The Yale expositor., 1922-09-28
MARKETS
v. s. BUREAU or MARKETS
Washington. D. c.

(For the week ending Sept. 81. 1920
Hay
Market barely steady in east but firm
at western markets. Receipts not large
but demand also limited. Country load
ings reported light.
York s24 Philadelphia 800, Pittsburgh
$19, Cincinnati $17, Chicago $22, ST. Louis
$l9, Memphis $2l.50 No. ! alfalfa Kan
S22. No. / prairie Kansas City SLIPS,
Minneapolis $l6.50, ST. Louis $3.50.
Market firm but buying scattered and
Of limited volume. Production most
feeds moderate, increasing on lnseed
meal.
Quoted Sept 20, Minneapolis spring
bran $3.50. standard middlings, s20.5O.
linseed meal $40; winter bran 81. Louis
500; gluten Chicago $50. 50; white hom-
my $265O, alfalfa meal Kansas City
S2l.5O. Chicago $24.5O.
Grain
Grain prices closed higher for week on
war talk abroad and Improvement in
cash and export demand. Chicago De-
cember wheat up 3-4c; Chicago De-
cember corn up l-Sc. Wheat erratic
on the 2lst with sharp fluctuations, and
closed fractionaly lower: Foreign news
still regarded bullish. Foreign demand
generally slow. Corn under pressure
from start and averaged lower but re-
ceved fair support on decline.
No. red winter wheat $1.13; No. hard
winter wheat $l.09; No. mixed corn 65c
No. yellow corn 66c; No. white oats
39c.
/ Average farm prices No. mixed corn
in central Iowa so 1-2c; No hard win
ter wheat in central Kansas SSc; No.
dark northern wheat in central North
Closing future prices; Chicago Decem-
ber wheat $l.0G IL; Chicago December
corn SO 1-4c: Minneapolis Dec. wheat
E-S 1-9c
Winnipeg Dec. wheat 81 l-Sc.
Dairy Products
Butter markets firm during the
week Fancy goods have been scarce
and the shortage has held up prices. Poor
quality of fresh butter has turned some
interest to storage goods which are be-
Closing prices % score butter: New
43c; Boston 42c.
Fruits and Vegetables
Potato supplies light in most cities
heavy in Chicago. Most markets steady
to strong, Chicago weaker Prices
points, weaker at Wisconsin and Mime
sofa points. Onion markets weaker for
eastern stock, steady to firm for middle
western Apple markets stronger. Sup
plies moderate Peaches firm in eastern
cities, weaker in the middlewest
Prices reported Sept q: >, New Jersey
9,a bs iTeS in eastern T cities SSc b. ship iDU
ping points. Maine cobblers in bulk
Sl.05d1,lO New York city. 65cd7Oc f.
o. b.. sacked stock $1.15Q120 Boston
Northern round whites slightly weaker
Chicago at STA 130, steady St. Louis S1.75
d1.S5; soc 10 s1.O5 f. o. b. shipping
points. Minnesota red river Ohos strong
st. Louis at s1.SOG1.90 weaker Chicago
at S120n130. Western rurals St.30d I so
in the middewest. New York and Mas
sachusetts yellow Globe onions mostly
S141.60 per l00-lb. sack. Ohio and In
diana yellow stock $1.50G1.S5.
New York apples, red varieties, bu-
shell baskets. 50c0$l25 in leading mar
kets. Maine Wolf Rivers $3.50G4 per
bbl Boston. Mdwestern Jonathans S.. so
a575 Chicago. New York Elberta
peaches, bushel baskets. S202.75 eastern
markets. 81. 5Oq2 in other cities. Colo
RADIO and Utah Elbertas Sl50q2.25 in
the middlewest.
Live Stock and Meats
The trend OF hog prices was upward
for the week, advances ranging from 20c
to soc per 100 lbs. being registered. Cat
tie prices showed mixed movements, beef
steers ranged from 10c lower to Csc high
er; butcher cows and hefers and feed
er steers steady to 15c higher while veal
calves were weak TO 75c lower.
Sept. 81 Chicago prices Hogs, top,
5000 bulk of sales. s765Q 1905; medium
and good beef steers s7.65Q10.S5: butcher
cows and heifers $5q9.5O; feeder steers.
S5.65@S.25; light and medium weight
$1350@14.70; feeding lambs. $12 25G144O:
yearlings $9d12.25; fat ewes s3.750710.
Wholesale fresh meat prices were gem
erallV higher for the week