Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1921-02-19
The Markets

Latest market report. issue" ~
-, Of Markets. L. 5. Department
of Agriculture, ending February w.
1921:
Hay and Feed-Hay market remains
dull only top grades III uell"uu
over grades selling at heavy us
counts Receipts general! light Du'
aouaI 10 the limited demand 'lnci"
ra,i market congested with poor nay
large quantity idaho hay reported e"
-onta to Kansas City; lower prices
evnecteI. Quoted Feb. 8. 30 I uiHo-
INV New York So. Chi-aSo $-f.'''
Uamnbis S2S. Cincinnati 50, Ai'i'H1
anoIi. 500. No. >. s. 10 - lower
NJ alfalfa Kansas city So ONi"Hd
80 lTemnbis S2q Some grades sell
iDg as low as 81 per ton no. i Pm,
Omaha $40, Kansas Guy 80 '''''''
apols $l5.
Feed market continues dull Coun-
$780,. 5oa1ars are not SHOWING any in
cIination to buy except when ~ urgent
need Western offerings Of wheat
s.o5s asnecialIv from mills. are heaI.
Ter both for prompt and deferred Su'..
ment Canadian mills offering Vi a.
and middIiugs in northeastern terri
tnr- NJ prices lower than dome9u'
,,,ototiors Cottouseed meal decilnln
slowly and meeting with hiie lhqu'If
Hominv feed offerings sIhall, pin y
sreadier Beet pulp and alfalfa III Il.
o,,iat I,inseed meal weak ana OBTAIN
ahIa ar $500 Chicago. Forty-one per
cent cottonseed meal quoted H@+' 70
uer cent meal $50. Kansas Guy re-
norts sales No. l alfalfa meal al sZo'
Ouotad Feb. 9th: Bran $50 mlddIlhES
ga flour middlings $23, linseed mea.
S97 MINNEAPOLIS: No ! alfalfa meaI
soo5o hard wheat bran S2o.3o. corn
bran 800, oat feed $3.50, 81. LOUIS :
% nor cent cottonSeed meal so o"
virter wheat bran S25. Memphis
white hominy feed $2l. -. LOUIS
qIuten feed $50. red dog S"l3o. rye
middHngs. $3.50, Chicago.
Fruits and Vegetabes-Potato5S -
covered 5Gl0c per 100 pounds ~
northern f o. b. shipping stations
closing S5nq5c. Chicago Carlot mar
ket up 15c. reaching $115 n l.25 SAGA
ed. Round whites down about lOc
western New York shipping stations
/ reaching low points OF goo to 81. New
York market steady $1.50d165 bulk.
Sacked yellow onions slow and dull
in wholesale consuming markets at ~
to $1.25 per 100 pounds.
Florida celery steady in city maj
kets at $2.50@3.25, except New YorI
81 per crate higher at s3.5Oq3.1S
Shipping points quote around Sl.1;
California golden hearts 1925 to 5
per crate in consuming centers; 10
Angeles steady f. o. b. 30q35c pc
dozen punches.
Carlot shipments week ended Eel
9; potatoes 2765 cars; boxed apple
45f. barreled apples 1893; cabbag
429; celery 361; lettuce 391; onion
35l; sweet potatoes $50. Shipment
week ended Feb. .: Potatoes 29l
cars; boxed apples 416, barreled al
, pies 1901; cabbage 375; celery 4l5
, lettuce go; onions 400; sweet pot
toes 1853.
t Livestock and Meats-Prices of mo
z classes of cattle at Chicago shove
C advances compared with a week az
|. Hogs down soc to 75c; beef steers l
/ 65G90c feeder steers 15G soc. F
, lambs practically unchanged with fee
+, ing lambs 2515Oc lower. Yearlini
averaged about steady with fat ew
25c higher. -Eeb 10 Chicago price
l. Hogs, bulk of sales $S65G9.25: n
& dunn and good beef steers $775G9.2
y butcher cows. and heifers SASS
r feeder steers $6dS.50; light and n
y dunn weight veal calves $950df2.2
e fat lambs S7G9.9O; feeding lambs
" G7.50; fat ewes $3.5O@5
is Eastern wholesale fresh meat m;
Se kets were almost invariably low
IL than week ago. Veal and mutt
IS. down S143 per 100 pounds, lamb a
IS. pork loins generally 81 lower: be
NJ sec $3.50 lower Feb. 10 prices
good grade meats: Beef Sl3dI45
veal $l7G2l; lamb $l6G2O; mutt
by $9Ql1; light pork loins $19G2
ar. heavy pork loins $l4@1S
We Grain-Prices advanced conside
he bly, during the week, The largest ga
as being recorded on the 10th when c
az cago March wheat advanced 81
,r Influenced by strength in cash era
sentiment is much more favorable
be buying side. On the 9th one humid
lts thousand barrels flour sold for eyD,
ur- CZecho-SlOvak in market for 400
'od barrels flour. Country offerings "
a light although price advances on
on. 10Th brought out a little wheat
ev- Kansas, reports that further adyar
i've OF > or loo will bring out cousidera
more. Trade in coarse grains
large but sentiment more favorable
no buying side with country offari
no. limited and corn and oats recai
10 small in all markets. Seaboard hon
some corn in west. In Chicapo p
No. red winter wheat 26n31l.c n
cen March; No. hard S610Ac over.
ent mixed corn to SIC under N
the yellow 44512c under For the "
old Chicago March wheat I'D 15l.c
der $l.67 3/Sc; May corn 3Ibc AT g. :
it Minneapolis March wheat IN III,
ing 1886; Kansas City March 12l.n
Sl.5S4; Winnipeg May 17I,c