, 1921-05-26
MARKETS
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v. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. C.

Western Newspaper Union News serioe.)
Fruits and Vegetables.
Northern sacked round white pota-
toes up &c to loo per 100 lbs. at ship
ping points, closing 10 a SOC. Chicago
carlot market up sc. at 95cG$l.05.
South Carolina No. l Irish CobbIers.
St.dOW7.75 per cloth top Stat barrel,
New York. Texas sacked Bliss Tri-
western cities. at S3.75@4. New York
cold storage A2k baldwin apples sell
M at wider range in eastern markets..
$%5OW7.75, Baltimore: $7.00M7.5O New
York and Pittsburgh; $500 $50. Phil
adelphia. Medium size extra fancy
northwestern winesaps firm Chicago,
at SS.OOH 800; small sizes. $2.25 m2.75.
Dairy Products.
Under influence OF increasing pro-
auction and quality hardly such as to
warrant heavy storage butter stocks
e at eastern markets the past week.
buyers are buying little. as prices con-
tinue downward. Closing prices. 90
score New York, zoe; Boston and
Philadelphia, soc; Chicago, 2Shc.
Cheese markets have held weak and
trading was little better at present.
l3A m14c; at Chicago, l4m15c; in east
ern markets. 1GQ17c. 1t seems to be
"A case of dullness with no active fac
tors to give life to market.
Grain.
Although prices averaged higher
during the week. market trend was
uncertain and sentiment mixed. I'm
favorable crop and weather reports
resulted in numerous upturns but lack
oI support invariably resulted in re-
action. Principal bearish influence
was passage of the Tincher bill by
the House OF Representatives; pit con-
dittons also "A factor. Country offer
lngs of corn more liberal with Illinois
and Indiana marketing corn rather
freely. In Chicago cash market No. .
red winter wheat, Sl.55; No. 2 hard.
$l.56; No. 3 mixed corn, 5Sc; No. 3
] .sHU &C. NJ , I'LL IN.
For the week Chicago May wheat up
49ac, at Sl.4SA May corn down 1I1c,
at 59Ac; Chicago July wheat up lAc,
at Sl.lSA July corn down &c. at 81 c.
Minneapolis July wheat up 1Ac. at
Sl.24; Kansas City July. &c. at SLIP.
Winnipeg July. 1904 c. at $1.56A.
Livestock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices declined &c to l5c
per 100 pounds the past week. Beef
and butcher cattle were practically
unchanged. Feeder steers up 15c to
rat lambs, SOC to Sl.25; yearlings, SOC
To 81; fat ewes. Zoe to 81. Chicago
prices: Hogs, bulk of sales. $3.50
$40; medium and good beef steers.
$1,000; butcher cows and heaters.
$5.25 as; feeder steers. $7@S.50: light
and medium weight veal calves. SSm
lambs, yearlings. $s911; fat ewes.
s6.25Q7.75.
With the exception of lamb. eastern
Wholesale fresh meat prices declined.
Beef down csc to 81; veal, mutton and
pork loins generally 81 lower per 100
lbs. Lamb ranged steady to SO higher.
depending upon the market. Prices
good grade meats: Beef. S14.75@16:
veal, $l5u1T; lamb. S24q26; mutton.
SIC Is; light pork loins. S22d24:
heavy loins. $15Q19.
Receipts continue very light, prices
fluctuating with local demand; few
shipping orders being received by
dealers in distributing markets. In
creased loading at country points re-
ported in Central West. No. / timothy
quoted New York. $2S.50; Cincinnati
S22; Chicago. s22; Minneapolis, S19
Memphis, S25. No. l alfalfa, Kansas
City, S23; Memphis, $3.50. No.
prairie, Minneapolis. s15.5O; Chicago
Feed.
Wheat mill feeds steady on ligh'
production. Demand remains limited
Cotton seed meal about SO higher
Other feeds dun at prices practically
unchanged from last week. Spring
bran quoted Philadelphia, S25.25; Min
neapolis. SIC; Chicago. $40; hard win
ter bran. Kansas city. $3.50; soft win
ter bran. Cincinnati. S23; standard
spring middlings about 81 below spring
bran. Cotton seed meal. Memphis
S32.25: linseed meal. Minneapolis, S2S;
New York, $50; gluten feed, Chicago,
S26.50: Philadelphia. S31.71; hominy
feed, Cincinnati. sec; Philadelphia, 500
Alfalfa meal. Kansas city. $3.50.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices declined 81 points
the past week. closing at 11.56c per
h.; New York May futures down 81
points, at 12.37c.