The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-01-07
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM

- week
December 81, 1920:
Hay and Feed-Hay market dull
and inactive. Receipts slightly les
than last week. Local conditions cause
price fluctuations of $1G2 per ton il
lew markets. Demand almost entirel,
local; unusual consuming sections still
out OF market. Quote No. l timothy
New York. $3.50; Chicago, s2650
Pittsburg and Cincinnati. $40; Kansa,
City, $3.50; No. 1 alfalfa, Omaha $2l
Cincinnati, s27; Kansas City, s21.50
San francisco, s25; No. l prairie, Chi
City, 1880
Feed.-Due to colder weather and
| snow In northwest inquiry for lInseed
meal has been better, but today Min
! week. Bran and cottoEseed meal re-
acted slightly from recent decline, but
heavy wheat feeds are dull and lower.
Hominy easier at $500 200 off in
principal markets; gluten feed un-
| changed. Demand remains light, move
ment good. Dealers generally report
| large stocks on hand. Quoted linseed
meal. 5000 Buffalo and $40 Minneap-
| oils; 36 per cent cottonseed meal, S2i
Memphis; ss4 northeastern market cts;
bran. $3.50: middlings. 500; Red Dog.
| apolis; white hominy, $3.50 st. Louis
| sal northeastern markets.; No. L al
| talfa meal. s27, St Louis; $26 Kansas
| City Beet pulp offered freely at s44
in northeastern markets.
Fruits and Vegetables. - Northern
round white potatoes steady at ship
ping points, closing s1.25@1.so por 100
lbs; [. o. b. Chicago carlot market
added 50l0c to last weeks moderate
recovery. closing S1.40@l.55. Jobbing
range steady in sother middle. western
whites, $3.50 (. o. b. western New York
shipping points; movement slow. Bulk
round whites steady in New York,
Sl.95 2.l0 Sacked Green Mountains,
s1.75G1.so Boston.
Baldwin apples steady at western
New York shipping points, closing
around 81 per barrel f. o. b. Baldwins
jobbing slightly lower, s3.50@s5; Yorks
and Greetings, s3.50Q4.50 New York
and Philadelphia; Yorks, s5.5096 Kan
sas City Northwestern extra fancy
Winesaps, medium sizes, jobbing, 1925
q $50 New York.
Yellow onions slow and dull in con-
Stunning markets, jobbing 75cQ LAO per
100 lbs.
consuming markets, jobbing $1,000
200 per l u bushel hamper. California
Iceberg steady at s2.25QS-2 per
crate.
Carlot movement lighter Shipments
week ended December 25: Potatoes,
1854 cars; barreled apples, 642; boxed
apples. 1913; cabbage. 167; onions, l12;
lettuce, 259; sweet potatoes, 262. Com
pared with previous weeks shipments,
potatoes, 1850 cars; barreied apples,
1857 boxed apples, 1886; cabbage, 247;
lettuce, 41S; onions, 1876; sweet pota-
toes, 4S6 cars.
Livestock and Meats.-Practically all
classes of livestock advanced sharply
during the week. Hogs and sheep
cattle third. Hogs advanced $1.25 per
100 lbs; fat lambs and yearlings, $3.50
G1.90. Fat ewes up 50cq Use; feeding
lambs little changed. The rather sharp
decline on Monday reduced the net |
weekly advance On. cattle to an average |
Of from 50cQ75c on beef steers, cows |
and heifers- Feeder steers up soc; |
Der q Chicago prices: Bulk Of hogs. |
$4,000 1850; medium and good beef |
steers, $s50G13.00; butcher cows and /
weight veal calves, $4,000 IL rs; feeder |
steers. 1913 $3.50; fat lambs, $1050q
1866; feeding lambs, $S.75q10.75;
yearlings.o $500 1000 and fat ewes !
In the Wholesale fresh meat markets
veal and pork showed advances; lamb |
and mutton practically unchanged. !
per 100 lbs December II
prices on good grade meats: Beef.
$4,000 1000; veal, s20.O q 2200; lamb,
light pork loins, $4,000 ESQ and
heavy ioins, $4,000 5000
Dairy Products. Inactivity marks
The cheese markets. Trading very
light. Business at Wisconsin country
markets light as any week this year.
Held cheese not quite as firm and feel
ng the dullneSS OF 1reSn cneeSe mar |
Seting. Markets in general need sup
,ort to avoid decline If present condi-
ions continue. Plymouth Wisconsin
heese exchange prices: Twins, 19A C;
Iouble daisies, 20 &c; long horns, 23 Ct;
quare prints, 221zc.
Good demand kept butter market in
air condition during the week ending
oday 80 score prices New York. sec; |
'hicago, sic; Philadelphia, 56hc; Bos-
on, sac. Shortage of fancy butter
aused buyers to turn to medium
,rades; support on undergrades Is en-
irely lacking. Further imports of !
lew York from Denmark totaled over I
SO 900 lbs. during week. Markets are
n quite satisfactory condition; deal
rs keeping stocks moving rather than
isk losses through possible decline.
Grnin.-Wheat has shown Sagg1ng | !
endency throughout the week, Thurs
ay exceDted. 1t is heavy again Corn
as steadily shown good strength due :,
0 buying by big elevator interests in
Visible supply of wheat in
ushels last week. Prices show little
hange from week ago, but all Ameri- l
an markets lower Chicago March
heat d, IN 1c at s1.63ss and May corn :
&c at 10 c. Minneapolis March wheat
own 2izc ct $685.; Kansas City, 1c s
l.79M. Premiums ON cash wheat over
december in Chicago; Nos. ! and red
inter, SO 3Sc; No. l hard, a Sc; No. s
safe. Cash corn No. 2 mixed aver ]
ged NC over December; No. 3, II 4 9
ikc under December white; No. 4, ,
y 64mc under December; No. yell
Nv, 2%c over: No, same to 1hc
yer; No 4 same to 213c over: No. 5.
e under December Kansas city cash \
heat No. ! hard winter, Sn Toe and s
polls No l dark northern. 129 Sc and i
O. 2. ga To- over March T