The Ordway new era., 1922-06-02
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
U. 5. BUREAU OF MARKETs
Washington, d. O,
western Newspaper Union News Service. ,
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Live stock and Meats.


chicago hog prices declined 1Oc to
roc. Beef steers and butcher heifers
up loc to 15c: cows practically un-
changed; feeder steers weak to 25c
lower: veal calves averaged about
to sos lover se lambs fae ana year,inss weak
spring lambs steady. May 22. Chicago
Prizes; PIa ss Hogs; top. 3lo.75; bulk Of sales.
steers steers e tlots - msdium and good beef
nselIers. S475 to $3.50: feeder steers.
ss,lo to s7.s5; light and medium weight
yeai yea as calves: , $3.50 to ss.75; fat lambs.
si9.z5 to $3.50: spring lambs, 1880 to
ewes, 81 to s7.s5.
Price movements in eastern whole
sale fresh meat markets were rather
irregular. Veal firm to 81 higher: beef
STEADY; lamb and fresh pork loins weak
TO 81 lower; mutton weak to SO lower.
triees good grade meats: Beef. 1880
s2s; mutton. s1s to s21; light pork
ioins. s22 to s25: heavy loins, sis to
Fruits and Vegetables.
., Ftorids 10 Ss Tom Tom Watson wattermelons
pulk per car in leading city markets;
Zoe to soc unit basis. Boston. Baltimore
spaulding Rose. up soc in most leading
firm in Cincinnati at $3.50. South
Carolina cobblers firm in eastern
cities at $3.50 to s6. Chicago ss.25.
In Chicago at s1.50 to s1.e0 per 100
pounds; firm north central shipping
points points s1;25 to s1ss T. o. b. Maine
Cincinnati at s1.55; down 15c at Aroo-
stock county points at 7oc to soc.
Strawberry markets generally steady
to 16c quart in eastern markets.
Delaware and Maryland stock steady
at 1sc to 2sc. Kentucky, Tennessee
s3.25 to s3.75 in leading markets. Ken
lucky aromas steady in Pittsburgh at
81 to $3.50; slightly weaker in produce
aromas So to s225 f. o. b. shipping
points.
Choice grades of timothy scarce in
most markets, causing a brisk demand
of firm prices for that quality. Lower
grades constituted bulk of receipts.
Clover and alfalfa in slow demand be-
cause of pasturage and nearness of
new hay in Southwest. Quoted: No. L
timothy Boston s33, New York $3.50,
$26, Minneapolis S21.50. st. Louis SGT.
No, alfalfa, Atlanta $32, st. Louis
S25.5O. Omaha $50. No. prairie, Chi
cago $3.50, Minneapolis SIS, st. Louis
Feed.
ened slightly toward close of week for
spot feed as dealers and jobbers began
to replenish stocks. Country buying
tein feeds inactive. scarcely enough
business to establish market. Corn
feed in good demand and supply light
middlings s2O.5o Minneapolis: hard
winter wheat bran s23 st. Louis: lin
seed meal, $3.50 Buffalo; gluten feed:
meal s435O Memphis. s44 Atlanta: al
falfa meal. s24 st. Louis; hominy feed.
s27 Buffalo. s25 Chicago. s27.5o Gin
cinnati.
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket; No. red winter wheat. $780, No.
hard winter wheat. s1.33: No. 2 mixed
corn, 62c: No. 2 yellow corn. 62c; No. 8
white oats. 3sc. Average farm prices:
No. i dark northern wheat in central
winter wheat in central Kansas. Sis:
For the week: Chicago July wheat eat
July corn down 15c at 64c; Minneapo-
lis July wheat down &c at s1.41 1as Kan
sas City July wheat down sc at
S1.15%: Winnipeg July wheat down 4c
at s1.35.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets steady. Arrivals of
full grass butter has stimulated inter-
est in storage. although no active buy
ing for this purpose has taken place.
as operators feel present practice
makes storing too great a risk. Closing
prices, 92 score: New York 36hc.
Chicago 341kc. Philadelphia and Boston
SIC Cheese markets firm; trading
quiet, active both in producing sections
and at distributing. centes. Interest
now entirely fresh cheese; low
prices have resulted in a good con-
sumptive demand. Prices at Wisconsin
primary markets.: Twins and daisies
17c double daisies 1910, young Ameri-
cas- 17Lc, longhorns tic. square prints
1SAc.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices advanced % points
during the week, closing at 1880 per
pound New York May futures ad-
vanced 60 points, closing at 21.53c.