The St. Johns herald., 1921-06-30
MARKETS Furnished by U. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS
 Washington, D. c.
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 Hog prices at Chicago advanced 25c to soc per 100 lbs. the past week. Beef steers were steady; butcher cows and he1fers and feeder steers generally 25c declined 75c; spring lamb, S1. Year lings and fat ewes down 25c. June 10th Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales, $S.05 O S8.30; medium and good beef steers, S7.50 O S.65; butcher cows and heifers, $425 S.5O feeder steers, S6.25 0775; light and medium weight veal calves, $8.00@ 1925; fat lambs, $500 o 11.75; spring lambs, $10.25 O 1923; yearlings, $6.50 @1000; fat ewes,
 The trend of eastern wholesale fresh meat prices was upward Beef ad- vanced soc at $1.25 per 100 lbs. Veal ranged steady to $4 higher, depending upon the market. Lamb generally $1 higher mutton steady to S2 higher. Pork Joins irregular, light Joins $1 lower at some markets, $2 higher at god grade meats: Beef, s15.50Q16.50; veal S16.00019.00; lamb, S26.O0 O @28.00; mutton, S9.00@15.00; light pork loins S20.0O Q2S.00; heavy 1oins, $15.00Q 1900.
 Movement light, stocks on farms re- main about 100 per cent larger than last year. Receipts in markets barely adequate to supply needs, but because of light demand, prices are nominally unchanged to slightly easier. Chicago reports good demand on prairie. No. 1 timothy quoted S30 New York, S23 Chi cago, $19 Minneapolis S27 Memphis, S2750 Atlanta. No. timothy, $27.50 New York, $19 Chicago SPA Memphis. No. l alfalfa, $21 Memphis. $19 Kan sas City, nominal, $29.50 Atlanta. No. 1 prairie, $15 Minneapolis, $13.50 Kan sas City.
 Feed.
 Market dull and weak. Cottonseed meal a shade lower. Corn feeds steady. wheat feeds and alfalfa meal easier. Excellent spring pasturage conditions. particularly in principal feed consum- I ing sections, have materially reduced demand during recent weeks. Stocks of all feeds remain ample. Offerings good; movement light. Occasional sales of distress feed reported in many markets Quoted: Bran, $14.50; mid dlings, S14.50, Minneapolis; 36 per cent cottonseed meal $29.50 Memphis; lin- seed meal, $30 Minneapolis, $32 Buff falo; white hOminy feed, $23 St. Louis; new No. l alfalfa meal, SIS; No. l CoIO- rado meat, S24.50 Chicago; beet pulp S25 f. O. b. seaboard markets.
 Grain. July wheat sold at the highest point of the season the past week, influ- enced by bullish crop reports and esti- mates and large export business, but | weakness developed later in session with considerable change in sentiment. 1
 
 country offerings to arrive light. | Liquidation on in corn by houses with | eastern connections. In Chicago cash l market No. 2 red winter wheat $1.60; | No. 2 hard, $1.64; No. 3 mixed corn, | Gle; No. yellow corn, Gle; No. | white oats, 36c. For the week Chicago | July wheat down 1c at $1.361s July | corn down 3%c at 62c. Minneapolis | July wheat unchanged at S1.37; Kan | sis City July down Sc, $1.27H Winni- | peg July down 1%c at $1.76A. Chi cagO September wheat S1.185s; Sep | tember corn, 62hc.
 Fruits and Vegetables.
 North Carolina Irish cobbler pota- | toes down soc per bbl. New York un- der increasing receipts, reaching $3.50- | S3.75; eastern shore of Virginia stock | steady at $4 to $4.50. Texas and Louis | jana sacked Bliss Triumphs up 25c per | 100 lbs; St. Louis at $3.25 to $3.50; up | $1 Kansas City at $4 to $4.25.
 Dairy Products.
 Butter markets have been firm un- der active storing demand, but there has been weaker feeling and slight de- clines occurred in most markets. The into storage movement has been heavy | the preliminary official release for en- tire United States for June 1st show ing total holdings 21,500,000 pounds. | Net price advance for the week aver ing; New York. 32c; Chicago, 30Hc; Philadelphia, 32c; Boston, 33c.
 Cheese markets steady to firm Cur rent production not yet showing quail ity necessary for active storing demand and movement of all medium grade goods into consumptive channels has had some tendency to keep prices down. Prices at Wisconsin primary markets average: Daisies, 14Ac; Dou- ble Daisies, 14c; Young Americans, l4hc; Longhorns, 14Ac.
 Cotton.
 Spot cotton prices declined about 30 points the past week, closing around l117c per ID. New York July futures down AT points at 12.33c.
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