The St. Johns herald., 1922-07-06
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
 by- U. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS
 Washington, D. 0.
(Westsrn NsEspapsr Union News serios.)
Fruits and Vegetables.


 Potato markets weaker Carolina Irish Cobblers No. l down soc to $1 per barrel for the week; Virginia stock 25c weaker in eastern markets and Triumphs down CSC to 75c in Chicago. Tomatoes generally weaker. Mssis- sippi fours down t0c to 15c in leading cities, up 15c in Cincinnati. Texas siXes down 75c to $1 in Chicago, up 10c in producing sections.
 Watermelons nearly steady eastern markets, slightly weaker Chicago. Peach markets steady to firm, up 25c best stock. producing sections.
 Cantaloupes steady leading eastern markets. California Salmon-tintS down soc, Chicago; down S15O, Pittsburgh.
 Carolina Irish Cobblers, $4 to $4.75 ton and Pittsburgh s4 producing sec tions. Virginia eastern shore Cobblers, SAYS to $5.25 leading eastern cities; $6 to $6.75, Boston and Chicago; $4.25 central sacked Bliss Triumphs $2.75 to $S-25, Chicago and Cincinnati. Missis- slppl tomatoes green and turning, fours, $1.05 to $1.40, leading consuming $3. Chicago; $40 to $2.5O in producing sections:
 Live Stock and Meats.
 Chicago hog prices declined 5c to 10c beef steers generally Sc to 15c higher, with butcher cows and heifers 25c to 50c lower. Feeder steers were 15c to 4Oc lower; light and medium weight Lambs ranged from SITS to S2 lower, while fat ewes were generally soc lower.
 Hogs closed firm on good grades and mostly De to 1Oc higher Pigs, 25c to soc lower. Beef steers and better grades of butcher cows and heifers were steady. Veal calves 25c lower Better grades of sheep and lambs about steady, others weak to lower
 Chicago prices: Hogs, top S10.S0: bulk of sales, $10.50 to $10.75; medium and good beef steers, $S to S92O; butcher cows and heifers, $4 to $S.50; feeder steers, $5.75 to $S:75; light and medium weight veal calves, $7.75 to $9.25; fat lambs, S11.50 to $12.75; year nngs, $S.25 to SIPS; fat ewes. $2.50 $6.5O.
 Pork loins and mutton lost s1 to s4 for the week; lamb, $2 to $5; veal, $2 to $S; beef weak to $1 lower. Veal was steady to $1 lower, while lamb ranged from $1 to $3 lower. Mutton and fresh pork loins were weak to $1 lower per Prices good grade meats: Beef, SIS 10 $l5.5O; veal, SIS to $15 lamb, $20 to $25; mutton, SIS to $14; light pork Joins $lf to $21; heavy loins. $1S to
 Grain prices unsettled and closed lower for week; Chicago July wheat Si0Cba 10wn nS5 cents net; net; Chicago July corn largely bearish. Declines mainly on liquidation. Minneapolis July wheat down 4Rc for week; Kansas City July down 2he. Northwest crop reports very favorable, but further claims of heat damage in Southwest
 Closing prices in Chicago cash mar 2 hard winter wheat, $L15; No. mixed corn, 62c; No. yellow corn, 62c; No. 3 white oats, 35c. Average farm prices. No. 2 mixed corn in cen ern wheat in central North Dakota, $1.19%; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas. $1. Chicago July wheat closed at $1.11; Chicago July corn, SEC; gas City July wheat, $1.04%; Winnipeg July wheat, $1.24h.
 Hay.
 Market generally weak. Buyers not lower prices. Bulk of arrivals low grade. Not much top grade arriving, but apparently enough to meet demand Quoted: No. l timothy, New York. SPA; St. Louis, $23.
 No. l alfalfa, Memphis, $21.
 Dairy Products.
 Butter markets steady to firm. De- mand active. Bulk of buying is from current cOnsumptive demand, although considerable buying for storage has oc- cured; over a million pounds daily having moved into storage in the four markets the past week.
 Closing prices, 92 score: New York. 36c; Philadelphia, 36kc; Boston, BIC; Chicago, 35%c.
 Cheese markets steady with trading quite active on all except small styles Sales included numerous lots for stor- age, although the into-storage move ment is relatively slow Prices at Wisconsin primary mar kets: Twins, 1SAc; Daisies, 1SAc; Double Daisies, 1Sc; Young Americas 18hc; Longhorns. 1Sc; square prints
 Cotton.
 Spot cotton advanced points dur ing the week, closing at 21.84c per pound. New York July futures de- clined 14 points, closing at 21.SSc.