Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-04-08
MARKETS
-- Furnished by
U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, o. C.

nr Receipts s,o,d light. little little inquiry,
show better interest in prairie hay. Re
off. Market moderately active at the
decline. Stripping Inquiries few be-
sections Poorer grades in light de-
mand. better quality well taken Mar
kets generally in good condition to abb
/ timothy. -s2s. Memphis; s2I. Chicago:
s23. Cincinnati; No. timothy. s20.50.
Cincinnati. s2o.5o, Chicago: S24. Mem
$40. Cincinnati: No. l prairie. $3.50.
Minneapolis: sl4. Kansas City.
Feed.
All recent low levels for wheat feeds
were shattered when bran broke to SIT.
Minneapolis. with other wheat feeds
showing proportionate declines. All
markets weak and unsettled; demand
difficulty experienced in obtaining
chipping instructions for wheat feeds
Transit stuff in liberal supply; selling
slightly lower than shipment offerings.
Gluten feed steady; market narrow.
Hominy feed declining in harmony
m mah LARRY firm
quiet. most prices unchanged but
downward. Quoted; So per cent cot,
tonseed meal. s22, Memphis; bran, sI7:
middlings, SIG. Minneapolis; flour mid
seed meal. $40. Buffalo and NinneRpo-
lis: No. alfalfa meal. s2I. St. Louis;
white and yellow hominy feed, s21.b0.
st. Louis; rye middlings, SIG, Minneap-
oils; Sl9. Chicago; dried brewers
grain. s2s, Milwaukee; $3.50. Philadel-
phia.
Dairy Products.
Week opened with butter market un-
settled, but considerable strength de-
veloped and markets have all shown
gradual advancement. prices averaging
j cents above week ago. Prices 81
score: New York. 4sMc: Chicago.
47c: Philadelphia, 50hc: Boston, soc.
Cheese markets weak and lower: prices
at about low point in December.
Cotton.
The average price of middling spot
kets closed at Hoe per pound. n price
points above the lowest price of the
season, New York May futures closed
at lille.
Fruit. and Vegetables.
Potato markets firm at northern
shipping stations closing Soc to s1.05.
Chicago car-lot market up 1oc at s1.1o
to sl2S. New York round whites held
storage Baldwin apples down about csc
PER- ger bbis, city wholesale markets at
fancy %nesaps slightly weaker e chi
Kansas City. $3.50 to 81.
Middle-western yellow onions slow
and dull in city markets. 40c to 81 per
100 lbs. Texas yellow Bermuda onions.
commercial pack mixed No. 1 and 2.
York. April l prices ranged S2.15 to
$3.50 per crate. Chicago; s1.15 TO $3.50
{; o. b. shipping points. Texas early
Chicago, at $40 to s42 per ton bulk,
April /. South Carolina wakefieIds. 50
to s2.25 per 100 lbs. New York.
Louisiana Klondike strawberries firm
New York at zoe to Csc per pint. Prices
25c per crate higher In widdle western
markets Mt 81 to s4.75 per 24-pint crate:
s1.25 per crate higher I. o. b. around
1915. Kansas City market advanced to
SIS to $3.50.
Live Stock md Meats.
Chicago hog prices declined soc to 81
per. 100 lbs. the past week. Most grades
of beef and butcher cattle. also feeder
steers. 25c lower, cows practically
fat lambs down soc to 75c; sheep
steady to csc higher: April Chicago
prices: Hogs. bulk Of sales. 1915 q 9.76:
9.65; butcher cows and heifers, 5000
s.25; feeder steers. $500 800; light and
medium weight e zeal a S calves, 400 $50;
ewes. s5.Oo@s.75. With the exception
prdes declined rather shsrpy veal
declined $4,000 400: lamb. 800 q 2.0O:
beef. 5oc@$1.50 per 100 lbs: =. mutton
sioo@s.o5. Prices good pe grade s0i msats
Beef S14.5O@17.00: veal, s15.00@1S.O0:
lamb. si7;oo@21oo; mutton. s12;oog
heavy ioins, $500 a 200.
Grain.
Price trend for the week downward.
July wheat sold for export at Chicago
and ST. Louis. Heavy export sales of
cash wheat also reported. In Chicago
cash market: No. red winter wheat
91oc over Chicago May. aud No. hard
10@11c over. No. 3 mixed corn, 405c
under Chicago May corn. and No. yell
low Y a sc under. For the week Chi
cago May wheat down 6hc at s1.37M;
May corn 4Ac ut 6s%c. Minneapolis
May wheat down DC at s1,30A; Kansas
City May CSC at S1.29h: Winnipeg
May. 12hc at SL67H. Minneapolis flour
demand light and good export inquiry.