The Delta independent., 1922-01-06
Market Report
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equal to limited demand in most mar
kets. Shippers awaiting lowering of
freight rates Prices firm at Chicago
and Minneapolis. Quoted December
30: No. l timothy. New York s29.5O,
Chicago s22, Minneapolis s1S, Mem
phis $22, Cincinnati $40; No. / alfalfa,
Kansas City s1s.25. Memphis s25; No.
1 prairie, Kansas City $11.25, Mime
apolis SIS. Chicago $40.
| Feed-Mill feed market continues
inactive. Wheat feed prices firm on
| light production, but demand is light
and offerings are slightly larger. De-
mand for other feeds only fair and
prices and conditions are practically
unchanged. Quoted December 30:
/ Spring bran, s22.50 Minneapolis, s25.5O
Chicago; standard middlings $22, flour
middlings s24. Minneapolis; 36 per
cent cottonseed meal, s34 Memphis,
$4,000 Chicago; linseed meal, $52 New
York, $44 Minneapolis; gluten feed,
s3665 Chicago.
Grain-Market uncertain throughout
week, Chicago May wheat registering
net decline of &c and closing at
| $115; Chicago May corn down 1c at
SAC. Prices declined on the Both on
bearish construction placed upon gov
ernment crop report estimating winter
wheat area sown this fall 1929, 900
acres, which is 1.2 per cent less than
| the revised estimated area sown in
fall of 1920. Closing prices in Chicago
cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat,
I1S: No hard winter wheat, lib;
No mixed corn, 4Sc; No. 2 yellow
corn, 4Sc; No. white oats, SAC. Aver
age price to farmers in central Iowa
| for No. 2 mixed corn about SO cents;
to farmers in central North Dakota
for No dark northern wheat s1.09A;
to farmers in central Kansas for No. 2
hard winter wheat csc. For the week
Minneapolis May wheat down 2Ac,
closing at s1.21A; Kansas City May
wheat down 124c at s1.17A; Winnipeg
May wheat down SIC at s1.10B.
Fruits and egetables-Potato mar
kets stronger, demand and movement
slow. Northern sacked round whites
up zoe in Chicago at 50 to S2.20: up
1Oc to 20c in producing sections at
S165 to s1.S5 f. o. b. Eastern round
whites up 30c in Pittsburgh at s2.35 !;
up Csc at shipping points at s1.90.
Maine Green Mountains in bulk up 10c
to 2Oc at STAG to s1.56 +. o. b.; firm
in Boston at s190 to S2.10 sacked.
Tennessee Nancy Hall sweet potatoes
SC higher in Chicago at S1.30 to 40
per bushel hamper; firm in st. Louis
at 81. New Jersey yellow stock up
40c in New York at 50 to $2.25; higher
in Chicago at $40 to $3.50. Demand
limited. Apple markets slow and
steady, demand limited. New York
2la Baldwins $3.50 to $675 per barre
for ripe stock in New York; $3.50 t.
$7.25 in Pittsburgh. Michigan stool
dull in Chicago at 81 to $3.50. Maine
No. Baldwins slow and dull at $3.50
: to 81 in Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
: Baldwins A 21a from cold storage sell
ing at S675 to 81 (. o. b. New Yorl
shipping points. Cabbage markets gen
: orally slow and dull, prices higher
' New York Danish type up $40 in
Philadelphia at $50 to s55 per tor
l bulk: up SIS in Chicago and St. Louis
: at s5S to $50. Northern Danish stock
, strong in Chicago and St. Louis al
s5s to 500 At New York shipping
points medium to large sizes steady
al Soo " $fV l. y. u.
!. Livestock and Meats--Due to exces
1 sive runs and sharply declining values
> during the past two days Chicago hos
prices show net declines for the weeh
ranging from 15c to 45c per 100 lbs.
heavy weights declining most. In the
cattle market stock selling near the
lower end of the various price ranges
advanced from 25c to soc on the aver
age while the selling near the upper
end of the ranges remained un
changed This applies to both beei
and butcher cattle. Feeder steers
were generally steady. Fat lambs
were weak to 35c higher while feed
ing lambs were 25c to soc higher
Yearlings and fat ewes were generally
soc higher per 100 lbs. December sc
Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $3.50; bulk
of sales. S6.40 to S1.15: medium and
good beef steers, s6.25 to SO: butcher
cows and heifers, $3.25 to IS; feeder
steers. SIS to $3.50; light and medium
weight veal calves s6,75 to $3.50; fat
lambs, $1o.50 to s11.75; feeding lambs
50 to S1O.75; yearlings, IS to $10.50;
fat ewes. $3.50 to Sc. Stocker and
feeder shipments from IL important
markets during the week ending De.
cember 23 were: Cattle and calves.
53.549; hogs. 7,10S; sheep. 4S.2o1. The
trend of Eastern wholesale fresh meat
prices was upward. though advances
were only moderate. Beef and veal
ranged from firm to 50 higher; lamb
and pork loins were 81 to 50 higher.
while mutton prices were unchanged.
December 80 prices good grade meats:
Beef. $12 to SIS; veal SIG; lamb. S21
| to s24. mutton SO to $l2: light pork