The Owosso times., 1922-08-11
MARKETS
Furnished BY
v. 6. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington. D. c.

(Wsek ending August ard. 1929
Hay
Receipts light with good amount poor
good hay selling readily at fairly steady
prices. Glover and poor grades Of tim
othy and prairie slow sale.
YORK SR0sS sS fHF HG sss %Giny Siy T
$3.50. Atlanta $24. Memphis $2O:6O. No.
l.. alfslfa , Kansas sso City $3.50. Memphis
sas City sio.75. Minneapolis sl5. Chicago
Markets unsettled and weak. Heavy
offerings OF wheat feeds and cottonseed
to determine. Liberal offerings OF bran
In southwest resulted in sales at $3.50
In Kansas City market. Gluten feed and
hominy feed holding fairly firm demand
apathetic. Alfalfa meal steady. demand
fair
Quoted Aug. 2, bran. $3.50 middlings
$3.50, gluten feed s2s'S5 Chicago; No.
alfalfa meal s1S.75 Kansas City; thirty
four per cent linseed meal $45 Minneap-
oils.
Wheat prices advanced early in week
on heavy export buying; Weakness In
grain markets caused slump on July 20
and advanced afterwards met with heavy
selling toward the close OF the week
causing prices to trend downward. Corn
future prices acted largely In sympathy
with wheat. though cash corn was in
good demand and cash prices were fairly
strong. On August third wheat mar
ket had heavy undertone early in day
making new lows in September and De-
cember futures. Seaboard buying came
on each advance kept price range within
fairly narrow limits. Corn markets were
fairly steady
Closing prices in Chicago cash market:
No. 2 red winter wheat sl.OS; No. 2 hard
winter wheat s1.10; No. mixed corn
CSC: No. yellow corn e4c No. white
Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn
in central Iowa about zoe. No. hard
winter wheat In central Kansas 90c. No.
! dark northern wheat in central North
Closing future prices: Chicago Sep
tember wheat SIC S-S: Chicago Septem-
ber wheat 81 7-Sc. Winnipeg October
wheat $1.09 is. =
Fruits and Vegetables.
Potato decline continued during the
week ending August third. Supplies
Peach markets weaker Georgia and
North Carolina stock mostly 25c lower.
Arkansas Elbertas slow and dull.
Cantaloupes steady to firm eastern
markets weaker in mddlewest for CAL
ifornia stock eastern green meats gen.
orally lower
Live Stock and Meats
Compared with week ago Chicago hog
prices showed advances of 10c to 45c per
100 lbs, light weights advancing most.
Beef steers 25c to 50c higher and butch
er cows and heifers 10c to zoe higher.
Feeder steers 10c lower and light and
medium weight veal calves generally SOC
higher.
Fat lambs yearlings and fat ewes 1Oc
per 100 lbs. On Aug. choice light hogs
closed 10c higher with other grades rang
ing from steady to weak; beef steers
mostly 10c@15c higher with butcher cows
and heifers steady to strong. Stockers
and feeders strong and veal calves steady
to strong. Fat lambs strong with some
natives selling 15@25c higher sheep firm.
s10:s5: bulk of sales. s790@10s0: medium
and good beef steers sS.15@1O.25; butch
er cows and heifers $4.15@9; feeder
steers, s5.5OQ765; light and medium
weight veal calves, s9.25@10.75: fat
lambs. s12@13: feeding lambs. s11. 500
1880: yearlings $S.50@11; fat ewes, SO. rs
Q7.60.
prices were not materially changed dur
Ing the week.
Aug. 3 prices good grade meats: Beef
s14@l6: veal s13@15: lamb s22@24: mutt
heavy loins s14@1s.
Dairy Products
Buster markets steady to firm at close.
Heavy accumuati tions caused declines
early In week but war prices attracted
speculative demand and brought about
a reaction.