The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1922-02-09
MARKETS
v. 8. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington. q. G.
FOr the week ending Feb. 2. 1921

FOr the week ending Feb. 2, 1921
Grain
Market firm during the week and
prices closed higher; Chicago May wheat
advanced s lac net, closing at 81. % Ia;
Chicago May corn up i l-Sc at b4 IL.
In foreign markets. bullish reports OF
farm reserves and crop conditions and
fair export business Movement OF corn
TO terminal markets during January
Closing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. 2 red winter wheat $1.30; No. hard
winter wheat S1.21; No mixed corn
49c; No. yellow corn +9c; No white
Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn
In central Iowa about &c. No. dark
northern wheat In central North Dakota
N;1S; No. hard winter wheat In cent
raj Kansas t1.03.
For the week Minneapolis May wheat
up 5 1-2c. closing at t1.29; Kansas City
May wheat up 7-Sc at $l.l3 Is; Win
nipeg May wheat up &c at tl.lS L..
Hay
Market continues dull generally. Re
ceipts are not large except In one or
two markets but equal TO the limited de-
mand. Poorer grades sell slowly. Price
variations within narrow ranges. Rain
IN central west and Snow In east cur
'ail!nR movement
Quoted February /: No. / timothy.
New York $3.50, Philadelphia S2S, Pitts
burgh $3.50, Cincinnati $2050, Chicago
S22, Minneapolis $3.50, Memphis t22. No
alfalfa Kansas City t20.50, Memphis $50,
Minneapolis SCI No. ! prairie Kansas
City 1925, Minneapolis t1b. Chicago SIC
Feed
Markets generally firmer on improved
demand. Wheat feeds advanced on re-
ported short covering by Minneapolis Job
bers Substantial sales OF January-Feb-
ruary shipment bran and middlings to
Jobbers were made by Minneapolis and
southwestern mills Gluten and hominy
feed unchanged. Demand for corn feeds
light in most sections. Alfalfa meal and
beet pulp steady. Receipts and move
ment good.
$40. Minneapolis: gluten feed s32.l5 Chi
No. alfalfa meal S1675 Kansas City.
Livestock and Meats
Chicago cattle and hog prices were
generally higher during the week while
sheep and lamb prices were weak to a
shade lower.
Feb Chicago prices: Hogs, top,
$40: bulk Of sales. $S.l3Q9lO; medium
and good beef steers S675Q915; butcher
cows and heifers S4Q4.75; feeder steers
$5.15W6.90; light and medium veal calves.
$775@11.25; fat lambs, Sll.7b0l4; feed
ing lambs, $1050@1275; yearlings, $96OQ
yl3; fat ewes $5Q775.
Stocker and feeder shipments from IL
important markets during the week end
ing Jan. 2S were: Cattle and calves,
90, 026; hogs. 3.074; sheep. 2S.37l.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
showed only slight changes. Beef steady
at some markets and 81 lower at others.
Good veal $1@2 higher and medium veal
unchanged Feb prices good grade
meats: Beef $12@13; veal $l8Q22 lamb,
S25@27; mutton S12Q16; light pork lons.
$1641S; heavy loins SlOQl4.
Fruits and Vegetables
Potato markets unsettled at shipping
points at the end OF the week. Haullngs
light; demand and movement slow.
Northern sacked round whites down lOc
T. o. b. at S155@1.75 per 100 lbs; Chicago
carlot market firm at sl.7OQl.95. East
ern sacked round whites down 6qlOc
T. o. b. western New York points at $l.9S
Q2.02; steady in city markets at $2.25Q
LAS.
Cabbage markets irregular. LIMITED
supplies tended to strengthen prices In
some cities. New York Danish type
stock up s. in Pittsburgh and $15 In Gin
ern Danish stock steady In Chicago at
$40, weaker at shipping points at $S5:
Onion prices continued to soar. Mid
dlewestern yellow varieties $7QS.25 In
leading cities; slightly weaker in Chicago
at s6.75Q725.
Markets for good apples continued
steady New York Baldwins az IL hold
ing at S7.25qS per Dbl
Dairy Products
Butter markets barely steady. Prices
fairly well maintained throughout week
but trading lacked confidence in some
ma rkets where declines have occurred
and price tendency is still downward.
Best trading on top grades.
Closing prices 90 score: New York 3Sc
Philadelphia acc; Boston 81 lac; Chicago
97c.