The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1921-05-27
u. S. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT
Grain Market UnsettIed-Hoe Prices
Advance at Chicago 35-4oc Per 100
lbs.--Beef Steers Csc Higher.
WEEKLY MARKETGRAM.

by L. 5. BUREAU OF MARhE1S-1
Washington May l4.-For week ending
May l2-GRAIN-Market very strong az
opening of weeks business. but technical
position weakened account nigh price
level and prices dropped on the tn SEN
timent and news mixed market unsettled
until the 18th when acceptance OF allied
terms by Germany, statement OF Secre-
tary Wallace that price level 20 per cent
above pre-war basis would beneht whole
country and further confirmation or dam
age to crops in Southwest produced a
sharp up-turn. Market errauc on the
18th. Export demand slow; business con
fined to small lots Country offerings
light British wheat holdings officially
estimated sufficient until August l. AT.
gentine port strike expected TO be settled
shortly. Corn demand fairly good, In
Chicago cash market No. red winter
wheat. STAG; No. hard, sl-5l: No 3
mixed corn, Gle; No. yellow corn Gle
cago May wheat down nc, al N.4Sts:
May corn up S4c. at 6012c. Chicago July
wheat up Ac. at sll51s July corn szc'
at csc. Minneapolis. July wheat VI. sc.
at $1.2l. Kansas July down 1c, at slOS:
Winnipeg July down lc, at Sl-4izs.
HAY-Receipts very light, but demand
changed. May Il, No timothy. Gin
cinnati 5000. Chicago $40, Minneapolis
$3.50; No. prairie, Minneapolis SIS.
FRUITS AND VEGET ABLES-Nor ORTIZ
ern sacked round white potatoes up loo
per 100 lbs. at shipping points. closing 20
| SOC. Chicago carlot market up soc from
| the low point or the season, reaching si-
LIS. South Carolina No. ! Irish cobblerS
| IS per cloth TO Stat barrel at New YORK
New York Baldwin apples up 25c to 81
| per Dbl, eastern city wholesale markets.
! A21a cold storage stock $615-S. Medium
/ to large size extra fancy northwestern
| winesaps up 25c per box, Chicago at So
$780, small sizes s.. 25-2:5O. Sacked yellow
| onions slow and dali in eastern centers'
at 15c to sl.25 per 100 lbs.
| DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butter markets
| showing signs of weakness again after al
most a week of steadineSS. Conditions
| this time of year are such that markets
are easily disturbed. Production increas-
| ing and time for active storage approach
| ing. although no butter has as yet been
| put in storage in eastern markets. CLOS
] ing prices. 90 score: New York 33l1c. Chi
| Cago 31Ac. Philadelphia 34i2c, Boston S312c.
Prices in cheese markets lower than
| week ago and now at lowest point since
| 1915 Current business not up to cxpecta-
| tons and while more active than IL has
| been prices are slightly weaker than few
Mays ago. Wisconsin primary markets
| now averaging Twins. Daisies. Double
Daisies and Young Americas l4Ac Long
| horns 14c.
| LIVE STOCK-Hog prices at Chicago
| advanced IS -40c per 100 lbs the past week.
| Beef steers generally 25c higher: butcher
| cows and heifers up 3-50c; veal calves
| down 25c TO 81; fat lambs advanced Sl-l29.
25-50c; fat ewes 25c. May II Chicago
prices: Hogs. bulk of sales $.45-S 30:
medium and good beef steers. $500.
| butcher COWS and heifers, $3.50; feeder
| steers. Sc. 50: light and medium weight
veal calves. 1929: fat lambs. $lo.5o-l2.Z .
| fat ewes. s6-150 Stocker and feeder ship
| ments from IL important markets during
| the week ending May were: Cattle and
| calves %. 500: hogs. 5.935; sheep. 1921