, 1922-04-27
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS.
U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. O.
Western Newspaper Union News Service. }
Fruits and Vegetables.

Potato markets dul and weak. New
york and northern sacked round whites
DOWN be to loo in eastern markets at
Si.SO TO So per 100 pounds. Carlot sales
at chicago steady at S1.55 to Si.45.
Bulk stock down zoe in Philadelphia
at Sl.i0 to 81. so. Prices firm in north
ern producing sections at si.s0 to sit42.
Spaulding rose No. l down 25c (. O. b.
hastings at S5,25 per barrel; down 81
IN northern markets at 1915 to 81 and
lower In Chicago at 1913 to SO.
Cabbage.
Nearly steady. South Carolina Wake
fields per 100 pounds. Sl.50 to says in
New York, Philadelphia and baltimore.
Alabama flat stock slow and weak in
Chicago at S1.75 to $3.50. Arrivals
heaVy IN Ihiladelphia light elsewhere.
Grain.
Wheat made a big price advance dur
ing the week and sold within 3 cents of
I point on crop. Principal market
factors were weather and crop news,
strength IN foreign market and GOOD
export business. Wheat and flour on
ocean passage decreased nearly $780,
900 bushels for week and totalcd co.
$4,000 bushels. as compared with 6I.-
OSs.OOO ushels corresponding week last
year. Closing prices in Chicago cash
market: No. ? red winter wheat, $1.i4;
No. : hard winter wheat, $l.42; No. 2
mixed corn. Gle; No. 2 yellow corn. Gle:
NO. . white oats, 3Sc. Average farm
prices; No. , mixed corn in central
Iowa, 4sc; No. l dark northern wheat
In central North Dakota, SI.4O. No 2
hard winter wheat in central Kansas,
$1.27. For the week. Chicago May
wheat up 1lAc. closing at $1.42A;
chicago May corn up &c ut 61Ae;
Sl.5ih Kansas City May wheat up lie
at $l,z9i Winnipeg May wheat up SC
at $1.4S%.
Live stock and Ments.
Chicago hog prices ranged 15c to soc
lower than those of a week ago. Beef
SfaarG finn % Ina Is,rln.. 80
and heiters generally 15c higher; veal
calves weak to Csc lower; fat lambs
ana Fat ewes 26c to 75c lower; year
lings u flat 75c lower per 100 pounds.
April 10, Chicago prices: Hogs. top.
5000 Zone load bulk of sales. 1885
to $lO.55: medium and good beef steers.
St.4O to $S.75; butcher cows and heifers,
$40 to $40; feeder steers. S5.S5 to
$3.50. light and medium weight veal
calves, $3.50 to S7.75; fat lambs, S1l to
1915; y~eaTlings. 1915 to S12.T5; fat
fresh meat prices not materially
changed. Beef up soc to 81; pork loins
ranged from steady to 81 lower; veal
and lamb generally steady; mutton I'M
changed at some market and SO lower
at others. Prices good grade meats:
Beef Sl3 to s1i. veal S13 to SIS, lamb
S27 to S3l. mutton SIS to S21. light pork
loins $23 to SEA. heavy loins SIG to s21.
Hay.
Eastern markets continue firm on
light receipts but practically un-
changed. demand less urgent at Chi
cago; Glover lower at Pittsburgh.
distributing points. Shipping demand
urgent at Minneapolis. Quoted; No.
timothy. New York $31. Philadelphia
S23.5O. Pittsburgh s24. Chicago S27
Minneapolis 1923. Cincinnati 1875, No. !
alfalfa Memphis $27.50. Minneapolis s23
Chicago s25; No. l Praire Minneapolis
SIS. Chicago SIS.
Markets quiet. Offerings of wheat
feeds light, mills behind on contracts,
especially for bran. oil meals me-
elected. Export and domestic demand
dull. Gluten and hominy feed in fair
request, production good. prices un-
changed. Alfalfa meal demand poor,
offerings light. Quoted: Bran S21.5O.
middlings S22.25, Minneapolis: SO per
cent c~ottonseed meal $3.50 Atlanta.
$3.50 Memphis; linseed meal, $50
Minneapolis, S52 Chicago: white hominy
feed. S21 st. Louis. S21 Chicago; gluten
feed, $32.65 Chicago. No. l alfalfa
meal, $3.50 Kansas City.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets steady to firm. Light
supplies caused advances during week
but dealers have continued to be free
sellers. Seasonal declines expected At
any time as no one wishes to be caught
with heavy supplies on falling market.
Closing Prices. 90 score; Chicago 37Ac,
Philadelphia 391ac, New York 39hc.
Cheese markets lower. following
further declines on Wisconsin cheese
boards. Trading active on some styles
but demand slow for supplies in great
est abundance. notably daisies. Prices
at Wisconsin primary markets: Twins.
daisies. double daisies and squar
prints. 151sc; young Americas, 1880.
longhorns, S5Ac.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices advanced II points
during week. closing at 16.94c per
pound. New York May futures up 20
points at I7.91c.