The St. Mary banner., 1921-01-08
The Markets


round white potatoes steady at ship
ming points. closing S1.20 20 1925 per
! 100 pounds. Chicago carlot market
held at s1.35 10 Sis, sacked. Jobbins
range steady in other middlewestern
markets, $3.50 to S1G5. Sacked round
whites $3.50 western New Eork ship
| ning points. Bulk round whites ald
Green Mountains slightly lower New
York. &1.95 to 1920 Sacked Green
Mountains, $1.75 to, $1.90 Boston.
Yellow globe onions slow aaG dull
at western New York shipping points,
closing $1.10 per 100 pounds, f. D. ,.
Consuming markets steady, jobbia g
75c to $3.50.
Dairy Products Butter markets
have been firm during the week; price
tendency upward, but no radical
changes have occurred Prices 90 score
average about l to 12c higher than
week aso, Closing prices: New York
56c. Chicago 53c, Philadelphia 5612c
Boston SAC. Principal demand has
been for fancy butter which is some
what scarce. Improved demand noted
on all grades scoring 80 and above
Feeling on Danish somewhat better at
prices around sic to 5212c.
Livestock and Meats-Cattle, hogs
and fat lambs at Chicago show 20 sub
stantial advances during th3 .eek.
Hogs advanced 75c higher, ,4l,.o up
soc to $110, veal calves advanced 5!
per 100 lbs, feeding lambs down csc,
tat ewes 75c. December % Chicago
prices: Bulk of hogs S9.6OG9S0, me-
dunn and good beef steers $S.75013.5O,
butcher cows and heifers $475@1075,
light and medium weight veal calves
$8.75@11, feeder steers $67509.50,
fat lambs $9.50@11, feeding lambs
$S.75G10.25, yearlings $675G9, fat
ewes $3.50@450
The trend of wholesale fresh meats
was downward. Due to slight advan-
ces late in the week pork prices were
practically unchanged. Lamb 81 to
81 lower, mutton Il to So, beef 81 to
81, veal generally 50 lower. December
% eastern prices on good grade meats:
Beef sl5@19, veal $16@20, lamb s22
@24, mutton S11@13, light pork loins
$19Q22, heavy loins $1501S.
Cotton-During the week spot cotton
reached a new low price of 1890
but closed on the 23rd at 14.09c,
drop of 81 points for the week. New
York December futures down 1c per
pound at 14.45c.
Grain-There was no definite trend
to the weeks wheat business but corn
trended upward due to support and
buying of cash and futures by large
elevators interests. Weakness in stock
market has had sentiment effect upon
wheat prices but this was more than
offset on the 23rd by advances of
about SC in futures due to passage
OF Fordney Emergency tariff bill by
house of representatives and to heavy
export sales.
Cash wheat in strong demand all
week. Daily cfearances exceeding re-
ceipts at primary markets. For the
week Chicago March wheat advanced
&c, closing at $166 Is; May corn 7c
at "A 7-Sc; Minneapolis March wheat
up &c at $1.6215c; Kansas City March !
sac at $161A; Winnipeg May 1Oc
at $1.S3. Chicago December wheat |
S.70h; December corn II 3-8c; May
wheat $1.62 3,8. Premiums on cash |
wheat over December in Chicago: |
Nos. l and soft red, 80 to 35c; No. |
3 soft, % to SOC; Nos. l and hard |
winter, to &c; No hard winter, l |
to &c. No. 3 mixed corn &c under
Chicago December; No mixed, 3Lc |
under; No. 2 yellow, 31ac to SC over
December; No. yellow, l to &c over;
fn % M
white, nc under. Cash wheat in good
demand in Minneapolis. No. l dark
Northern 10 to Ice over Minneapolis
March, few choice cars 19c. No. 2
dark Northern, to 12c over March.
City: No. l hard winter wheat.
to 1Oc over Kansas City Decent Der;
No. 2 hard winter, 7 to &c over; No.
hard, to 8 cents over
Hay, Feed and seed-Hay market
continues dull: receipts and shipments
light. Movement greatly curtailed by
holiday season and unsatisfactory mar
set conditions. Colder weather in
vest expected to improve demand.
Buyers still Indifferent Quoted De-
'ember %: No. l Timothy New York,
1880; Chicago, $27; Cincinnati, S2S.-
IS, Atlanta, S34. No. l alfalfa Kansas
Iity. $24; Omaha, s21; Memphis, S32.
70. prairie Kansas City, SIS; Omaha,
1880; Minneapolis, SIT
Better inquiry by jobbers caused
ran to advance soc per ton Cotton
eed meal in better demand. Demand
or other feedstuff below normal.
stocks continue more than adequate.
Alfalfa meal depressed and slightly
over. Quote No. l alfalfa meal $27
It. Louis, s26 Kansas City; bran $25,
aiddlings $23 Minneapolis; linseed
zeal $40 Buffalo and Minneapolis 36
er cent cottonseed meal $2725 Men,
his. Movement of feedstuffs excel
ent.