The Raymer enterprise., 1921-08-11
MARKET
QUOTATIONS
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US. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington DC.
tws.srn Ns~sp.per uu,os Nv, seriea,
Grain.

Grain.
Good export business in wheat was
the principal factor In the weeks mar.
kets. Lack Of public buying was an.
other factor In the markets weakness.
Corn prices followed the lead Of wheat
and lower trend was In evidence
most Of the week. Corn export inquiry
checked crop deterioration. In Chicago
cash market No. 2 red winter wheat
closed at $l.22. No. Q hard at $l.23, No.
mixed corn at 68c. No. yellow at
BIC. No. 2 new white oats at 34c. For
the week Chicago September wheat
cropped sac. closing at Si.2sx: Sep
ssxc. Minneapolis September wheat
dropped &c. closing at Sl.29x. Kansas
City September wheat dropped &c.
closing at Sl.l2h. Chicago December
wheat closed at Sl.26M. December corn
at 6sc. Minneapolis December wheat
closed at $1,2sx. Kansas City Decem-
Der wheat closed at $ll6h.
Dairy Products.
Butter market very firm. Demand
active for best grades. which have been
short because Of hot weather defects
Receipts show slight shrinkage. Stor-
age holdings increasing moderately but
the shortage under a year ago Is now
over 100000 pounds. Prices Of %
score: New York i5c. Chicago lSc.
Philadelphia 44hc. Boston 4bc.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Virginia Eastern Shore Irish cobbler
potatoes steady in New York at $426
to $3.50 per barrel. Other eastern mar
kets higher. ranging $3.50 to 35.75. New
Jersey sacked cobblers. sass to $500
per 100 pounds In New York. Kansas
sacked Early Ohios at low point Of
Si00 to I:25 per 100 pounds In Kansas
City. Moderate demand In Chicago at
3l.15 to $3.50.
Timothy market rather firm on the
higher grades because Of light offer
ings. Good demand at Chicago and
Min3sapouE Po2r bay selling slowly
with market easy. Alfalfa receipts
August 3: No. timothy. New York
333. Philadelphia s25. Chicago $50, Min
neapolis $3.50, Atlanta $27, Cincinnati
S2l. No. ! alfalfa. Memphis $21.50
Kansas City 1880, Omaha $3.50. No.
prairie, Chicago $3.50, Minneapolis
3l4.50.
Live Stock and Meats.
SuiCdkO l<lNt BLOCK. - f1ORB ABOUT
steady compared with week ago. hav-
Ing declined about a quarter the last
three days. Yearling steers up 20c to
40c. better grades heavy steers Csc.
Cows and heifers and feeder cattle
about steady. Veal calves down Soc to
81. Fat and feeding lambs. SOC to 81
higher. yearlings and ewes steady to
slightly slightly lowe. lower. August chieaEo,
salen f0E5 IN fl1 40. medi,iyn and 0ood
and hsifer. SIS TO ssss Pssder fSers ..eer. sSMs
S4.75 to S725: light and medium weight
veal calves. 1875 to Sl0.:; fat lambs,
ss.75 to 3IO.7S: feeding lambs, $3.50 70
$7.76: -yeariings. $500 to SS.25; fat
ewes, $3.25 to S6.25.
Stocker and feeder shipments from
II important markets during tho week
ending July 20 were Cattle and calves,
2s.747: hogs z.161: sheep. 4i.5s2
Better grades Of western dressed
fresh beef at eastern markets up Soc;
lower grades down SOC to 81: veal
down 81 to 81: lamb unevenly higher:
mutton 81 lower on better grades: pork
generally 81 higher. August 3 prices
good grade meats: Beef $3.50 to
$500: veal. Sl4 to Sl7. lamb $40 to
S24. mutton SIS to SIG. light pork loins
$25 to $2s. heavy loins sis to s22.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices advanced 50 points
during the week closing at 11.5lc per
pound. October futures In New York
up 76 points. closing at 12.8Sc.