Charlevoix county herald., 1921-04-08
MARKET REPORT
FURNISHED BY u. S. BUREAU
OF MARKETS. WASHING
TON. D. c.

Hay
Bulk OF receipts OF lower grades. Ar
rivals top grades light Shipping 'emand
poor Local demand fair in most mar
kets. Good gra,ies alfalfa being request
ed. No. ! alfalfa about $24 Chicago. but
demand slackening. Firm tone to mar
ke5 for all kinds o6y Ghofs 9gaiGty aay
s24 Chicago. $27 Memphis. So Mime
apolis. $25 Philadelphia. s2l New York
No. timothy $22 Cincinnati. $40 so CHI
Philadelphia, s2S.5t New York. No. !
alfalfa $21 Cincinnati $27 Memphis. s21
Minneapolis. $50 Kansas City. No 1
prairie $3.50 Minneapolis. $l4 Kansas
City.
Wheat feeds declining steadilS. Prices
of nearly all feedstuffs at new low levels
With demand generally quiet; stocks In
all sections good but not much booked
ahead. Gluten feed quiet; price well
maintained by manufacturers; production
tight
Quoted. Bran SIS, middlings SIT Min
$22 Chicago oatfeed IS st, Louis rye
feed SIG Minneapolis. $17 Milwaukee.
Grain
Market unsettled and prices fuctuated
ppaapidly paI, within narrow range until the
SCth when prices dropped sharply on
account. Liquidation continued on the
S1st; wheat very weak early, but short
covering and removal of hedges on more
than 100000 bu. wheat sold TO Spain
caused prices to rally from low points.
For the week Chicago May wheat down
1:4c at $l.SS SIS, May corn, 1-2c at
S-4c at s1.32 ga, Kansas City May
1-4c at $1.31, Winnipeg May 1-2c at
S1:71 1-2. Chicago March wheat $1.55.
Minneapolis flour demand dull; fair de-
mand for better grades wheat; Canadian
wheat selling 45c over Minneapolis May;
No. dark is to 34c over
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes up to 10c per 100 lbs. north
ern shipping stations, closing 90c to 81
Chicago. Carlot market up sc at $1.05
to 81 20. New York round whites held
at $1.40 to $3.50 bulk. New York cold
storage Baldwin apples down about 25c
per bbl city wholesale markets at SAFE
to s5.75. Northwestern extra fancy wine-
saps slightly weaker Chicago at $3.50 to
$3.50 per box; steady Kansas City at
3O potatoes 2,262 cars, boxed apples 295,
barreed apples 544, cabbage $50, celery
259, lettuce 1913, onions 25l, sweet pOta-
toes 24S, strawberries 245. tomatoes 2S5.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets unsettled during the
week, but the present tendency is to-
markets on the 3ist.
Closing prices, 92 score New York dsc;
Chicago 45c; Philadelphia 49c: Boston
4Sc.. Supply of domestir butter barely
taking care of demand and Danish i'm
ports have held at firm prices
Cheese markets weak and lower. Some
chee shipped on consignment from Wis
consin points during week.
At Wisconsin primary market: twins
zoe; daisies 22 3-4c double daisies, young
Americas and longhorns, 22c
Live Stock and Meats
Chicago live stock prices declined Csc
to 75c on hogs, 10c to 40c on beef steers:
25c to 35c on feeder steers and 75c to 81
on veal calves the past week Fat lambs
lost soc to S5c; butcher cows and hef-
ers were practically steady; fat ewes ad-
vanced Csc to soc.
March 81 Chicago prices: hogs. bulk
of sales. $3.50 to 1890; medium and good
beef steers S. to $965; butcher cows and
heifers So to 1925; feeder steers $3.50 to
50. Light and medium weight veal
calves 81 to $3.50: fat lambs $3.50 to SO:
feeding lambs $3.50 to 80 %; yearlings 81
to SO; fat ewes IS TO $6.75.
With the exception of pork prices of
fresh meats at eastern wholesale mar
kets were generally lower than a week
ago.
March 81 prices good grade meats:
beefs 115m17; veal $1,000; lambs s1S@22;
mutton $12@16; light pork loins $24@27:
heavy ioins $1SQ22