The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-01-12
MARKETS
U. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. c.
(For the week ending Jau. ), 1920
Grain

.(For the week ending Jau. ). 1920
Grain
Market unsettled and lower first half
of week followed by sharp break on the
third influenced by Fort Dearborn bank
antiquities. The market rallied on the
fourth and closed firm on the fifth, but
prices are considerably under those of a
week ago Chicago May wheat losing
3 Ia cents and closing at $ll2; Chicago
May corn down cents at SO 1-Sc.
Closing prices i'm Chicago cash market:
No red winter wheat Sl.l8; No. 2 hard
winter wheat SLOT. No. mixed corn
47c; No. yellow corn Ate; No. white
Average price to farmers in central
Iowa for No. mixed corn about "a 1-2c;
To farmers i'm central North Dakota for
No. dark northern wheat S1.O4; to
farmers In central Kansas for No. hard
winter wheat $50.
For the week Minneapolis Nav wheat
down 4 Lee closing at VI 10 3-Si Kansas
City May wheat down 4c at S1.O4 Ia;
Winnipeg May wheat down lac at
Sl.09. Chicago July wheat closed at
neapolis July wheat $l14 ga; Kansas
City July wheat 96c Winnipeg July
wheat $l.07 IA.
Market continues inactive. Receipts
generally light. Country loading In west
light because Of bad roads and winter
weather Demand also duh and for inn
mediate needs only Prices slightly high
CT III a Few iHdIhtlSs hlOIt dNNlNlly CA
pected as freight reductions become eff
fectiVe.
Quoted January 4: No timothy,
n meY 500 s. Chicago sss Mnneapos
$3.50. Memphis $3.50; NJ, alfalfa
Memphis SIS, Minneapolis s2l, Chicago
Kansas City $i2, Minneapolis $3.50
Chicago SIT
Wheat feed Offering light from north
west but increasing from southwest
Bran prices continue fairly firm but
middlings are slightly weaker. Cotton
seed meal also lower but linseed meal
and corn feeds practically unchanged al
though demand IS light. Buying general
ly is for immediate needs only.
Spring bran quoted January :; Min
neapUlis $22. Philadelphia S2950, stand
ard middliugs Minneapolis $22. Chicago
S3450; linseed meal New York $50: Min
neapolls Si3 Gluten. Chicago 1866 ;
white hominy Cincinnati $50 yellow
$3.50.
Live Stock and Meats
Chicago hog prices were practically
were firm to 25c higher while butcher
cows and heifers were generally Csc
higher Feeder steers unchanged Fat
lambs ranged from 3bW5Oc net higher
while feeding lambs were steady Year
lings advanced soc; fat ewes Zoe
January Chicago prices: Hogs, top
90 Dulh VI 7AltS FtsAbWb w. Allthl uill anu
good beef steers So 50fD9.25; butcher
cows and heifers S3.35DS.25; feeder steers
S5lt6.50; light and medium veal calves
S6.5OW9 so; fat lambs $llGpl2l0; feeding
lambs $9M10.75; yearings S8.50Q11; fat
ewes $406.75.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
were generally firm 10 higher Lamb and
mutton advanced $l0D2 per 100 lbs; veal
and fresh pork loins up generally ST.
Beef ranged from steady at some markets
TO 81 higher at others January prices
good grade meats: Beef $l25OU15; veal
Sl7GD1S: lamb S23026; mutton S12915;
light pork loins $lG018; heavy loins
$l3Wl5.
Dairy Products
Butter markets continued weak and
unsettled and prices have shown further
decline trading at the close confident
Plentiful supply of all grades on the
market, including considerable quantities
OF foreign imported butter Storage but
ter very quiet
Closing prices, ~ score; New. York
Boston 40 l-2c.