The Owosso times., 1922-03-31
MARKET REPORT
FURNISHED 6Y U. 8. BUREAU
OF MARKETS. WASHING.
TON. D. c.

Hay
Receipts continue light markets gener-
ally firm. Bad roads curtalling country
| loading Prices for good grades steady.
| Some Improvement reported In southern
demand. Inquiries for prairie less urgent
at Chicago
York $3.50; Philadelphia $24; Pittsburgh.
| $3.50: Cincinnati $2l.50; Chicago $25:
Minneapolis $3.50; Kansas City $i425.
phis T s5afS mhneapss es sse no prai
rie Kansas City $3.50 Chicago $l7; Min
neapolls $3.50
Offerings liberal. Production of south
| western mills in excess of demand and
future shipments prices quoted are Sl0z
below prevailing prices. Buyers CON
tinue indifferent. Sales in most markets
OF smail volume. Homny feed weak, Of
| ferlngs liberal sales light. Production
! gluten feed and gluten meal heavy, de-
mand fair. prices unchanged. Stocks of
most feeds good Receipts and move
ment fair
Quoted March 22: Bran s24. middlings
white hominy feed $21.50. St Louis;
| s2l.5O Chicago; linseed meal $3.50; Mn
neapols. No. | alfalfa meal $40. Kansas
| CITY; IS per cent cottoDseei meal si1
Memphis; gluten feed $3265 Chicago.
Grain
Prices advanced first half OF week ac-
count light receipts, strong cash market
eign conditions. but buying power fell
off latter half of week and the close was
heavy. Chicago May wheat declined 1-2c
closing at $l.32: Chicago May corn. down
&c at 80 Lie.
Closing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. red winter wheat $l.S2; No. hard
winter wheat $l.31; No. mixed corn
sec: No. yellow corn SIC; No. white
oats 35c.
Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed
N
Dakota Sl.33 ga; No. 2 hard winter
wheat in central Kansas S11S.
For the week Minneapolis May wheat
down L l,,ic closing at sl,S9 .3-S; Kan
sas city May wheat down Lac ut $l.20:
Winnipeg May wheat down lic at Sl.s5.
Dairy Prcducts.
Eastern butter markets have weaken
ed from firm condition which prevailed
during the week. prices dropped ic to
Increased receipts and accommodating
stocks together with slackened buying
demand caused weakness.
Closing prices 92 score: Boston 40 1-2c;
New York IS 1-2; Philadelphia SOC; Chi-
cGgo G9c.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potatoe markets steady to firm. Chicago
market declined during week, closed firm
at Sl.G5Q1.75 per 100 lbs for sacked
in Baltimore and Pittsburgh, in eastern
cities $2M2.15. Maine Green MOUNTAINS
down l5e in Boston at $i.75; bulk @ stock
delphia. Prices firm in western New York
at $17t@I7S f. o. b. shipping points.
Maine bulk stock down 10c at d.1lm12l.
Northern round whites weaker at $1,000
1.40 +, o. b. north central points. Onions
advanced sharply in all markets. Fast
ern. yellow globes up. 50 in Philadelphia
st 6urEh S n pf 1919 81 saSE up q in s othsr
eastern cities at s9q9.50 California
Australian browns strong in Chicago and
Minneapolis. Florida Strawberries firm
in wholesale. city markets at 5o@S5c per
quart Louisiana Klondilles in "a PINT
reached IS in Pittsburgh. Apple mar mar
wins AZ l-2 at $7.50@S per barrel in
eastern cities fancy stock in New York
st SS25@S50 Michigan Baldwin5 $500
m stehy at in most
markets: SS50W375 in Kansas city.
Florida Golden self blanchlng celery firrl
at s5MS.25 per crate in eastern market
slightly weaker in the m!ddlewest at $40
3.75; UP soc {. o. b. at $2.25@240. Cab
bago markets slightly stronger. TEXAS
flat type up SIS in Pittsburgh at SioTt5
Florida pointed stock firm at Sl.15@1.5O
per 1 1-2 bu. hamper in leading markets
Live Stock and Meets
Compared with week ago Chicago
hog prices declined 15@25c per 100 lbs.
Beef steers firm to 1Oc higher: butcher
cows ana netefS up Senefally %)c.
March % Chicago prices: Hogs. top,
$iO.io: bulk of sales s9.75@1o.SO meai-
um and good beef steers, $1,25@S.S5;
butcher cows and heifers S4.25@s; feed
er steers S5.50GD750 light and medium
weight veal calves. S609; fat lambs Sl310
@15.S5; feeding lambs, Sl1 75@12.75:
yearlings, $ll.25Qp14.5O; fat ewes $40
Net changes in eastern wholesale fresh
meat prices generally slight
March % prices good grade .meats:
Beef St3M14: veal Sl4Ul1; lamb. Sl7Fr29;
mutton $19G2l; light pork loins, si9Q22;
heavy loins, $l5ql9.
Feed and Grain
WHEAT-Cash No. 2 red S143 May,
s1.47; No white and No. 3 mixed, $l-40,
YELLOW CORN-Cash No. 2, Csc: No
3, G3 1.2e; No. 4 62e; No. s. GO l-,2c.
WHITE OATS--Cash No. 2, Al 1-2c:
RYT;~Cash No. 2, Sl.o4.
BEANS-Immediate and prompt ship
fi.si BHiRG2EY-fFeedins. 2G5'; si.25@l.s5 per cwt.
SEEDS-Prime red clover, sl6 April,
sl4:5o; alsikc .$12.eo; timothy, $8.S5;
HAY-No. / timothy. $1,000: standard.
othy, $16@1S; No. l clover mixed, $500
II; No clover, S16@17; rye straw,
sl3;50ql4; wheat and oat straw. $i2.50
Mf3 per ton In carlots.
FEED-Bran, $33; standard mddlings.
$685. fine middlngs, $780, cracked corn.
$780, coarse cornmeal. S27; chop. S25 per
ton IN lUU-lD. SdckS.
FLOUR--Fancy spring wheat patents,
50. 1903. co; fancy winter wheat patents,
s.. .S569.60; second. winter wheat patents.
81. 95mS.20; winter wheat straights, $7.45
@s.10; Kansas patents $S.30@S.S0 per Dbl.
1.-Two Stock and Poultry
CATTLE-Best heavy steers. $6@S:
best handy weight butcher steers, SIPS
as: mixed steers and heifers, $6.b007:
handy light butchers, S66650; light
butchers, $5 25Gt575; best cows. $4.7560
: 50 butcher cows. S46D4.75: cutters, $40
35O Gamers, $2m3; choice bulls, $4,000
3; bologna bulls, S4M450: feeders, $5.50dD
675; stockers. s5.25@5.75 mixers and
springers. $i0010.
CALVEs-Best, $11@1l5O; others, $50
&c. 80.
fair lambs, Sl201350 Ight
10 common lambs. $6@11 fair to good
sheep, $Sm9.50: culls and common. S204.
HOGS--Mixed hogs. $10.65; roughs.
.25Ns.50; stays, s5a5.50; extreme heavy.
$40; boars. So; pigs, Si0.25.
LIVE POULTRY-Best spring chick
ems smooth legs, Csc; STACEY springs.
24c: leghorn springs. 24c: large fat hens,
81 Csc; medium hens, 27@2Sc; small
hens, 27@2Sc; old roosters, 1Sc: geese,
iSc; ducks, 35c; turkeys. 35c per h.