The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-11-17
MARKETS
u. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington. D. c.

(For the week ending November 3. 1921
Kansas City reports hay trade extreme
~ weak due to large Accommodations on
track Receipts small In Philadelphia and
Chicago, but generally in excess OF re-
ouirements in Other markets. Demand in
active. Prairie hay and straw in active
demand in Chicago. Eastern and south
ern markets quiet. Stocks and move
Quoted November 2: No. l Timothy:
Philadelphia 1913, Pittsburgh S21, Cincin-
natl $3.50. Chicago $22, Minneapolis SIS.
e etSn sis ' Memphis S0 Ha No Prars
SIS.
Markets somewhat easier. Offerings Of
wheat feeds fairly heavy from northwest.
lower on reduced export demand. Corn
feeds In good supply demand fair prices
unchanged. Firmer feeling on bran in
southwest because OF reduced production
but outside shipping demand quiet. Shorts
weak on smaller feeding inquiry due TO
weakness in hogs. Beet pulp price re-
duced 81. Alfalfa meal dull
Quoted November 2: Bran $12, midd
lings $13, flour middlings $3.50, Minne-
apolls; SO percent cottonseed meal 1874. 30,
Memphis $3.50 Atlanta; white hominy
pulp $26 Philadelphia; gluten feed S26.55
Chicago; linseed meal $3.50 Minneapolis
No. 1 Alfalfa meal $l6.50 Kansas City.
Live Stock and Meats.
Prices of most classes and grades OF
live stock at Chicago declined during the
week. Hogs ranged from 15u5Oc lower
per 100 lbs. Beef steers, feeder steers
and butcher cows and heifers were gener-
ally 25c lower. Both fat and feeding
lambs ranged from steady TO 15c higher
Yearlings unchanged. Fat ewes down 25c
per 100 lbs
November 3 Chicago prices; Hogs top
$3.50; bulk s7.25q77o; medium and good
heifers s3.50@9.50; feeder steers $5@7
Light and medium weight veal calves
SEA 1150 fat lambs sS@9.40; feeding
lambs, S675@S; yearlings S5.5OQI75; fat
ewes $3Q5.25.
Wholesale fresh meat prices at eastern
markets tended downward. Net declines
were: Pork loins seas; veal sos; beef.
lamb and mutton S1@2 per 100 lbs.
November 3 prices good grade meats:
Beef $l250@15; veal $15q1S; lamb S17D
10; mutton sS91l: light pork loins $3.50
"a; heavy loins Sl5Ql9.
Grain
Prices firm first half of the week. but
there were drastic declines during the
latter half of week and all grains eX-
cept May corn dropped to new low levels
at close with Chicago and Winnipeg De-
cember wheat under 81. Immense stocks
Of Canadian wheat slow milling and flour
demand with several Minneapolis mills
shut down, and lack of foreign demand
Closing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. red winter wheat $1.l2; No. hard
winter wheat 9Sc No. 2 mixed corn 45c;
No. 2 yellow corn 45c; No 3 white oats
soc. For the week Chicago December
wheat down lie at 80 is; Chicago De-
cember corn down &c at "A 5-Sc Mlnne-
apolis December wheat down SC at
Sill Ia; Kansas City December wheat
down 1-2c at 81 3-Sc; Winnipeg De-
cember wheat down 1-2c at 80 1-2c.
Chicago May wheat closed at $1.04; May
corn so 3-4c. Minneapolis May wheat
S1.1l Is: Kansas City May wheat 90 1-Sc;
Winnipeg May wheat Sl.05 IA.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets unsettled. Temporary
firmness last week due TO threatened
railroad strike has been followed by less
active buying interest.
Closing price 80 score: New York 46 12;
Philadelphia Az Boston 46; Chicago 44c.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Very heavy supplies of potatoes caused
most markets to assume n slightly weak-
er tone during the week. Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh markets strengthened to-
ward the close Sacked round whites
held steady in New York at $2GD2l5 per
100 pounds. Maine Green Mountains
down zoe at S2.15. Northern round whites
firm in Chicago early In the week hut
closed with net loss of loo at S1.550
10.
Apple markets generally slow and dull
under liberal supplies.