The St. Mary banner., 1921-08-27
The Markets

| or Agriculture, Washington, ID. T..
Grain-Market undertone reasonably
firm early part of week under export
buying and strong cash market, but
| weakness in coarse grains, unsettled
foreign exchange and weakness In
stock market acted as beal1sh influ
enCeS remainder of week General
liquidation on last day of week re-
suited in material declines for all
grains, bringing corn futures down to
lowest point at this season of year
since 1906. Wheat export sales con
tinued good Country offerings OF
wheat were moderate during week; Of
ferings of corn were liberal. In Chi
cago cash market No red winter
wheat closed at s118; No. ? hard at
S1.20; No. 2 mixed corn at sac; No. z
yellow at sac; No. 3 white oats At
30c. For the week Chicago September
wheat lost Sac, closing at $1.16 So,
September corn lost 4 SAC, closing at
| 50 SAC. Minneapolis September wheat
lost &c. closing at 1924 34 Kansas
City September lost 1-2c, closing at
$106 3-4 Chicago December wheat
closed at SLIT 3-S; December corn at
53c; Minneapolis December wheat
closed at $122 3-4 Kansas City De
cember wheat closed at $1.09 IA.
Hay-Market easier Heavier re-
ceipts at Western markets past few
! days depressed prices, as there was
practically no shipping demand, and
arrivals were slightly in excess Of local
demand. Eastern and Southern mar
kets were also weak, with demand
poor. Quoted August II: No. l Timo-
thy New York $3O50, Cincinnati
$215O, Chicago s25, Minneapolis S1s,
! Atlanta SGT. No l alfalfa Memphis
! $3.50, Minneapolis $40, Atlanta $2S,
! Omaha $3.50 No l prairie Mime
apolis SIS, Chicago SIT, Omaha $12.
| Feed-Demand and production light.
! Prices of most feeds, particularly Oil
meals held steady except bran, which
was weak. Less alfalfa meal being
ground than for several seasons due
to dull Eastern demand and small
sales to feed manufacturers. Stocks
are fair Movement and receipts
| light Quoted August 18: Bran
s1375, middlngs $14.50 Minneapolis;
! No. l alfalfa meal $40 Kansas City;
36 per cent cotton seed meal $50 At
lanta, S37 Memphis; linseed meal $39
Minnea polls; white hominy feed s24
St Louis; gluten feed $1,000 Chi
! CagO.
| Dairy Products-Butter markets
weak following unsettled feeling past
week Certain advances in all markets
were made but with decline on Au
gust II and 18 prices are from l to
| 1-2c below a week ago. Temporary
! VII
! days because of fairly liberal buying
but as dealers stocks are again ample
| for immediate needs demand was
| light at close of week. 92 score
prices August IS: New York AZ 1-2c;
Philadelphia 43c; Boston 43 1-2c; Chi
cagO 500. Cheese markets unsettled
during week. Trading light, although
somewhat more active following de-
clines at country markets on August
Is. Business during week confined
mostly to small lots, prices on August
II averaging as follows: Twins
IS lie; daisies IS lac, double daisies
1Sc; longhorns 90 lac. Very little
trading done in Young Americas.
Fruits and etabIes-Increased po
tato supplies from New Jersey ship
ping sections checked moderately ad-
vancing prices in Eastern markets,
New Jersey sacked Irish cobblers de
clined 15@20c per 100 pounds during
the week, closing So 315G3S5. Demand
and movement are reported improving
at New Jersey shipping points. Sack
ed cobblers range $300@3.35 per 100
pounds f. o. b. Sacked early Ohios
closed slightly lower in Kansas City
around $500 Idaho white varieties
were firm in middle Western markets,
closing S3.50M3.75 per 100 pounds.
California salmon tint cantaloupes
from Turlock section declined 25c@ |
81 90 per crate in New York and Pitts,
burgh, reaching $2.00G2.25, while the
Boston market strengthened, closing
at $250m350. Chicago market con
tinued weak and prices declined soc
per crate, reaching $175@2.25. Mary |
land green meats, standards ass, |
nearly steady in Eastern markets,
ranging S10002O0 New Mexico pink
meats range $125G1.50 per flat in
New York and Boston and s100G1.25
in middle Western cities. Watermel |
on market dull in New YORK City sup
plies liberal Delaware and Maryland /
Tom Watsons range s300m350 per car
for 26 to 30-pound stock. Missouri
stock ranged $1i0M275 in Chicago for !
medium sizes.
Live Stock and Meats-Despite
moderate recovery in the hog market
August Is, closing prices at Chicago |
showed net declines ranging from 25C |
6$1.00 per 100 pounds compared with |
a week ago Beef steers were 25c |
lower, with butcher cows and heifers
ranging from steady to 25c lower |
Light weight feeding steers were SOC ;
higher, with others steady. Fat lambs