The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-20
The Markets

Bureau or Markets, U. >. department
OF Agriculture, Washington, ID. Z.
Grain-Markets trended lower dur
ing week with trade not large and
principally local in character Ex-
tremely large receipts OF winter wheat
acted to depress wheat prices. Brisk
selling occurred during the last two
days Of the week, resulting in wheat
hitting new low point. Export busi-
ness was brisk on most days. Corn
prices declined under selling pressure
and more favorable crops news despite
good export demand. Cash markets
for both wheat and corn were unset
tied. In Chicago cash market No. Z
red winter wheat closed at $l.l8; No.
2 hard at $1.19; No. mixed corn At
SEC; No. 3 yellow at sec; No new
white oats at 32c. For the week, Chi
cago September wheat dropped 5Ac,
closing at S118&c; September corn
dropped 3hc. closing at 56hc. Min
neapolis September wheat dropped &c,
closing st S1.25A. Kansas City Sep
tember wheat dropped 4kc, closing
at $1.08. Chicago December wheat
closed at 1922; December corn at SIC.
Minneapolis December wheat closed
at $l.25h. Kansas City December
wheat closed at $112Ac
Dairy Products - Butter markets
firm early in the week, but at thc
close became somewhat easy and un-
settled. Full confidence in high prices
and recent advances has been lacking
and traders in the markets have tried
to avoid any accumulation of stocks.
Receipts are running lighter. Prices
Of 80 score: New York 44hc; Chicago
42Ac; Philadelphia 43hc; Boston ass.
Cheese markets have lost the firmness
of week ago. Prices are 1c to &c low
er and in line with declines occurring
August ! on Wisconsin Country
Boards. Wiscon primary market
prices: Twins 1870; daisies 20kc;
double daisies 20Ac; Young Americas
22c: Longhorns 22kc.
Fruits and Vegetables - Virginia
eastern shore Irish cobbler potatoes
up $l@l.25 per barrel in New York
August at $560@6.00. Other East
ern markets higher, ranging $425Q
6.25. New Jersey sacked Cobblers up
S0@35c per 100 pounds in New York,
ranging S315@3.35. Kansas sacked
early Ohios up 50@75c per 100 pounds
from seasons low point in Kansas
City, closing around $l75; Chicago
market active at $1.60@185. Califor-
MIA salmon tint cantaloupes from Tur-
lock section slightly weaker in east
ern markets, closing $2.25Q3.50 per
standard crate. Chicago slow and
weak at $2.50Q275. Arkansas stock
$1.00@200 in middle-western cities.
eastern markets owing to light sup
plies. Prices advanced 81 per six
basket carrier in New York, reaching
$4.75Q5.00 and closed at 25c to 75c
higher in Baltimore, around $3.50. FL
berta peaches up 50Q75c in Chicago.
closing at 81 to $425. Georgia and
South Carolina Tom Watson water
melons, medium sizes, nearly steady
in New York at $200@250 per car FOR
25 to 28 pound stock. Wire inquiry
has been light at Georgia shipping
points and supplies heavy. Prices de-
clined $50@ 65 per car, 20 to 28 pound
die of the week and 20 to "a pound
average $40 to SOS fob. cash track
Hay-General level of hay prices
practically unchanged Extremely
light receipts of high grade timothy
causing firm prices for that commoi-
ity. Lower grades still sell slowly.
Good demand for timothy at Chicago
and Cincinnati and for alfalfa at Kan
sas City. Some shipping demand at
Cincinnati but only local at other mar
kets. Quoted August 5: No. timothy,
New York $33, Cincinnati $21, Chi
cago 500, Atlanta s27. Kansas City
Memphis $2l, No. l prairie Chicago
$3.50, Kansas City $11.50.
Feed-Prices unchanged Bran con-
tinues to be weakest item on list with
very light demand in Chicago and Kan
sas City markets Kansas City deal
ers quote bran at $3.50, brown shorts
$13. gray shorts SIS. Oil meals slight
ly easier Hominy feed and gluten
feed steady. Very little white hominy
feed offered for August shipment Ye-
low In better supply and quoted at
81 discount. The demand for most
feed stuffs is poor with stocks ample
5: Bran $14, middlings sl450 Min
neapolis; linseed meal $41 Minneap-
oils. s43 Kansas City; No. / alfalfa
meal sl9 Kansas City; 35 per cent co..:
ton seed meal $36 Atlanta; white hom-
my feed $23 St. Louis; gluten feed
S37 so northeastern markets
Live Stock and Meats-Chicago live
stock: Hogs declined steadily through
out the week. closing 70@9Oc below a
week ago. Best grades beef steers
steady to strong. advancing 15Q4 Q40c. |
Cows and heifers generally steady. |
with increased run of grassers Cows
declined about 25G50c on lower