The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1922-02-16
MARKETS
u. g. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, o. c.

CFor the week ending Feb. 9, 1929
Hay
Fluctuations OF 50cMS1 per ton In nay
prices occurred at various markets our
Ing the week Prices in eastern markets.
generally advanced because Of heaNy
snow and light receipts. central western
markets slightly lower. Alfalfa market
strong No general Improvement IN the
Quoted Feb. s No Timothy Philadel-
mia S24 Pittsburgh $22, Cincinnati $40,
Chicago $22, Minneapolis $lS 30 go Al
falfa Chicago $23, Minneapols Szl, IAN Rah-
sas City S20.75, Atlanta $3l. NO. Pral-
rie Chicago $15 Minneapolis Sl5' Kansas
City $1,000
NEIL feed markets quiet. Prices firm.
Buying by jobbers curtalled because or
slow country demand. Cottonseed meal
steady Gluten feed price was advanced
sec on Monday by principal manutactur,
ers Offerings of yellow hominy teed
light and quoted on about same basis as
white hominy feed. Alfalfa meal and beet
pulp quiet prices unchanged. Stocks
good; receipts and movement fair.
Quoted Feb Bran $2S5o' MNli.ddIngs
$2S.50. Flour Middlings $3.50, Minneap-
oils White hominy feed $2l 80, gluten
feed $3l.G Chicago. No 1 alfalfa meal
$1G.75 Kansas City.
Fruits and Vegetables
Potatoes slightly weaker in city whole
sale markets. Eastern s s1B ,a rou mo
lbs Northern stock down DC In chicago
at $1.65dl90. In northern producing sec
lions round whites down SC at VI 00W l.of;
Wholesale cabbage markets SLOW ana
dull Northern Danish type stock weak
i'm Chicago at $30Q40 per ton bulk; weak
in Kansas City at 81 per 100 lbs.
Apple markets continue strong; de-
mand moderate; supplies moderate In
east, liberal in middlewest. New YORK
Baldwins az 1-2 up 25c in several mar
kets ranging $750dS25. Michigan stock
reached $3.50 in Chicago.
Live Stock and Meats
Chicago hog prices advanced 4oc@70c
per 100 lbs. during the week, Hgnter
weights showing the largest gains. Beef
steers generally 10d20c higher. Fat ewes
advanced 10q1
Zone load); bulk OF sales. $9.25@9.S5; me-
dunn and good beef steers, $4,000 80;
butcher cows and heifers, H.1OQ175;
feeder steers $5.l5a7 ngnt ana m ,anphs
s12.75@1A75 feeding lambs Sli ZSm - 20 20
yearlings $106l325: fat ewes 80 25QS25.
Eastern wholesale fresh meat prices
were generally lower. Beef weak to soc
lower; lamb 81 lower; veal $l@2 lower:
Mutton and light pork loins were not
materially changed; heavy loins tlrm 70
meats Beef $l1.5O@13; veal lSq20; lamb
s24G26; mutton sl2@16; light pork loins
$16@1S; heavy loins S1lQl4.
Grain
Wheat prices strong during week and
advanced easily. Chicago May wheat up
lac closing at S129 5-S; Chicago May
corn up 1-2c at 5Sc. World wheat sit
uation, higher foreign markets. and
drouth damage I'm southwest with reports
that large acreage winter wheat aban-
doned in Kansas were main market
factors.
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket No 2 red winter wheat $l.32; No:
hard winter wheat $1.25; No. mixed
corn 53c; No. white oats 36c. Average
farm prices: No mixed corn in CEN
trial Iowa about 80 1-2c. No. ] dark
northern wheat IN central North Dakota
s1.27 "a: No. hard winter wheat in
central Kansas $t.10. For the week Min
neapolis May wheat up 3-4c at 81. 80 1-2;
Kansas City May wheat up &c at $1.19;
Winnipeg May wheat up &c at $l.2i SIS.
Dairy Products.
Butter markets steady 10 firm. Cur
rent demand about cleaning up available
supply except medium and low grade
goods Imports and advice of weaker
foreign markets had 4 depressing effect
on markets In early part of week but
the tone steadied at close.
Closing prices 90 score: New York
81; Chicago 81 1-2; Philadelphia 36 1-2;
Boston SO 1-2 cents.