The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-10-26
MARKETS
v. Q. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington. .. c.

Hay
Market continues firm. Receipts very
light Shortage OF cars curtaillng ship
ments. Good grades OF timothy taken
demand. Prices strong.
Quoted October IS: No. 1 Timothy,
New York $3.50. Philadelphia s21, Pitts
$22 Minneapolis SIS, ST. Louis 1913. Kan
sas City $3.50, Atlanta $24 No: l Al
falfa Kansas City $2325. Memphis
City 1880, Minneapolis 1880. st. Louis
SIS, Chicago $21
Markets firm. Little change noted in
most markets. Stocks continue adequate
to meet demand and transit and stored
wheat feeds sold soc to 81 below prompt
shipment prices. Production continued
good for nearly all feeds. Prices are
largely nominal Recent advances have
materially decreased outside demand.
Quoted October IS: Bran $3.50, MIDI
lings S24, flour middlings $2675, rye
middlings s22. Minneapolis; white hom-
my feed $27 ST. Louis. No. 1 alfalfa
meal $2S st. Louis.
Grain
Grain prices made net advances for
the week despite weakness the last two
days. Principal market factors were
higher Liverpool market transportatio
difficulties strength in corn and more
favorable sentiment toward buying side
Chicago December wheat up lac net
Chicago December corn up &c. Wheat
fluctuated within cent rarge on the
10Th and closed fractionally down on lack
OF trade TO observe offerings. Corn un-
settled within narrow range: First car
new corn received grading No. 2 yellow
and sold for 70 lac. Closing prices in
Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter
wheat $l.19i No. 2 hard winter wheat
low corn FAC; No. 3 white oats 43c.
Average farm prices: No. mixed corn
In central Iowa about &c; No. dark
northern wheat in central North Da-
central Kansas S1O4. Closing future
prices: Chicago December wheat S1.13:
Chicago December corn 67 5-Sc: Mime
e et1 Deeemeer Wheat 81 o SS ~
peg December wheat 96 3-4c.
Dairy Products
Butter markets firm and higher than
week ago. Demand apparently lighter
but scarcity of fancy goods has resulted
In future advances on goods most in de-
mand. All scores shared in this support.
Closing prices 90 score butter: New
York as 1-2c; Chicago A 3-4c; Philadel-
phia 47c; Boston acc.
Live Stock and Meats
Practically all classes and grades OF
live stock at Chicago show price ad-
vances for the week. Hogs Csc up; beef
cattle soc to 75c and butcher heifers 35c
to 81 higher; butcher cows firm to zoe
higher, while veal calves advanced 75c
to 81. Fat lambs so to 60c feeding
lambs 25c to soc and fat ewes Coo TO 81
higher while yearlings showed n net adj
vance OF 75c per 100 lbs. On October 10
Chicago hog prices opened 10c higher
but closed steady with Wednesday aver
age Beef steers and butcher heifers
strong TO unevenly higher. other classes
cattle practically steady. Fat lambs were
steady to strong and fat sheep about
steady.
October 10 Chicago prices: Hogs, top,
500 bulk OF sales SIS 256965; medium
and good beef steers, S7.25611.65; butch
er cows and hefers s3.6561O; feeder
steers $575@S1O; light and medium
weight veal calves sS.5O011.75; fat lambs,
S12 75@1460; feeding lambs, $13@145O;
yearlings $9.25d12 IS; fat ewes $4,000
1875. Stocker and feeder shipments from
IL important markets during the week
ending October Is were: Cattle and
calves, 1S3.063; hogs 10,015; sheep, 1922
BIS. Eastern wholesale fresh meat mar
kets showed mixed movements for the
week. Beef ranged from 81 lower on the
better grades 10 SO higher on lower
grades; veal 81 lower to 81 higher; lamb
Slm2 lower on medium grade to as much
aS 50 higher on better grades: mutton
50 lower 10 81 higher and light pork o'ns
firm to 81 higher and heavy IONS 81 low
er TO 50 higher per 100 lbs. On Oct 10
beef generally steady to 81 higher than
Wednesdays prices; veal. mutton and
pork Ions generally steady while lamb
is quoted S2I3 higher at some markets
others firm and demand fair TO good
oct 10 prices good grade meats: Beef
$l5@1S: veal S14T1S lamb $24M26: NUT
ton l2ml6; pFht pork loins $24@27;
heavy loins $15M22.