The Yale expositor., 1922-08-24
MARKETS
v. 8. BUREAU or MARKETS
Washington. o. c.

(For the week ending August IT. 1927
Hay
Market holding firm for hay OF good
quality because OF light receipts. NO
tees OF country shipping decreasing AS
rail strike continues. Poor hay gener-
ally in excess OF demand and selling at
Quoted August 18th: No. 1 timothy
New York $3.50, Philadelphia and Pitts
burgh $40. Cincinnati SIT. Chicago ga
6thy ,i@4 ~ below No. i prices. No. I
alfalfa Kansas city ;l5.7S. St Louis Louis
sas City ;iO.5O, st. Louis fl1.sO. chicago
Mill feed markets unchanged. Fairly
good jobbing demand for wheat FEEDS
from the northeast. Bran ana souln..
western markets displaying s nsht OF
falfa meal firm, offerings small. IacK OF
interest among buyers. OIL meal quiet
Quoted august II: Bran 'i a. M m,ns-
apolis; No l alfalfa meal VIZ 70 Kansas
City; white hominy feed $24.50 st. Louis;
gluten feed S29.S5 Chicago.
Fruit. and Vegetables
Potato markets weaker. New Jersey
up SC to loo at the close at shipping
points. Kansas, Minnesota and Ne
braska potatoes mostly lOc to 25c lower
In city markets anu III Pt"Ne
Virginia liberia peaches skies and
bushel baskets firm Boston SS.o9W1
New Jersey! Delaware ana Mar Si,tsa
stock best, $2q3. Illinois Elbertas Plus
burgh $2.75.
Market heavy most of week and grain
prices trended lower until august 10
when slight upturn occurred. Depress
ing influences were: Restricted eXpoI.
demands weakness in Liverpool market:
collapse in German marks and lack OF
buying support. Foreign demand I'M
hedges against sales abroad together
with advance in stock market anu snoIt
covering resulted in firmer undertone
last two days. Chicago September W IlSar
corn 1-2c higher. On August ~; Wheat
market active and higher on buying oy'
cash interests and short covering. Goou
Country offerings not large and car
shortage reported increasing C1est ol
movement in southwest peHeVeo oyer;
corn states started general buying OF
that grain and with lack OF selllhg pres
sure prices advanced rapidly with the
September future in lead. Country Of
ferings corn Increased on ao'ailce Oue
were readily absorbed:
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket: No. 2 red winter wheat Sl;o6; NO;
hard winter wheat H.O6; No; 2 mixed
corn csc; No. 2 yellow corn 66c; NO.
white oats 32c.
Closing future prices; Chicago Sep
TENDER wheat $1.03; Chicago September
corn G2c: Minneapolis September wheat
81 O6; Kansas City September wheat 9bc'
Winnipeg October wheat $1.03 ga.
Live Stock and Meats
Chicago hog prices were generally 90
To zoe net lower for the week, medium
and light hogs declining most. Beef
steers ranged from 10c to l5c higher.
August II Chicago prices: Hogs top
S9S5; bulk of sales $7.75@9.75; medium
and good beef steers $8.10@1O.6O; butch
err cows and heifers s3.90@9.25: feeder
steers S. 40@S775; light and medium
weight veal calves $ll.5OQl3; fat lambs,
81 75612.75; feeding lambs, Sll 50Ml2.50;
yearlings $S75@1l: fat ewes SS.5O@1 90.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
generally higher. Beef. mutton and
fresh pork loins S1@2 higher, veal lamb
and mutton firm to 81 higher per 100
August II prices good grade meats:
Beef Sl6G1s: veal s15GlS; lamb s24M27;
mutton S13@1S; light pork loins $3.50
n; heavy loins s14Q1950.
Dairy Products
Butter markets firmer than week ago.
Receipts heavy but active trading at
lower prices prevailing has helped avoid
accumllla tons Production showing
some signs of decrease.
Closing prices 80 score butter: New
York IS Lee: Philadelphia &c., Boston
SO 1-2c; Chicago SAC.