Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-01-28
Kentucky
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM
(From U. s. Bureau of Markets.

The beginning of the weeks grain
/ trading was marked by steady decline
until the 22nd, when report that Bel
j @ium had secured loan of twenty
/ million dollars in u. S. caused prices
| to advance. The advance continued
until the 25th, but subsequent bearish
sentiment caused selling and prices
dropped about &c in two days. Report
that Argentina probably would not
| place super tax on exports and would
permit around forty-seven million
| bushels Of wheat to be exported free
| Of super tax was depressing factor
In Chicago cash market No. 2 Red
| winter wheat 1920 over March No.
hard Sic over new No. 3 mired corn
&c under May, yellow sc under. Min
| neapols reports lighter four trade
with No, = dark northern cash wheat
! in good demand at Slice over Mime
apoliS March. Kansas City reports
milling and export demand fair with
No. 2 dark hard wheat 3-9c over Kan
sas City March. For the week Chi
cage March wheat lost 1-4c, closing
at $1.G3 1888; May com l 1-4c at
rs 3-Sc. Minneapolis March wheat
down IL 3-8 at $1.53 IS; Kansas City
March Sc at $3.50 1-2; Winnipeg May
13 5-8c at $1.88. Chicago May wheat
$1.53 5-8.
Hay and Feed
Stormy weather and bad roads cur
failing hay shipments in west. Re
ceipts light, timothy prices fairly
steady at recent DECLINE. Alfalfa
4Nl To- Il
Demand limited, low grade prairie al !
most unstable. Eastern markets
dull because of light demand Quote !
No. l timothy New York $32.50; Gin
cinnati S26; Chicago $23; Minreapo- |
lis $40; No. l alfalfa Kansas City $25; !
Omaha S21; No. l prairie Kansas City |
$3.50; Omaha Sill; Minneapolis $15. |
A slightly better inquiry is noted |
for feed stuffs in northwest, but Chi |
cage, Kansas City and other western !
markets report a decidedly weak ten |
dency, In Kansas City wheat mill |
feeds are quoted 81 lower than last !
week and linseed meal and cotton
seed meal are considerably easier in |
the Chicago market. No. 1 alfalfa |
meal in poor demand; quoted at $22.
Kansas City reground oat feed quoted |
at $1i; Chicago i;o1mcdiate shipment: |
'pIZ L CDIudtN SHIPMENT. I1ofllHN IeeN
both white and yellow in liberal sup
ply. Quoted bran $3.50; ridIings $23
Minneapolis Sc per cent, cottonseed |
meal $3.50, Memphis 43 per cent,
cottonsced meal sold at $36-$37 Chi
cago; linseed meal $50 Minneapolis, |
$40 Buffalo, Chicago $4,000; white
hominy feed $25, $24 Chicago and $2A
st. Louis; beet pulp $38: northeast
ern and SeabOard markets.
Dairy Products
Butter markets for most part weak
and unsettled, but business on the
26th indicated that tone is firmer. The
heav! arrivals of Danish at New
York have moved slowly at around
49-50c. Prices 90 score, domestic:
New Yorl, soc, Philadelphia so lie.
Boston soc, Chicago 40 3-4c.
Cheese market continued to main
tam firm tone throughout week, but /
during the past few days business
seems to be not quite so fast as &
week ago. Prices at Wisconsin phi
mary markets average 1-4-1-2c; low
er; twins "a l-bc; daisies % l-4c;
double daisies "a 12c; longholns q
14c; young Americans &c.
Cotton
Spot cotton prices as reported by
the 10 designated spot cotton market.
closed around lac as compared with
l4.67c Il week ago. New York March
futures down Ill points, closing ut
l4.32c.
Livestock and Meats
Compared with week ago the Chi
ago market showed decline on cat
tie and hogs and moderate advances
in sheep, lambs and veal calves Hogs
lost 1850; beef steers -5.70c; cows
and heifers weak to soc lower; feeder
steers showed an extreme decline OF
SOC per 100 pounds: fat lambs adj
vanced 50-57c; yearlings 25-50c; fat
ewes 25c. per 100 pounds. January
20 Chicago prices, hogs, bulk of sales,
$9l5-9.60 medium and good beef
steers $S.75-9.75; butcher cows and
heifers $4.G0-S9; feeder steers $3.50
$3.50; light and medium weight veal
calves S11 25-$13.50; fat lambs 1926
$11.50; feeding lambs $S.25-S10.25;
yearlngs $3.50. so; fat ewes $3.50.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat mar
kets showed declines on practically
all classes and grades. Lambs down
1854; veal, mutton and pork loins
S1-$2; beef $1-$150 lower than week
ago. January 26th prices on good
grade meats, beef S15-S16.50; veal
2O-S23 ;lamb $20-$25; mutton S12-$15
light pork leins $22-$25; heavy loins
S17-$20.
Mr.. Thomas jackson Smith contin-,