The Dolores star., 1922-01-27
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
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twetern Newspaper Union News Service,


Grain.
Market uncertain during the week
put undertone firmer and price aver
ages higher. Chicago May wheat up
aAc. closing at $1:l2%; Chicago May
ket Factors were: Improved milling de-
lnand large sales for Russian relief
ana bullish crop news and statistics.
markets. continued dry weather in
southwest, reports of green bugs in
Texas and firm foreign markets. Clos
ing prices in Chicago cash market: No.
2 red winter wheat. sl.2O; No. hard
winter wheat S1.10: No. mixed corn,
4sc: No. yellow corn. 49c: No. 3 white
central Iowa for No. mixed corn,
about sec; to farmers in central North
Dakota for No. dark northern wheat,
for No. hard winter wheat, sec. For
the week Minneapolis May wheat up
iSc. closing at s1.1sE: Kansas City
peg May wheat up 2h at sill.
Vegetables.
A slightly weaker tone prevails in
the potato markets. Shipments were
heavier in the past week. most consum-
Ing ing eenters being well supplied. New
l5c in eastern markets. at s2.25 % ESQ
per 100 lbs. Slightly stronger in pro-
ducing sections. at s1.ss9 2.o2. Bulk
stock in New York city steady. at Sass
VZ45. Northern round whites steady
In Chicago carlot market at $1,000
ssI.1S; s11S;a down 1Se % at shipping points. at
at s1.15u1.3O.
Cabbage markets at shipping points
dull and weak. New York Danish stock
down 81 per ton, bulk ruling $3S: down
- at Wisconsin points, at S3SQ40;
Texas early varieties ruled s25 per ton.
Live Stock nnd Meats.
ChicaBo hog prices advanced zoe to
xbc during the week, Beef steers and
butcher cows and heifers weak to 25c
lower. Feeder steers firm to 25c high
lambs practically unchanged; feeding
lambs advanced soc. Fat ewes up 25c
to soc; yearlings up Csc. Chicago prices:
Hogs. top ss.75 early: bulk of sales.
steers, s6.7519.25; butcher cows and
heifers, SO. so 500: feeder steers. S5.35
@7.oO: light and medium weight veal
calves, s6.75 a9.75: fat lambs. s11.75@
1910: feeding lambs, s1O.25 @12.50:
yearlings. s9.50@11.75; fat ewes. 5000
Wholesale fresh meat prices were not
materially changed, though the trend of
prices was toward somewhat lower
levels. Pork loins steady to soc low
er; beef, soc to 81 lower: good veal
down 81; medium veal and most grades
of lamb and mutton unchanged. Prices
good grade meats: Beef. s12 914: veal.
II; light pork lons. $16918; heavy
loins, Sl2.5O@15.
Hay.
Larger receipts without a correspond
ing increase in demand has caused a
weaker situation in most of the inn
portant hay markets. Prices have re-
mained fairly steady in eastern mar
| lSets, but have declined in the Central
West, where greater increase in re-
ceipts has occurred. Quoted Jan. 49,:
| No. timothy, New York, s29: Phila-
| delphia, s23.5O; Cincinnati, s20.50 Chi
cago. s22: Minneapolis, s1S: Atlanta,
| s27. No. ! alfalfa Kansas City, s20.5O:
Memphis. $3.50: Atlanta. $50. No.
| prairie. Kansas City. S10.25; Minneap-
oils, SIS; Chicago, S17.
| Dairy Products.
Butter markets continue unsettled.
| The sharp declines of the past month
| were temporarily checked early in the
week and prices recovered somewhat,
| but at close the markets We're weaken
ing again. Trading generally lacks
confidence. Closing prices. 92 score:
| New York. 37c: Chicago, 33c: Philadel-
| phia, 36c; Boston. 36c.
| Cotton.
| Spot cotton prices declined 30 points
| during the week. closing at 17.04c per
| lb. New York January futures down
! 26 points. at 1860.