Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-29
The Markets

? ingtOn. j. G:
Hay and Feed-Hay receipts con-
tinue light. Eastern markets very
p duII Western markets slightly more
. active Prices unchanged 10 81 lower.
Colder weather expected to stimulate
; demand but no advance i'll price an
ticipated. Quote No. l timothy New
York $35: Chicago $27; Cincinnati,
] So6 80. Pittsburg $29; Jacksonville
R s34 No. | alfalfa, 81. Louis, So; At
] Ianta. 235; No. l prairie, st. Louis
$2l; Chicago SIS.
Cottonseed meal strong and quoted
! ST higher By mill agents and brokers'.
demand not considered heavy but
/ mill. not pressing Tor sale. tommy
feed weak. due to larger offerings ana
gloted $3.50 lower. Gluten Iced IN
better supply. wheat feeds more HDer-
ally offered. Alfalfa meal dun and
quoted at lower prices Linseeu meal
,-eaUv with demand for only small
lots for immediate shipment. Stocks
in dealers hands remain above nor
NAL. receipts and movement good.
Ouoted. Bran. S26: middlings, $500;
fInur middIings. 5000. Minneapolis;
2e ner cent cottonseed meal, S2S.5O,
Memphis: liuseed meal S39, Mime
apolis; $40 Buffalo; beet pulp heavy
at SAB. Northeastern markets; No. l
alfalfa meal. $2350; No. alfalfa meal
$2050. ST. Louis Gluten feed S4S,
| Chicago: white hominy. $2S.5O, St.
! Louis: yellow hOminy offered at S26,
] ST. Louis.
! Fruits and eetabIes.-Northern
round white potatoes closed slightly
! lower f. o. b. at $105d$l15 per 100
+ lbs. sacked Chicago carlot market
held al Sl.20d140 Jobbing range
down l0dl5c in other Middlewestern
markets at $1.35G1,65. Sacked round
whites down 15c at Western New York
shipping points. closing $1.35Ql.4O.
New York down 10 I5c, reaching
SlS0dl.95 bulk. Sacked Green Noun
tains lost IOu I5c, Boston, at $1754
100.
Sacked yellow onions slow and dull
at Western New York shipping points
around 81 per 100 lbs. Eastern cities
down 25d40c at $161.50; Middlewest-
ern markets slow and steady, 60c4
S1.40.
Big Boston lettuce closed slightly
higher in consuming markets at 50 to
$3.50 per ~ bushel hamper Califor-
MIA Iceburg lettuce stock showed
wide range, jobbing S3.50@$5.50 per
crate. Shipping points steady, S1.5OQ
$1S5.
Golden self-blanching celery, 10-inch
crates, 4-6 dozen punches, each 50 per
crate T. o. b. cash Florida shipping
points. Haulings very light. New
| York jobbing $3.50 per crate; Pitts
burg, 81.
Carlot shipments week ended jan
uary Is: Potatoes 1851 cars; barrel
ed apples, SIC; boxed apples, 420; on
/ bage, 1856; old celery, 461; new Gel
cry, As; lettuce, 400; sweet potatoes,
| 1872
Shipments preceding week: Pota-
toes 3,26S cars; barreled apples, S66;
boxed apples, 375; onions, 312; old
cabbage. 756; new cabbage, 10; old
celery, 321; new celery 6; lettuce,
464; sweet potatoes, 532.
cotton.-MiddIing spot cotton closed
at an average of 15.25c fr the ten
| designated spot cotton markets as
compared with 15.0Sc a week ago.
New York January futures up 5
points at 17.75c.
Grain.-Large export sales, improv-
ed flour demand in Southwest and
| good demand for cash wheat combined
to strengthen prices at the opening of
the weeks grain trading and by the
18th Chicago March wheat sold at
S1S4R, the highest price reached in
some months. Prices then began to
fall, however, Chicago March wheat
closed at $1.73 5/S on the 18th. On
the 18th there was a strong undertone
to the market induced in part by
heavy export demand and confirma.
/, ton that 100000 bushels wheat in
hands of grain corporation had been
included in carryover on July 1. Wheat
prices advanced, followed by gains in
coarse grain prices. Five hundred
thousand to six hundred thousand
bushels corn sold for export since the
18th to Denmark, Holland and Bel
GUM. In Chicago cash wheat No. 2
red winter wheat 18@23c over March
No. 2 hard winter S@9c over; New
No. mixed corn 81a to &C under May |;
Yellow 512 @6c under. Kansas City
reoprts good milling demand; export
demand fair. No. 2 hard winter wheat
4@7c over Kansas City March. For
the week Chicago March wheat about
unchanged at SIG rs; May corn
down 3 Use at II 3/Sc.
Minneapolis March Wheat down
3Hc at $1.70h; Kansas City March
5/Sc at s1.7014c; Winnipeg May un-
changed at 1892 7/S. Chicago May
wheat 81 SO 3/S.
Livestock and Meats.-Practicallv
all grades of hogs at Chicago gained
an average of loo the past week. Beef
and butcher cattle lost 10c965c, bet.
ter grades losing most. Veal calves
lost 25cG S125; feeder steers advanc.
ed 25cd soc. Fat lambs and yearlings
declined sharply; feeding lambs up
25cq soc. January II Chicago prices
Hogs, bulk of sales, $9.406$.65: medi.
um and good beef steers $S.50610.50:
butcher cows and heifers S4.5O69.75:
feeder steers s79925; light and me.
dunn weight veal calves S9.75612.
fat lambs sS.7541125; feeding lambs
sS.25G1O50; yearlings SS69.25: fat
ewes S4@16.
January II prices good grade meats I.
Beef $16.5O@18; veal s22G24; lamb
} s24627; mutton s13G17; light pork
loins s24G27; heavy loins s1S621.
Dairy Products.-There was active
. buying of butter early In tho ,,oo,,