The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-05-21
The Markets

Latest market report issued by the
bureau of Markets, U : Department,
OIL Agriculture. Washington. d. c.:
Grain-Market very strong at open
j ing OF weeks business. but Technical
position weakened account high price
! IeNel and prices dropped on the 9TH
/ sentiment and news mixed and mar
ket unsettled until the 18th when ac
ceptance allied terms by Germany
statement Secretary Wallace that price
leVel flfty per cent above pre-waI
oasis would benefit whole country
and further confirmation damage r.
crops in Southwest produced a sharu
upturn. Market erratic on the 18TH
Export demand slow: business con.
lined to small lots. Country offer.
lngs llght. British wheat holdings of.
flcially estimated sufficient until An.
gust list. Argentine port strikes ex.
pected to be settled shortly Corn de.
mand fairly good In Chicago cash
market No. 2 red winter wheat STAG:
No. hard Sl51: No. 3 mixed corn
Ole; No. yellow corn Gle. No. white
oats 39c. For the week Chicago Nav
wheat down l 1ac at SLAB is; May
corn up &c at 60bc Chicago July
wheat up Ac at $1.15 1-S. July corn
Rc. at CSC. Minneapolis July wheat up
3-Sc at $1.21. Kansas City July down
lie at $1.0S; Winnipeg July down 1c at
s1.44 SO.
Hay-Receipts very light, but de-
mand continues poor. Prices practi.
cally unchanged. Kansas City market
EtrDnpnr ~,
failing country loading. Quoted Nav
18th No. | Timothy New York, $50:
Cincinnati, $2o75; Chicago, $40: Min
neapolis, $3.50; Atlanta, $29 No. 1
alfalfa Kansas City, 1874: Memphis
$3.50; Atlanta, $50; No. 1 prairie
Kansas City, $3.50; Minneapolis, $15.
Feed-Diminishing wheat mill feed
output causing firmer market at mills.
Consuming markets still dull with lit
tie demand. Cottonseed meal higher
on better export demand Holders
not pressing sales. Linseed meal and
corn feeds dull. Market weak Quot
ed May 18th spring bran Philadel.
phia, $25: Chicago, $40; Minneapolis,
SIG; hard winter~bran Kansas City,
$40; standard mAilings Philadelphia,
$24; Minneapolis. SIS; Chicago, $3.50;
linseed meal New York, $3625: Mime
apolis, $2S; Kansas City. s3O.5O: cot
tonseed meal Memphis, $27; Cincin.
natl 1925; Kansas City, s34; gluten
feed. June shipment, Chicago, $26; Gin
cinnati, 5000; New York, 1882;
hominy feed, Cincinnati. $25.
Fruits and Vegetables - Northern
sacked round white potatoes up 1Oc
per 100 pounds at shipping points,
closing 70@S0c. Chicago carIot mar.
ket up 30c from the low point of the
season. reaching $1@$115. South Car.
DINA No. Irish cobblers IS per cloth
top Stat barrel New York. Texas sack
ed Bliss Triumphs steady Middle
Western cities at $42564.5O per 100
pounds. New York Baldwin apples up
25c to 81 per barrel Eastern city whole
sale markets A 2M cold storage stock
$6.7b@S.00. Mediumst to large sizes ex-
ira fancy Northwestern winesaps up
25c per box Chicago at $3035O: small
sizes $225@2.50. Sacked yellow onions
slow and dull In Eastern centers at
75c@$1.25 per 100 pounds Texas vel.
low Bermudas sold. to jobbers in East
ern markets at $1.5061.9O per stand.
ard crate; commercial pack, 1880
LIS Middle Western cities; shipping
points around 81 for sales on wire or
ders, carloads (. 0. b. shipping point
acceptance. Virginia Klondyke straw.
berries. 23625c quart basis New York.
Tennessee KlOndykes in 24-quart
crates, $35O@3.75 per crate, carloads
I. o. b. cash track. Georgia Mayflower
peaches I'm Cincinnati wholesale mar.
ket selling around 50 per six-basket
carrier. Car Florida watermelons sold
for $1,100 Pittsburgh, Tom Watsons,
average weight "a to 25 pounds.
Dairy Products Butter markets
signs of weakness again af.
ter almost week Of steadiness. Con.
iitions this time of year are such that
markets are easily disturbed. Produc.
lion increasing and time for active
storage approaching, although no but
Ter has as yet been put In storage in |
Eastern markets. Closing prices 90
score: New. York, 33Rc; Chicago,
'1Ac; Philadelphia, 341kc; Boston,
1910.
Live Stock and Meats-Hog prices
1t Chicago advanced 35m4Oc per 100 |
pounds the past week. Beef steers |
25c higher; butcher cows
Ind heifers up 25@5Oc Veal calves
Town 25c@$1 Fat lambs advanced |
'1@125; feeding lambs unchanged. |
fearlings up 25@50c; fat ewes Csc.
Nay IL Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of
'ales $S.45@S.9O; medium and good
,eef steers $7.50@9.O0; butcher cows
md heifers $5.25@9.OO; feeder steers
'6.75@S50; light and medium weight
real calves $7.25@9OO; fat lambs /
'10.50M12.25 feeding lambs $7.mS.50;
earrings $S.25m10O0; fat ewes $500
D7.5O.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
1 important markets during the week
'nding Nav 9Th were: Cattle and
alves, 25,S09; hogs. 5.935; sheep,
,291.
With the exception Of lamb and NUT
on. Eastern wholesale fresh meat
rices declined Beef down SOC to 81:
ork loins $1,000: veal generally 81
over per 100 pounds. Lambs up $10
q; mutton generally steady. May
9th prices good grade meats: Beef
15@16.O0; veal $15@17.O0; lamb $22
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