Charlevoix county herald., 1921-02-04
MARKET REPORT
FURNISHED BY v. Q. BUREAU
Of MARKETS. WASHING
q TON, D. G.
week ended Jan. 81. 1921
Hav and Feed

Hay and Feed
Stormy weather and bad roads curtail-
ing hay shipments in west. Receipts
light. Timothy prices fairly steady s., AT at
because Of light demand.
York S0; $50. 50; cincinnati ,2s; Chicago sss;
City sst; Omaha sci. No. i prairie Kan
sas City $3.50; Omaha sll; Minneapolis
Improvement. Stocks in feeders hands
appear ample and production OF several
foodstuffs Is reported as heavier than for
some time. Market shows declines of 81
from last week, hominy feed showing
Quoted: Bran $3.50; middlIngs s23;
-four middlings $27; red dog $S3. Mime
apolis; white hominy feed s24 St Louis;
meal s22 Kansas City: best pulp $3s
northeastern markets
Fruits and Vegetables
Northern round white potatoes declined
about l6c per 100 lbs; I: o; o., reaGhi ing
loo at $1.10Q1.20. Sacked round white
10000 lower T. o. b. New York shipping
points, closing $l.16Ql.2o. Movement
reaching sl.66@l.So bulk.
Baldwin apples from cold storage
closed slightly lower. around ~ per Dbl
Baldwins and Greetings slightly higher
$3.75@4.5O. Northwestern extra fancy
Winesaps steady in New York City, job
bling $S5o@4:25 per box.
g. sseS s0w mostly SsHRS s ssh pey iSc
Eastern markets jobbing 10@15c lower
at S5cQ$l.50; middlewestern steady al
75c@$1.40.
Live Stock and Meats
Compared with a week ago prices OF
hogs at Chicago ranged 5@20c lower beei
steers and heifers 15Q35c lower; cows
15c lower to 10c higher; veal calves $lQ
1.26 higher; fat lambs and yearlings firm
to Csc higher; feeding lambs weak to 2oC
lower; fat ewes unchanged.
January % Chicago prices Hogs. bull
Of sales, S9.10Q9.65; medium and gooc
beef steers $7.65@9.60; butcher cows ant
heifers $4.60Q9; feeder steers S6.356I 5. SO
light and medium weight veal calves 81
G13.50; fat lambs $S.75Q1;l5; feeding
lambs $S;25@i1i yearlings H'So@s5O; ia
Eastern wholesale fresh meat market,
were invariably lower compared with s
week ago. Lamb broke 1904; veal s1@3
| pork loins and mutton slM2; beef sl@
l.50 per 100 lbs; January ~ prices GOO
| grade meats: Beefs $15@16.50: veal 5000
| 23; lambs s20@22; mutton s12@15; ligh
| pork loins S21@24; heavy loins sl7d19
Grain
| Prices were weak at the opening bu
| on the 22nd report that Belgium had Sc
| cured loan of twenty million dollars II
| United States caused advances that wer,
| continued, until the gath. However, sub
sequent bearish sentiment caused selling
| and prices dropped about &c in 2 days
l On the 9th there was a slight advance
/ due to good export sales and covering b!
shorts. Report that Argentina probabl.
i would not place super tax on exports an,
| would permit around forty seven million
| bus. wheat to be exported free of supe
tax was depressing factor in American
| markets. Germany reported out of Amer
| lean market until April. Report tina
| Italy expects TO obtain remainder of re
/ quirements from Argentina
| For the week Chicago March whea
lost lac, closing at S1.64 SIS; Ma.
corn lac, at 81 1-sc. Minneapolis Marcl
| wheat down 5 3-4c at $1.55; Kansas Cit
March Use at $1.5S ga; Winnipeg Ma,
| lac at S1.79 IA. Chicago May whea
$1.54 IA
| Dairy Products
| Butter markets weak and unsettle
| during most of the week but business tn
| cast few days indicates that tone !
| somewhat firmer. To- recent arrivals o
| Danish at New Yors have moved slowl
| at around 49Q50c.
Prices 80 score, domestic: New Yor
so 1-2o; Philadelphia so 1-2c Boston SOC
Chicago Acc.