The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1921-01-08
The Markets

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round white potatoes steady at ship
ping points, closing $1.2O to $125 PEE
100 pounds. Chicago carlot marke
held at $1.35 to $1.45, sacked Jobbine
range steady in other middlewesterr
markets, $3.50 to $1.S5. Sacked round
whites $3.50 western New York ship
ping points. Bulk round whites ant
Green Mountains slightly lower New
York, $1.95 to 1920. Sacked Greer
Mountains, $1.75 to $3.50 Boston.
Yellow globe onions slow and dull
at western New York shipping points
closing $110 per 100 pounds, f. O. b
Consuming markets steady, jobbing
75c to $3.50
Dairy Products Butter markets
have been firm during the week: price
tendency upward, but no radical
changes have occurred. Prices 90 score
average about l to 1Rc higher than
week ago. Closing prices: New York
56c, Chicago SIC, Philadelphia 56hc.
Boston SAC. Principal demand has
been for fancy butter which is some
what scarce. Improved demand noted
ON all grades scoring 80 and above.
Feellng on Danish somewhat better at
prices around Sic to 521sc
Livestock and Meats-Cattle, hogs
and fat lambs at Chicago showed sub
stantial advances during the week.
Hogs advanced 75c higher cattle up
SOC to $I10, veal calves advanced 81
per 100 lbs, feeding lambs down 25c.
tat ewes 75c. December 23 Chicago
prices: Bulk of hogs $960@9.SO. me
dunn and good beef steers $S.75013.50,
butcher cows and heifers $4.75m1O.75.
light and medium weight veal calves
SS.15G11. feeder steers $6.75M9.50.
fat lambs $9.50@11, feeding lambs
$8.7501O.25, yearlings $6.7509, fat
ewes $3.50@4.5O.
The trend of wholesale fresh meats
was downward. Due to slight advan-
ces late in the week pork prices we're
practically unchanged Lamb 81 to
81 lower, mutton 81 to SO, beef 81 to
81, veal generally So lower. December
% eastern prices on good grade meats:
Beef S15@19, veal s16@20, lamb s22
Q24, mutton $11@13, light pork loins
$19@22, heavy loins $15@1S.
Cotton-During the week spot cotton
reached a new low price of 1890
but closed on the 23rd at 1409c,
drop of 81 points for the week. New
York December futures down 1c per
pound at 14.45c.
Grain-There was no definite trend
to the weeks wheat business but corn
trended upward due to support and
buying of cash and futures by large
elevators interests. Weakness in stock
market has had sentiment effect upon
wheat prices but this was more than
offset on the 23rd by advances of
about &c in futures due to passage
of Fordney Emergency tariff bill by
house of representatives and to heavy
export sales.
Cash wheat in strong demand all
week. Daily clearances exceeding re-
eeipts at primary markets. For the
week Chicago March wheat advanced
&c, closing at $1.66 Is; May corn &c
at "a 7-Sc: Minneapolis March wheat
up &c at $1.62hc; Kansas City March
sac at $1.61A; Winnipeg May 1Oc
at $183. Chicago December wheat
wheat $1.62 3-S. Premiums on cash
wheat over December in Chicago:
Nos. l and soft red, 80 to 35c; No.
8 soft, % to 30c; Nos. 1 and 2 hard
winter, to SC; No. 3 hard winter,
to &c. No. 8 mixed corn c under
Chicago December; No. A mixed, 3Ac
under; No. 2 yellow, 31ac to &c over
December; No. yellow, to &c over;
No. yellow, to &c under; No.
white, 3Ac under. Cash wheat in good
demand in Minneapolis. No. / dark
Northern 10 to Ice over Minneapolis
March, few choice cars 19c. No.
dark Northern, 6 to 12c over March.
Kansas City: No. hard winter wheat,
5 to 10c over Kansas City December;
No. 2 hard winter, Z to &c over; No.
3 hard, 6 to cents over.
Hay, Feed and seed-Hay market
continues dull receipts and shipments
light. Movement greatly curtailed by
holiday season and unsatisfactory mar
ket conditions. Colder weather in
west expected to improve demand.
Buyers still Indifferent Quoted De-
cember %: No. / Timothy New York,
3oo.Ou, SulCd6O, vi, CiHCluHdtl, $Go.-
rs; Atlanta, $34. No. / alfalfa Kansas
City, $24; Omaha, $21; Memphis, $32.
No. prairie Kansas City. SIS; Omaha,
1880; Minneapolis, SIT.
Better inquiry by jobbers caused
bran to advance SOC per ton. Cotton
seed meal in better demand Demand
for other feedstuff below normal
Stocks continue more than adequate
Alfalfa meal depressed and slightly
lower. Quote No. alfalfa meal $27 |
st. Louis, $26 Kansas City; bran SIS, |
$23 Minneapolis; linseed
meal $40 Buffalo and Minneapolis; IS |
per cent cottopseed meal $27.25 Mem |
phis. Movement of feedstuffs excel
ent.
Clover and alfalfa seed movement |
continues much below normal. Prices |
per 100 lbs. to growers: Red clover
b15 to SIS, alsike clover SO to $22,
sweet clover So to $11, alfalfa $12 for |
common. Not much sorgo and sudan |
grass seed being thrashed because of |
ow prices and no demand. Nominal |
pliers to growers for amber, orange
md sumac sorgo are 75c to 81 per |
100 lbs. for country run seed and 81
o 81 for sudan grass seed.