The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1921-06-30

Grain-After a week Of alternat-
ing higher and lower prices, Chicago
July wheat closed $12S1-4, net
gain Of 1-2c for the week, and Chi
cago July corn at 61 1-Sc, decline
Of 3-4c. With the exception of
weakness in stock and cotton mar
kets on the goth, news was bullish
but the market lacked buying sup
port and prices did not respond. Dry
weather reports being received from
wider area in North Dakota and
Minnesota. Visible supply of wheat
10,060,000 bushels, decrease of
1,220,000 for the week. Country
corn offerings to arrive moderate:
corn crop news continues generally
favorable. Visible corn supply, 24,-
$4,000 bushels, an increase Of l.
Q87 600 for the week. In Chicago
I cash market No. 2red winter wheat,
$1.3s; No. 2 hard, $1.42; No. 3
mixed corn 60c; No. 3 yellow corn,
G0c; No. 3 white oats 36c. For the
week Chicago September wheat up
31-2c at $123 "a; September corn
down &c, t61 3-4c. Minneapolis
July wheat down &c, at $1.29; Kan
sas City July up lie at $1.18 5-S;
Winnipeg July up 7 3-4c, at $1.S1.
Hay-Demand very limited. Only
high grades wanted. South and
Southeast using local forage princi-
pally. Receipts light. Some slight
price changes have occurred. No. /
timothy quoted New York, $3.50;
Pittsburgh, $2O5O; Chicago, $22;
Cincinnati, $40; Atlanta, $26; Jack
sonville, $26.50; No. / alfalfa, Kan
sas City, $1S; Omaha, $1S; Memphis,
$40. No. l prairie, Minneapolis, SIG;
Omaha, $13; Kansas City, $14.
Feed-Further weakness develop
ed in wheat feed market, as offer
ings from Southwest became more
plentiful. Bran in poor demand.
Flour middlinys and red dog firm.
Gluten feed and hominy feed steady,
hominy feed in better supply. Cot
ton seed meal and inseed meal un-
changed. Alfalfa meal weak. Offer
ings of all feeds ample, demand and
movement light. Quoted bran, $14;
middlings, $14; Minneapolis. gluten
feed $275O Chicago; $31.2O Phila-
delphia; white hominy feed $24.50
Chicago; $23, st. Louis; bran, $3.50
Buffalo: linseed meal 500, Mime
apolis; SO per cent cottonseed meal,
$29.25 Memphis; No. l alfalfa meal,
$3.50 Kansas City.
Dairy Products-Butter prices ad-
vanced 1 to &c the past week and
market is firmer today. With an ac-
tive demand for higher grades for
storage lower grades are kept well
cleared by movement into consump-
tive channels. Receipts only moder-
ate and stocks of all kinds keep
cleared. Closing prices 90 score:
New York, 35c; Chicago. "a lie:
Philadelphia. 35 3-4c; Boston. 36c.
Cheese market holding farely steady
with buyers selling goods at-inside
prices Hot weather already influence
ing quality and production salcken-
ing in some sections. Prices on most
styles range from ID to Is 1-2c in
Winconsin primary markets.
Livestock and Meats - Chicago
hog prices advanced 10c to zoe per
100 pounds the past week. Cattle
generally lower, declines ranging
from 25c on cows and heifers to SOC
on medium beef steers. Fat lambs
broke $125 to $1.75 and yearlings
81 to $1.25. HEAVY ewes down 75c;
handyweights generally steady. The
June 81 Chicago prices were: Hogs.
top. $S.75; bulk of sales $S 100
s,65; medium and good beef steers,
| S7NO8.65; butcher cows and heifers.
S375 TO xS; feeder steers. S5.75(O
7.75. Light and medium weight veal
calves, $7.5009.75; fat lambs, $3.50
oil; workings, $5.50@S.75: fat
ewes. $2.5005. Sotcker and feeder
shipments from IL important mar
kets for the week ending June 18th
were; Cattle and calves. 23,5e9;
hogs. 1O.dh9: sheep, 2,474. The
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
trended downward. Beef declined soc
to 81. while veal and mutton were
steady to 81 lower. Lambs down 81
to So: pork loins 81 to SO per 100
pounds. June 27 prices GOOD grade
meats: Beef, $13.50M15.5O; veal.
Sl6M18; lamb, $1S@25; mutton.