The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-25
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM |
(U. 5. Bureau o. Markets0

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washington, D. C.--Week enaeu
March IL, 1921. -
Fruits ana Vegetables. = Potatoes
weakened slightly at northern shipping
stations, closing SlWl.ZO. Chicago =, ca ~
lot market down Jq@15c al 5000 LsO
sacked, Round whites at western New
York stations also lost last week .l,i =
gains closing S103@117 sacked. buiA
stock steady New York $l;5O q l.o9.
Colo LIS, storage ,gest sa,dN New YORK rk T.
o. b. stations to around So. Baldwinsss
steady In city wholesale markets az ~
@6. Northwestern extra fancy VINE
saps mostly ss@4 per 30 box Nv u eoh york
Baldwins in Liverpool $3.50 1919 per
bbl during week ended March u.
Yellow onions a5cW 70 per IVY IDS
In consuming markets March u; Mese-
ern New York shipping points GOWN 9c'
closing around zoe.
New York Danish type cabbage
steady around Us per ton pulK I. =. y,
weaker In eastern consuming markets
March 10, at $f0m15 per ton. 8.
Florida celery steady at s2.I5 W ~. 5a
per crate In city markets; $1,15 @ l-S5
I. o. b. California celery $4.5OW b.aV
per crate middle western markets.
Hny.-Receipts and demand moderate
In principal markets. Active demand
for best grades; low grades selling
slowly. Chicago reports heavy recelpls'
especially timothy, with marker SHOW,
ing weaker tendency. Very little Ne.
slower mixed or timothy arriving Kan
xas CITY. Considerable johnson grass
available In Alabama. Cincinnati mar
ket very firm; light receipts; urgent
demand. Eastern markets quiet az un-
changed prices QUOTED; no, y timos sas
Chicago, $3.50 Memphis, $50 Minneapoo
lis. No. 2 timothy S22 SO Cincinnati, wv
New York, 500 Chicago, $3.50 Mime
apolis. No. ! clover mixed S22 Cln-
AZ MipnannaliG SD2 =philaugl-
phia. No / prairie SIS Minneapolis,
No 1 midland Sill Minneapolis. No.
alfalfa s24.5O Cincinnati, s21 Minne-
apolis.
Excepting Ilnseed meal whieE
is firm. feedstuffs dull and lower De-
man remains poor. Mill offerings IN
creasing Cottonseed meal quiet and
lower. Gluten feed unchanged; homlny
feed lower, production alfalfa meal
light; demand poor. Wheat mill feed
offerings for April May shipments
good; season bran quoted at S22 Min
neapolis. Middlings and reddog diff
cult to sell Grass feeding generally
expected to start earlier than usual,
causing dealers to ref rain from stock
ing up Quoted BraI s22.50, middlings
$21 Minneapolis; linSeed meal S4l.50
Buffalo, $43.50 Chicago, So per cent
cottonseed meal S25 Memphis, white
hominy feed S23 st. Louis, 81 Chicago.
No. / alfalfa meal $3.50 Kansas City,
beet pulp $32 I. o. b. New York.
Grain.--Bearish government crop re-
port and general financial and eco
nomic situation caused almost precipt-.
tous price declines until the 18th when
reports of green bug damage in Ok
lahoma and report of 100000 bushels
wheat sold for export to principal
European countries brought about a
sharp upturn. Mills reported buying
futures in Chicago. Two million
bushels Argentine wheat sold to Euro
pean countries on the 18th at ~ &C
cash market, No. 2 red winter wheat
1874 @19Mc over Chicago May; No. 2
hard 81 @12mc over; No. mixed corn
"a @6A under May; No. yellow 4h q
May wheat down SIC at s151$, May
corn &c at 69Hc. Minneapolis May
wheat down nc at $1.4512, Kansas
City May sac at $1.45B, Winnipeg May
SIC at s1.S1%. Minneapolis flour sales
liberal. No. 2 dark wheat 12@2Sc over
Minneapolis May. Kansas City milling
and export demand good. No. hard
13c over Kansas City May.
Dairy Pr0ducts.--Butter markets con-
tinue weak and unsettled at prices 40
&c lower than week ago. Heaviest
price declines in eastern markets and
closing quotations indicate that further
changes are likely as Chicago is higher
than eastern mark is. Recent arrivals
Danish at New York; several other inn
| portant cargoes due. New Zealand but
ter stored in San Francisco also report
ed being shipped east. Closing prices
! 92 score: New York and Boston 45c;
Chicago 45A c; Philadelphia 44c
Weakness which has developed at
Wisconsin primary cheese markets is
! being felt in distributing centers, and
tone Is less steady than week ago.
Prices at Wisconsin primary markets
now average: Twins 25Ac; Daisies
| 26Ac; Double Daisies 25&; Young
Americas Csc; Longhorns CSC
Live Stock and Meats-Sharp declines
in Chicago hog prices during the past
| few days caused a net decline of 70c@
| Sl.1O for the week. Beef steers down
100 5c; butcher cows and heifers 25c6
| SOC. Feeder steers upE25c. Fat lambs
! down SOC per 100 lbs. March 16 Chi
cago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales SIS. 80
| @10.35; medium and good beef steers
| SS.40@10 butcher cows and heifers IS
| Q9.50; feeder steers ST.75@9.75; light
i and medium weight veal calves s975m
12.26 ;fat lambs SS@10.50; feeding lambs
$7.25 q $40; yearlings S7.50@S.75; fat
I ewes S5@6.35
Eastern wholesale fresh meat pricas
/ presented a rather mixed appearances
| the past week but were generally high
| er than the close week ago Beef nm
b0c@ 81; pork 1oins generally 81 per 100
lbs, Mutton averaged about steady
lamb and veal prices declined in some
markets and advanced in others, March
| 18th prices good grade meats: Reef
| $17@1S.5O, veal S1S@28; lamb s1S85S:
4 mutton Sll@l 10; light pork loins s23S
~; heavy IONS $1SQ22.
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