The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1921-06-02
u. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
May Wheat Reaches S195, Highest
Price of Season-Cash Corn
Business Improves.
WEEKLY MARkETGRAM

CBY u. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS.
Washington, May 1S-For week ending
May -G.-GRAIN-Prices rose sharply dur
ing the week, May wheat reaching NS
on the 25th, the highest price of the sea-
son. July wheat sold at new high Of
Sl.S5 on the 24,h. Untayorable crop reports
from Southwest generally and hot. dry
weather in the winter wheat belt were
the only factors iuhuencing advance. On
the 26th wheat weaker ana lower on sell
ing created to seabOard exporters. Highly
beneficial rains in Southwest, more rain
forecast good export business Of new
wheat at gulf on the 18th, with sales Of
$4,000 bushels. Cash corn business during
week the largest for some time, In Chi
cago cash market, No red winter wheat,
Sl.6H; No. hard Sl6S; No. mixed corn,
Coo, No. 3 yellow corn, COO; No white
oats, 40c. For the week, Chicago May
wheat up l5c at A.6S, May corn, l2lc at
6o4c. Chicago July wheat up cents at
H2lA July corn &c at 62a.c. Minneapolis
July wheat up 4s4c at $3.50; Kansas City,
july, Sac at N2lA; Winnipeg, July &c,
at &.634.
COTTON-Spot cotton prices advanced
4 points during the week, closing at $lL55,
New York July futures up - points at
$3.50
DAIRY PRODUCTS 90 Butter market
fairly firm at existing prices, especially on
| better qualities. Consumption holding up
well and limited quantities moving into
storage. Closing prices, 81 score: Chicago,
2sc; New York, 29c; Boston, 29l2c; Phia-
delphia, Soc. Cheese market more active
with prices al Wisconsin points ranging
l5@4 to l4%c. Some purchasing for stor-
age.
HAY-Light receipts cause more firm
mo
No. l timothy: Chicago 81, Cincinnati,
$3.50; No. l alfalfa; Kansas City, So, No,
| prairie, Minneapolis, SIG
FEED-Cotton seed meal demand light,
price steady though wavering Bran,
$bN, middlings fl5, Minneapolis; 80 per
cent linseed meal, $342 delivered Phla-
de'phia rate points; 36 per cent cotton seed
meal $50, Atlanta; 5000, Memphis; white
hominy feed, $22, st. Louis. gluten feed,
5000, Chicago, No. !, alfalfa meal, So,
Kansas City.
FRUITS and VEGETABLES-No
sacked round white potatoes at lowest
point of season in Chicago carlot market
at Coo to 75c per 100 pounds, country
shipping points Zoe to 75c. South Carolina
Irish cobblers down $3.50, New York at
4.25 to $3.50, per cloth top slat barrels
down $50 to $l.75 at shipping points, rang
Ing $43 to $3.50 Texas and Louisiana
sacked Bliss triumphs down Sl25 to $3.50
Chicago, closing s2.35 to $3.50 per 100
pounds, New York cold storage A-21a
Baldwin apples down s. IN eastern mark
cts at $50 to $3.50 per barrel. Extra fancy
Northwestern winesaps down 25c, Chica-
go, medium sizes S275 to 1925; small sizes,
s. to $3.50, Texas yellow Bermuda onions
down l5c to 35c in consuming markets at
SL25 to Sl6j per standard crate.
LIVE STOCK--Liye stock prices at Chi
cago trended downward the past week
Hogs broke 45c to 60c per 100 pounds Beef
steers down 25c to SOC. Butcher cows and
heiters SOC to 75c. Veal calves 75c TO 81.
Fat lambs declined SOC. Yearlings 75c to
S.5O and fat ewes s. to S2.75 per 100
pounds. May g. Chicago prices: Hogs,
bulk Of sales, $3.50 to $50; medium and
good beef steers, s725 to $3.50 Butcher
cows and hefers, A,I5 to $500 Feeder
steers 81 to SS,25 Light and medium
weight veal calves, 81 to 50. Fat lambs,
IS to $3.50. Yearlings, $3.50 to sl0. Fat
ewes 50 to IS. stocker and feeder ship
ments from eleven important markets
during the week ending May 10Th were:
Cattle and calves, 1885, hogs, 5,2G4; sheep,
II, 0i9