, 1921-04-14
MARKETS
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v. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. C.

Grain.
Market unsettled the past week.
easily influenced and prices f~luctuated
rapidly. On declines there were liqui-
dalton OF coarse grains for country ac-
count and good export demand. Sec
rotary Wallace's statement that sup
ply of farm products IN hand far ex-
coed present demand, was given bear
ish construction in grain trade. In
chicago cash market: No. 2 red win
ter wheat so &c over Chicago May: No.
z hard 11Ql3c over; No. 3 mixed corn
4kc under Chicago May; No. 3 yellow
Sq4hc under. For the week, Chicago
corn &c at 59M. Minneapolis May
wheat down 4hc at S1.2Sh; Kansas
City May Skc at $1.27A; Winnipeg
demand dull; wheat demand good. Kan
sas City wheat demand fair; No. . hard
lac over Kansas City May.
Live stock and Meats.
Chicago live stock prices changed
only slightly during the week. Hogs
ranged from &c lower to 25c higher per
100 lbs. light hogs showing the de-
cline. Beef steers steady to 40c low
er; cows and heifers down Csc. Feeder
steers and veal calves practically I'M
changed. Fat lambs steady to 25c
higher; feeding lambs steady to soc
lower. Fat ewes unchanged. Chicago
1900; medium and good beef steers.
ss.o0gS.do; butcher cows and heifers,
s4.So@s:oO; feeder steers. s7.2599.oo;
III oiit iituluI III Ntdl CdlNtH.
feeding lambs, s7.50@S.75; %yearlings,
s7.25 @9.oo; fat ewes. $1,000 CTS. East
changed but slightly. Bee. veal. NUT
ton about steady. Lamb and pork
loins steady to 81 higher. Prices good
$40 90 20. 90; lamb, $3.50 a 23. 90: NUT
ton. S12.00@16.00; light pork loins.
$4,000 s.O0; heavy loins. $500 q 23.00
Hay.
Most hay markets depressed. unset
tied and generally easier. Receipts in
eastern markets continue heavier than
In western markets. Prairie receipts
increasing in Chicago but demand de-
cr~easing. Majority of arrivals in Chi
cage of low grade; trade not Interested
gwen at sacrifice prices, which are 81
to 50 lower for nearly all grades and
kinds. Few shipping Inquiries. Re-
ceipts in western markets adequate to
meet present demand. Quoted: No. 1
timothy. s22 Cincinnati. s19 Minne-
apoiis. s19 Kansas City. $1,000 New
York, s24.5O Philadelphia. s27 Memphis:
Minneapolis, s2S.5O New York. $3.50
Philadelphia, s24 Memphis; No. 1 al
faifa; SIS Cincinnati. ST. Minneapolis,
prairie. SIS Minneapolis. SIS Kansas
City.
Practically all feeds quoted lower:
demand unimproved.. Offerings fair
for early shipments but there is con-
siderable pressure to sell for deferred
shipment. Gluten feed price reduced
IS per ton. Many distress sales of
wheat feeds reported from Minneapolis
markets. Chicago quoting middling:
$l1.bO@ 1850. Hominy now offered al
$40 for yellow. $21 for white f. o. b
Chicago. Cincinnati and few othel
markets in chaotic state. Linseed mea
weaker on limited inquiry. Quoted
Bran .$17. middlings SIC Minneapolis
apolis: 36 per cent cottonseed meal. 81
Memphis; beet pulp. s31 Cincinnati: a
per cent meal. $40 Chicago
Fruit. and Vegetables.
Potato prices down 6 to 15c at north.
ern shipping stations. closing 75c 3!
market at low level. down Toe at soc t.
81 New York round whites held a
$40 to $3.50 bulk. New York. Florida
No. 1 Spalding Rose in double heat
barrels. closed lower at 5000 to s11.ot
Chicago; 81 to $3.50 New York. Texa,
Bliss Triumphs. 50 to $3.50 per 100 lbs
cold storage Baldwin apples mostly 81
to s5.76 per barrel in city wholesal,
markets- Northwestern extra fancy
medium to large size Winesaps slow
and dull. Chicago at $3.50 to $3.50 pei
box: small sizes $1.5o to s2.25.
DnIry Products.
Butter prices have dropped in al
markets. Heaviest declines averaging
&c were in the east. Weakness attri-
buted to temporary surplus. although
mt Chicago weakness is apparent re
Election of drop at New York. Closing
prices 92 score: New York. 49hc; Chi
Gag 48Ac; Philadelphia. soc; Boston
5ohc. Danish butter at New York sell
ing at close to domestic prices. Dull
trading and have featured
the weeks cheese market. At Wincon-
sin primary market prices average,
Twins. 20Lc; Daisies. 21hc: Double
Daisies. gle; Longhorns and Young
Americas. 22c.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices at the ten desig-
mated markets declined 43 points dur
ing the week. closing at 1920 per Id
New York May futures down so points
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