The Clio messenger., 1922-06-15
MARKETS
u. q. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, .. c.

(For the week ending June /. 1921
Market slightly easier in tone but best
grades continue in good demand az ialrIy
steady prices. Large part OF receip's "a
poor quality and not wanted; -, Nav
YORK Hotss ss55 So HaK Philadelphia SEA- Pttsbargh
$3.50 Cincinnati $3.50, Chicago $3.50.
s. Louis, s27. No ! Alfalfa Kansas 5rairis 0g st
LOUIS LOUIS si7S0 Mf%pSIii Minnseapoiis saii is $3.50
Wheat feeds dull; prices declining. corn
feeds firm and active. e,-so Nf,n
Quoted May 81 spring bran SlI50 MIN. MIN.
nsaRGs gta5SaEG ddngs EafSr oraR siS5S sS
gluten feed, $32s5 Chicago; hominy feeo
$24, alfalfa meal s24 st. Louis.
Grain
July wheat closed lower for week e.
mainly influenced by heavy nquINIifilii Niilins
and export demand rather quiet llrse pa
OF week but considerably improved a.
Closing prices in Chicago cash mgr ar
ket: No. red winter wheat Sl;2O NO;
2 hard winter wheat $1.2Q: No. mlNed
corn Coo. No. 2 yellow corn Gle; NO
Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed sl,Sorn corn
in central Iowa 47c; No ! dark norin dD inetI! .!
wheat in central North Dakota SlZS ya. l-S'
No. 2 hard winter wheat in centrai hah-
81 For r. Ii the week Chicago July wheat
down 3-4c, closing at SLaS, Sln9iioaso
apois July wheat down ! l,2c io,s6 at
si.3S Ia; Kansas City July wheat down
l-4e at $lls l-2 Winnipeg S'nsgo JGiy wseS seS.
tember wheat Sill ga; Chicago Septem-
be: corn CSC
Live Stock and Meats
Chicago hog prices dropped zoe TO soc.
Better grades OF beef steers and Dutch-
er cows and heifers generally STEADY
other grades to 4Oc lower cows ue-
June Chicago prices; i Hogs top top
$1,000; bulk of sales, $4,000 1922; med
ium and good beef steers, $7SS55ggSs.ssSS;; SO;
feeder steers s6q7S5; light and medium
weight veal calves, $3.50 80; fat
lambs s9.75413; spring lambs, $l325@
sl4I5; yearlings $50 qlO75; rat ewes
Stocker and feeder shipments from u
important markets during the week end
gs Nay hos Ss 1sss sSeep Ses' s4a caves
Eastern Wholesale fresh meat prices
generally firm to higher, Veal 2.. up up Lg2' g5
pork loins up 81; beef generally soc nigh
Beef $l450@15; veal $15@1S; lamb $3.50
80; mutton $l6@l9 light pork IONS $2l
q24; heavy loins Sl592l.
Fruits and Vegetables.
:. Potato markets generally weaker.
northern sacked IOullQ WHITES uOMn oC
in Chicago at s125@l.45 per 100 lbs.
weaker at shipping points at $1.25G1.3O.
Texas yellow Bermuda onions slow and )
weaker ranging Sl509 lS5 per crate In
eastern markets. $1.25@1.65 in Chicago
Forecast of commercial acreage late on
ions shows slight increase i'm nearly all
states. Total 4S,925 acres compared with
1880 in 1921 a gain of fifteen percent
Strawberries, Missouri, Arkansas, Ten
nessee and Kentucky Aromas weaker at
l2 to 23c a quart basis in eastern mar
kets; $2.75q3.25 per "a quart crate in
middlewestern cities.
Cantaloupe acreage increased 23 per-
cent. Total for 1922 is S,310 acres COM
pared with 47,230 in 1921.
Dairy Products
Butter markets unsettled during week
although steady to firm at close. In
creasing interest in buying for storage
although no large into-storage movement
has taken place
Closing prices 80 score: New York 35c:
Chicago 34c; Philadelphia 36c; Boston !,
35 lie