Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1921-01-08
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM
U. S. Bureau of Markets,

~-a AAA''A hSAo SHOW Il weaker Tendency,
particularly all alfalfa Omaha re-
ports heavy accommodations. Receipts
are mostly of inferior quality Chicago
reports good demand for timothy a.
unchanged prices and receipts of al
talfa light with fairly good country de-
mand. Quoted: No. l timothy, S2S.25
cincinnati, $40 Minneapolis, SIS Phil
adelphia. No. timothy S2650 Cinein-
httl' S2O Omaha. No. l alfalfa S25 Min
neapolis. Standard alfalfa SIG Omaha.
Feed.-Principal feed markets report
prices as practically unchanged. AL
talta meal weak in Kansas City and
ST. Louis markets, and quoted in lat
ter market at SEA for No l in second
hand sacks. Linseed and cottonseed
| meal freely offered. Bran steady, but
heavy wheat feeds very weak. Gluten
feed in good demand, put hominy
draggy. Quoted: Bran, S26.50; mid
dlings, s2s; Red Dog, $50, Minneapolis.
Linseed meal, $40 Minneapolis ard Buff
laloi 80 per cent cottonseed meal, $21
Memphis, $500 northeastern mark cts.
Homlny feed, $3.50 st. Louis, SAL New
| YORK. Gluten feed, $3.50 northeast
ern markets. Beet pulp, Si4 seaboard
markets
Fruits and Vegetables. - Northern
| round white potatoes advanced 90 lao
| per 100 lbs at shipping points, closing
| 81 q Az I. o. b. Chicago carlot mar
| ket advanced a loo, closing S1.40Q
| NV JOpDllS range SllBnlly nlRner IN
other middle western markets, S1.509
2.oO. Sacked round whites firm at
| 81 500 LEO f. 0. b. western New York
+, shipping points: movement slow. Bulk
| round whites and green mountains, 10
| a. l5o lower, under liberal supplies in
| New York at $3.50 2.l0. Sacked green
mountains unchanged jobbing, sl.75Q
| 100 in Boston.
Baldwin apples steady at western
New York shipping points, closing
around "a per Dbl t. o. b. for common
stock. Baldwins, Yorks and Greetings.
steady, jobbing mostly S4.OoQ4.16.
| medium sizes, jobbing $2.50Q3.00 per
i box in New York, $2,50@3.00 in KAN
sas City, $4,000 1926 in Minneapolis.
Yellow onions slightly lower t. o. b.
western New York shipping points,
| $1,000 lilo per 100 lbs. Consuming
markets slow and steady, mostly S1.e0
| @1.25.
| Big Boston lettuce slightly lower in
| $1.25Q175 per liz bushei hampers.
| Florida +. o. b. markets, 500 Coo. Fair
quality Iceberg lettuce mostly $1,000
| 1.5O per crate +. o. b. California points.
Consuming markets steady, closing
| $2.00Q325.
Shipments were practically suspend
| ed over the double holiday; weeks
| carlot movement nearly in half. To-
| total for week ending December 30: Po-
| tatoes, 94S cars; barreled apples, 497;
| boxed apples, 216; cabbage, ia; lettuce,
! EZO, OnlOnS, 1oUt sweet potatoes, go.
| Last weeks shipments We're: Potatoes,
| 1925 ears; barreled apples. 969; boxed
| apples, $50; cabbage, 223; lettuce, 1885,
| onions, 14S; sweet potatoes, 1857.
| Livestock and Meats.-Chicago live
stock: a sharp decline in hogs De-
| cember 80 responsible for the market
| showing. an average net decline Tor
| the week of 30c per 100 lbs. Sheep
/ showed advances compared Eith
| week ago. Fat lambs range from
i rs q 75c higher and fat ewes from 20 q
! soc higher; feeding lambs We're 25c
| lower; cattle ranged from soc higher
| to as much as $1.35 lower, better grades
| showing greatest decline. December 80
| Chicago prices: b ulk of hogs, 1928 @
$50; medium and good beef steers,
| $500 @1225; butcher cows and heifers,
| s5.25 q 1885, light and medium weight
veal calves $10o09f2.50; feeder steers,
feeding lambs. sS.5OQ 1000; yearlings,
| 5000 1000; fat ewes. s3.75q5.0o.
| Despite recent weakness in whole
| sale fresh meat markets, most classes
of meat showed moderate advances
| compared with week ago. Pork loins
lead with an advance ranging from
$S.00Q6.00 per 100 lbs: Veal was
$3.oo@4.oO, higher; lamb, s1:oo@3.oo
err; beef was practically unchanged!
meats: Beef. $4,000 1900; veal, $1,000
| Q23.O0; lamb. $4,000 $500; mutton,
l
$500; heavy loins, s1S.00@2400.
Dairy PrOducts-Butter market be-
| came very firm the latter part of the
week ending today and prices are
| higher in practically all markets. Ad-
| vances, however, have been moderate
, Firmness is largely due to scarcity of
| best grades rather than brisk demand.
| Danish butter shares in firmness and
| is selling readily at sac. Better feeling
| includes undergrade butter also. To-
days prices on so score butter: New
| York SIC, Chicago 55c, Philadelphia
| 81 &c, Boston 55c
Primary cheees market in Wisconsin
| In somewhat better shape during the
| week ended today. but trading at dis
| tributing centers is still slow. At Ply
mouth, Wisconsin, cheese exchange
Monday prices advanced about an av-
erage of 12c and sales on succeeding
day have indicated slightly upward
tendency. There still remains a fair
amount of confidence among the trade
who generally expect better business
after the first OF the year. Majority
of sales now being made around the
/ following prices in Wisconsin: Twins
&c, daisies 23c. double daisies 22hc,
Young Americas and long horns. 24Ac;
square prints, 241ac.
Grain.-Throughout the week ending
December 80 grain prices were with
out definite trend, but undertone was
steady. Holiday dullness was the chief
| characteristic. Mill buying of wheat
last few days shows improvement and
better flour demand is expected after
first of year. Farmers deliveries of
wheat at. country stations generally re-
ported as small, which is influencing
spectators to feel friendly toward
wheat.
Premiums on cash wheat over De-
cember we'll maintained, but corn pre-
miums declined sharply this week,
which indicates belief among the trade
in heavier receipts.
One car of No. 3 soft red wheat sold
in Chicago Thursday, December 30. at
h,,c hal 10 &c hn i~ct aat,, uf
sale made for some time of this kind of
wheat, as offerings of this kind have
been exceedingly small at all points.
Cash wheat in Chicago on Thursday,
December 80, sold at following pre-
miums: No. l soft red ace to 3Sc over
December; No. 2, 35@SSc; No. 3,
$50 3Sc; No. l hard winter premiums
were higher Thursday, selling at 70
10c over December; No. 2. sore; No.
3, 3@5c; No. 3 mixed corn was Ia &c
under December, and November mixed
corn was 4@5c under; No. 3 yellow
mixed corn sold u oil u C under Decem-
ber and November sold 3lsc@411c I'M
der In Minneapolis on Thursday
there was good demand for low grade
wheat for export via the gulf. Pre-
nniums for cash wheat were follows: