The St. Mary banner., 1921-03-05
The Markets

hay-Colder weather causing slight
ly improved demand. Receipts very
light except at Kansas City and Oma
ha. Timothy prices up soc; alfalfa
unchanged except at Memphis. where
IT is 81 lower Prairie down $3.50 Kan
sas City; unchanged Minneapolis and
Omaha Low grades almost unsal
able. Demand only equal to present
light receipts in principal markets
Quoted February 23: No. timothy
New York $3.50, Cincinnati $3.50
Chicago $24, Minneapolis $3.50, Kan
sas City $19, Atlanta $50. No. l al
falfa Kansas City $3.50, Omaha $19
Memphis $27. No. / prairie Mime
apolis $3.50, Kansas City $11.50, Oma
ha $10.50.
Feed.-Southeas markets report
an easier tendency with prices of all
feedstuffS about 81 lower in Atlanta
Northeastern markets lost part of last
weeks gain because of extremely light
demand. Stocks generally good and
accommodating in a number of markets.
Transit offerings increasing. Export
demand for high protein feeds light
Beet pulp and alfalfa meal weak Glu-
ten feed and hominy feed steady. Quot
ed: Bran $21, middlings S2050, flour
middlings $2450 Minneapolis linseed
meal $3.50 Buffalo, S37 Minneapolis;
SO per cent cottonseed meal S26 Mem
phis, $35 Northeastern markets; white
hominy feed $25 Chicago, SIS St. Lou
is, gluten feed s37 Chicago, $3.50
Baltimore; beet pulp $32 Philadelphia
and New York; No. l alfalfa meal $19
Kansas City.
Fruits and Vegetables. - Sasked
round white potatoes up 10G l5c per
100 pounds f. 0, b. Northern shipping
stations, reaching 90cG$1.05. Chicago
carlot market advanced 25c, closing
$1.30 to $1.35 sacked. Round whites
showed further weakness at Western
New York shipping points, reaching
90G95c. New York market weak.
down 25G3Oc at s110@1.25 bulk.
Onion movement light; markets ir
regular. New York up 25c at $1G
125; Pittsburg down 5010c at 75c1
90c; other markets mostly S5c6 S115
Florida celery slightly lower in con
suming markets at s2.5OG3 per crate.
Shipping points s160G1.75. California
golden heart celery weaker in Middle
western markets at wide range of
s4.50@6.50 per crate. Shipping sta
tions down SC at 25c@30c per dozen
lunches Carlot shipments week end
ed February %: Potatoes 2,19S cars;
boxed apples 4S4, barreled apples 910;
cabbage sos; celery, 43O; lettuce, 274;
onions, $50; sweet potatoes, 324 Ship
ments week ended February 16: Pota
toes 2,901 cars; boxed apples Sic, bar
relied apples 1,018; cabbage, 495; eel
cry, 463; lettuce, 391; onions, 357;
sweet potatoes, 40.
Grain.-Prices declined the early
part Of the week but on the 10Th and
21st there were upturns on renewal of
export demand and limited offerings
On the 23rd the market was unsettled
and on the oath prices dropped 4G5c.
Factors contributing to weakness at
the close were: Decidedly bearish To-
cal sentiment, weakness in stock mar
ket and economic conditions, and
further decline in cash wheat prices.
In Chicago cash market No. l red win
ter wheat 12c over March as compared
with 31c premium on the 18th. Export
demand slow. Canadian flour report
ed offered 50@75c per barrel cheaper
than American flour at New York
Wheat receipts at Minneapolis princi
pally Canadian. There is heavy under
tone to corn market despite export
sales Of nearly 100000 bushels on the
23rd and Gath. Reported that Germany
will import 18,500,000 bushels of corn
to cut wheat requirements, but Ameri-
can trade more concerned with liberal
receipts and fairly large country con-
signments. In Chicago cash market
No. 2 red winter wheat 10@12c over
Chicago March; No. 2 hard 80 SC over;
No. 3 mixed corn sc under Chicago
May; No. yellow Al sc under Weeks
price changes: Chicago March wheat
down 1/8c at s1.67A; May corn
down 2Ac at 69%c Minneapolis
March wheat down 1 /8c at $1.57 7/S;
Kansas City March 1 1ac at $1.57; Win
nipeg May l Use at s1.S3 3/S. Min
neapolis cash wheat somewhat strong
er No 2 dark 12@sOc over Minneapo-
lis March. Chicago May wheat
$156 7/8.
ruled on practically all classes of live
stock at Chicago. Greatest advances
occurred in the sheep and lamb mar
ket Fat lambs up $1.70@2.25; feed
ing lambs generally 81 per 100 pounds.
Fat ewes up S1.50; yearling $1,000
S175; beef and feeder steers advanced
Csc; butcher stock Csc to SOC. Hogs up
25c@40c per 100 pounds. February
"a Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales
$925@10.15; medium and good beef
steers $S65@1O.25; butcher cows and
heifers $4.5O@950; feeder steers $7.25
@9; light and medium weight veal
calves $10@15.25; fat lambs $3.50
IL; feeding lambs s7.25@S.50; year.
lings $7@9; fat ewes s5@675.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat mar