Charlevoix county herald., 1921-04-01
MARKET REPORT
FURNISHED BY u. 8. BUREAU
OF MARKETS. WASHING =
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Hay
Kansas City market extremely weak
except on top grades. Bulk Of receipts
low Rcs grade sjvb Shipping demand very light
top grades timothy commanding prem
ium. Fair demand for extra quality al
falfa. No demand for low grade prairie.
Other markets steady; receipts general
ly ample to meet requirements which are
Quoted: No. timothy $25 Chicago,
Cincinnati, s25 Philadelphia; No. 2 tim
Kansas City, $3.50 Cincinnati: s.! Phila-
nel Esa SSS Nc eloys
s22 Philadelphia; No. ] alfalfa $50 Kan
sas City. .$24 Chicago. s24 Cincinnati, $21
Minneapolis; No / prairie sl4 Kansas
Feed
Considerable distress feed offered by
jObbers In Chicago and other markets the
past few days. Increased activity by
mills to dispose Of feedstuffs for future
Quoted: reground oatfeed s12.75 north
eastern markets, white hominy feed s22.
glutenfesd ss7 Chicago; No. alfalfa
nsapo $3.50 sac Sanf Phs SK bran sid Ms
$4,000 Minneapolis, $3.50 Philadelphia.
Fruits and Vegetables
Potatoes down 10000 per 100 lbs.
northern shipping stations, closing $50
soc sacked. Chicago carlot market off
10000 at $lQ1.15, or about loo above
the seasons low point. New York round
whites down 1Oq15c New York at sl.4OV
New York cold storage Baldwin apples
fairly steady in city wholesale markets.
mostly s5q6 per Dbl Some sales re-
ported In Cleveland and Pittsburgh as
low as $3.50. Northwestern extra fancy
Stunning centers.
Carlot shipments week ended March 20:
Potatoes 2,9S3 cars; boxed apples $50;
barreled apples 664; cabbage 524; celery
1925; lettuce sol; onions 300; sweet pota-
toes 24S.
Livestock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices advanced 2o@5Oc
per 100 lbs. the past week, light hogs
best cows and heifers up 25a 40c. Feed
er steers about steady. Veal calves broke
s1.5oq1.75 per 100 lbs. Fat lambs up
S5@6Se; ysarnss SoT75e Feeding eeng lambs
March "a Chicago prices: hogs. bulk
of sales. s9.15@1O.65; medium and good
beef steers IS, 4O@1o; butcher cows and
light and medium weight veal calves IS
t91o7s; ., fat lambs sS91o.S5; feeding I1
lambs H.?5@s;2s; yearlings T25QsSo;
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
showed mixed movements. Good beef
declined soc while medium beef advanc-
s ed SeS p Pc 200 oS Ss s snsed Sm 81
a
market. Lamb generally steady. Nut
ton 81 higher.
March "a prices good grade meats:
Beef s1e@1750; veal $1sQ21; lamb $3.50
%: mutton $12Q16: light pork loins
$2350Q25; heavy loins. $1,000.
Grain
Financial and business conditions good
weather, excellent crops reports caused
ed downward the past week. Export de-
mand brisk at the close with wheat pre-
miums at gulf Csc over May. Half mil
lion bus. wheat sold on the Gath for eX-
port at gulf; flour sales to Europe the
past few days reported $4,000 bbls. On
the Gath corn sold at new low level on
crop, Chicago May GO lie but later raj
lied
For the week Chicago May wheat down
lac at $1.41 rs, May corn 1-Sc at
81 Use. Minneapolis May wheat down
sc at $1.37 1-2, Kansas City May 6 lac
at s1.35 IA, Winnipeg May ! 3-4c at
$1.T7. Chicago aMrch wheat s1.53. Min
neapolis flour demand slow, wheat
stronger, No. 2 dark 18@30c over May
Kansas City milling and export demand
fair No. 2 hard 15c over May.
Dairy Products
Butter markets have shown recovery
during the week and prices advanced al
most daily, until the oath when Chicago
market weakened.
Closing prices 80 score, New York
as lie; Philadelphia 47c: Boston as lac;
Chicago A 1-2c. Trading quiet; supplies
only moderate. Danish butter available
in liberal quantities New York; another
cargo due.