The Delta independent., 1923-11-30
Market Report
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Washington, D. c., week ending Nov.
"a, 1923:
LIVE STOCK & Chicago
hog prices advanced 15-5Oc for the
week, closing at 1925 top and $500
7.10 for the bulk. Medium and good
beef steers 25-35c lower at $7.50-11.15;
butcher cows and heifers ranged from
25c lower to soc higher at S3.40-10.55; /;
feeder steers steady to 15c off at $435-
$50; light and medium weight veal
calves SOC to 81 lower at S6.50-S.5O:
fat lambs SOC off at s10.25-22 60; feed
ing lambs 10-25c lower at s11-12.5O;
yearlings 25-50c lower at S7.75-1O.75,
and ewes steady to Csc lower at "a
675. Stocker and feeder shipments
from IL important markets during the
week ending Nov. 16 were: cattle and
calves 134,676; hogs 14,165; sheep
S0,415. In eastern wholesale fresh
meat markets beef steady at Boston
and Philadelphia, weak at New York.
Veal weak to 81 lower; pork steady
to weak with lamb and mutton about
steady. November "a prices good
grade meats: Beef s14917; veal s12
@15; lamb S22@25; mutton s12%16;
light pork loins s12G15; heavy loins
s1O@13.
! HAY-Hay markets continued gem
orally firm during the week and the
prices at the close were about the
same as a week ago. Southern ship
ments at Cincinnati of small volume.
Quoted Nov. %: No. l timothy Bos-
ton $3.50, New York s29, Pittsburg
$26, Memphis s26, Cincinatti s24.5O,
Chicago s27, Minneapolis $3.50, St
Louis s24.50, Kansas City $1S75. No.
l alfalfa Kansas City S25, Minneapolis
, S24, No. l prairie Kansas City SIS, st.
Louis $3.50, Chicago 500, Minneapol-
is $3.50.
! FEED-MiH feed market dull but
not quotably lower Oil meals weak
and quoted about 81 lower Hominy
feed quiet, offerings small. demand
light Gluten feed prices unchanged,
trading very dull Heavy receipts of
wheat feeds in several western mar
kets. Offerings wheat feeds and oil
meals liberal
COTTON-Spot cotton prices advan-
ced SO points during the week closing
at 34.31c ped lb. New York Decem-
Der future contracts advanced 1O4
points closing at 3525c.
FRUITS & VEGETABLES Potato
market tend lower New York round
whites closed at s16O-1.75 sacked and
bulk per 100 lbs, eastern cities s1.2O-
] an
whites s1.15-1.4O per 100 lbs. eastern
markets, S5 cents to LOS in Chicago.
Onion markets about steady. New
York and Midwestern yellow varieties
ranged $3.50 to SO sacked per 100 lbs.
consuming centers. $3.50 (. o. b. Mich
igan shipping points. Cabbage mar
kets steady to firm. New York Dan
ish type sold at s2O-25 bulk per ton
eastern cities s16-1S T. o. b. Northern
stock 5000 midwestern markets:
1914 fob. Apple markets dull.
Eastern stayman winesaps s44.75 per
barrel in New York and philadelphia.
Baldwins s3.50-45O and York Imper
ials 1924 in New York. Midwestern
Jonathans s1.75-225 per box leading
markets.
DAIRY PRODUCTS-Butte mar
ket weak and unsettled during the
week Supplies on the markets
ample and in some quarters sur.
plus has developed. Production ap.
parently holding steady Imports
heavier at high prices prevailing.
Closing prices 92-score butter: Phila-
delphia 53hc, Boston 511hc, New
York SIC, Chicago Sic.
CHEESE-Markets have lost firm.
ness of last week and appear no
more tsan steady. Advance OF last
week served to weaken the feeling.
and heavy storage surplus also a fac
tor Of influence. Wholesale prices at
Wisconsin primary markets Novem-
Der 23: Flats, 24Ac, twins 23hc.
single laisies PAN, double daisies 24c,
longhorns 24c, square prints 25hc.
GRA1N-Wheat market tone weak
but prices steady Cash wheat ND 1
to &c for week. Best milling grades
in good demand. Lower grades slow
Cash corn &c to 7c lower for week.
Future prices but little lower. Oats
market about one cent higher, re.
ceipts light with fair demand. Quot
ed Nov "a: No. l dark northern
spring Minneapolis s1O9A to 1.2OM
No. hard winter Chicago s1.O5. No
2 red winter st. Louis s1.12-113. No
2 yellow corn Chicago S3c, New No. a
yellow corn st. Louis SO-SO1kc; No. q
white oats Chicago H-44hc.
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