Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-01-22
The Markets

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ceipts and slightly improved demand
have caused hay prices to remain
steady In Western markets. Eastern
markets generally weak because oil
limited demand. Weather still i'm
portant factor. Slight improvement
noted In orders for shipment. Quoted
Jan. -: No. | timothy New York S35
Philadelphia S27, Chicago $29, Mime
apolis S22. Cincinnati S27 so, Atlanta
1896. No. alfalfa Kansas City $26
Omaha $2I5O, Chicago $25. No. l prai
RE Kansas City S14, Omaha $3.50
Minneapolis $3.50.
Linseed meal and cottonseed meal
we're in slightly better demand. HON
my feed weak offered about $3.50 per
ton lower than price weak ago
| Gluten feed and wheat feed produc,
ton improving. 1t is expected that
sufficient stocks of gluten feed VIII be
available to supply the trade during
the next few months. Bran fairly
steady but flour middlings and redIog
! sold off 81 to So No Improvement IL
| alfalfa meal demand. Stocks remair
larger than normal Quoted Mid.
! dlings 1923 so, flour middlings $21. red
! dog s34, Minneapolis; linseed mea
$3.50 Buffalo, S39 Minneapolis. 80
| cottonseed meal $2S Memphis; White
| hominy feed $50 St Louis, S37 50
| Northeastern markets; gluten fee
| $4S Chicago; oat feed $40 Northeast
ern markets, 20-26 per cent brewers
grains S41 Philadelphia.
Fruits and VegetabIes.-No Northern
whita nntatnpC IN 10
cline at shipping points closing : t.
l5c lower per 100 pounds at TO $1lS
This is the lowest price this season
Chicago carIot markets closed slightly
lower at 1925 to $l.40. Jobbing ram.
down 10c in other Middle Western
markets, closing 81 40 to $175. Sacked
round whites slightly lower f. o. b.
Western New York shipping points
around $3.50. New York market
down 15c at $3.50 to S1.95 bulk. Sack
ed Green Mountains closed slightly
lower in Boston at $lS5 to 81
Big Boston lettuce up soc per ~
bushel hamper in consuming centers
jobbing 81 to s2.75. California Ice
berg lettuce slightly higher in con
Stunning markets, mostly 81 to $3.50 per
crate Prices about zoe higher f. o. b.
shipping points at sl.60 to 50, Sacked
yellow onions steady (. o. b. around 81
per 100 pounds. Consuming markets
continue slow and dull; Middle West
ern cities 75c to S1.35; Eastern. SIPS
to $1.65.
Carlot shipments increasing stead
lily. Movement week ended January
IL: Potatoes, 1884 barrels; barreled
apples, s79; boxed apples, 376; cab
bass, sl4; lettuce SIS; onions, $40;
sweet potatoes, 463. Shipments previ-
Gus week: Potatoes 1925 cars; bar
relied apples 682, boxed apples 297;
cabbage, 465; lettuce, 319; onions,
224; sweet potatoes, 421.
Cotton.-Middling spot cotton gain
ed about l cent a pound during the
week, closing around 15c. New York
January futures up lis points. clos
ing at 17.15c.
Live Stock and Meats.-Compared
with a week ago Chicago hog prices
were nearly steady, some grades ad-
| vancing sc to 15c Ewes advanced SOC
to 81 per 100 pounds; lambs, steady
to a shade lower. Beef steers gener-
ally Csc lower; cows and heifers down
| higher Jan. IS Chicago prices: Bulk
of hogs 1910 to $3.50. Medium and
good beef steers 1915 to SIPS; butch
er cows and heifers $3.50 to $40; feed.
er steers 81 to 1925; light and medi-
um weight veal calves $40 to S12; fat
lambs $1,000 to $l2.10; feeding lambs
SS.25 to $1,000; yearlings $3.50 to
| s10.25; fat ewes s425 to 1925. Fresh
pork was the weakest feature in the
Eastern wholesale fresh meat markets.
Compared with a week ago prices de-
clined 81 to So per 100 pounds. Lamb
and veal down 81 to 81; beef steady
! to 81 lower. Mutton averaged 81
higher. January Is prices on good
grade meats: Beef $3.50 to SIS; veal
s24 to s26; lamb s24 to SGT; mutton
$13 to SIT; light pork loins s24 to $2T !;
heavy loins 500 to $24.
Dairy Products.-Butter markets de,
veloped weakness the early part OF
the weak and heavy declines occurred
in all markets. There was a tendency
toward recovery on the 18th but the
| markets on the 18th were barely
steady and almost weak Prices 92
score: New York SAC; Chicago 48hc;
Philadelphia, 54hc; Boston SAC,
GRAIN Except on the opening and
closing days of the past week there
has been a continuous advance In
wheat prices due to better sentiment
| induced by heavy export demand and
sales and improvement in sterling ex,
change. On the 18th Chicago March
wheat reached the highest point In
some months, selling at S1S4k, but
later closed off Five hundred thou,
sand to six hundred thousand bushels
corn sold on the 18th; export demand
for corn continues good; country of,
ferings small. Minneapolis reports
stronger cash wheat market. South.
west reports improved flour demand,
with millers taking wheat more free.
ly. Minneapolis millers bidding for
hard winter wheat in Kansas and Ne.
braska for 80 day shipment. but coun.
try offerings light. Argentina Official
estimates Argentina wheat crops 1877.
100000 bushels; exportable surplus
120, 100000 bushels. Premiums in Chi.
cago cash market Jan. 10: No. 2 red
winter wheat 80 to 33c over March
No. hard to 10c over; new No I
mixed corn sac under May; yellow
Az to sc under At Minneapolis No
2 dark Northern 10 to Ice over Min.
neapolis March.
Fort Worth Stock Market.