The St. Mary banner., 1921-05-14
The Markets

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Grain-Prices trendcd upward dun
ing week due 10 good export demand.
light OFFERINGS. strong cash mari.
aud small wheat otO"lS at tAlcag,
available delivery May contracts with
price level too low to attract sup
mrnts from outside points. The only
decline was on the 4th as a result U.
heavy liquidation OF cash wheat by
Kansas producers on account ol up-
, turn and belief by some interests that
prices were sufficiently high. lnGles
report shows unfayorable crop condI-
tions in Oklahoma. Keen demand fol
cash wheat at seabOard. oats dam
age reports received from Oklahoma
and Iowa. In Chicago cash market
No = red winter wheat $l.52, No.
hard $157, No. mixed corn Gec, No.
yellow corn 60c, No. white oats
37c For the week Chicago May wheat
up 171.c at $144 5-S, May corn &c at
5924c. Chicago July wheat up S&4
at $115, July corn &c at Zee. Min
neapOlis July wheat up Sl4c at
S1.213-S; Kansas City July lie at
$1.09; Winnipeg July Zoe at $1.45 Y.
Fruits and Vegetabl les-Sacked round
white potatoes down lee per loo lbs.
at northern shipping points, closing
Goa 7Oc Chicago carlot market al
seasons low point 700 S5c. Florida
No. / Spaulding Rose up $1.25 per
double head barrel al Chicago at $90
925; up soc at New York at $50
825 Texas sacked Bliss 1riumphs
down $1M1.25 per 100 pounds at Kan
sas City at $4df f25; ST. Louis S44
450 Cold storage Baldwin apples up
about soc per barrel in city wholesale
markets, New York A-212 stock most
ly $650M7 per barrel. Northwestells
extra fancy winesaps nearly steady at
ChicaeO, medium to large sizes $40
to $325, small sizes $2M 80. Sacked
yellow onions slow and steady i'll east
ern city wholesale markets at zoe TO
$125 per Zoe lbs, few cold storage
at $175M2 in New York. Texas yeI-
low BermudaS down $110M2 per stand
ard crate No. l and = stock, CONNER
cial pack; highest prices prevailing in
eastern markets; shipping stations
down 10M15c at S0m soc carloads fob.
shipping points acceptance. Tennes-
see klondike strawberries 3G0 3oc
quart basis New York klondikes in
24-quart crates $325 G425 per crate
| carloads fob. cash track Arkansas
points; $3.50M4.50 fob. Tennessee
stations. Wauchula section, Florida,
| reports growers receiving 75c to 81
each for small size Tom Watson wat
I ermelons, Wagonloads, cash to grow
| erS.
| Cotton-Spot cotton prices advanced
80 points the past week, closing at
! SO cents per pound. New York May
! futures up 56 points at 1868 cents.
Hay-Market continues weak with
I prices somewhat lower in several mar
/ ketS. Receipts light and demand very
1 limited. No. l timothy quoted May a.
/ New York $50, Chicago S22, Cincin
natl 500, Atlanta $29, Memphis $26 81,
! No. / alfalfa Kansas City $23, Mem
phis $3.50, Atlanta $33; No. l prairie
! Minneapolis $3.50, Chicago $17, Kan
sas City $1375.
| Feed-Spot prices for mill feed firm
in central and northwest, but weak
in south and east. Demand very light.
Linseed meal and gluten feed lower.
Cotton seed meal held firmly at high
! er prices. Alfalfa meal and hominy
! feed weak. Spring bran quoted May
4: Philadelphia $2450, Chicago $19,
Minneapolis SIG; standard millings:
I Philadelphia $24, Chicago SIS, Min
neapolis $l5; linseed meal: Minneap-
Oils $29, New York $37, Kansas City
$31; gluten feed: Chicago $3.50 Gin
cinnati $29.S0, New York $3412; cot
ton seed meal: Memphis ST, Atlanta
$26.50.
Dairy Products-Butter markets un-
settled; price tendency mostly down
ward during the week. Trading not
normal, otherwise tone of market
would be firmer as there has been tenn
porary shortage in some grades. De
clines due to desire to trade to keep
stocks moving in anticipation of usual
increased spring production Closing
prices, 80 score: New York 361ac, Chi
cago 301ac, Philadelphia and Boston
&c.
Cheese-Markets slow and business
not up to expectations following Mon
days decline on Plymouth, Wisconsin
Cheese Exchange. Prices on most
styles about 1c lower than a week ago
Undertone of markets somewhat un-
settled, although there is more gen.
eral feeling that prices are about as
low as they will go for the present
Live Stock and Meats-Chicago hog
prices underwent practically no change
the past week. Fat lambs firm to Csc
higher; feeding lambs. yearlings and
fat ewes generally steady. Beef steers
and butcher cows and heifers up 25m
soc; feeder steers 15@25c. May Chi
cago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales 50 10
M8h5: medium and good beef steers