The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-10-28
SEATTLE MARK ETS.

Seattle, Oct.25.-The wheat market
here has been unsettled. There wa
on Monday only a difference of four
cents on bid prices and two cents on
asking prices between Seattle and
Chicago. Farmers are not willing to
sell at present prices as the best price
they can get for club is SO cents 1t
is believed when they can get 80 cents
movements will begin. Local quota
tons are: Hard white $l05, Soft
white $1.04, white club $104; haru
winter $1.06, Red winter $l.04.
Recast of the Washington potato
market shows greater activity, due to
the fact that California operators
have been reaching out for stock with
the idea, it is believed here, of adding
to the control of Coast potatoes, be-
ginning with 90 per cent of the Cali
folnia river stock. Buying orders for
10000 sacks were reported from the
South for the Mount Vernon district.
a portion of which was sold to Homo
lulu, the balance for common storage
at Seattle tidewater. During the ex-
element Of the 10000 bag purchase,
the Mount Vernon market went to S22
and beyond $25 per ton f. o. b., 500
being paid for round stock and the
outside price for smooth stock of two
pounds and upward which woui
grade as Washington No. /. Little
was offered at $25, growers holding
for stronger prices.
Buying orders from Alaska and dis
appointment in the volume of receipts
with lower temperatures Monday,
caused the egg market to strengthen
and, while the bulk of trading was
done at 5Sc per doz., there were some
sales at SOC with talk of 6Oc level
The butter market did not share in
the egg upturn, but with an adequate
supply creamery men held close to
the balance between demand and
movement.
There is brisk inquiry for tur-
keys for the Alaska account, fo-
which jobbers are endeavoring to pick
up several thousand pounds for early
November delivery. Bids of 45c per
Id. are being made on fancy, fat
young hens and hens.
Six hundred and twenty-three heal
of cattle and 445 hogs changed hands
at Saturday bids. The threatened
railway strike had deal to do with
the activity. Best hogs brought
$1,000. Steers went over the scales
at $3.50 and best cows at $4.75. Sheen
receipts were ass head.
Hogs-Prime light, $3.50 and 10;
smooth heavies $6@S; rough heaves
$4.50@6; pigs 5000.
Cattle-Prime steers, 1913 and 6;
medium to choice S5@575; do COM
mon to good $4@5; best cows anil
heifers, $4.75@5; do medium 20
choice, $4@4.75; do common to good.
81; Gamers, $1.50@2.5O; prime light
calves, $10@11; do heavy $6@8: do
medium to choice, $S50@1O.
Sheep-Prime lambs, $60O6.50; do
fair to good, $5@6; Gull lambs $3.50
D4.50; yearlings, sl@4.75; wethers,
$3@3.50; do heavy, $2@2.75; ewes,
$1.5O@3.
Purchasing prices to producers:
Eggs-Puget Sound select ranch.
53@54c per doz.; mixed colors, 1870
SOC per doz.; pullets, Soc per doz.
Butter fat o. b. Seattle, A
grade 1Sc per ID; raw milk, $40
per cwt.
Poultry-Broilers, lbs. and under,
&c per lb; hens, 4 lbs. and up, 25c
per ID; under lbs, 1Sc per lb
springs 2 lbs, pc; turkeys, fat dry
picked, 8 to 10 lbs, 3S@4Oc per lb.
Hogs-Choice block, 80 to 100 lbs,
12@13c per h.; do heavy, 7@11c per
h.
Beef-Steers, nominal.
Veal-Fancy, light, 15c per h.; do
medium, 5@12c per ID.
Mutton-Fat, 7c per h.; spring
lambs, fat, Zoe per ID.
Sheep pelts-long wool, each 800
SOC; medium wool, each 2O@3Oc; dry
wool 405c per Id.
Tallow-No. /, &c per h.; No. 2, 5
@9c per h.; medium heavy, 7@Sc
per h.; coarse clean, 6@7c per ID !;
coarse heavy, &c per lb.; No. 1 colts,
sc per ID.
Mrs. Frank Slayin was a dinner