, 1922-02-02
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
- Furnished by -
U.S.. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington DC.
Western Newspaper Union News Service,


Hay.
tending downward. Colder weather In
West stimulating demand, however,
and markets in that section were fairly
generally light. No. 1 timothy quoted
Jan. rs: New York, $2S; Philadelphia,
$2S' Pit5Gshburgh. $3.50; Cincinnati.
$3.50; Kansas City. s13.75. No. / al
falfa; Kansas City. $50; Memphis, S25:
minneapolis. SCI: No. l prairie: Kan
sas City $40; Minneapolis. $3.50: hi
cago. S17.
Spot cotton prices declined 46 points
during the week; closing at 16;5sc per
10. New York March futures declined
SO points. closing at 1860.
Grain.
Market had fair undertone during
the week and prices advanced; Chicago
May wheat up 2Ac. closing at s1.l5;
53sc. Principal market factors were:
Drouth and cold weather in Southwest,
improved milling demand and strong
cash markets, and reports on farm re-
serve stocks and visible supply. Clos
ing prices in Chicago cash market: No.
2 red winter wheat. s1.23; No. 2 hard
4sc; No. 2 yellow corn, 49c; No. 3 white
oats, 35c. Average farm prices: No. 2
mixed corn in central Iowa. sec; No. l
dark northern wheat in central North
Dakota, S1.12&; No. 2 hard winter
wheat in central Kansas, 81. For the
week Minneapolis May wheat
2h C, closing at $1.22; Kansas City May
wheat. &c, closing at S1.06B. and Win
nipeg May wheat. 1Ac. closing at
$1.29$.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets firm following recent
dullness. Supply barely equal to de-
mand, although following of
past two days more interest was shown
in under grades. Closing prices, 80
score: New York, S9c; Chicago. 35c:
Philadelphia. 37c; Boston. S7hc.
Live Stock and Meats.
Compared with a week ago, hogs.
sheep. lamb and veal calves at Chicago
showed advances. while beef and butch
er cattle were weak to lower. Hogs
ranged from soc to 40c higher; fat lamb
25c to soc higher. and y~earlings Csc
to 81 higher. Feeding lambs and fat
ewes advanced 25c per 100 lbs. Veal
calves ranged from S1.25 to $3.50 high
er. Beef steers declined loo to soc.
changed. Feeder steers averaged Csc
lower for the week. Chicago prices:
Hogs. top. $3.50; bulk of sales. $s.25 to
$3.50; medium and good beef steers.
$685. to 80: butcher cows and heifers,
$685. to $3.50; feeder steers. s5.15 to
S6.75; light and medium weight veal
calves. $500 to $11.25; fat lambs. $12
to S14; feeding lambs, $1,000 to S12.75;
yearlings. 1915 to s12.75; fat ewes.
S5.25 to IS.
with the exception of fresh pork
@%N ASsA -
prices were practically the same as
those of a week ago. Beef and veal
were steady, and the same was true of
lamb. and except for declines of about
81 reported at one market. Pork loins
ranged from soc higher to 81 lower.
Beef. s12 to s14; veal. SIS to $50; lamb.
s24 to s27; mutton, s12 to SIG; light
pork loins. $3.50 to SIS; heavy loins,
s11.50 to $3.50.
Fruit and vegetables.
Potato markets inactive. Cold wealth
York {. o. b. market up &c. at $2.05 to
$2-10 per 100 lbs. sacked round whites.
Eastern city markets. $2.25 to $2.40.
Other leading producing sections de-
clined sc to loo during week. North
ern round whites now S1.75 to $3.50
{. o. b. Wisconsin shipping points:
$1.65 to s1.70 Minnesota points. Chi
81 per 100 lbs. sacked. Bulk Maine
Green Mountains down SC (. o. b.. at
$1.66 to S1.71. sacked stocks steady,
Boston. at s2.25 to s2.35.
Apple markets nearly steady. Sales
limited because OF weather. New York
Baldwins, A2k inch. weakened at
shipping points to S6.75 to 81 Z. o. b.;
steady in consuming markets at 81 to
$3.50. Extra fancy boxed Winesaps
with few sales.
New York and northern Danish type
cabbage weaker. Shipments of south
ern cabbage increasing. Western New
York (. o. b. market down SO to $3.50
per ton. JobbinR sales in eastern cities
down 50, at S37 to $4S. Northern Dam
ish weakened in Chicago to s3s to $44.
Texas early flat type, $25 I. o. b.. with
city markets, $50 to $50.