The Morgan County press. (Wartburg, Tenn.) 1916-1926, 1922-01-13
U. S. MARKET REPORT
Weekly Marketgram OF Bureau
of Markets and Crops.

Washington, Des. 21.-For the week end
ing Dec. II. -GRAIN-Prices trepdeo
downward during the week on lack OF
support and inactive demand. There was
a better undertone on the 18TH ana lotn,
influenced by higher foreign markets ana
Kansas state wheat crop report s no i 3
12S,0OO.OO0 blu. for state or lO,oO,vVo p ~
Milling demand slow at Chicago, put
slightly better at Minneapolis. Country
roads almost impossible account rain ana
snow and corn offerings to arrive small,
export corn demand slow. Closing prices
in Chicago cash market: No. red winter
wheat $115; No. hard winter wheat,
$1.09; No. mixed corn, 4Sc; NO yellow
corn, 4Sc; No. 8 white oats, 35c. average
price to farmers in central Iowa for NO.
mixed corn about SIC; to farmers IN
central North Dakota for No. | dark
northern wheat, $1.O3A;. to farmers IN cen
trail Kansas for No. hard winter Wneat,
down &c, closing at $l.121a; Chicago May
corn down Nc closing at 52Ac; Mime
apolis May wheat down 21sc, at $l.ls&;
Kansas City May wheat down &c, at
1.lO9s; Winnipeg May wheat up lAc' at
81. 1878.
FRUITS AND vEGETABLES-Pota
markets slow and dull. New York round
whites steady in eastern cities at SOY
to $215. Shipping points down 10c. at $l65
per 100 lbs. sacked. Northern round whites
weaker in Michigan producing sections.
but steady in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Chicago car lot sales firm at $50 to $l.80;
Pittsburgh jobbing sales down 10c, at $1.S5
to $3.50. Red River Ohfos stronger az
shipping points; up 10c in most markets.
Apple markets show little change.
Northwestern boxed apples, extra fancy
Jonathans, steady at $3.50 to 800 In middle
western markets.
DAIRY PRODUCTS - Closing butter
prices. 80 score, New York, 4412c; Chicago,
4Skc Philadelphia. 45c; Boston, 45c.
Cheese prices at Wisconsin primary
m q rlxofG Daoprnher- ia. Twins 1870. Dali
sizes, 2OAc; Double Daisies, zoe; Long
horns, 21c.
HAY-Quoted December Is: No. / tim
othy. New York, $3.50; Chicago, $2i.OO;
sas City, $14OO No. ] alfalfa. Kansas
City, $1,000; Memphis, $500; Minneapolis,
S21.50. No. l prairie, Kansas City, $11.S;
chsag9 SO9 M naesSar s1so Spring
bran, $21.0O; standard middlings, $21.5O;
linseed meal $445o, Minneapolis. Winter
bran. $2O.25; gray shorts, $500. Kansas
city. Go nu meal $500, Memphis PMS,
feed, $3.50, Chicago. Medium alfalfa
meal, $21.O0, Chicago
LIVE STOCK-Chicago hog prices show
net declines ranging from 25c to Csc per
Beef steers down Csc to 75c, and in some
instances as much as $1.00. Butcher cows
and heifers ranged from 10c to Sc lower,
while feeder steers were 25c to 40c higher.
I at lambs SHOW the greatest ueciinS. lhe
DEPRECIATION ranging from $1.00 to $1.25 per
100 lbs. Fat ewes lost 75c; yearlings, 25c
to 75c. Feeding lambs generally soc
higher. December II Chicago prices:
Hogs. top, $3.50; bulk of sales, $3.50 to
500; medium and good beef steers, $6.2
to $3.50; butcher cows and heifers 3d. to
$780, feeder steers, $500 to $500; HghOa
medium weight veal calves, $3.50 to $1,000:
fat lambs, 1925 to $1,000; feeding lambs,
So rs to $1,000; yearlings, 500 to $500; fat
ewes LOO to s. 25
Stocker and feeder shipments from
twelve important markets during the
week ending December 9 were: Cattle
and calves, 81 1907; hogs 6,598; sheep, 1850.