The Owosso times., 1922-03-17
MARKET REPORT
FURNISHED 8Y U. s. BUREAU
OF MARKETS. WASHING
TON, .. c.

(For the week ending March o, 1921
Hay
Market firm because of light receipts.
Timothy prices up about 81 per ton. Cold
weather in northwest causing urgent de-
mand in that territory. Alfalfa higher
but prairie market practically unchanged.
Quoted March S-No: timothy New
s23, Cincinnati S2l. Chicago $23, Mime
apolis $40, Atlanta $26.5O. No. / alfalfa
Kansas City $22, Memphis $25, Atlanta
$aG ShcaEo NO sd Rnnespos Rrnrs ahnsas $3.50 CITY '0
Demand quiet particularly in East.
Wheat feed offerings by mills light but
at slightly lower prices. Heavy wheat
feeds in good request in southwest. HON.
my feed in excellent supply, prices easier,
demand light. Production gluten feed
continues good. demand slowing up Lin
seed meal scarce, export and domestic
supplies good at mills and in hand on
dealers, prices easier. Receipts and
movement most feeds good.
ouotsd March 81 Bran $25sS ga IN mdSa 1a
percent cottonseed meal $39.75 Memphis
white hominy feed $22.5O st. Louis; lin
seed meal $50 Minneapolis No. l alfalfa
meal $3.50 Kansas City.
Grain
Prices trended downward under con-
tinued liquidation, Chicago May wheat
losing 1Oc net and closing at $l.36 Is;
Chicago May corn down 9 Lac at Gle:
improved crop conditions southwest were
responsible for down turn.
Government crop report issued March
placed quantity OF corn on farms March
/ at 1913. 120, 900 bushels or 42.6 percent
of 1921 crop as compared with 1.564.S32.-
900 bushels or 4S.S percent of 1920 crop
on farms March l. 1921: Quantity of
131, 1876, 900 bushels or 1875 percent Of 1921
crop. as compared with PIT, 7,037,0 900 BUSH
els or 26.1 percent of 1920 crop on farms
March 1, 1921.
Closing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. red winter wheat s1.33; No. 2 hard
winter wheat $l.31; No. mixed corn
sec; No. yellow corn SIC; No. white
Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn
in central Iowa about 43c: No. l Dark
northern wheat in central North Dakota
SS4 "a; No. hard winter wheat in
For the week Minneapol May wheat
down 6 1-4c at $40: Kansas City May
May wheat down 3-4c at 1.36 SIS.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets steady to firm and
fairly we'll In line wi ith each other al
though the times during the week there
has has been an unsettled undertone. 90 Clos
Chicago Sec. Philadelphia 81 1-2c. Boston
3Sc.
Live Stock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices ranged from firm
to zoe higher. light hogs advancing most.
Beef steers firm to 10c higher; butcher
cows and heifers up 25@50c.
March Chicago prices: Hogs top
s11.50: bulk of sales. s10.S5@11.35; medi-
um and good beef steers $7.50@9.25; but
cher cows and heifers. $4.40@S.50;
feeder steers, SIS 65@7.65; light and med
ium weight veal calves s6.75@1O.75: fat
lambs. $1325@16: feeding lambs, s11.50@
1880; yearlings s11Q14.50; fat ewes. SEQ
$50.
March prices good grade meats:
Beef $l3.50@14; veal $1,000; lamb, $500
80; mutton, $17@22; light pork loins,
$19@21; heavy loins $15@18.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Cabbage nearly steady, slow and dull.
New York Danish type In eastern mar
kets $4OQ5O per ton bulk; $55 in Pitts
burgh.
Onions higher in some markets. De-
mand and movement limited. Eastern
kets at $S.25@S.5O per 100 lb. sack. Mid
dlewestern yellows up 50c@$1 in leading
markets at $s.50@s; 75c to 81 higher in
Chicago.
New York potato market firm other
cities weaker. Northern sacked round
whites down 10000 in Chicago at $1.70
@1.s0 per 100 pounds. down 10@15c In
other markets at $2@205; declined 15c at
shipping points at $l.45@l:57. Eastern
2.15.
Markets for good apples continue fairly
steady. New York Baldwins Az 1-2 at
S7.50@$S per barrel In city markets.
Northwestern extra fancy boxed Wine
saps $3Q3.50 in most consuming centers.