The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-03-31
MARKET REPORT
FURNISHED BY v. s. BUREAU
or MARKETS. WASHING
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Hay
Kansas City market extremely weak
except on top grades Bulk oi reSeip,ts
low grade shipping demand very lsnt:
Receipts light In Chicago; prices sleauy'
top grades timothy commanding prem
ium Fair demand for extra quanty ~
falfa No demand for low grade pralrie
other markets steady; receipts general
" ample TO meet requirements which are
mostly for local consumption, outcome
Quoted: No. 1 timothy $50 ChlcaSo,
$3.50 Kansas city. $50 Minneapolis, s24.5s
Cincinnati, S25 Philadelphia: No. z Tim
othy $50 Chicago, $3.50 Cinclnnau ~
deiphia, s2S.5o Minneapolis; No. clover
mixed si7 Minneapolis. s22 CINCINNATI.
s22 Philadelphia; No. ] Alfalfa szo Na az,
sas City, $2i Chicago S2a cin s,i Kaps s
City, Si9 Chicago. SIG Minneapolis.
Considerable distress feed offered by
jobbers In Chicago and other markets inc
past few days. Increased activity ny
Quoted: reground oatfeed ,l2.7s north sIs
eastern markets, white hominy feea ,s M.
meal $3.50 Kansas city. bran s2i Min
neapolis, $50 Philadelphia, middlinss
5000 Minneapolis $3.50 Philadelphia
Fruits and Vegetables
Potatoes down 10000 per 100 lbs.
northern shipping stations, closing soy
soc sacked. Chicago carlot market on
l542Oc at $1@115. or about loo above
the seasons low point: New YORK ro ,nia
l.50 bulk.
New York cold storage Baldwin apples
fairly steady in city wholesale markets
ported In Cleveland and Pittsburgh as
low as $3.50. Northwestern extra fancy
Winesaps mostly $344 per box In con-
Cariot shipments week ended March %:
Potatoes 2,Ss3 cars; boxed apples $50:
barreed apples 664: cabbage 524 celery
1885, lettuce sol; onions 800; sweet pota-
toes 24S.
Livestock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices advanced 2oYooc
per 100 lbs. the past week. hight hogs
gaining most. Beef steers unchangea'
er steers about steady. Veal calves broke
sl.5o0l.75 per 100 lbs. Fat lambs up
35g5oc; warnings 5Og75G; Feeding lambs
and fat ewes steady to 15c lower. ,
March "a Chicago prices: hogs, bulk
Of sales. s9.l5Ql0.65; medium and good
beef steers ss.40@10; butcher cows ana
hcfers S56l950: feeder steers S.5049.35;
light and medium weight veal calves SS
q10. rs; fat lambs sS4 SO; fee eco M.
lambs s7.25Q9.25; yearlings S.25Q9.5o;
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
showed mixed movements Good beer
declined soc while medium beef advanc,,
higher to 81 lower. depending upon the
market. Lamb generally steady. Nut
ton 81 higher.
March "a prices good grade meats:
Reef S16m17.50: veal $1Sm21; lamb $3.50
23; mutton S12p16: light pork loinS
S2350@25; heavy loins. sl8@2O.
Grain
Financial and business conditions, good
weather, excellent crops reports caused
bearish sentiment and grain prices tend
cd downward the past week. Export de-
nand brisk at the close with wheat pre-
miums at gulf csc over May. Half mil,
lion bus. wheat sold on the cath for ex-
port at gulf: flour sales to Europe the
past few days reported 10000 bbls. On
the gath corn sold at new low level on
crop, Chicago May GO 1-2c but later rail-
lied.
For the week Chicago May wheat down
Lac at s1.41 rs. May corn 1-Sc ut
CO 1-Sc. Minneapolis May wheat down
sc at Sl.37 1-2. Kansas City May 6 lac
at sl.35 IA. Winnipeg May l 3-4c at
s1.T7. Chicago aMrch wheat sl53. Min
neapolis flour demand slow. wheat
stronger No dark 1SG30c over May.
Kansas City milling and export demand
fair, No. hard 15c over May.
Dairy Products
Butter markets have shown recovery
during the week and prices advanced al
most daily. until the oath, when Chicago
market weakened.
Closing prices 92 score: New York
46 1-2c; Philadelphia i7c Boston 46 1-2c;
Chicago "A Lee. Trading quiet: supplies
only moderate. Danish butter available
In liberal quantities New York; another
cargo due.