The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-02-17
MARKETS
v. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, .. C.

Hay and Feed.
Receipts generally OF inferior quality.
Chicago arrivals light; heavies in Kansas
city during last part OF week especially
OF alfalfa which Is showing weakness un-
der the first run OF Idaho hay. The quail
ity OF Idaho Is not up to expectations;
grades lower than No. 1 moving slowly
as Kansas City dealers fear to ship to
south eastern markets Good timothy
scarce I'm many markets: prairie arrivals
light.
Quoted: $3.50 Chicago. $40 Mime
apolis. No. timothy $21 Chicago, SIT
Minneapolis. No. / alfalfa s25 Chicago.
s23 Minneapolis. No alfalfa $50 Chica-
go. SIT Minneapolis. No. prairie up
land $l9 Chicago. SIS Minneapolis
All feedstuffs weak some prices IS
lower than week ago. Stocks improv-
Ing; offerings corn and wheatfeeds heav-
Ter. Demand remains light. Mixed car
business fairly good.
Quoted: bran SCI. middings 49, flour
middlings S24 Minneapolis; No. 1 alfalfa
meal glutenfeed $35 Chicago: beet pulp
$50 New York; dried brewers grains s33
New York; reground oatfeed $3.50 Chi
cago.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes held at 80 to 90c per 100 lbs
{. o. b. northern shipping stations. Chi
cago carlot market advanced ten cents.
whites closed slightly lower at western
New York shipping points at 81 to $l.10
mostly sl.0s, New York market dull,
$3.50 TO s1.65 bulk.
Cold storage Baldwin apples firm at
western New York (. o. b. stations, clos
ing 81 TO $4.15 per Dbl. Consuming CEN
ters steady at yt.25 to IS: York Imperials
$3.50 to So; Greenings 81 to IS. North
western extra fancy Winesaps steady
$3.50 to $3.50 per box in New York.
Prices steady f. o. b. $40 to s2.25.
Carlot shipments week ended Feb. 9:
Potatoes 2.765 cars; boxed apples 451,
barreled apples 1,093; cabbage 42s;
celery 361; lettuce 39l; onions 35l; sweet
potatoes $50.
Live Stock and Meats.
For the first time In several weeks Chi
cago cattle prices showed slight advances
compared with week ago. Strong
weights losing most. Fat lambs down
25@75c; feeding lambs 75c@S1. yearlings
showed an extreme decline OF SIPS per
100 lbs Fat ewes steady to soc higher.
Chicago prices: hogs. bulk of sales
SS.SO@9.65; medium and good beef steers,
s7.75M925; butcher cows and heifers,
&5OdS.25; feeder steers. s6@s25; light
and medium weight veal calves s9@12;
fat lambs. s7.25@1O; feeding lambs 81 25
@S.50; warnings, s625@75O; fat ewes,
s3.75@5.25.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat markets
were almost invariably lower.
Feb. prices on good grade meats:
beef, s130l5; veal SCOPE; lamb. s1S@2l;
mutton, $1O@15; light pork loins. $2OQ23;
heavy loins, sl5019.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets demoralized during
week; decline registered in all markets.
Following the price reductions through
out the week eastern markets broke
sharply again and prices are 5M6c lower
than week ago. Consumptive demand
lighter, and imports are also a factor
contributing to weakness.
Prices go score: New York 43c; Chi
cago, Philadelphia, Boston 43c.
Grain.
Sharp price fluctuations characterized
the weeks grain trading. Visible wheat
over twenty five million bushels less
than at the same time year ago. but
little attention is being given statistical
position. Argentina reported Offering
wheat at New York equal to 1.S5. India
said to have sold Italy over million
bushels wheat at equal to $1.67, while
exporters estimate American wheat
would be around 81 C. /. f. Italy. Coun-
try offerings wheat not large; Illinois
farmers reported willing to sell, al
though bad roads prevent hauling. Wis
ible corn supply shows nearly seventeen
million bushels more than year ago. Low
prices and condition of country roads
nave affected country movement al
though Iowa farmers showing disposition
to sell.
For the week Minneapolis March wheat
lost lie at $1.44 ga: Kansas CITY
March Lee at s1.47 1-2; Winnipeg Man
7-Sc at $1.71. Chicago March wheat
Sl54 5-S; May wheat LA Us; May corn
90 3-Sc.