Charlevoix county herald., 1921-01-14
MARKET REPORT
FURNISHED BY U. S. BUREAU
OF MARKETS. WASHING
TON, D. c.
(week ended Jan. 6. 1919
Hay ARD Feed.

Hay ard Feed.
Hay market heavJ and unsettled. re-
ceipts in principal markets have been
light and mostly OF lower grades. Prices
country points lighter than last year but
unimproved demand resulting In over
supplies in number of markets.
s $3.50 Nj Memph %o'n sg$ SO PSiadeIpSla
$3.50 Chicago. S2i.bO Cincinnati. No.
alfalfa $32 Kansas city, $40 Omaha, SIC
sl5 Omaha, sl5.5O Kansas City $3.50
Minneapolis. $3.50 Chicago.
Feed market dun and irregular with
no appreciable change in quotations.
meal in poor demand and No. 1 offered
at $24 ia st. Louis market for JAM, Feb.
and March shipment.
Quoted: Bran $26. middlings s23, Min
ntapolis.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Northern round white potatoes down
10 to 15c I. b. at $1.15 to $l.25:
Chicag" carlot market down lOc to ~: 4O
j Jbbing range slightly lower in other
middlewestern markets $3.50 to $1.SA
Sacked round whites slightly lower I. a
b. western New York shipping points,
$3.50 to sl;55, Bulk round whites firm
New York City at S1.95 to S2.1O. Sacked
Green Mountains up 10 to 15c Boston at
$3.50 to 81.
Baldwin apples down 10 to 15c per bbi
mon storage closing S575 to "a I. o. b..
cold storage "a to 81 90. Baldwins, Yorks
and Greetings steady. jobbing mostly "a
to So. Northwestern extra fancy Wine
saps jobbng 1915 to $4.25 per box in
New York.
Sacked yellow onions slightly lower f.
O. b. western New York shipping points
closing around 81 per 100 lbs. Consum-
ing markets slow ant dull in middlewest
at 75c To SIPS; eastern cities up 25 to
soc reaching $1.25 to $175.
Carlot movement increasing rapidly
ShinmanfG week ended Potatoes
1925 cars; barreled apples 6S2; boxed APP
plies 297 cabbage 465
Livestock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices show only slight
changes from those of week ago. Cat
tie trade was featured by a narrowing
price range.
Jan. 6: Chicago prices: Bulk of hogs
S9.25@9.75; medium and good beef steers
1925; feeder steers $6.50@9.25; veal
calves s11GD12.50; fat lambs $10.50@1225;
feeding lambs $S@1025; yearlings $3.50
1880, fat ewes s3.75@525.
With the exception of beef wholesale
fresh meat prices advanced during the
week. Jan. prices, good grade meats:
Beef $l6@l9, veal $25Q2S; lamb s2Sg2S;
heavy loins s22q25
Dairy Products.
Butter markets fairly steady but an
unsettled tone developed on the 9Th
Prices 80 score: New York SIC; Chicago
Dealers now working on storage and
medium grades of fresh.
Grain.
On account of holidays the week s
grain review begins with Jan. 3rd, on
which day there was a sharp advance in
prices following passage of war finance
bill by senate over pre- iidents veto. On
the 4th and 5th most of these gains
were lost as a result of generally bear
ish sentiment but on the 9Th general buy
ing was induced by news that chairman
of finance board would discontinue op-
position TO passage of tariff bill and aid
in putting measure through present ses-
sion of congress and the markets ad
vanced several cents.
Since the close on Dec. both Chicago
March wheat has gained Lac, closing
on the 9Th at S1.7S rs; May corn up 1c
at rs 1-4c Minneapolis March wheat
up 5-Sc at Size is. Kansas City
March up &c at sligo Id; Winnipeg May
1-Sc at SlS9 rs. Chicago May wheat
$167 "a.