The Delta independent., 1921-08-19

| feeds in good supply though prOduc-
ton somewhat less normal for this
time of the year. Quooted August 12
Bran $1375; middlings $14.25; Hor
middlings $50, Minneapolis. White
hominy feed $2b.50 st Louis; No.
alfalfa meal $3.50 Kansas City. Lin
seed meal $39 Minneapolis. Gluten
feed $1,000 Chicago.
Dairy products-Butter markets uIl-
settled during the week but steadier
at the close. Preliminary cold stor-
age report shows butter holdings on
August 1 of S2.S50.0OO pounds COM
pared with 1O1, ,455.0 pounds last
year and the five year average OF
e5 5,569,O pounds. 80 score prices on
August 12: New York 431sc; Chicago
4O s-4c; Philadelphia 44c; Boston
44hc. Cheese markets weak prices
ranging a full cent below week ago.
Dull trading incident to recent ad-
vances made declines inevitable and
even at lower prices business re-
manned slow. Wisconsin primary
market prices August IL. twins 19c;
daisies 1910; double daisies 19c;
longhorns and young Americas 21c.
Live stock and meats-Chicago live
stock: Extreme fluctuations pre-
vailed in the hog market during the
past week Prices advanced sharply
on the eighth, following the declinse
of the previous week but reacted
again during the next four days. The
week closed, however, with sharp
advance resulting in the price level
being from 25c lower to SC highter
than a week ago. Supplies have been
plentiful and consisted largely Of
heavy hogs, average weight being
over 26O pounds. Many were held
over each market day. Cattle were
generally strong, all better grades of
steers up Csc, COWS and heifers were
steady to Csc higher, all feeders up
Csc and veal calves bown soc. Fat
lambs Csc to 35c lower. feeding
lambs up 25c to soc. yearlings and
ewes unevenly Csc higher. August
12 Chicago prices: Hogs, top. S11;
bulk of sales $40 to $11: medium
and good beef steers $7.25 to $40;
butcher cows and heifers $3.50 to
SO: feeder steers SIS to s7.75; light
and medium weigh veal calves 50 to
1925; fat lambs $3.50 to $10.65;
feeding lambs s6.75 to 1925; yeari-
ings s6.25 to $3.50; fat ewes 1925 to
s525.
Etockere and feeder shipments
from eleven important markets dur
ing the week ending August were:
cattle and calves, 4S,740; hogs L.
51S. sheen 3972l
Western dressed beef at eastern
markets generally steady. better
grades up 25c. veal declined 81;
mutton 81 to 50 while lamb advan-
ced an equal amount. Light pork
loins up So to So, heavies unevenly
50 lower August IL prices good
grade meats. beef $3.50 to S17-25;
veal SIS to SIG; lamb $22 to $2S;
mutton $11 to SIS: light pork loins
s26 to $50: heavy loins SIS to $22.
Grain-Wheat prices were lowest
first day of week ending today. On
| August 9Th there was an advance
nuenced by foreign crop reports and
good flour demand and milling and
export demand for wheat News had
been bullish since but the market
has not FUZZY responded and was
weak today partly influenced by
heaviness in corn and oats. Fair ex.
port business during the week and
nearly a million sold to England tol
day. Canadian crop estimated at
2SS ,O0O,0 bushes but many in grain
trade regard iris too high. Australi-
an wheat surplus estimated al H.
OOO, 900 for export which is first time
in several years crop has been SO
nearly exhausted in August. In Chi
cago markets No. 2 red winter wheat
closed at $1.24h and hard winter
wheat $1.26. No. mixed and yellow
corn at 5Sc; No. 3 white oats at BIC.
Chicago September wheat closed to-
day at $123 5-S: corn at Sc "a;
Minneapolis September wheat at
s1.31; Kansas City at $1.13 "a; Chi
cago December wheat closed at
$1.25 5-S. December corn at 55 3-8c.
Minneapolis December wheat at $1.SO
Kansas City December at s1.17.
Cotton& Spot cotton prices declined
points during the week, closing at
1I.95c per pound New York October
futures down "a points at 13.2Oc.