The Holly chieftain., 1923-12-20
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
-Furnished by
U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington. D. @.
Live sto.k and Meats.

Chicago hog prices range from SOC os
% Csc lower :han a week ago at 500
or the top and 1910 to $3.50 for the
;anee from SOC ( fowser 80 4oe higher.
closing at S7.s5 to sll.60; butcher cows
and heifers, 10c lower to 6tc UP at 33.2S
e sll.50; feeder steers. 25c lower %
medium weight veal calves. 25c of at
E.I5 to $40; fat lambs. zoe to 25S lower
II $ll;25 to $I3.35: feeding lambs steady
aigier at $3.50 to sii.s5: fat ewea 25c
70 Soc up at $3.50 to $7.75.
T In eastern wholesale fresh meat mar
kets beef is SOC lower to Soc higher;
veal. 81 to 50 higher: lamb is 81 lower
TO 81 higher; mutton weak to 81 lower
and pork loins 81 to 81 up.
Prices good grade meats: Beef SIS
20 SlS. veal SIS to s1s, lamb s2s to
t26 mutton s14 to SIT. light pork loins
ia to SIT. heavy loins $12 to Sl4.s0.
Fruit: and Vegetables.
Potato markets nearly steady. New
York round whites quoted at S1.50 to
sacked sna g @ bula per ens 1e9 poInds Tsan
Mountains. $1.65 to sl.so in New York:
aorthern sacked round whites 81 to
u.10 in Chicago; very few sales at soc
sssd t. sde ps s %a5ts.s bu psr tom
Chicago; s25 to -ss5 in most other
markets: $40 to s22 t. o. b. Florida
Wakefields. s1.75 to So per ~ -bushell
'eirly steady at $3.50 to S. sacked per
LOO pounds in consuming centers; Con-
aecticut Valley medium sizes. $215 to
York Baidwins. $3.50 to 81 per barrel
In Philadelphia and Pittsburgh: cold
itorage stocks. 81 to $3.50 in New York:
Eastern Eastern York Imperials, So to ss.75 in
fancy Jonathans 50 to S2,25 per box in
Chicago. Florida lettuce, Big Boston
:ype. sold at sl25 to s1.75 per H.
oushel hamper in eastern cities
Dairy Products.
Butter markets unsettled during the
week; demand apparently lighter ex-
suction irregular: import situation
temporarily of less Importance on ac-
count of firm foreign markets. Prices
nt, q ~ score score butter; New York s4he,
53c.
kets again this week. Dull business
expected throughout the holiday sea-
son. Closing prices at Wisconsin prim-
,ry markets: Single daisies 23hc,
Cotton.
Average price Of rpiddling spot cotton
in ten designated spot markets ad-
Ing at 34:S4 per pound. New York
December future contracts advanced rs
points, closing at 35.85c.
Wheat market lower for week but
trend was upward at close. Cash
wheat in good demand in most mar
kets.
Corn prices slightly lower for week.
Receipts light but demand rather dull
1t principal markets.
Oats slightly lower on larger re-
.eipts. Quoted: No. 1 dark northern
spring. Minneapolis $113 to $1.23; No.
} hard winter. Chicago s1.O6h to
t1.Os1a, Kansas City $1.07 to s1.l5: No.
: red winter. st. Louis $1.14 to $1.lG.
yellow, st. Louis 75c. No. white oats.
Chicago 44c. Minneapolis s9Nc, st.
Louis 46c.
Hay market remained generally fair,
supply and demand determining price
demand for better grades alfalfa vt
New As York @ ,asse Pitt.surfh o 'SsaS. sss.sS.
Memphis s27. Cincinnati s245o. Chicago
l27. Kansas City 1925. st: Louis 325.
kansas City .ss. No. prairie chicssS
t20. Kansas City SIS, st. Louis $3.50.
Feed offerings continue heavy prac-
tically in East. Canadian and Buffalo
mills Offering wheat feeds In East at
Deliveries by flour mills are heavy and
because of lack of outlet much feed 10
placed In storage.