The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-20
u WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
Grain Market UnsettIed-Hog Prices
Advance at Chicago $500 Per 100
Lhs.-Beef Steers Csc Higher.
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM.
IBy Z. S. BUREAU, OF MARK ETS

by L. 5. BUREAU OF MAhh FL -
Washington. May 14-For week ending
May 12-GRAIN-Market very strong a.
opening of weeks business. but technlcai
position weakened account hlgh price
level and prices dropped on the TN sen,
ument and news mixed market unsesn
until the llth when acceptance OF allied
terms by Germany, statement OF Score
tary Wallace that price level % per CERT
above pre-war basis would oenent whOle
country and further confirmation or dam
age to crops in Southwest produced a
sharp up-turp. Market erratic on the
18th. Export demand slow; business con-
fined to small lots SoTnIFy o o1iaIy
estimated sufficient until August i. Ar
gentine port strike expected 10 be settled
shortly. Corn demand fairly good. In
wheat. SAG: No 2 hard. $1.51; No.
mixed corn. Gle; No. yellow corn, Gle:
No. white oats, 39c. For the week chi
cago May wheat down l1zc, at N-4Ss:
wheat up &c, at tll5s: July corn &c,
at G3c Minneapolis July wheat Up Sse.
at sl.H; Kansas July down lie, at sl.oS:
Winnipeg July down 1c, at sl.4iss.
HAY-Receipts very light, but demand
continues poor. Prices practically I'M
changed. May II, No. ! TIMOTHY, Gin
cinnati $20.75. Chicago $50, Minneapolis
$3.50; No. prairie. Minneapolis SO.
FRUITS AND OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
ern sacked round white potatoes UP lVc
per leo lbs. at shipping points closing 90
the low point of the season, reaching si-
lis. South Carolina No. / Irish cobblers
IS per cloth 10 slat barrel at New YORK
New York Baldwin apples up 25c 10 81
per bbl, eastern city wholesale markets
A2Ia cold storage stock sc. 75-S. Medium
to large size extra fancy northwestern
winesaps up Doc per box, Chicago at So
$780, small sizes $2.25-250. Sacked yellow
onions slow and dull in eastern centerS
at 75c to s1.25 per 100 lbs
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter markets
showing signs OF weakness again after al
most a week of steadiness. Conditions
this time of year are such that markets
are easily disturbed. Production lncreaS-
ing and time for active storage approach
ing. although no butter has as yet been
put in storage in eastern markets. Clos
ing prices, 90 score: New York 33kc. Chi
Cago 31Ac Philadelphia 34i2c. Boston 3312c.
Prices in cheese markets lower tnaa
week ago and now at lowest point since
1915 Current business not up 10 eNpecta-
tons and while more active than II has
been prices are slightly weaker than few
days ago. Wisconsin primary markets
now averaging Twins, Daisies. Double
Daisies and Young Americas l4i4c: Long
horns l4c.
advanced 35-40c per 100 lbs the past week.
Beef steers generally 25c higher; butcher
COWS and heifers up 25-J0c; veal calves
down 25c TO 81: fat lambs advanced Sl-l25.
feeding lambs unchanged; yearlings up
25-50c: fat ewes 25c. May u Chicago
medium and good beef steers. $500:
butcher cows and heifers $3.50: feeder
steers, Sc. 15-S 30: light and medium weight
veal calves. $3.50: fat lambs. sl0.5O-l2 3
feeding lambs. $3.50; yearlings. $S2o-l0'
fat ewes. s6-7.5O. Stocker and feeder ship
the week ending May were: Cattle and
calves % 500; hogs. 5,935: sheep. 9.29l.