The St. Mary banner., 1921-04-30
The Markets


hay-Market continues dull and in
active. Only better grades find ready
sales. Receipts light but equal to
limited demand, which is principally
local In most markets Prices steady
on top grades. Quoted April 20: No
timothy, New York $50, Philadelphia
$24, Minneapolis sl9, Atlanta $50.
Memphis $3.50 No. l alfalfa. Omaha
| $40, Kansas City $40, Memphis $26,
Atlanta 1872; No. l prairie, Minneapo-
lis 1850 Kansas City $l450, Omaha
$3.50.
Feed - Market continues draggy.
| Eastern markets not following strong
er feeling manifested by western mills.
Linseed meal up 81 at s33 at Min
neapolis because of better demand and
limited production. Quoted April 20:
| Philadelphia $39. Kansas City $3.50.
| Cotton seed meal up soc at $25 at
Memphis. Quoted: Kansas City $50.
| Spring bran quoted $3.50 at Phila-
| delphia, $3.50 New York, SIG Min
| neapolis; spring middlings SIS Min
neapolis, $22 Philadelphia; grey shorts
| $3.50 Kansas City, s2250 Memphis.
Alfalfa meal SIS Kansas City.
Grain-There was more friendly
| feeling to buying side of market the
past week and all grains closed high
| err Bullish factors were settlement
| of British strike, passage of emergency
tariff bill by house, freezing weather
| and blizzard. and reports of some dam
age in winter wheat belt. On the 21st
| 10000 barrels of flour sold at seaboard
for export. Country offerings wheat
not large Exporters still after corn.
| Illinois and Indiana offering more corn
! to arrive as result of upturn in mar
| ket. In Chicago cash market No.
red winter wheat $1.36 7-8; No. hard
$1.40 49, No. mixed corn 81 3-Sc; NO.
yellow SO 1-Sc. No. white oats
| SO 1-8c. For the week Chicago May
wheat was up &c at $127 3-8, May
corn 4c at SO 3-Sc. Minnpeapolis May
wheat up sac at $159 3-S. Kansas
City milling and export demand good,
No. 2 hard s1.31 7-8c.
Live Stock and Meats-ChicagO live
! stock prices showed some striking
contrasts the past week. Hogs de-
| clined 5 a SOC per 100 pounds, while fat
| lambs advanced $1Gl.25. Feeding
| lambs gained 25c; fat ewes generally
| soc Beef and butcher cattle were not
| materially changed Feeding steers
| 25G soc lower. April Fl Chicago prices:
! Hogs, bulk of sales $7.85 5d8.5o; me-
| dunn and good beef steers $1.30no $40;
! butcher cows and heifers So feed
! er steers S675MS: light and medium
weight veal calves $3.50 925; fat
lambs SS.50I1125; feeding lambs
$675GS; yearlings $Sd9.5o; fat ewes
$5.50M725. Stocker and feeder ship
ments from eleven important markets
! during the week ending April 15 were:
! Cattle and calves 39,5SS; hogs 92l2;
sheep 3G91. With the exception of
! beef eastern wholesale fresh meat
prices averaged practically steady.
Beef up 5Oc4$1,50. Veal, lamb and
mutton steady with slight advances
at some markets. Pork loins ranged
from steady to 81 lower per 100 lbs.
| April 81 prices good grade meats:
Beef $17M1S; veal $17G20; lamb sly
d22: mutton s15G17; light pork loins
s26a2S; heavy loin s17423.
Fruits and Vegetables - Sacked
round white potatoes down &c per loo
! lbs. at northern shipping points, clos
ing 75M85c Chicago carlOt market
up sc at 95cGs105. New York round
whites down d15c, New York City
at S110M125 bulk. Florida No. l
Spaulding Rose in double head barrels
down s1d125 Chicago at $74725.
down 25G soc per bbl. New York City
at s7.25d750 Texas sacked Bliss
Triumphs down 25G50c per 100 lbs.
| ~ Total p
ment of potatoes 2810 cars week end
ed April 20. New York cold storage
! A 21b Baldwin apples firm in leading
wholesale markets at S550G6.25 per
barrel; Chicago up $3.50 per barrel at
| $6G650 Northwestern extra fancy
winesaps medium to large sizes up
| about CSC per box at Chicago at $40
G375. small sizes $242.50. Texas yell
| low Bermuda onions at seasons low
range ad slightly below last weeks
| close. ranging mostly Sl5Od2 per
standard crate in consuming markets
| for mixed No. ! and 2 commercial
pack. Prices steady fob. around 81.
| Southern klondike strawberries 25G
27c per quart Baltimore, 284 30c New
York City. 22d25c Philadelphia, 3OG
4Oc Boston. Prices down 25c per 81
quart crate at North Carolina shipping
points at s51625; down 75c to s1.l0
per 24-pint crate at Louisiana stations,
closing S34043.75 fob.
Dairy Products-Butter markets
very irregular the past week with
general price tendency downward.
| Ninetv-two score butter now 4512c
New York, 45c Chicago, 47c Philadel-
phia, 4612c Boston. Receivers desire
TO keep stocks cleaned up has kept