daisies II; young Ameri-
cas- 171H; longhorns 1854.
GRAIN-Market weak at opening
due largely to lack of support but on
the goth strength in corn and reports
of damage from freeze in Kansas eau
sed a reaction. Subsequent good ex-
port demand and limited receipts pro-
duced still higher prices the remain
der of the week. There was good buy
ing by commission houses and north
wester on the 23rd. Country offerings
remain light Exporters still afttr
cash corn and further sales made
SeaBoard. In Chicago cash market
No. red winter wheat s1.40-7-S; No.
2 hard s142-7-S. No. mixed corn
/ h9i5: No. 3 yellow corn 60 IA; No
3 white oats 3S-3-S For the week
Chicago May wheat up 21hc at $780,
rs, May corn 31Rc at 81 1-4c Mime
apolis May wheat up 11sc at s1.24-3-S,
Kansas City May lac at s1.21 "a,
Winnipeg May 10-34c at s1.66 IA
Kansas City flour and milling demand
Improved. cash No. hard s133-3-4
| HAY-Narket continues dull and in
active. Only better grades find ready
sale. Receipts light but equal to the
limited demand which is principally
grades steady No. l Timothy Quoted
April %: New York s30 Philadelphia
s24, Chicago s23, Minneapolis $50, At
lanta $50. Memphis S27.5O. No. l al
tfalfa: Chicago s23. Omaha $50, Kan
sas City s24, Memphis s2S, Atlanta
$50 No l prairie: Chicago s19. Mime
apolis $3.50. Kansas City s14, Oma-
ha $3.50.
FEED-Market better first part of
week but inactive later. Eastern mar
kets not following stronger feeling
manifested by western mills. Linseed
meal prices reacted and were lower
because of small demand; Quoted
April %: Minneapolis s30.5p, Chic
ago $3.50. Cottonseed meal: Mem
phis s25, Atlanta s26. Spring bran:
Philadelphia s23, New York $3.50,
Chicago s1s, Minneapolis SIS. Spring
middlings: Chicago SIS. Minneapolis
s14 Hominy feed: Chicago $22. Al
faffa meal: Kansas City SIS, Chic
ago $23.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-Rou
white potatoes nearly steady at Nor
thern shipping points at 75c-S0c per
100 pounds sacked. Chicago carlot
market down &c at 95c-s1O5. Florida
No. / spaulding rose down 75c-s1 .25
per double head barrel in Chicago
wholesale market at sI-s7.50; down
75c-$1 New York at s6.50-s7. Texas
sacked Bliss Triumphs down 50-75c
per 100 lbs Kansas City at s5.75-s6.
Cold storage baldwin apples up 25-5Oc
per barrel in city Wholesale markets,
New York A 2iS stock mostly s5i5
TO $3.50 per barrel Northwestern en-
ira winesaps medium to large sizes
up about Csc per box Chicago at
S2.15-S3.75: small sizes s2-s25O. sack
ed yellow onions s125-s1.5O per 100
lbs Detroit and BALTIMORE: S125-
Sl.5O New York city. Old onions in
cold storage New York city, Jersey
city and Newark estimated at appro-
Nimately 76.5OO sacks or about 319
cars. Texas bermuda onions mostly
S1.5O-$2 per standard crate in con-
Stunning markets: steady FOB around
81. New Jersey yellow sweet potatoes
slow and steady New York April % at
S2.50-$2.75 per bushel hamper. Sou
thern klondike Strawberries 2S-35c
per quart New York wholesale mar
ket. Markets steady to firm at ship
per 80 quart crate at North Carolina
stations. $S.-s3.90 per "a pint crate
FOB Louisiana points.
LIVESTOCK AND MEATs-chic.
ago hog prices declined 1sc-65c per
100 lbs the past week. light hogs los
ing most. Beef steers generally stea-
dy: lower grade cows and hsifers up
csc: better grade cows down SOC.
Stockers and feeders down soc. Fat
lambs and yearlings up 50-75c; feed
ing lambs and fat ewes so. April %
Chicago prices: Hogs. bulk of sales
$S-$S.50; medium and good beel steers
$7.50-$S.75: butcher cows and heifers
$3.50; feeder steers $6.75-sS; light
and medium weight veal calves 81