The Yale expositor., 1921-03-17
MARKETS
v. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. c.

Hay
Hay receipts generally light. Majority
OF markets reporting easier tendency.
Omaha market strong, alfalfa and prai-
RE quoted about 81 higher because of
Insufficient receipts. Best grades in good
demand. Good inquiry for southwestern
prairie ana straw, especially rye straw
In Chicago.
Quoted March 8; No tmothy-$2o
natl $3.50 Chicago. No. timothy
$3.50 Minneapolis. s24 Memphis, $40 Gin
cinnati. No. l clover mixed $3.50 Min
neapolis, 5000 Cincinnati. No. l prairie
SIG Minneapolis, SIS Kansas City. No. |
alfalfa $2l Minneapolis, s27 Memphis, $40
Omaha, S23 Kansas City. No. alfalfa
SIT Minneapolis, $40 Memphis $40 Omaha.
Feed
Prices fairly steady and stocks ample
but firmly held By jobbers as few new
offerings are made by mills. Offerings
expected shortly to improve. Bullish
feeling among JoDbers who anticipate
usual spontaneous purchasing movement
this time of year to cause higher prices.
Transit offerings in several sections Of
fered below shipment prices. Cornfeeds
unchanged. Alfalfa meal in poor de-
mand.
Quoted Bran s23, middlngs s22 Min
neapOis. No. | alfalfa meal $40 Omaha
and Kansas city Glutenfeed $37 Chica-
go, white hominy feed $23 St Louis, $32
Boston. Beet pulp $32 I. o. b. New York.
Live Stock and Meats
Compared with week ago Chicago
cattle prices show slight declines, while
hogs and lambs are generally higher,
Beef steers and butcher cattle down 15c
a 25c. Feeder steers firm To 25c higher,
Fat lambs up 25c075c; yearlings 26cU
soc per 100 lbs. Fat ewes down 25c. Me-
dunn and light weight hogs up 5Oc@60c.
Heavy weights weak to &c lower.
March 10 Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk
of sales $l0.1Om11.4O, medium and good
beef steers $S40@ $l0.25; butcher cows
and heifers $5@9.75; feeder steers $500
luht
calves $9.50t12 75 fat lambs $S.75M II;
feeding lambs $725@9.25; yearlings $7.25
1925 fat ewes S5@6.5O
With the exception of beef, eastern
wholesale fresh meat prices tended down
ward. March 10 prices good grade meats
beef $l6,50m17.5O; veal $l9@22; lamb SIS
q 20; mutton $ll@15; light pork loins S2l
q IA; heavy loins $16@l9.
Market higher on good export demand
early in the week but prices then de-
clined on favorable reports of crop con
ditions and bearish construction placed
on government crop report.
Chicago May wheat undergoing net
loss of &c closing at $l.57 j-S, May corn
3-4c at 20 l-2c,
On the 10th all grain prices declined
despite resumption export business and
ether bullsh news Reported France
took 100000 hus. wheat at seaboard and
sales via gulf exceeded 100000 bus.
France also sald to have bought Argen
tine wheat cheaper than American. Ok
lahoma weather bureau confirms green
bug reports; high dry winds reported
Kansas.
For the week Minneapolis May wheat
down &c at $3.50 Is; Kansas City May
&c 'at $1.51 Ia; Winnipeg May 6-Sc
higher at $1.S7 5-S. Minneapolis flour
and wheat demand little better. Kansas
City milling demand fair
Fruits and Vegetables
Potatoes up 10@16c per 100 lbs, north
ern shipping stations at Sl.lOQ1 20, Chi
cago carlot market firm; up 10Q1bc at
New York stations up 10000 at 1880
ep1.65 bulk.
Cold storage Baldwin apples at west
ern New York (. o. b. stations advanced
25c per Dbl. at S.. Baldwins slightly
higher city markets 5000. Northwestern
extra fancy Winesaps mostly S3Ql per
box. l3aldwins S7s2Q10 "a per Dbl. In
Liverpool during week ended March Z,
compared with s7.770S.71 week ended
Feb rs; Winesaps $2.74p3.22 per box
compared with S2.7lM2.S1
Dairy Products
Tendency I'm butter markets has been
downward during the week. Prices now
average 5M6c under these of a week ago
and markets are now very weak. Trad
ing is slow and little, but regular, bust
hess is undertaking. supply exceeds de-
mand and dealers shading prices in some
instances.
Closing prices, ~ score: New York
and Boston 4Sc Chicago 40 1-2c; Phila-
oelphia As 1-2c.