The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-08-18
MARKETS
v. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. c.

Grain
Wheat prices slumped first two days
or week under selling pressure. Strong
cash demand, active export trade and
prices To rise for the balance OF the
week except for slump occurring on Au-
gust TO- Week closed with wheat again
advancing and strong undertone appar-
ent. Country offerings small during
week. Corn price generally followed
wheat i'm their fluctuations. closing
higher on last day of week under strong
export demand and liberal buying. In
Chicago cash market No. 2 red winter
wheat closed at 1925; No. 2 hard at
$l27 No mixed corn at SIC; No. yell
low at 5Sc; No white oats at 33c. For
the week Chicago September wheat up
three cents. closing at S1.24 3-S. Sep
tember corn dropped half cent, closing
at 81 IA. Minneapolis Sept wheat up
five cents, closing at $l.32 SIS; Kansas
City Sept. wheat up three cents. closing
at N.14 Ia. Chicago December wheat
closed at $l:27 S-S; December corn at
So Lac. Minneapolis December wheat
closed at s1.32 1-2. Kansas City Decem-
Der wheat closed at $1.1S IA.
Hay
Timothy prices advanced s. during the
week at Chicago and 81 at Minneapolis
Eastern markets steady but unchanged.
Southern markets still rather inactive
with but few price changes. Alfalfa in
poor demand. Prairie stronger at Chi
cago but barely steady at other markets.
Quoted August 10; No. ] timothy. New
York $32, Philadelphia $25. Cincinnati
$22.5O. Chicago $26. Minneapolis $3.50.
Memphis $21, Atlanta $27. Omaha $1650.
Kansas City 1923. No. | prairie Mime
apolis Sis. Omaha $1150, Chicago SIS,
Kansas City $l1.50.
Markets show fair activity. Quotations
generally easier because OF heavier Of
ferings. Bran and middlings market
dull. Receipts and movement light. Lin
seed meal selling 50 and old crop cotton
seed meal $l.b0@4 lower than last week.
Alfalfa meal firm and demand light.
Corn feeds In good supply though pro-
duction is somewhat less than normal
gust ii bran sls75, middlinss s1425,
flour middlings $50. Minneapolis; white
honiny feed s24.50 st. Louis: No 1 al
falfa meal $3.50 Kansas City; linseed
meal sac. Minneapolis: gluten feed $50. SO
Chicago.
Fruits and Vegetables.
N. J. Irish Cobbler potatoes steady in
New York at $S,35 to $3.50 per 100
pounds sacked Other eastern markets
cago firm at $3.50. Virginia Eastern
shore cobblers soc lower In New York,
at $5.25G5.50 but advanced $lm1.25 in
other 9th markets to range range Of s5@S5O per
per cent in Kansas City, closing $3Q325
per 100 lbs, and advanced to range OF
2.75q3 in Chicago August estimate OF
white potato crop places total at 3l6.-
5000 bu., compared with 42S, 900 last
year.
Live Stock and Meats.
Chicago live stock: sharp declines on
the hog market brought top down 3Oc
and bulk OF sales 65c@1.45 under week
ago. heavies falling off most Yearlings
and better grade beef steers up 25@50c,
other grades. steady to 10c higher Cows
and heifers steady TO 25c higher, feeders
q md lNTnn
down 50@7Sc. Fat lambs defined sc ss
25c. Feeding lambs up 25d50c and
yearlings CSC Ewes steady. August IL.
Chicago prices: Hogs top. sl1; bulk OF
sales, SSql0.50: medium and good beef
steers $725G10; butcher cows and heif-
ers, S3.50@9; feeder steers s5@775 light
and medium weight veal calves $500
s2S fat sme sSSGGio65 feeSHg
fat ewes. s3.25G5.25. Stocker and feeder
shipments from IL important markets
during the week ending Aug. were:
Cattle and calves 4S,74O; hogs H,5lS;
Western dressed beef at eastern mar
kets steady. to Csc higher; dressed veal
steady to 81 lower. lamb s1a7 higher,
ing 81 on lower. Pork loins up s1@2.
August IL prices good grade meats:
beef $l5.5O@17 %; veal sl5@l6; lamb s22
S26Q29; heavy loins s15d23.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets barely steady and
about two cents lower than a week ago.
Lighter demand and more favorable con-
ditions in producing sections principal
liminary cold storage report shows but
ter holdings on August /. OF S2,350, 900
lbs. compared with 10i, 455, 900 lbs a year
ago and the 5-year average OF SO, SOS. 900
lbs. 90 score prices August IL New
York 43 1-2: Chicago 40 1-2; Philadelphia
a.; Boston A.