The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1921-04-07
MARKET REPORT
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Hay
Bulk OF receipts OF lower grades. Ar
rivals top grades light. Shipping demand
poor. Local demand fair In most mar
cd. No. / alfalfa about SEA Chicago, but
demand slackening. Firm tone to mar
ket for all kinds choice quality ,d hay.
sss u Chicago 90 ,a7 Memphis s. sis Mime.
apolis. s25 Philadelphia. s21 New York.
No. 2 timothy s22 Cincinnati. s2O.5O Chi
PSads sfS Me%s sss ~ New 9oss No.
alfalfa sci Cincinnati, s27 Memphis, s2i
Minneapolis, $40 Kansas City. No. I
prairie $3.50 Minneapolis. $l4 Kansas
City
Wheat feeds declining steadily. Prices
OF nearly all feedstuffs at new low levels
with demand generally quiet stocks In
all sections good but not much booked
ahead Gluten feed quiet; price well
maintained by manufacturers; production
light.
Quoted: Bran SIS. middllngs SIT Min.
$22 Chicago oatfeed IS St. Louis: rye
feed SIG Minneapolis. SIT Milwaukee.
Grain
Market unsettled and prices fluctuated
rapidly within narrow range until the
30th when prices dropped sharply on
account. Liquidation continued on the
3lst; wheat very weak early. but short
covering and removal of hedges on more
than 100000 blu. wheat sold to Spain
caused prices to rally from low points.
For the week Chicago May wheat down
9 lac at slSS SIS. May corn 3 1-2c at
I Sac at sl.32 "a. Kansas City May
Lac at $1.3l, Winnipeg May 1-2c at
Sl:7l 1-2. Chicago March wheat l.55.
Minneapolis flour demand dull; fair de-
mand for better grades wheat; Canadian
wheat selling 45c over Minneapolis May;
No. dark Is to SAC over.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoes up to 1Oc per 100 lbs north
to 81 20. New York round whites held
at ST. to $3.50 bulk. New York cold
storage Baldwin apples down about Csc
per Dbl. city wholesale markets at S4.75
to $5.75: Northwestern extra fancy wine
saps slightly weaker Chicago at $3.50 to
$500 per. box; steady Kansas City at
Carlot, shipments week ended March
80: potatoes 2262 cars, boxed apples 295,
b bar apples 544; cabbage $780, celery
toes PAS, strawberries 245, tomatoes 2S5.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets unsettled during the
week, but the present tendency is to-
ward recovery, prices advancing in all
markets on the 31st.
Closing prices 90 score New York 4sc:
Chicago 45c; Philadelphia ACC; Boston
4sc. Supply of domestic butter barely
TAKING care OF demand ana Danish I'M
ports have held at firm prices.
Cheese markets weak and lower. Some
cheese shipped on consignment from Wis.,
consin points during week.
At Wisconsin primary market: twins
zoe; daisies % 3-4c: double daisies, young
Americas and longhorns, 22c.
Live Stock and Meats
Chicago live stock prices declined Csc
to 75c on hogs, 10c to 40c on beef steers:
25c to 35c on feeder steers and 75c to 81
on veal calves the past week Fat lambs
lost soc to S5c: butcher cows and heif-
ers were practically steady; fat ewes add
vanced 25c to SOC
March 81 Chicago prices: hogs, bulk
of sales. $3.50 to $3.50: medium and good
beef steers s. to 1886; butcher cows and
heifers SIS to 1925; feeder steers $3.50 to
SO. Light and medium weight veal
calves 81 to $3.50: fat lambs $3.50 to $40;
feeding lambs $3.50 to s9.25; yearlings 81
to SO; fat ewes IS to 1918.
With the exception of pork, prices of
fresh meats at eastern wholesale mar
kets were generally lower than a week
ago
March 81 prices good grade meats:
beefs 115@17; veal $1,000: lambs s1S622;
mutton s12@16 light pork loins s24@27;
heavy Joins $1S@22.