The St. Johns herald., 1922-04-20
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS U. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS
 Washington, D. O.
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 Hay.
 Receipts continue very light general ly and prices are firm. Better grades not equal to demand at Pittsburgh. Demand urgent at Chicago for imme- diate requirements of timothy and for limited quantity of prairie. Bad roads curtailing receipts at Kansas City. No. phia, S2S; Pittsburgh, $2S.5O; Cincin- natti, $2S.25; Chicago $25 to $27; Mem phis, $23. No. l alfalfa, Kansas City, $22; Memphis, $26. No. 1 prairie Kan sas City, $11.75; Chicago, SIS.
 Feed.
 Markets weak and inactive. Bran and middlings offerings heavy for prompt and April shipment Linseed and cottonseed meal firm; offerings fair; export demand good. Gluten feed, gluten meal and hominy feed pro- duction heavy; offerings large; demand fair; prices steady. Stocks of most feeds good. Interior demand continues unsatisfactory. Resellers dtseounting prices in many markets. Quoted: Bran, S1s.50; middlings, $21.75; flour mid7 dlings, S25. Minneapolis; white hominy feed, $20.50 St. Louis; $21 Chicago; yell low hominy, $20.50 Chicago; linseed meal, $51.50 Minneapolis; $51 Buffalo; S6 per cent cotton seed meal, $42.5O At lanta; $42.50 Memphis; No. 1 alfalfa meal, $19.50 Kansas City.
 Dairy Products.
 Butter markets unsettled during the week and barely steady. Buyers have been operating cautiously because of uncertain market and with heavier re- ceipts accumulRtions have developed on some markets. Closing prices 92 score: New York. 35h Chicago and Philadel- phia, 36c; Boston, 37c.
 Cheese markets on lower basis Trading light following declines on Wisconsin cheese boards. Approach of heavier producing season appears to be INwSr at Wisconsin primary markets: Twins and Daisies, 1Sc; Double Daisies, 17%c; Longhorns, 2Oc; square prints, 20%c.
 Fruit and Vegetables.
 Eastern potato markets steady; Chi cago slightly weaker. New York sacked round whites, $2 to $2.15 per 100 lbs; northern stock down Sc to 15c in Chicago carlot market at $1.5O to in Boston, $1.75 to $1.9O; bulk stock. $1.s5 to $2.15 in New York and Phil adelphia; up 10c to 15c in producing sections at $1.21 to $1.31. Round whites to $1.45. Florida Spaulding Rose No. l, double head barrels steady New York; Pittsburgh, $10 to $10.50; slow, dull Philadelphia; Baltimore, S8.5O to $9.
 Cabbage markets steady for Texas, weak for Florida stock. Texas early flat firm, $40 to $50 per ton bulk in leading city markets. Florida and South Carolina pointed dull at $1, to l
 Onion markets held recent gains. Eastern yellow varieties, $10 to S11.50 per 100 lbs sacked in eastern markets. Middlewestern red and yellow varieties, S10 to $11 in Cincinnati and St. Louis. California Australian browns $9.50 to $11 in leading markets. Texas yellow Bermudas, No. l and standard crates, $5 to $5.75 in St. Louis and eastern cities. Florida Bermudas $5 to $5.75 per crate in Baltimore and Chicago.
 Live SfOcE aud Meafa.
 Chicago hog prices ranged 10c lower to 5c higher. Beef steers and butcher cows and heifers up 10c to 25c; veal calves, 25c to soc Feeder steers prac- ticaIIy unchanged. Best ewes and handy weight fat lambs were a shade higher with other classes 25c to soc higher. Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $10.50; bulk of sales, $9.90 to $10.40; medium and good beef steers. SIPS to $8.85; butcher cows and heifers, $4.35 to $8.25; feeder steers, $5.40 to SIPS; light and medium weight veal calves, $6.25 to s.. fat lambs, $1S;75 to SIG; feeding lambs, $11.75 to $1375; year lings, $11.75 to STATS; fat ewes, $7.25 to s1O.50.
 With the exception of fresh pork loins, wholesale fresh meat prices were not materially changed. Beef down soc to $1. Good grade veal S1 lower. with medium grade unchanged. Lamb and mutton steady. Pork loins up $1 to $2. Price good grade meats Beef, SIP to SIS; veal. $13 to $15; lamb, $26 to $28; mutton, S19 to $21; light pork loins 1 $21 to SPA; heavy loine. SIT to $21.
 Grain. Markets unsettled during week and closed irregular. Outside interest light | and prices easily influenced. Cash de- | mand fair. Sentiment and news of mixed character Duty of BOG on for | eign wheat, an increase of 5c over Fordney bill, which will virtually ex- clude Canadian and Argentine importa- | tions of wheat and unfavorable crop l news stimulated the demand. Depress- | ing influences were large, estimate for | Russian crop and weak foreign mar | kets. Wheat futures closed lower. Sea- | board reports fair export demand for | corn, which closed fractionally higher. | Closing prices in Chicago cash mar | kets: No. red winter wheat $1.3S; | No. hard winter wheat, &1.3S; No. 2 | mixed corn, 56c; No. yellow corn. 56c; | No. white oats, 36c. Average farm | prices: No. l dark northern wheat in | central North Dakota, about $1.32; No. | hard winter wheat in central Kansas, | $1.15; No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa, | 43c For the week Minneapolis May | wheat up c, closing at 31.40h Kan i sas City unchanged at $1.18N; Winni- | peg E. lower at $1.33.
 Cotton. Spot cotton prices advanced 10 points | during the week, closing at 16.99c per | pound New York May futures up 26 | points at 17.s3c..
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