The St. Mary banner., 1922-04-22
The Markets

Latest market reports, issued by the
U. 5. Department Of Agriculture
Washington, D. c.:
Grain-Prices kept within Darro,,.
range during the week but worked
gradually higher and closed at fair
gains over a week ago. Chicalo Nav
| "heat UP sac, closing at $134. Chi.
caso May corn up / 12c. Principal mar
ket Iactors were bad weather and IN.
favorable crop news over wheat helt
hlgher foreign markets and advance in
exchange rates. Closing prices in
chicago cash markets: No. red win.
ter wheat $1.35; No. 2 hard winter
wheat $1.34; No 2 mixed corn 59c,
No. 2 yellow corn, 60c; No. whita
oats, S372c. Average farm prices: No
mixed corn in Central Iowa, abont
46c; No. l dark northern wheat in
central North Dakota S133b: No .
hard winter wheat in central Kansas
S1.2O. For the week MINNEAPOLIS Nav
wheat up 31ac at $144; Kansas civ
May wheat up 312c at S1.21; Winnj.
peg May wheat up &c at S1.36.
Hay.-Market continues firm on
light receipts. Demand good but most.
~ local. Urgent shipping demand at
Minneapolis. Receipts larger at Chi.
cago and Cincinnati. Quoted April 70:
No. timothy New York $3l. PhiIadel.
phia $23, Pittsburg s24, Cincinnati
$23.25; Chicago $26, Minneapolis s22
Atlanta $50, No. l alfalfa Memphis
$3.50, Atlanta $21, Minneapolis s23
chicago $24, Kansas City $3.50. No.
l prairie Minneapolis SIS, Chicago SIS.
Kansas City s12.75.
Feed.-Mill feeds quiet, demand in
different. Owners showing no dispo-
sition to crowd feed on the market
Stocks and receipts generally good
Transit offerings rather light. With
the exception of wheat feeds most
feeds are slightly easier. Production
corn feeds good, offerings heavy. Lin
seed meal stocks small; cottonseed
meal stocks ample. Export demand oil
meals poor. Demand dull, movement
fair. Quoted April II: Bran 500, mid
dlings $21 Minneapolis; SO per cent
cottonseed meal $42 Memphis, s42. so
Atlanta; gluten feed 1926 Chicago;
white hominy feed S2050 st. Louis.
Fruits and Vegetables.-Potato mar
kets weak, demand limited, supplies
liberal. Florida Spaulding rose No.
l down $1@1.25 per barrel in most
city markets at s7@75O, firm in Pitts
burg at $8.75; firm in Detroit at 50:
down 75c in producing sections at IS |
@5.25 fob. Northern sacked round
whites weak in Chicago at $1.50n1.6O
per 100 lbs; weak fob. north central |
points at $1.25@1.45, Celery weak in
most Eastern markets at $2750350 |
per l0-inch crate; steady in other mar
kets $4@4.50. Demand moderate. sup
plies liberal. Strawberry markets
weakened under liberal supplies Lou
s1ana klondikes weak in leading East
7rn cities at 15@..18c pint down $1M2
per 24-pint crates in Pittsburg and mid
1lewest at $3@4.25. Florida stock
weak in New York and Baltimore at
10 to 45c quart. Onion markets firm,
iemand moderate. Texas yellow Ber-
nudas Nos. l and 2 standard crates
'4.75 to Sc in Eastern markets, S425
04.50 in the Middle West Florida
'ellow Bermudas, bu. crates $3.50 in
Cincinnati. California Australian
'rowns steady in city markets at
1O.5O@1O.75 per 100 lb sack Texas
3ermudas weak at f. O. b. shipping
'oints at $2.50@2.75. Cabbage markets
irm. South Carolina pointed stock
25O@3 per 100 lbs. in Eastern cities.
alabama flat type strong in Boston at
3.75 slow and weak in other market
t $1.50@2.25. Texas early flat $45
D55 per ton in leading city markets.
1arkets firm for Eastern Baldwin ap-
les at $7.50@850 per bbl., slightly
'eaker for Northwestern extra fancy
oxed winesaps at $3@350.
Live Stock and Meats.-Chicago hog
rices declined 5 to zoe per 100 lbs.
ght weights declining most Beef
teers and butcher heifers firm to 3Oc
igher; butcher COWS 15@2Oc lower
eeder steers unchanged; veal calves
eclined 75c to 81 per 100 lbs Sheep
nd lambs sharply lower. Fat lambs
eclined 50 to $225, yearlings $125,
It ewes SOC to 81 per 100 lbs April
Chicago prices: Hogs, top s10.65;
llk of sales $10.15 to $1O.6O, medium
nd good beef steers $75O@SS5;
ltcher cows and heifers $4356S4O;
'eder steers s5.4O@735; light and
edium weight veal calves $5.50@775;
It lambs $11 to s14; yearlings $1O5O
1880; fat ewes s6.75@9.5O Stocker
Id feeder shipments from IL import
1t markets during the week ending
pril were: Cattle and calves 42,119;
'gs 7439; sheep 14,014 Eastern
holesale fresh meat prices were gen.
ally lower than week ago Mutton
with declines ranging from 81 to
per 100 lbs. Pork loins down 81,
'ef generally SOC lower Veal and
NIB weak to 81 lower April 13 prices
'od grade meats: Beef S12G13.50;
al $13@15; lamb s27@29; mutton
6q21; light pork loins $22@25;
avy loins $17@21.
Dairy Products.-Butter markets
m under active demand which is
p1dly cleaning I'm current SIDDlipS