The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-10-14
The Markets

Latest MARKET reports, issued by the
U. S. Department of Agriculture,
Washington. d. c.:
Hay.-Market generally slightly
firmer Receipts light and country Of
ieiings reported not large. Alfalfa and
prairie very firm at Kansas City and
10Th wanted at Chicago, Quilted Oct
4! No ! timothy, New York, $3.50;
Philadelphia, $3.50; Minneapolis,
$l1.50. No. alfalfa Kansas City. $21;
Chicago, $23; Memphis, S27. No /
prairie, Kansas City, sl3; Chicago, $40;
Minneapolis $3.50; St. Louis, $3.50.
Fced.-Mill feed market quiet. Pro
duction and offerings of wheat feeds
by Western mills increasing, demand
light prices steady. Cottonseed meal
and cake unchanged Both domestic
and foreign demand dull, prices I'M
changed. This years production eX-
pected TO be % per cent larger than
that of previous year. Gluten feed
production normal, demand good. price
unchanged. Hominy feed offerings
light, demand quiet. Alfalfa meal
quiet mill offerings light, price firm.
Resellers offering linseed meal $3.50
below mill prices in Western markets.
Quoted Oct 4: Bran $3.50, middlings
$21. flour middlings $23, Minneapolis
&c per cent cottonseed meal $33 so,
Memphis $34, Atlanta 81 per cent lin
seed Sal so Minneapolis. $3.50 Chica-
go; gluten feed $31 S5 Chicago; white
hominy feed $2450 ST. Louis
Chamberlain prices uncertain dur
ing the week but undertone firm as
prices closed higher. Chicago Dec.
wheat up 2Ac; Chicago December
corn up 2 3/Sc; political situation
abroad strengthens corn and imprOv-
| ed cash and milling demand were main
market factors. Market unsettled on
the 5th but prices higher with Decenl-
Der wheat leading. Complaints OF
drouth coming from winter wheat
territory Milling demand continues
good. Closing prices in Chicago cash
market: No. 2 red winter wheat SLIT;
No hard winter wheat $1.10; No. 2
mixed corn CSC; No 2 yellow corn
CSC; No. 3 white oats Ale. Average
farm prices: No. mixed corn in CEN
, trail Iowa 55c; No. hard winter
wheat in central Kansas 90c; No.
dark northern wheat in Central North
Dakota soc. Closing future prices ::
Chicago December wheat $1.07 1/S;
Chicago December corn 81 5/8c; Min
neapolis December wheat $1.06 5/8;
Kansas City Dec. wheat 99hc; Win
/ nipeg December wheat SO Use.
| Cotton.-Spit cotton prices advanced
IS points during the week. New York
I October future contracts advanced So
points. Spot cotton closed at 20.6O
per lb. today New York Oct. future
contracts closed at 21c.
! Dairy Products Butter markets
stedy to firm during the week. Pro
duction shrinkage and receipts on
markets running longer. Supplies APP
! pear ample however, to take care OF
immediate demand, movement OF
j storage goods heavy for season. Clos
| ing prices, 80 score butter New York
/ 44hc, Philadelphia 45c, Boston 44c
( Chicago 43c Cheese markets steady
! to firm during the week. Wisconsin
! board prices advanced Monday on
small styles only. Firmness in the
country not fully shared in distribute
ing markets where buying is being
held closely to requirements. Fall
quality running good. Cheese prices al
Wisconsin primary markets October 4:
Flats 23hc, twins 23c, daisies 231sc
double daisies 23Ac, young Americas
and longhorns 2412c, square prints
25hc.
Livestock and Meats.-The trend OF
Chicago hog prices for the week was
downward, declines of 20 to 6Oc pei
100 pounds being registered, cattle
price also tending downward, beef
steers were Csc to SOC lower, butcher
cows and heifers generally 10c net
lower and veal calves 81 to $3.50 low
er for the week Feeder steers un
changed, sheep and lamb prices were
not exceptionally to rule and decline
materially, fat lambs ranging from 3;
to 90c; feeding lambs rs to soc anC
yearlings Csc to SOC downward while
fat ewes were steady to 25c per 100
pounds. On Oct 5, Chicago ho(
prices opened steady to strong bu
closed with underweights weak ant
packing sOws strong to unevenly high
er. Beef cattle were very draggy ant
to to 4Oc off on the closing sales; yea
calves largely Csc lower, other classe!
about steady. Fat lambs steady to 15'
lower; sheep steady. Oct s., Chicago
prices: Hog top, $40; bulk of sales
$79O@995; medium and good bee
steers $7.25@11.25; butcher cows ant
heifers $365@9.15; feeder steers $5.7
@8.25; light and medium weight yea
calves $8.50@11.75; fat lambs $12.50G
1440; feeding lambs S13.50@13.75
yearlings $S75@1225; fat ewes $35
| ass. Stocker and feeder shipment
from IL important markets during tn
week ending Sept. 20 we're: Cattle AM
calves 1876, hogs, 1884; sheep, 1876
$685. Eastern wholesale fresh mea
prices, in keeping with the price of tn
live animals, declined sharply durin
the week Beef veal and mutton wer
weak to 81 lower: pork loins weak t
81 lower while lamb declined 81 to 5
on the better grades and as much a
SIS on the lower grades. On Oct
J beef, veal and mutton were weak t
J 81 lower at all markets; lamb wea
and tending lower while pork loins n
manned unchanged. Oct. price