The St. Johns herald., 1922-03-16
LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
 -F'urnished by-- U. s. BUREAU OF MARKETS Washington, D. O.
Cwestern Newspaper Union News serics.)

Dairy Products.
 Butter markets barely steady Sup plies of all grades liberal and buyers operating cautiously. Prices on all markets practically the same and there Is very little intermarket trading. Philadelphia and Boston, 36c; Chica- go, S7c.
 Market dull and generally lower othy, New York, s27; Philadelphia, SPA; Pittsburg, $22; Chicago, S21; Cincin- nati, SIS; Atlanta, $27; Kansas City, &14. No. 1 alfalfa, Kansas City, 319.50; Chicago, S22.5O. No. l prairie, Kansas City, &10.25; Chicago, $15.
 Feed.
 Markets firm. Cottonseed meal strong on reported export inquiry. Lin- seed meal also quoted higher. Vest changed. Gluten feed offerings good, demand good Hominy feed production light demand fair. Alfalfa meal and beet, pulp steady. Stocks and receipts Bran, $25; middlings. $25.5o; flour mid hominy feed. a22: St. Louis, $27.25: Philadelphia, S6 per. cent cottonseed $49.50; Minneapolis $53; Buffalo. al- falfa meal, $17.25 Kansas City; gluten feed, $32.65 Chicago.
 Live Stock and Meats.
 Chicago hog prices showed gains of 60c to FOG per 100 lbs. Better grades of beef steers mostly steady, while the lower grades advanced 15c to 25c. Butcher cows and heifers advanced 10c to 25c; stQckers and feeders up 15c to 25c. VeaEcalves mostly $1 higher. Fat sheep and feeding lambs advanced gen. orally 25c to soc; yearlings, soc to 75c; nf inp Nv n1aoV c~ads nn6- ing lambs practically unchanged. Chi cagO prices: Hogs, top, $11.10 Gone load); bulk of sales, $10.50 to $11; me- dium and good beef steers, $7.35 to $9.15; butcher cows and heifers, $4 to $7.85; feeder steers, $5.50 to S7.50; light and medium weight veal calves, S7.50 to SIP: fat lambs. $13.50 to $1625; feeding lambs. $11.50 to $13.50; year 1ings $1O.75 to $14.50; fat ewes. $5.75 to $9.25.
 Stocker and feeder shipments from twelve important markets were Cat tie and calves, 51,577; hogs, 12.7O3; sheep, 22,644.
 Lamb advanced s1 to $2; pork lOins beef ranged from soc higher on me dium grades to soc lower on good. Good grade meats: Beef, $12.50 to $13.50; veal, $16 to $2O; lamb. $27 to Joins, $1s to $23; heavy loins, SIS to $19.
 Fruits and Vegetables.
 New York Danish type cabbage in poor demand during the week. Ship ping points closed at $30, fob, com pared with opening price of $30 to $32. Under lighter receipts, city markets advanced to a range of $40 to S45 per ton. Texas cabbage closed at $10, f.o b. San Benito section. with middle west Louis oversupplied; Texas stock bring ing $50. Celery weaker at Florida shipping points; fob. prices $2.50 per 1O-inch crate, with good demand. East er9 markets ranged $S to $259. Cali ern cities at $9 to $10 per carte.
 Apple markets slow. Baldwins A2Aa in still selling at SIPS, fob. western New York. Consuming centers up 25c, at $7.50 to S8 per barrel. Northwest varieties, ranged $3 to $3.50. Potato prices lower in many producing sec tions. Maine Green Mountains down 10c. to 15c at $1.31, fob, per 100 lbs. closing at $1.85 to S2. Sacked round whites declined to $1.80 at western New York shipping points, $1.55; $1.60 in north central producing areas. City markets nearly steady at $2 to $2.15. Chicago receipts lighter; carlot sales up 1Oc, closing at $1.SO to $2. Colo rado and Idaho sacked Rurals slow at S5c to $1 cash to growers.
 Grain.
 New high points on crop were re- corded during the week, influenced by higher foreign markets. Closing prices in Chicago cash market: No red winter wheat, S1.44; No. hard winter wheat. $1.42; No. mixed corn. 62c; No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.44; No 2 hard winter wheat, S1.42; No. mixed corn, 62c; No. 2 yellow corn, 62c; No 3 white oats, 37c. Average farm prices: No. mixed corn in central
 
 in central North Dakota, $1.36Ac; No 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas $1.25. For the week Chicago May wheat up 6hc; closing at $1.47; Chi cago May corn up 6kc closing at 68%c Minneapolis May wheat up 4hc closing at $1.47kc; Kansas City May wheat up 4hc, closing at. s1.33@s; Winnipeg May wheat up Sc, at $1.43%c