The St. Mary banner., 1921-05-21
The Markets

Bureau of Markets, L. S Department
Oh Agriculture, Washington. d. c.:
Grain Market very strong at open
ing OF weeks business, bat technical
! position weakened account high nl-ice
level and prices dropped on the -fh
sentiment and news mixed and mar
ket unsettled until the 18th when ac,
! ceptanCe allied terms bv Germany
! statement Secretary Wallace that price
/ leFel 1l1ty per cent above pre-War
/ basis would benefit whole country.
and further confirmation damage 10
crops IN Southwest produced a sharp
! llpturn. Market erratic on the 18TH.
/ Export demand SLOW; business con
fined TO small lots Country offer
lngs light. British wheat holdings Of
flclally estimated sufficient until Au-
gust 1st. Argentine port strikes ex-
pected to be settled shortly Corn de-
mand fairly good In Chicago cash
market No. ? red winter wheat 81 .46;
No. 2 hard $1.5l; No. mixed corn
Gle; No. ; yellow corn Gle; No 5 white
oats 39c, For the week Chicago May
wheat down l12c at $l.43 Is; May
corn up "a at 60l2c. Chicago July
wheat up &c at $115 Is July corn
12c at csc. Minneapolis July wheat up
Csc at $l21. Kansas City July down
1c at $1.0S; Winnipeg July down lc at
$1.4f 3-S.
Hay-Receipts very light. but de-
mand continues poor. Prices practi-
cally unchanged Kansas City market
stronger because OF rainy weather cur
failing country loading. Quoted May
1lth No. l Timothy New York, $50:
Cincinnati. $20.75 Chicago, $40; Min
neapolis, $3.50; Atlanta, $29; No. l
alfalfa Kansas City, $24; Memphis,
$3.50; Atlanta. $50; No. prairie
Kansas City, $3.50; Minneapolis. $l5.
Feed Diminishing wheat mill feed
output causing firmer market at mills.
Consuming markets still dull with lit
tie demand COttonseed meal higher
on better export demand. Holders
not pressing sales. Linseed meal and
corn feeds dull. Market weak. Quot
ed May 11th spring bran Philadel-
phia, $25: Chicago, $40; Minneapolis, /
$l6; hard winter bran Kansas City, |
$19; standard middlings Philadelphia, |
$24; Minneapolis, SIS; Chicago, $3.50; |
linseed meal New York, $3625; Mime |
apolis, $2S; Kansas City, $3050; cot
meal Memphis, $27; Cincin- |
natl, $32.25; Kansas City, $34; gluten
feed, June shipment. Chicago, $26 Gin |
ci2nati, 5000; New York, $33.62; |
hominy feed, Cincinnati, $25.
Fruits and Vegetables Northern
sacked round white potatoes up 10c
per 100 pounds at shipping points,
closing 70d soc. Chicago carlot mar
ket up 3Oc from the low point of the
season, reaching $1G$115. South Car
0lina No. l Irish cobblers $S per cloth
,op slat barrel New York. Texas sack
ed Bliss Triumphs steady Middle
Western cities at $425G45O per 100
pounds. New York Baldwin apples up
'5c to 81 per barrel Eastern city whole
sale markets 212; cold storage stock
'b.Iomo0O. Medium to large sizes ex-
ra fancy Northwestern winesaps up
,5c per box Chicago at $3d350; small
izes $2.25G ESQ. Sacked yellow onions
low and dull in Eastern centers at
5c@$1.25 per 100 pounds. Texas yel-
o~ Bermudas sold to jobbers in East
I'm markets at $1.5061.90 per stand
rd crate: commercial pack, $125m.
rs Middle Western cities; shipping
'Qlnts around 81 for sales on wire or
ers, carloads f. o. b. shipping point
Virginia Klondyke straw
erries, 23M Csc quart basis New York
'ennessee Klondykes in 24-quart
rates, $35003.75 per crate, carloads
o. b. cash track. Georgia Mayflower
caches in Cincinnati wholesale mar
ct selling around So per six basket
arrier. Car Florida watermelons sold
Or $1,100 Pittsburgh, Tom Watsons,
verage weight "a to % pounds.
Dairy Products Butter markets
howing signs of weakness again af- ,
er almost week of steadiness Con- :
it1ons this time of year are such that :
larkets are easily disturbed Produc-
on increasing and time for active
forage approaching. although no but t
9r has as yet been put in storage in &
astern markets. Closing prices 92
core: New York, 33Rc; Chicago,
&c; Philadelphia, 3412c; Boston, '
SIC. a
Live Stock and Meats-Hog prices a
Chicago advanced 50 q 40c per 100 @
1unds the past week Beef steers v
25c higher; butcher cows c
I'd heifers up 25050c. Veal calves
own 25c0$1. Fat lambs advanced
q 1.25; feeding lambs unchanged. a
up 25I soc; fat ewes 25:. n
ay Y Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk OF ~
les $S.45I $50; medium and good :,
'ef steers $7.50G9.0O; butcher cows r
I'd heifers S5.25M9OO; feeder steers I
.75@S.50; light and medium weight g
al calves s7.25 $500; fat lambs
0.50G12.25; feeding lambs $7.MS.5O;
arhngs $S.25M 1000; fat ewes $500 o
$50 [
Stocker and feeder shipments from II
important markets during the week y