The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-01-14
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM !.
az. 5. Bureau u Marketa.l

Jan. !, 1921.
Hay and Feedr-w Western hay mar.
kets slightly firmer for better grades
because Of light receipts. Low grades
weak Bad roads and unsatisfactory
prices curtailing shipments Nearby
demand for alfalfa at Chicago eliniin-
ated by better weather. Demand im-
proved for closer mixed hay at Cin-
einnati Better shipping demand noted
a Kansas City quoted Ne. 1 timothy:
Chicago $40, Cincinnati $3.50. Minne-
apolis s22, Memphis SS2, Atlanta $35.
No ] alfalfa: Kansas city $24, Mem
Minneapolis SIS, Kansas City SIS.
Wheat bran lost the advance made
last week because Of freer offerings by
mills. Decided Improvement in produce
tlon noted. Heavy wheat feeds barely
steady Buying orders scarce; easily
satisfied White homlny feed down adj
ditional VI per ton; No. I alfalfa meal
ago. Gluten feed price advanced SO
per ton by principal manufacturers.
Low stocks rather than improved de-
Bnyers consider prices out. of proper
ton with corn prices. Linseed meal
down ~ to S1.50 In Minneapolis market.
Cottonseed meal inactive at unchanged
prices. Quoted: Bran $3.50, middllngs
$23, flour middlings 500, red dog $3.50,
Minneapolis; 80 per cent cottonseed
Minneapolis, $40 Buffalo; white hominy
feed s32; yellow hominy s29 No. l al
falfa meal $3.50, January, February
and March shipment, st. Louis; gluten
feed sos northeastern markets.
GrHIn.-On account OF holidays this
weeks grain review begins with Jan.
Bird, on which day there was sharp add
war finance bill by senate over presi-
dents veto. On the 4th and 9Th most
OF these gains lost as a result of gen
orally beariSh sentiment but on the
9Th general buying was induced by
news that chairman of finance board
would discontinue opposition to pas
sage of tariff bill and aid in putting
measure through present session of
congress. Prices down about &c on the
eth under scattered selling, lack OF
Between 100000 and 100000 bushels
wheat sold on the 7th for export to
Holland and Germany. Minneapolis re-
ports better flour trade, Since the
| close on Dec. Goth Chicago March wheat
has gained s. &c. closing on the 7th at
$l.7lB; May corn up Nc; Minneapolis
March wheat UP sac at $1.6S& Kan
nip nipeg ' May as SIC up at 81 si.sss ' Chicago
May wheat $1.64A. Premiums in Chi
| cago cash market over Chicago March
| No. red ESQ soc; No. red 25@2Sc; No.
| | hard 14@16kc; No. 2 hard 12@13hc;
No. 3 hard 11@11hc; No. mixed corn
Under III e No. ls i6c under de No. yeiiow
| 4Gc5c under; No. 4 7@Sc under; No.
| 9@9Rc under.
Fruits and Vegetables. = Northern
| round white potatoes down 15@ 20c at
shipping points, at $1.10@1.25. Chicago
carlot market down 25@30c at $1.25@
1.S5, nearly reaching seasons low
slightly Sight ioweF Se in other ti OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
| markets $1.50@1.S5. Sacked round
| whites slightly lower {. o. b, western
| New York shipping points, $1.50@1,55.
| Bulk round whites firm New York City,
! closing $1.95@210 Sacked Green
Mountains up 10c, Boston, at s1.S5@2.
Baldwin apples down 25@s5c per
points, common @saeT" storage Nga Closing sS.s5
! 3,75; cold storage $4@i.25. Baldwins.
! Yorks and Greetings steady, jobbtng
fancy winesaps, large sizes, jobbing
to small sizes $s.25@s.7
b. Danish type cabbage firm f. o. b.
closing mostly around $12 per ton
| bulk. Consuming markets steady at
! $20m30. Northern Danish type up So %
10 at $20@35 per ton.
| Eastern and middlewestern yellow
! sweet potatoes continued steady at
| $1,5o@2.25 per bushel hamper in con-
i Stunning markets.
Big Boston lettuce up soc per 1 n
| bushel hamper in consuming centers,
| jobbing mostly $1.50@2.25; Chicago
$275@$3. Florida I. o. b. market re-
| covered 15@25c, closing around Use.
California Iceberg lettuce up 75c to 81
per crate in several middlewestern
cities at 1905 Prices up 30@35c at
shipping points, reaching $1.60@1.S5.
Carlot movement increasing.
| Shipments week ended Jan. 9Th: Po-
| tatoes 2,525 cars; barreled apples 755,
| boxed apples 2S9; cabbage $50; lettuce
BAT onions 229; sweet potatoes 426.
! Live stock and Meats. Compared
| with Dec. 80 closing quotations Chicago
live, stock prices as a rule showed
moderate advances. Hogs ranged 100
| 40c higher, light weights gained most;
| fat lambs and fat ewes up Csc; year
lings 50@75c. Cattle prices presented
| a mixed appearance, top quotations on
most grades being shaded while the
slightly choice and prime steers lost
soc per 100 lbs. Jan. Tth Chicago
prices: Bulk of hogs $685. @9!S0
medium and good beef steers $s@11,5O;
steers $6.50@9.25; light and medium
weight veal calves $11@12.25; fat
lambs $10.50@12,25; feeding lambs IS
@1O25; yearlings $S.75@10.5O; fat
ewes S3.75@5.25.
In the eastern wholesale meat mar
kets veal advanced SAGE; pork loins
| $1@4; lamb $2@3: mutton Sf12 per
100 lbs; beef weak to 81 lower. Jan
| 9TH prices good grade meats: Beef SIG
@t9; veal $26@2S; lamb S26@2S; NUT
heavy loins S22@25.
Dairy Products. - Butter markets
fairly steady but unsettled tone devel-
oped toward close, Chicago markets be-
. coming weak on the sixth with prices
down 2kc and another &c on the 7th
Prices 80 score New York SIC, Chicago
zoe, Philadelphia SIC. Boston 55hc
J Except for Chicago, which is 4c lower
prices are practically the same as q
week ago. Danish arrivals moderate
and offerings have cleared we'll Very
| heavy cargo reported due next week.
| -------------------------