, 1921-04-28
MARKETS
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U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. C.


Western Newspaper Union News serrics.l
Dairy
Butter markets very irregular the
% score butter now Acc.
New York; 45c, Chicago; 47hc, Phila-
delphia; 47c, Boston. Receivers desire
market nervous. California butter in
fairly liberal quantities.; Danish but
ter also available on eastern markets.
following declines averaging 1hc at
Plymouth. Wis, cheese exchange. Pres
ent prices Wisconsin primary markets:
Daisies. IKE; Young Americas, IKE;
Longhorns. 16& Q17c.
Hay.
Market continues u and inactive.
Only better grades find ready sale.
timothy quoted $40, New York; ;24.
Philadelphia; s19. Minneapolis; $40.
Atlanta; $3.50, Memphis No. l al
s26, Memphis; ss2. Atlanta. No. /
prairie, $3.50, Minneapolis; s14.50,
Kansas City; $3.50. Omaha.
Feed.
Market continues draggy. Eastern
markets not following stronger feel
ing manifested by western mills. Lin
seed meal up So, at 1913. Minneapolis,
because of better demand and limited
PP%s 59dSot Kansas eu SitS S Soetd Phi sedS mas
up soc. Memphis. at $25; quoted. $50,
Kansas City. Spring bran quoted
S23.50. Philadelphia; $3.50, New York;
SIS, Minneapolis; S22. Philadelphia.
Grey shorts, $3.50. Kansas City; $22.50.
Memphis. Alfalfa meal, SIS, Kansas
City.
Live Stock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices declined 40c to
roc per 100 pounds the past week, me-
dunn and heavy weights declining
most. Cattle prices not materially
yeariings practically steady. feeding
lambs down csc to soc. Chicago prices:
Hogs. bulk of sales. $500 $500; me
dunn and good beef steers. S7:50g
ss:75; butcher cows and heifers, $4.75
@$9.00; feeder steers, $500 $50; light
and medium weight veal calves. $3.50
$500; fat lambs, $500 9$1o.25; feed
$500; fat ewes, $5.00Q6.75.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
steady to strong. Beef practically UNI
changed Veal steady to 81 higher:
loins unchanged; heavy loins steady to
81 lower. April Is prices good grade
meats; Beef, s15:75g17.50; veal, $500
S14.00 g17.OO; light pork loins, s25.0oQ
$500; heavy loins, $500 $500.
Fruits and Vegetables.
sacked round white potatoes weak
ened slightly at northern shipping
points. closing roo soc per 100 pounds.
Chicago carlot market held at 90cQ
$1.00. New York round whites down
15c, New York City. at S1.1O 1.25, bulk.
Texas Sacked Bliss Triumphs weak
ened slightly, Kansas City, at $3.50.
New York cold storage A2h Bald
win apples firm in leading wholesale
markets at $500 6.25 per bbl.; Chi
cago up s1.00Q1.25 per Dbl, at $4,000
$50. Northwestern extra fancy Wine
saps, medium to large sizes. up about
csc per box, Chicago. at S2.75 Q3.75;
small sizes. s2.O0 q $50
Grain.
Prices continued to decline. but on
the settlement of British strike and
good export business. started an up
turn that was given impetus by pass
age of tariff bill in House. and reports
winter wheat belt. Liberal offerings
in outside markets and in
Winnipeg market as result of liqui-
dating and rushing whea into United
States before tariff bill becomes law.
Exporters after cash corr. Country
offerings corn light; domestic demand
moderate. May corr strong as result
higher premiums cash wheat and re-
ports indicating some deterioration OF
growing crop in the Southwest caused
by recent freeze. India wheat crop re
ported poor with indication 30. 000. 900
to 100. 900. 900 bushels less than a year
ago. In Chicago cash market, No. 2
red winter wheat. S1.35b Is; No. 2 hard.
s1,3Sh No; 3 mixed corn, 574sci no; .
yellow. 5Skc; No. 3 white oats. 3Shc.
For the week Chicago May wheat up
3 cents. at s1.25%: May corn 4hc, at
59Mc. Minneapolis May wheat up 3
cents. at s1.19h; Kansas City May, 3
cents. at S1.16h; Winnipeg May, 3
cents. at s1.55. Kansas City. milling
demand fair, export demand slow; No.
, hard. st.33h.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices down 20 points
the past week. closing at 10.s5c per
pound. New York May futures down
81 points. at 11.92c.