The Holbrook news., 1921-02-04
MARKETS U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
 Washington, D. c.
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Fruits and Vegetables.


 Fruits and Vegetables.
 Northern round white potatoes de- clined about 15c per 100 lbs. f. O. b., reaching S3c@ $1.00. Chicago car-lot market closed slightly lower, at $1.1OQ 1.25. Sacked round whites down 1Oc to 15c f. O. b. New York shipping points. closing S1.15 Q 1.20. Movement very light. New York down 15c, reaching $1.65 O 1.S0, bulk, Jan. 24.
 The beginning of the weeks grain trading was marked by steady de- Glines until the 22d; when report that in United States caused prices to ad vance. The advance continued until ment caused selling and prices dropped about 7c in two days. Report that Ar gentina probably would not place su per-tax on exports and would permit around 47000,000 bushels wheat to be exported free of super-tax was a de- pressing factor. In Chicago cash mar over March; No. ? hard, Sc to 7c over; new No. mixed corn. 6c under May; yellow, 6c under. Minneapolis reports lighter flour trade. with No. dark at Sc to 16c over Minneapolis March. Kansas City reports milling and ex- port demand fair. with No. dark hard wheat Sc to SC over Kansas City March. For the week Chicago March wheat lost 9Ac closing at $1.6S%; May corn. 1 A c. at 672s sc. Minneapolis March City March, 9c. at $1.57k; Winnipeg May. 1S5sc, at $1.75. Chicago May wheat, $1.53s.
 Hay and Feed.
 Stormy weather and bad roads cur tailing hay shipments in West. Re ceipts light. Timothy prices fairly ed S1 to $2 over last weeks prices. De- mand limited. Low-grade prairie al- most unsaleable. Eastern markets dull because of light demand. Quote No. 1 timothy New York S32 30. Cincinnati $26; Chicago, $23; Minneapolis, $20.00. No l alfalfa, Kansas City. $25.OO; Oma- ha, $21.00. No. 1 prairie, Kansas City, S1S.5O; Omaha, S11.OO; Minneapolis. SIS.
 Dairy Products.
 Butter markets for most part weak and unsettled but business on the 26th heavy arrivals of Danish at New York have moved slowly at around 49Q50c. Prices, 92 score. domestic: New York soc; Philadelphia, 5O1zc; Boston, soc; Chicago 45 Ac.
 Spot cotton prices as reported by the ten designated spot cotton markets closed around 14c. as compared with futures down III points. closing at 14.32c.f
 Live Stock and Meats.
 Compared with week ago the Chi and hogs and moderate advances on sheep, lambs and veal calves. Hogs lost 15c to soc; beef steers, 25c to roc: cows and heffers weak to soc lower; feeder steers showed an extreme de- cline of soc per 100 lbs; fat lambs ad- vanced soc to 75c; yearlings. 25c to soc; fat ewes, 25c per 100 lbs. January 26 Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales. $9.15 O 9.60; medium and good beef steers, $7.75 SIS; butcher cows and heifers, $4.60Q 300; feeder steers. $6.50 6.S5; light and medium weight veal calves. SIPS O 1850; fat lambs. S9.25 @ 11.50; feeding lambs, $S.25Q Q1O.25; year lings, $500 O $50; fat ewes. $4.00@ 600. Eastern wholesale fresh meat mar kets showed declines on practically all classes and grades. Lamb down $3 to $4; veal. mutton and pork loins, $1 to $2; beef, S1 to $1.50 lower than a week ago. Jan. 26 prices on good grade meats: Beef, $15 a 1850; veal, S20.00@ 23.0O; lamb, $2O.00@ 25.00; mutton, $12.009 15.00; light pork Ioins. S22.00@ 25.00; heavy loins. $17.00@20.00.