The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1921-03-10
MARKETS
U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. C.


Hay
Colder weather causing slightly i'm
proved Ndemand Receipts very light eX-
cept at Kansas City and Omaha. Low
grades almost salable. Demand only
equal to present light receipts in prin-
cipal markets.
Quoted Feb. %: No. timothy-New
York S31 80. Cincinnati S23.5O, Chicago
$24 Minneapolis Sl950, Kansas city SO,
$3.50, Omaha $40, Memphis $27 No.
prairie.-AIinncapOl SIS 80. Kansas City
Sl1.50, Omaha $1,000
Feed
Northeastern markets lost part of last
weeks gain because of extremely light
demand. Stocks generally good and ac-
Cumulating i'm a number of markets.
Transit offerings increasing. Export de-
mand for high protein feeds light. Beet
pulp and alfalfa meal weak Gluten feed
and hominy feed steady
Quoted-bran $2l middlines $1,000,
flour middlings $3.50, Minneap3lis; white
gluten feed $87. Chicago $3.50 BaIti-
more; beet pulp $32 Philadelphia and
New York; No ! alfalfa meal $l4 Kan
sas City.
Fruits and Vegetables
Sacked round white potatoes up 100
l5c per 100 lbs. {. o. b northern shipping
stations. rrHching 90cM 81 05. Chicago
carlot market advanced 25c, closing $3.50
Obs sacked. Round whites showed fur
ther weakness at western New York ship
ping points. reaching 906I95C. New York
market weak. down 25Ft3Oc at $1.1Odt1,25
bulk.
Cold storage Baldwin apples steady at
western New York f. % b stations
around $i25 per Ebl. Badwins steady
in city markets. mostly - 50@5. North
western extra fancy Wihesaps steady:
New York and Boston $3.50M $50. Mid
dlewcstern markets mostly $3@U4 per box.
Onion movement light, markets irreg-
ular. New York up 25c ut $lM %; Pitts
burgh down 5m1Oc at 10000; other mar
kets mostly S5cM$l15.
Carlot shipments week ended Feb, %
Potatoes 2 i9S cars: boxed apples sSi
barreled apples $40: cabbage sos; celery
toes 1924.
Prices declined the early part of the
week but on the 18th and 21st there
were upturns on renewal of export de-
mand and limited offerings. on the 23rd
the market was unsettled, and on the
cath prices dropped 4M5c. Factors con
tributing To weakness at the close were,
decidedly bearlsh local sentiment, weak
ness in stock market and economic con-
ditions, and a further decline IN cash
wheat prices. Export demand slow. Ca
per barrel cheaper than American flour
at New York. Wheat receipts at Mime
apolis principally Canadian There is
heavy undcrtone to corn market despite
export sales of nearly $500. 600 bus. on
the 23rd and oath Reported that Ger
many will import 1S,500000 bus. corn to
trade more concerned with liberal re-
ceipts and fairly large country consign-
mentS.
Weeks price changes: Chicago March
down lac at 60 34c. Minneapolis
March wheat down l-Sc AT 81 80 IS;
wheat down ! 1-SC at $l.G7 ! 4, May corn
Kansas city March | &c al Sl57; Win
nipeg May 1-Sc at 81 SO $. Chcago
MAY wheat 81 SO rs.
Live Stock and Meats
Higher prices ruled on practically all
classes of live stock at Chicago. Great
| lamb market
Feb. "a Chicago prices. hogs bulk of
| sales 50 25m 1918, medium and good beef
steers IS 65M10 25; butcher cows and
| 9; light and medium weight veal calves
| Sl0m 13 %: fat lambs $S25Tll feeding
| lambs $7.25mS.50, warnings S7Gt9; fat
| ewes $5d6.75.
Eastern wholesale frosh meat markets
We're generally higher than = week ago.
| Feb. "a prices good grade meats Beef
| $14.50m 1850, veal S1Sm22. lamb SlSM 81 /,
| mutton s11Ml4. light pork ions S22U2i;
| heavy Ions $16@l9
Dairy Products
| Further improvement prevails in but
ter market with trade calling for all the
better grades. Fresh butter somewhat
scarce. Support is lent to market by
| buyers who anticipate further advances
| and who have been buying ahead. Mar
| kets somewhat out Of line with each
Closing prices 90 score: New York
soc; Chicago Sic Philadelphia sic; Bos-
ton so 1-2c.
Cheese markets firm. Advances on
the 2ist at Wisconsin primary markets
| has caused slight advances in some dis
| trbuting markets and buyers who look
| for a general advance to follow have
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