The Delta independent., 1921-03-25

SapS mostly $S-94 per UOA III COuS LII
ing centers. Nearly 100000 barrels
of boxed and barreled stock com 'Iin d
moved out of storage during Febru i.y,
leaving totals apples in cold storage
3612,S33 barrels March 1 as COM
pared with 100000 bbls Marcn =,
1920 and 1,772,333 bbls March 1. 1919.
New York danish type cab nse down
$2-$5 per ton consuming markets
March 1S, ranging $S-$15 bulk; steady
fob around IS. Florida celery steady.
50. 75-$3.25 per crate in city markets;
$175-$1.s5 fob. California celery $4.75-
$3.50 per crate in middlewestern mar
kets. Louisiana klondike strawberrys
in "a pint crate 22-25c per pint New
York. 2O-23c; Boston $2.50-$2.9O per
crate fob. Eastern yellow sweet % "a
toes Delaware stock $1.S5-$2.50 .er
bu. hamper in consuming marx sLs.
Carlot shipments week end March IS:
Potatoes 3,7s7 cars; boxed apples
335, barreled apples SS15; cabbage
49S; celery 46O; lettuce SIG; onions
412; sweet potatoes 275. Shipments
week ended March IL: Potatoes 3,I06
cars; baked apples 4O2, barreled ap-
pies S33; cabbage 552; celery 467;
lettuce 433; onions 1858; sweet pota-
toes 301.
GRAIN:-Prices trended downward
during the week, general ecomic and
financial condition constituting the
depressing influence On the Is an ad-
vance started on reports Of green
bug damage in southwest and export |
Of, haIe xr,In col
Europe but early on the 18th buying |
power gave out and prices thereafter |
slumped World econmic situation,
good weather and favorable crop |
conditions responsible for continue
tion of bearish sentiment. Corn fol- |
lowed wheat. In Chicago cash market |
No. red winter wheat 22-23c over |
Chicago May: No. 2 hard 11-15c over; |
No. mixed corn 3-4c to 6 Lac un-
der May; No. yellow 5 3-4-6c under.
For the week Chicago May wheat
down S1ac at SLAP is, May corn 2 Lac |
at sc SAC. Minneapolis May wheat |
down 3-4c at s1.37. Kansas City |
May S1Ac at $1.35 "a. Winnipeg May |
Sc at s1.75. Chicago March wheat |
$152 Is, Minneapolis flour demand |
easier; wheat demand good; No. 1 |
Canadian 35c over Minneapolis May, |
No dark 12-2sc over.
LIVESTOCK AND DMEATS:-Prices |
of practically all classes of livestock |
at Chicago declined the past week. !
Hogs down 50-S1 per 100 lbs. heavies |
declining most Beef steers down 25- |
soc butcher cows and heifers 25-50c;
veal calves 25-75c; feeder steers |
steady to Csc lower. Fat lambs 75c-
s15O lower. heavy lambs declining |
most. Feeding lambs steady. Yearlings |
down 50-75c; fat ewes 25-5Oc. March |
10 Chicago prices: Hogs, bulk of sales |
$9-$11; medium and good beef steers |
$8.40-$10; butcher cows and heifers |
$5-$9.25; feeder steers $7.75-$9.50: |
Light and medium weight veal calves |
$975-s12; fat lambs 1880 $1O.25; |
feeding lambs $7.25-s925; yearlings
$7-$85O; fat ewes $475-s6. Eastern |
wholesale fresh meats prices showed
irregular changes compared with |
week ago although the tendency was |
downward. Beef down 5Oc-$1, veal ST. |
ST. Mutton generally 81 lower; pork |
loins practically steady; lamb up 81 |
50. higher per 100 lbs. March IS prices |
good grade meats: Beef $16-s17.50; |
veal s19-s2O: lamb s1S-s23; mutton
s11-s15; light pork loins $22-s25; |
heavy loins s17-s21.
DAIRY PRODUCTS:-Butte mar
kets under severe pressure and prices
declined sharply early in week. Heavy
arrivals Danish New York weakened
feet in all other markets. Tone at |
close somewhat firmer. although an
other very large cargo Danish ex-
pected before April !. Monthly cold |
storage release shows March ! stock |
in entire country 26,7730O lbs. an
incI ease of approximately 1000. 900 |
lbs over a year ago. Storage reduc- |
tion about 15,000.00O lbs during Beb-
ruary. Closing prices 80 score. New |
York 45c; Chicago 45hc; Philadelphia |
45kc; Boston 45c Weakness devel- |
oped In Wisconsin primary cheese |
markets being felt in distributing |
centers. and tone is less steady than |
a week ago. Markets have been I'M
settled for several days. Eastern |
markets in better position than wes-
tern markets. account lighter receipts |
fresh goods, particularly from New |
York state. Production increasing, |
heavy receipts fresh at country ware
house points. Prices. Wisconsin pri- |
mary markets: Twins 25c; daisies 26:
double daisies 25hc: longhorns 26c;
young americas Csc.
COTTON:-The average price OF |
middling spot cotton in the ten desig-
mated markets advanced a points dur.