The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-03-03
MARKET REPORT
FURNISHED BY U. s. BUREAU
OF MARKETS. WASHING
TON, D. c.

Hay
Colder weather causing slightly inn
proved demand Receipts very light eX-
cept at Kansas City and Omaha. Low
grades almost salable. Demand only
equal 10 present light receipts in prn-
Quoted Feb. 90: No. timothy-New
York $3l.5o CINCINNATI $3.50, Chicago
Atlanta $50; No. l alfalfa-Kansas city
$3.50. Omaha $40. Memphis s27. No. l
prairie Minneapolis $3.50, Kansas City
Sll.5O, Omaha $1,000
Feed
Northeastern markets lost part of last
weeks gain because of extremely light
demand. Stocks generally good and ac-
eumuiating in a number of markets.
Transls offerings increasing. Export de-
mand for high protein feeds light. Beet
pulp and alfalfa meal weak. Gluten feed
and honiny feed steady
flour sddns. s si m&aPsT %hte
hominy feed s25 Chicago. s25 st. Louis;
gluten feed $37, Chicago; $3.50 Baltl,,
more. beet pulp $S2 Philadelphia and
sas City.
Fruits and Vegetables
Sacked round white potatoes up 100
lbc per 100 lbs. I. o. b. northern shipping
stations, reaching 90cG$1.05, Chicago
carlot market advanced 25c, closing 81 80
ql.35 sacked. Round whites showed fur
ther weakness at western New York ship
ping points, reaching 90@95c. New YORK
market weak, down 25@30c at $l.10@I2o
bulk.
Cold storage Baldwin apples steady at
western New York f. o b. stations
In city markets mostly s45O@5. North
western extra fancy Winesaps steady:
New York and Boston $3.50@4,50. Mid
onion movement iE ds markets ss rres
ular New York up Csc at S1M1.25; Pitts
burgh down 5g l0c az I5q90c; other mar
kets mostly S5cM 81. IS.
Potatoes 2,19S cars; boxed apples iSi,
$50: lettuce 274; onions $50: sect pota-
barreled apples $40; cabbage sos; celery
toes 324.
week but on the 18th and 21st there
were upturns on renewal of export de-
nland and limited offerings On the 23rd
the market wSs unsettled. and on the
24th prices dropped 4m5c. Factors con
tributing to weakness at the close We're.
decidedly bearlsh local sentiment, weak
ditions, and a further. decline IN cash
wheat prices. Export demand slow. Ca
madam flour reported offered 50cI75c
per barrel cheaper than American flour
apois principally Canadian There Is
heavy undertone to corn market despite
export sales of nearly 15oo.ooo bus: on
many will import 1S,500,000 bus. corn TO
cut wheat requirements. but American
trade more concerned with liberal re-
ceipts and fairly large country consign-
n1ents.
Weeks price changes: Chicago March
down lac at SO 3-4c. Minneapolis
March wheat down 4 1-Sc at sl.52 rs;
wheat down l-sc at sl.67 Ia: May corn
Kansas City March 1.2c at Sl.57: Win
npeg May l. i-Sc at sl.SS S-S. Chicago
May wheat s1.56 rs.
Live Stock and Meats
Higher prices ruled on practically all
classes of live stock at Chicago Great
est advances occurred in the sheep and
Feb "a Chicago prices. hogs bulk of
sales 80 25@1o.l5; medium and good beef
steers $s,65@Io.25; butcher cows and
heifers 4.50@9.50; feeder steers $3.50
9; light and medium weight veal calves
sl0@1325 fat lambs ss.25M11; feeding
lambs S,25@S.50; yearlings s7Q9; fat
ewes $5@6.75.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat markets
were generally higher than week ago.
Feb. "a prices good grade meats: Beef
$14,50q 1850; veal $1Sq22; lamb $ls@2l;
heavy loins $16d19.
Dairy Products
Further improvement prevails in but
ter market will. trade calling for all the
better grades. Fresh butter somewhat
scarce. support is lent to market by
buyers who anticipate further advances
and who have been buying ahead. Mar
kets somewhat out of 2 line with each
other, as New York is now lie below
Chicago.
Closing prices. 90 score New York
soc; Chicago sic; Philadelphia sic; Bos-
ton so 1-2c.
Cheese markets firm. Advances on
the 2lst at Wisconsin primary markets
has caused slight advances in some dis
tributing markets and buyers who look
for a general advance 10 follow have
been buying more freely.