, 1922-06-01
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS.
u. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. G.

Live stock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices declined 1Oc to
l5c. Beer steers and butcher heifers
up Toe to Ice; cows practically I'M
changed; feeder steers weak to Csc
lower; veal calves averaged about
to soc lower; fat eve down 40c to 81;
spring lambs steady. May %. Chicago
prices: Hogs. top. S10.75; bulk of sales.
$10.25 to S10.75; medium and good beef
heifers. S4.75 to $3.50; feeder steers,
$6.10 to $685. light and Medium weight
veal calves. $3.50 to s9.75; fat lambs.
sl0.25 to Sl3,1O; spring lambs. S13.50 to
$3.50; yearlings. $3.50 TO s10.75; fat
ewes. 81 TO s7.3b.
Price movements in eastern whole
sale fresh meat markets We're rather
steady; lamb and fresh pork loins weak
to 81 lower; mutton weak to So lower
Prices good grade meats: Beef, $3.50
s2s; mutton. sis to sci: light pork
loins, S22 to s25. heavy loins. sic to
Fruits and Vegetables.
Florida Tom Watson watermelons
% 20 2S-pourd average, $3.50 to 500
bulk per car in leading city markets;
Toe to 90c unit basis. Boston. Baltimore
and Cincinnati. Florida potatoes.
city markets at So to $3.50 per barrel;
Carolina eobbiers firm n eastern stern
cities at $3.50 to Sc. Chicago 1925.
Northern sacked round whites steady
in Chicago at $50 to $3.50 per 100
points 31.25 to s1.55 (. o. b. Maine
Green Mountains steady in eastern
markets at $3.50 to s1.65. down 30c in
Cincinnati at S1.55: down 15c at Aroo-
stock county points at zoe to soc.
Strawberry markets generally steady
to firm. Virginia various varieties loo
70 16c a quart in eastern markets.
Delaware and Maryland stock steady
at 1Sc to csc. Kentucky. Tennessee
and Arkansas aromas. %24-quart rates.
1925 to S3.T5 in leading markets. Ken
81 to $3.50; slightly weaker in produce
ing sections at SO to s3.25. Arkansas
aromas 81 to s2.2b (. o. b. shipping
points.
Choice grades of timothy scarce In
most markets, causing a brisk demand
Of firm prices for that quality. Lower
grades constituted bulk of receipts.
Glover and alfalfa in slow demand be-
cause of pasturage and nearness OF
timothy. Boston 500. New York ss2.5o,
Pittsburgh s25, Cincinnati $24. Chicago
$40. Minneapolis s21.50. st. Loui S27.
No. / alfalfa. Atlanta sS2. st. Louis
s17.
Feed.
Wheat mill feed market strength
ened slightly toward close of week for
spot feed as dealers and jobbers began
light. production also light. High pro-
tein feeds inactive. scarcely enough
business to establish a market. Corn
feed in good demand and supply light.
Quoted: Spring bran $50. standard
middlings s2O.50 Minneapolis hard
winter wheat bran s23 st. Louis; lin
seed meal, S51.50 Buffalo; gluten feed.
SASS Chicago; sc per cent cotton seed
meal. 1880 Memphis. S44 Atlanta; al
falfa meal. $2f st. Louis; hominy feed,
s27 Buffalo, s25 Chicago. s27.50 I'm
cinnati.
Closing prices In Chicago cash mar
ket; No. 2 red winter wheat. S1.39: No.
2 hard winter wheat. s1.33; No. 2 mixed
corn. &c; No. 2 yellow corn. SIC; No. 8
white oats. 3sc. Average farm prices:
No. l dark northern wheat in central
North Dakota, S1.32k; No. 2 hard
winter wheat in central Kansas. s1.16.
down 'H PC. w eiosinr I at c suiy ch Tsea,
July corn down &c at &c: Minneapo-
lis July wheat down &c at s1.41%; Kan
sas city July wheat down 1sc at
$1.15&: Winnipeg July wheat down &C
at s1.35.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets steady. Arrivals OF
run grass butter has stimulated inter-
EFT In storage. although no active buy
ing for his purpose has taken place,
as operators feel present practice
makes storing too great a risk. Closing
prices, 90 score: New York SO c,
Chicago S41zc. Philadelphia and Boston
3Tc. Cheese markets firm: trading
quiet. active both in producing sections
and at distributing centers. Interest
now entirely on fresh cheese; low
prices have resulted in a good con-
sumptive demand. Prices at Wisconsin
primary markets; Twins and daisies
Tic, double daisies 16Ac young Ameri-
cas- 17hc. l~onghorns lie. square prints
1sLc.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices advanced 2s point.
during the week. closing at 1850 per
pound. New York May futures ad-
vanced 60 points. closing at 2l.53c.
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