The Ordway new era., 1922-01-27
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but undertone firmer and price aver
ages higher Chicago May wheat up
-! aMe' CLOSING at s1:129s; Chicago May
ket factors Were: Improved milling de-
mand large sales for Russian relief
ana ana ouiIish crop news and statistics.
Market closed firm on strength in cash
markets. continued dry weather i'm
southwest reports of green bugs in
rexas ;uss ., and firm foreign markets. Clos
ing prices In Chicago cash market: No
z red winter wheat, sl.20; No 2 hard
winter wheat; 311o; No. mixed corn,
ast: asc: no. yellow corn. 49c; No. white
central Iowa for No. mixed corn
about 36c; to farmers in central North
DAKOTA FOR No. l dark northern wheat.
$l.oo TO farmers in central Kansas
Tor No. hard winter wheat, 96c. For
the week Minneapolis May wheat nm
1hS' MaS ,Shoai closing at sl1s%:; kansas City
peg May wheat up 21,ssc. at Sill,
Vegetables.
A slightly weaker tone prevails in
the potato markets. Shipments were
heavier in the past week; most CONSUME
ing centers being well supplied. New
York sacked round whites off 1Oc to
15c in eastern markets. at $2254250
per 100 lbs. Slightly stronger in pro-
ducing sections, at $1.9S@2.o2. Bulk
@2.45. Northern round whites steady
in Chicago carlot market at $1,000
$2.10; DOWN 10e at shipping points, at
down lOc at Colorado and Idaho points
at S1.15I1.30.
Cabbage markets at shipping points
duh and weak. New York Danish stock
down 81 per ton, bulk ruling S3S; down
81 at Wisconsin points, at $3S0p4O;
Texas early varieties ruled $25 per ton
Live Stock md Meats.
Chicago hog prices advanced zoe tc
S5c during the week. Beef steers and
butcher cows and hefers weak to 25c
lower. Feeder steers firm to 25c high
er; veal calves up Csc to soc. Fat
lambs advanced soc. Fat ewes up 25c
to soc; yearlings up 25c. Chicago prices:
Hogs. top. ss.75 early; bulk of sales.
steers. S6.75 9.25; butcher cows and
heifers, $3.50 a 500; feeder steers, $535
a 700; light and medium weight veal
calves. S6.75 m9.75; fat lambs. Sll.75m
1910; feeding lambs, S1O.25 al2.5O;
yearlings. $9.5Oq1l.75; fat ewes, $500 a
Wholesale fresh meat prices were not
materially changed, though the trend of
prices was toward somewhat lower
levels. Pork loins steady to soc low
down 81; medium veal and most grades
of lamb and mutton unchanged. Prices
good grade meats: Beef, Sl2 "a Ii; veal,
s1S02O; lamb; s24a IS; mutton, $12@
n; light pork loins, sl6Q is; heavy
loins, Sl25O@15.
Larger receipts without a correspond
ing increase in demand has caused a
weaker situation in most of the i'm
portant hay markets. Prices have re-
mained fairly steady in eastern mar
kets. but have declined in the Central
West, where greater increase in re-
ceipts- has occurred. Quoted Jan. IS:
No. timothy. New. York. s2s: Phila-
delphia. S23.50: Cincinnati, s20.50; Chi
cago, $22; Minneapolis, s1S; Atlanta.
s27. No. / alfalfa. Kansas City, s2o.5o;;
Memphis. S25.50: Atlanta, $40. No. l
prairie. Kansas City. s10.25: Minneap-
oils, SIS; Chicago, s17.
Dniry Products.
Butter markets continue unsettled.
The sharp declines of the past month
were temporarily checked early in the
week and prices recovered somewhat.
but at close the markets were weaken
ing again. Trading generally lacks
confidence. Closing prices. 80 score:
New York. 37c; Chicago, 33c; Philadel-
phia, 36c; Boston, Sec.
Cotton.
Spot cotton prices declined 80 points
during the week, closing at 17.O4c per
lb. New York January futures down
26 points. at 1860.