The Delta independent., 1921-12-02
Market Report
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Hay-Timothy markets in central
west generally stronger than week
ago. Prices up about soc per ton, but
country loadings are increasing and
demand is limited. Alfalfa prices un-
changed. Prairie weak and about II
lower at Kansas City. Eastern mar
kets steady; southern markets dull
and inactive. Quoted November 25:
No. 1 timothy, New York $3.50, Gin
cinnati $3.50, Chicago $23.50, Mime
apolis $40, Kansas City $14, Atlanta
$25; No. alfalfa, Kansas City $22,
Memphis $24, Minneapolis $21; No. !
prairie, Kansas City $11.50, Mime
apolis $3.50, Chicago $3.50.
Markets quiet, offerings fair.
Receipts and stocks generally good.
Supplies of cottonseed cake and meal
at mills heavier than last year, due to
subnormal demand Linseed meal
steady; production sufficient to supply
present needs. Alfalfa meal and corn
feeds dull, prices unchanged. Quoted
November 25: Bran SIT, middlings
SIT, flour middlings $21,50,. Mime
apolis; SO per cent cottonseed meal
$3.50, Memphis; No. alfalfa meal
$3.50, Kansas City; white hominy
feed s21.5O, Chicago; linseed $39,
Minneapolis; gluten feed s29.65, Chi
cago.
Fruits and egetables-Potatoes in
limited demand during the week; mar
kets slow and dull; supplies liberal.
Haulings light in producing sections.
New York sacked round whites down
10c T. o. b. shipping points at $1.65
per 100 pounds; down sc to 10c in city
markets at $3.50 to $2.15. Bulk stock
steady in New York City at 50 to $2.10.
Northern round whites off 10c in Chi
cago car-lot market at $1.50 to $1.65;
down 1Oc to 15c f. o. b. shipping points
at 81 .25 to s1.5O. Onion markets gen.
orally steady to firm; demand limited.
Eastern sacked yellow globes steady
+. O. b. Massachusetts points at S5.25
to $3.50 per 100 pounds; up soc in
Baltimore at $3.50 to s5.75; slow and
dull in Boston at $3.50 to s5.75. steady
to firm in New York and Philadelphia
at s5.25 to $3.50. Middle western red
globes steady in Chicago at s. to $3.50.
Apples slow and dull in city markets.
New York Baldwins A 21s down soc in
New York at $3.50 to 81 per barrel;
firm in Pittsburgh at $3.50. Maine
Baldwins No. / steady in Boston at
SIS to Sc; weak in Chicago at 81 to
S7.25. Northwestern extra fancy Jona-
thans down 75c in Chicago at 81 to
s2.25: steady in other middle western
markets at s275 to SO. Auction sales
in New York at s21O to s2.55 for iona
thans; s235 to s2.45 for extra fancy
winesaps. Cabbage markets firm in
the east, weaker in the west. New
York Danish type ranged $45 to S5O
per ton bulk in most city markets at
the close of week. Philadelphia slow
and unsettled at s35 to $40 Northern
Danish down $40 in Chicago. steady in
st. Louis at $50.
Grain-Prices trended upward dur
ing the week. Influenced by drouth
news from Australia, Argentina and
southwest; big decrease in the visible
supply. and a larger interest in the
buying side of the market. Corn had
good domestic and export demand
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket: No. 2 red winter wheat, s1.24;
No. hard winter wheat, $1.14; No.
mixed corn. sic: No. yellow corn
Sic; No. 3 white oats, 33c. Average
price to farmers in central Iowa fol
No. Q mixed corn about 34hc; tc
farmers in central Kansas for No.
hard winter wheat. SAC. For the weel
Chicago December wheat advanced
4Hc. closing at $1.12K: Chicago De
cember corn up Nc at 49c; Mime
apolis December wheat up SIC a,
$1.23h: Kansas December wheat uI
4Mc at $1.04k; Winnipeg December
wheat up SC at s1.O9. Chicago Ma!
wheat closed at $1.15a: Chicago Ma!
corn, 54%c; Minneapolis May wheat
$1.21%: Kansas City May wheat
r.o9M; Winnipeg May wheat, $1.13.
Dairy Products = Butter marke
firmer following recent slump. Con
sumptive demand good. Storage but
ter still slow on account of liberia
supplies Of fresh. Imports light, bu
include 375.000 pounds OF Australian
and New Zealand butter at San Fran
cisco. Closing prices, 80 score: New
York and Boston, 45c: Chicago. 451ac
Philadelphia, Acc. Cheese markets
quiet in line with usual dullness at thi
season. Further interest in held chees,
as fresh make shows effect of weather
Prices at Wisconsin primary market
November Is: Twins. 19c: Daisie
and Double Daisies. 1Siac; Younl
Americas and Longhorns, 1910.
Livestock and Meats-The trend O
Chicago livestock prices was upwar
during the week. Fat lambs advance
81 to $1.25 per 100 pounds. Fat eve
were 75c to 81 higher: feeder lamb