The Delta independent., 1923-10-05
Market Report
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Sept. %. 1923:
LIVESTOCK & Chicago
hog prices ranged from so to Csc low
er for the week. Beef steers, butcher
COWS and heifers generally soc low
er; feeder steers steady to soc and
veal calves s1.25 to s1.75 off. Fat
lambs generally 75c to SLIPS lower;
yearlings 25 to 75c lower and fat
ewes steady to 25c lower.
Sept. 90 Chicago prices: Hogs top
$3.50; bulk Of sales $40 to $50;
medium and good beef steers IS to
$11.65; butcher cows and heifers $40
to s10SO; feeder steers s41O to
$3.50; light and medium-weight veal
calves IS to s12.2g; fat lambs s11.75
to s13.25; yearlings $3.50 to $11.00.
feeding lambs $12 to s13.40; fat ewes
$3.75 to $6.75.
In eastern wholesale fresh meat
markets, beef was 81 to $3.50 lower;
veal 50 lower to 81 higher; lamb and
pork So to IS lower and mutton was
steady IA 81 off for the week Sept
% prices good grade meats: Beef SIS
to $17; veal SIS to $23; lamb $40 to
$23; mutton $13 to SIS; light pork
s21 to $24; heavy loins $13 to $40.
FRUITS & VEGETABLES East
ern potatoes generally lower for the
week Western stock declined 20 to
SOC per 100 pounds leading markets.
and at shipping points. Onions barely
steady. Michigan Jonathans SLIPS
per barrel lower in Chicago. other
stock irregular Cabbage about steady.
Peaches continue to decline.
Prices reported Sept. 90: Long
Island Green Mountain potatoes $2.35
to $3.50 bulk per 100 pounds in New
York. Maine sacked and bulk Irish
| cobhlers s1.65 to $2.25 eastern mark
cts, $1.05 TO s1.2O fob. Maine Green
Mountains $1.75 to 50 in New York
and Boston. S1.05 to $1.25 fob.
Northern Round Whites 81 to s1.15 in
Chicago; soc to 81 fob. North Da-
kota and Minnesota Red River Ohios
bage, domestic round type, $23 to $35
bulk ped ton eastern cities, SIS to $50
fob. New York peaches. Elbertas,
Sl.75 to 1925 per bushel leading mar.
kets; $3.50 to s1.65 fob. Utah and
Idaho Elbertas SITS to 50. Eastern
onions, yellow varieties, So to 81 sack
ed per 100 pounds, So to $3.25f. o. b.
Mid-western stock s. to $3.40 consum-
ing centers; $3.25 I. o. b. Eastern
IS per barrel leading eastern cities.
Michigan Jonathans $5.25 to $5.75 per
barrel in Chicago.
Closing prices in Chicago cash mar
ket: No. red winter wheat $1.07;
No. hard winter wheat $1.O9; No.
2 mixed corn ole; No. 3 yellow corn
s1c: No. white oats 42c. Average
tral Iowa soc.
DAIRY PRODUCTS:-Whiie butter
markets were steady at the close to
day, toward the middle Of the week
sharp prices occurred. Demand has
been good and production is apparent
ly falling off but with considerable
butter being drawn from storage deal.
ers have lost confidence in the mar.
kets at the high prices which have
ruled.
Closing prices 92-score butter: New
York 46Isc; Chicago 44c; Philadel-
phia 47Aac. Boston 461ac.
Cheese markets firm at prices at
INC higher than week ago. De-
mand somewhat dull rs the result OF
the advance but up to the time these
occurred 1t was good, even including
some speculative buying. Heaviest
trading took place at distributing
markets, with business at country
points a little quiet
Closing prices at Wisconsin primary
cheese markets Sept. IS: Double
daisies 25h: cheddars 26 ;long
horns 26M; square prints 27lh; young
Americas 26M.