The Owosso times., 1922-02-03
MARKETS
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v. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS
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(For Week Ending January 26 1920
Eastern hay markets dull with prices
tending downward. Colder weather in
west stimulating demand and markets in
that section are fairly firm. Receipts
and country loadings generally light
No. Timothy quoted January 20: New
York $2S. Philadelphia $23. Pittsburgh,
$22.50; Cincinnati $1975; Chicago $22,
Minneapolis S21. No. l Prairie Kansas
Mill feed weak, offerings by resellers
liberal. Wheat feed offering for prompt
shipment by mills light, for deferred
shipment good at discounts OF $1@1.50
below prompt shipment prices, Middlings
weak. flour middlings and Reddog also
iny feed quoted So lower Alfalfa meal
and beet pulp quiet and unchanged:
Quoted Jan. 25: Bran $3.50, mddlings
ten feed sSO,65, white hominy feed $21.
Chicago; No. alfalfa meal $16.75 Kan
sas City.
The market had a firmer undertone
during the week but prices made only
fractional gains. Principal market fac
tors were: Bullish reports on farm re-
serves, continued drouth In southwest,
good milling demand for cash wheat, and
decrease in the visible supply. Cash
export demand for corn; domestic ship
ping demand sluggish.
Closing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. red winter wheat S1.23; No. hard
winter wheat $1.15; No. mixed corn 49c;
No. 2 yellow corn 49c; No. white
oats SAC.
Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed
corn in central Iowa 36c. No. 1 dark
northern wheat in central North Dakota
$112; No hard winter wheat In central
Chicago May wheat. closed at s1.15;
Chicago May corn SO 3-Sc; Minneapolis
May wheat $1.21 Ia; Kansas City May
wheat $1.oe Ia; Winnipeg May wheat
Live Stock and Meats
Chicago hog prices ranged from 45c9
SOC higher per 100 pounds during the
week, better weights advancing most
Both beef and feeder steers were practi-
cally unchanged, while butcher cows and
heifers were generally 15@25c higher.
January 26 Chicago prices: Hogs, top
~; bulk of sales $s.5O@S,7 ,75; medium and
and heifers, sse5@75o feeder steers
$5.i5@6;75; light and medium weight
veal calves, $776@11; fat lambs. s12@
l!ngs, $9,75@12.90; fat ewes s5.25@S.
Eastern Wholesale fresh meat prices
were not materially changed since week
ago. Beef, veal and mutton practically
though from s1Q2 lower in some in
stances.
January 26 prices good grade meats:
Beef, $12@14; veal, $1,000; lamb, S24@
26; mutton. s12@16: light pork loins, SIG
Q1S; heavy loins, $1150Q14.50.
Fruits and Vegetables
Potato markets irregular, fairly steady.
Eastern and northern sacked round
whites unchanged in most markets at
S2.15@2.35 per 100 pounds. Ten cents
lower in Chicago at $190@2; steady at
northern shipping points at $165@185.
Up 5@10c New York shipping points at
S2.05@2.10
Onion prices advanced further; sup
plies light in most cities Principle east
ern markets quote yellow globes up soc
mostly around $3.50 per 100 pounds Mid
dlewestern red stock firm in Chicago and
st. Louis around 81.
Cabbage markets continued weak un-
der liberal supplies of southern stock.
Texas early fiat type lower in Pittsburgh
and Cincinnati at $40050 per ton; steady
In producing sections around $25 per ton
Apple markets firm for barrel stock.
New York Baldwlns @2 1-2 follow general
jobbing range SOS per barrel. North
steady in city markets at $275@325;
Dairy Products
Butter markets firm and prices have
the past few days. Active de-
mand for all grades on important mar
kets, including medium and undergrades,
also storage butter.
Closing prices, 92 score: New York
SOC; Chicago SO 1-2c; Philadelphia 81 1-2c;
Boston, 81 1-2c.