The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1921-04-08
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM
CU. S. Bureau Of Markets.

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Washington, D. C-For week ended
March %. 1921.
Hay.-Markets steady and firm or
better qualities Scant offerings most
markets. Cincinnati receipts slightly
larger but at no time exceeded demand
Local demand more active. shipping de-
mand unchanged. Terminal holdings
generally light; tracks well cleaned up.
Choice new crop alfalfa in loose bales
offered at S25 Los Angeles old No. l
at SIS; No. at SO. Loading advices
| light. Kansas city declares estimate
that from so to 60 per cent of last
years prairie crop is still in barns in
that section. Alfalfa meal mills buying
sparingly no outlet for meal Quoted:
! No. 1 timothy SIS Chicago; Si9 Min
| neapolis; S19 Kansas City; S25 Phiia-
| delphia $3.50 Cincinnati. No timo-
thy $50 Chicago; S1T Minneapolis; SIT
Kansas City: $3.50 Cincinnati. No
alfalfa, S24 Chicago; 500 Minneapolis;
Sl9 Omaha; $50 Kansas city; S24 Gin
| clnnati. No. prairie, $40 Chicago; SIG
Minneapolis; $3.50 Omaha: sl4 Kansas
City.
Feed.-Markets generally lower and
unsettled. Wheatfeeds particularly
weak and quoted SEAS per ton lower
than a week ago. Pasturage materially
checking demand. Wheatfeeds produc-
ton improving. output of cornfeeds
about equals demand. one of the iarg-
est gluten feed manufacturers has an
nounced the closing down OF its prin-
cipal plant for one week. Beet pulp
in poor demand; offered at $3.50 /. o.
b. Utah mills: s29 +. o. b. New York by
Importers Linseed meal shipments to
Europe slowing up: prices easier. Cot
tonseed meal pressed for sale and 81
lower. Alfalfa meal steady. Honiny
feed down 81; in light request and for
only prompt shipment. Lake naviga-
ton has opened up; freight movement
excellent. Quoted: Bran SIG, middlings
SIS, rye feed Sl7 Minneapolis: white
hominy feed S23 st. Louis; $22.50 Chi
cago; No. / alfalfa meal $3.50 Kansas
City. s2l st. Louis: 36 per cent cotton
seed meal S25 Memphis: linseed meal
5000 Buffalo, $40 Minneapolis; reddog
S29 Minneapolis, S31 Chicago.
Fruits and Observation-Disclosures held
at S5n soc per 100 lbs. northern ship
ping stations. Chicago car-lot market
steady s1@120 New York round
whites held at S1.40Gp1 80 bulk.
New York cold storage Baldwin APP
pies generally steady in city wholesale
markets. S5Q6 per Dbl Northwestern
extra fancy winesaps mostly S3m4 per
box. consuming centers.
Florida celery closed at wider fange
or S2.25 q 20 per crate consuming mar
Sl.5O42. California celery S4945O per
crate Chicago. SEQ $50 Kansas City.
Louisiana klondike strawberries in |
24-quart crates 32M35c per quart New |
York. Consuming markets ranged 1915 |
M450 per 24-pint crate Louisiana f. o. |
b. markets down 1906 at $500 per |
crate.
Florida Wakefield cabbage slightly |
lower consuming markets. S1.25MI.75
per II blu. hamper. Texas stock s38
q 40 per ton Chicago; $4,000 st. Louis. |
Grain.-Trading was not large during
the week. the market was easily in
fluenced and pit conditions were the
predominating f>ctor Sentiment gen
orally bearish. but, traders apparently
afraid of nervous market. Export de-
mand brisk and some flour sold Europe
en- the gath, yet market closed slightly
a hA rsta
fluctuated rapidly within small range
but closed higher. Freezing tempera-
ture in west with apprehension of dam
age led to short covering. Visible wheat
supply smallest in thirty years with
one exception at this season. Decreased
!, SlS.000 bushels during week. Trading
] a 20c under May. Corn trade light:
range narrow. Visible supply increased
2. 227000 during week. Arrivals corn.
while small, sufficient for require
ments; eastern demand slow. In Chi
cago cash market No. red winter and
No hard wheat 101z a 121s over Chi
under May;No. yellow a. &c under May |
For week Chicago May wheat up l &c
a sl4S = May corn down lsc at 64h c.
May wheat up CSC at
'1.3S%. Kansas City May Is higher
It S1.361s: Winnipeg May &c higher at
II. sos Chicago March wheat s1.57h. ,
Dairy Products--Butter markets I'M
'ettled the past week. Domestic re-
'eipts slightly heavier. but no new inn
'orts arrived and buying was on
broader scale. Undertona remained
weak. trading on the 2Sth on even
weaker basis 9th New York down &c.
losing prices 92 score, New York and
'hicago 44Rc; Philadelphia As &c; Bos- ,
on Acc. Latest arrivals from Denmark
ave shown better quality and COM
citing with fanciest grades domestic.
Cheese mark its weak and lower. On
plymouth Wisconsin cheese exchange I
farch 2Sth prices dropped to levels Z
over than low point in December.
wins 19c; Daisies zoe Double Daisies G
DC; Longhorns 21c; no Young Ameri- 7
as offered.
Live stock and Mests-Cattle and S
og prices at Chicago declined the past
'eek. The break in hog prices was =,
harp and ranged from 35c on heaviest II
eef steers declined generally 25M soc;
Dws weak TO Csc lower: feeder steers [
own soc. Fat lambs steady to Csc 7
igher; feeding lambs unchanged. Fat
rices: Hogs. bulk of sales. SS9OG10.25: p
edium and good beef steers $Sm9.75;
utcher cows and heifers S475 OOPS:
'eder steers s725d9; lambs. light and n
II lambs SSM1075: feeding lambs 81 rs L
%: yearlings 1928 $50; fat ewes n
In the wholesale fresh meat trade a
hiiadelphia had practically no market q
\ the 2Sth and the following price =
'mparisons include only New York +;
I'd Boston. Beef. veal. lamb and NUT
n prices generally lower than week
20. Reef down 5Oc6si: mutton steady il
81 lower; lamb and veal generally -
eady to 50 lower: light pork loins a
ON 81 lower to 81 higher depending =,
ION the market March 2Sth prices q
'od grade meats> Beef s16@17; veal T
0 n 81; lamb slS@21: mutton s12614: >,
%. p0'N nuns go ~ 'e' '0'"S 80 n,