The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-05-18
MARKETS
v. Q. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, o. c.
(For the week ending May II. 1929

NpOr the week enulnB May IL, lSZz.)
Vegetables.
Potato markets continued to decline
under heavy supplies. Northern sacked
round whites down l5Q26c per 100 lbs.
in Chicago at t1.B0Q1.65 down Csc Z. O..
b. northern shipping. points at $l46Q
In eastern markets at $1.40Q2. Florida
watermelons first car at Pittsburgh
brought $1,000, average 25 lbs.
Grain.
July wheat trended lower most OF week
but recovered last two days and closed
only fractionally lower than week ago.
Principal market factors were: Inactive
cash and milling demands; lower foreign
markets; continued Improvement in crop
and weather conditions.
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket: No. 2 red winter wheat 1;46; No
hard winter wheat SLAB; No. mixed
corn 62c; No. 2 yellow corn, &c; No 3
white oats 39c.
Average farm prices: No. mixed
northern wheat in Central North Da-
kote $1.S 1-2; No. 2 hard winter wheat
in Central Kansas $1.25.
Chicago July wheat closed at sl23;
Chicago uly corn SO Lac; Minneapolis
July wheat SLAB SIS; Kansas City July
wheat $1.1S IA.
Best grades hay generally firm in east
eTn markets because OF very light re-
ceipts. Lower grades dull Increasing
receipts lowered prices slightly on num-
Der 1 timothy at Chicago and Minneap-
oils market lower as receipts exceeded
for better grades firm at Kansas city.
Quoted May 10: No. timothy New
York $3.50. Philadelphia $2A. 80, Pitts
burgh $25. Cincinnati $3.50 Chicago $26,
Minneapolis 1913, Memphis $3.50 No. 1
alfalfa Kansas City $3.50. No. / prai-
RTE Minneapolis $3.50, Chicago SIS; Kan
sas city $l2.
Wheat mill feeds slightly weaker on
light demand and resales by dealers and
jobbers. Mills not pressing sales at cur
mand for alfalfa meal but little doing
light.
$3.50; hard winter bran Kansas City
$2l; gluten feed Chicago $S2 65 alfalfa
meal Kansas City $19; hominy feed Gin
cnnati $2650, Philadelphia S2s
Live Stock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices ranged s to 25c
higher; beef steers, butcher cows and
heifers practically unchanged; feeder
steers generally lOc higher light and me
dunn weight veal calves up 75c to 81.
Sheep and lamb prices sharply lower;
fat lambs lost 75c; spring lambs soc to
s1.25; yearlings 81; fat ewes 75c to 81
Nay bn,k c6Ieas9 p.Ges aS SS 6Sp
dunn and good beef steers. $765qS.75;
feeder steers. s6;25d7 .S5; light and me-
dunn weight veal calves, $6750950 fat
lambs. 81. 25@1425: spring lambs. 1880
d1575; yearlings, S9G12; fat ewes, $525
mS25
Stocker and feeder shipments from
IL important markets during the week
ending May 5 were: Cattle and calves
So $50; hogs 12,56s; sheep 1888.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
trended downward. Mutton lost s1@3.5O;
lamb $1d3: fresh pork loins. $1@2; beef
ranged from soc lower at some markets
to soc higher at others. Veal unchanged.
May II prices good grade meats: Beef
S135061450: veal S13d1S; lamb. S260
80; mutton s1Sd21: light pork loins. s23
d25: heavy lons. S17M21
Dairy Products.
Butter markets steady at close after
holding firm throughout week. Receipts
being cleared as soon possible after
arrival Undertone sensitive and weak
ness may readily develop If there are
signs Of accumulation.
Closing prices 90 score: New York
81 lie; Chicago 35c; Philadelphia 800;
Boston 81 lie.