The St. Johns herald., 1921-06-09
MARKETS - Furnished by U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
 Washington, D. c.
(wsslern Newspaper Union News Service. )
Fruits and Vegetables.

Fruits and Vegetables.
 Northern sacked round white pota- toes up sc per 100 lbs. at shipping points, closing 85Q9Oc f. c. b. Chicago carlot market steady, $1Q1.15. South Carolina No. Irish Cobblers un- changed, New York, selling to jobbers at $7.5O07.75 per cloth top slat bar rel Texas sacked Bliss Triumphs down $1 to $1.25 per 100 lbs, St. Louis and Kansas City. at $2.75@3.5O
 Texas Yellow Bermuda onions near ly steady in consuming markets at S1.40G 1.90 per standard crate, cOmmer- cial pack.
 Dairy Products.
 Under influence of increasing pro- ductiOn and quality hardly such as to warrant heavy storage, better stocks have accumulated and prices continued to decline at all markets the past week.
 Grain.
 Wheat market uncertain and fluctu- ated nerVOuSly the first half of week but made substantial gains the past few days with May wheat leading the advance. Bad crop reports and good export demand were principal bulllsh factors. Corn developed independent weakness throughout. Country offer ings corn much more liberal and re- ceipts expected to increase materially in near future. On the 20th wheat ad- vanced to new high level on present
 
 July. Good demand for cash hard wheat. Reported on good authority that Belgiun/ government control of wheat imports will cease July 1. In wheat, $1.62; No. ? hard $1.67; No. mixed corn, 57c; No. white oats, 38c. For the week Chicago May wheat up 16Ac. at $1.593s May corn down 2hc, at 58%c. Chicago July wheat up 83sc, at SPA; July corn down Sc, at 60 c. Minneapolis July wheat up 72sc, at SIPS. Kansas City July, 7c, at $1171A; Winnipeg July, 17%c. at $1.64.
 Live Stock and Meat.
 Chicago hog prices changed only slightly the past week, declines rang ing SC to 15c per 100 lbs. Beef and tically steady. Veal calves up 25c to soc. Fat lambs and fat ewes steady to 25c lower. May 20 Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales. $S.4O@8.8O; me butcher cows and heifers, $5.25 O 800; feeder steers. $725@S.5O; light and me- dium weight veal calves, $500 Oq 9.75; fat lambs, $9.25@12.OO; yearlings, s7.5O @10.5O; fat ewes, $4.75@6.75.
 Stocker and feeder shipments from week ending May 13 were: Cattle and calves 13,723; hogs, 4,919; sheep, 7,450. Beef ranged 75c to $1.25 lower per 100 lbs in eastern wholesale markets. 6dl SIedQy IO SA lower, mutton SIedQy to $2 lower; lamb $1 to $3 higher; pork loins generally steady. May 20 prices good grade meats: Beef, $14@15; veal, S14@17; lamb. $25@27; mutton, $40 IT; light pork loins, $21Q24; heavy loins, s15@19.
 Hay.
 Market continues inactive. Receipts light and prices fluctuate with local demand. Practically no orders for ship ment being received in distributing markets. No. 1 timothy quoted New York, $28; Chicago. $23; Atlanta. $31; Memphis. S25; Cincinnati. $22 No. 1 alfalfa, Memphis. S28: Kansas City. S23; Omaha, $20. No. 1 prairie. Minneap- oils, $15.50; Kansas City, $15.50.
 Cottonseed meal. Memphis $2925: Atlanta, $30; Chicago. S32.50: linseed meal, Minneapolis. BPS; New York. $S6; gluten feed, Chicago, $26.50: PhiladeI- phia, $31.71; Cincinnati $2930. Alfalfa meal, Kansas City. $17.5O.
 Spot cotton prices down 10 points during the week. closing at 11.50c per ID. New York futures up 1 point, at 12.41c.