The Holbrook news., 1921-04-01
MARKETS U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
 Washington, D. c.
westeru Newspaper Union News Service )


 Hny. Receipts general light; values well maintained. Arrivals Chica go increasing. advices of country Spring work ana bad cOuA.- roads still restricting heavy move ment. Eastern and Southern markets report very little inquiry from outside in Philadelphia at $1 per ton advance. Pacific coast markets weak because of improved pasturage conditions Clover and clover mixed in good supply in the Carolinas but in. light request. Alfal- ia receipts increased materially in western markets; good demand from steady, good Southwest prairie meet ing with ready sale in Chicago. Chi cago buyers not interested in South Dakota prairie. Quoted: No. 1 timothy Pittsburgh. SPA Cincinnati. s28 Min neapolis; No. timothy S20 Chicago. S24.50 Baltimore. SPA Memphis. $17.5O Minneapolis: .$22 Cineinnati;. No. 1 al falfa SPA Chicago, $25 Cincinnati. S21 Minneapolis; No l prairie S19 Chica- go, $12.5O Omaha, SIG Minneapolis.
 Feed.
 Market weak; demand lacking; of ferings, especially for April-May ship ment. more liberal Bran and mid dlings down S1 to S2 in western mar portionately. Still lower prices ex- pected by dealers unless there is de- cided change in the general feeling Quoted: Bran $2O.50, middlings S20.50, flour middlings S25, reddog $50 Minne- apolis; No. 1 alfalfa meal SIS KanSas City. ,$2O.50 St: Louis;. linseed s41.50 S37 Chicago; beet pulp $S2 New York and Baltimore; white hominy feed S23 St. Louis, SPA Chicago.
 Grnin.
 The world economic situation con tinues a depressing factor in the grain rlr Tn ad ran rfG a been favorable. and prices tended low CT the past week. On sales of 5,OO0,OOO bushels wheat to Europe and further reports of green bug damage in South west induced considerable buying which started an advance, but early support gave way and values started down 221zc over Chicago May; No. hard He to 1411c over; No. 3 mixed corn Sc to 6Ac under May; No; yellow SA c to May wheat down 4%c at $1.41B. May corn 2Ac at 65%c. Minneapolis SMay wheat down Sc at s1:S55s Kansas City May 4c at $1.35%, Winnipeg May 212c at $1.76. Chicago March wheat S1;52 $. Minneapolis flour demand fair. Kan sas City milling and export demand good. No. hard wheat 13c over Kan
 Fruits and Vegetables.
 Potatoes down 200 per 100 lbs. north ern shipping stations, closing 85c to 95c. Chicago carlot market down 1Oc to 2oc at $1. to $1:I5 sacked. Round also lost last weeks gains. closing around $1 sacked Bulk stock down 10c to 15c New York, reaching $1.40 to $1.50.
 Dairy Products.
 Butter markets under severe pres sure early in the week and prices de- clined sharply. Danish butter was the principal factor, and competition at New York forced prices down. Other markets felt influence of this depres- sion. Markets seem to be temporarily firmer but increased domestic product and very heavy arrivals from Denmark are to be reckoned with. Closing prices. 92 score, New York 45Ac, Chi cago 45hc, Philadelphia 461c, Boston
 Live Stock and Ments.
 With the exception of light hogs, prices of practically all classes of live stock at Chicago declined dec the past 75c; bulk of sales down 20c to 35c. Beef steers down 15c to 35c; butcher cows and heifers practically steady. Feeder steers steady to 25c lower; heavy lambs down 75c: light lambs steady. feeding lambs steady to 35c lower. Yearlings unchanged. Fat ewes down 25c. March 21 Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales $9 to $11; medium and good beef steers s9.4O to $1O; butcher cows and heifers $5 to 1925; feeder steers $7.75 to $9.50; light and medium weight veal calves $9.50 to SIP: fat lambs S7.75 to $10.75; feeding lambs SIPS to S9.25; yearlings $7.5O to $9; fat ewes $4.75 to $6.25.
 Eastern wholesale fresh meat mar kets were generally lower, pork Joins down $2. beef $1 to $2 per 100 lbs. Veal steady to $1 lower. lamb and mutton practically unchanged. March 21 prices good grade meats: Beef $16 to SIS; | veal $19 to $23; lamb SIS to $23; nut ton SIP to S15; light pork Joins $23 tc S26; heavy loins $19 to $21.