The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1921-10-14
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
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western Newspaper Union News Service,


Hny.
markets. Demand limited almost en-
tirely TO local needs. Prices lower at
New York and Cincinnati but steady at
Chicago and Kansas City. Receipts
York, sso; Cincinnati, $50; Chicago,
s24; Memphis, s2s; Atlanta, s2s, No: |
No. l prairie Kansas City, $13.
Wheat prices were under selling
pressure during week and prices
sagged to new low levels of season:
Export sales of wheat We're slow and
sentiment was mostly bearish. Coun-
try offerings in Northwest very liber-
al, heavy receipts being expected at
appeared on market from Illinois. Corn
prices also sagged to new low marks.
Closing PRICES In Chicago, cash may
No. hard winter wheat, s1.1o; No: 2
mixed corn, 45c; No. yellow corn, 45c;
No: white oats, sic. For the week
closing at s1.o91s; December corn lost
IAc, closing at 47Ac; Minneapolis
December wheat lost 1oAc, closing at
$l2o; Kansas City DECEMBER wheat
December wheat lost 12c, closing at
$Lloss., Chicago May wheat closed at
May wheat at sl.2Ola Kansas city May
whea, at $1.o5l4 Winnipeg May wheat
at $1.16is.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets wcr firm and prices
showed an upward tendency Firmness
due in large measure to shortage of
fanny grades which were in heaviest
demand. Undergrades We're draggy.
New York. Storage butter began to
move. Closing prices for 90 score: New
York. f61ac; Chicago, 4512c; Philadel-
phia, i'i2c; Boston. ACC.
Spct cotton prices declined 30 points
during the week, closing at 19.S1c per
lb.. New York October futures down Ss
points at 1860.
Fruits md Vegetables.
October estimate. of potato crop
bushels. compared with December,
1920, estimates of 42S,36S,000 bushels.
Markets steady to strong and well sup
piled. Demand and movement moder-
ate. New York round whites up 25c in
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh at S2.25 to
$50 per 100 lbs. sacked. up 10c at
stock in New York steady at $1.SO to
sl.95. Northern round whites up csc in
Chicago at 81 to s2;15; steady in Gin
to 81 f. o. b. shipping points.
New York Danish type cabbage firm
at $50 per ton bulk t. o. b. shipping
points; up SO in Philadelphia at $40.
Northern Danish steady in Chicago at
$34 to $35
Live Stock and Ments.
Coslpared with week ago, Chicago
live stock prices We're generally higher.
Cattle led the upward movement De-
sirable corn fed steers and yearlings
showed net advances of SOC to 75c per
100 lbs. Butcher cows and heifers were
generally 25e to soc higher with some
heifers as much as 75c higher. Stock
ers and feeders generally 25c higher.
Hogs showed net advances ranging
from 35c to 75c. Practically all grades
of sheep and lambs were 25c higher
with spots soc higher. Chicago prices:
Hogs. top $50; bulk of sales, SIPS to
$3.50. medium and good beef Fteers,
f6.15 to $10,40: butcher cows and heif-
| ers 1896 to $3.50. feeder steers, $4.S5
to $685.; light and medium weight veal
calves, $3.50 to s11.25; fat lambs, s7.75
to 1925; feeding lambs, $6 to 81: year.
lings, s5.25 to 1925; fat ewes, to s5.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
eleven important markets during the
week We're: Cattle and calves, 101, ,677;
hogs, $50; sheep, 126,922.
With the exception of veal, eastern
wholesale fresh meat prices were prac-
tically steady with those of a week
ago. Beef lamb and pork loins were
unchanged. Mutton was generally
steady though one market reported a
50 decline on good grade meat. Veal
ranged from 81 to 50 lower per 100 lbs.
Prices good grade meats: Beef $3.50
to SIS; veal, S16 to $1S: lamb Sic to
SIS; mutton, $11 to $12; light pork
loins, s25 to $2S; heavy loins, SIS to