The Holly chieftain., 1923-10-04
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
-Furnished by
U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington. D. O.
Fruit. and Vegetables.
Washington. d. O.

Prices reported: Long Island Green
Mountain nd fo,atoss Ss sS45 to ss;SS
markets. Maine Irish Cobblers. s1.75
TO s2.i5 Eastern cities. s1.15 +. Q. b.
Northern Round Whites, $l.s5 to So In
ia and North Dakota Red River Ohios.
16c to S1,65 in Cincinnati and Chicago.
s5c I. o. b. Eastern peaches. 81 to
In New York to sl.15 I. o. b. ring
Hound type. ;s2 to SIS Bulk per ton
Eastern markets !2z I: o. b Mid,
and st. Louis. New York onions, yell
low varieties. $3.50 to 81 sacked per
100 lbs. @ leading markets. ,r as,aS MassaehY, !.
to ss.s5 1. Q. B. Middiewestern stock
mostly. IS to $3.50 reaching s4.z5 in
Boston. New York apples. Wealthys.
City. Midwestern Wealthys. ss.75 to
$4..5 In Chicago. u I. o. b.
Grain.
Grain markets had firm undertone
most of week and closed at net gains.
Buying by Eastern interests. strength
port sales, and lack of selling pres
sure We're main market factors.
Prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2
red winter wheat, s1.0S; No. hard
92s; No. 2 yellow corn. s2c; No. 8
Waite oats, 42c.
Average farm price No. 2 mixed corn
b, central Iowa, 79c.
Future markets: Chicago December
wheat, ,sl.O5ss:. Chicago. December
wheat. sl.i7a; Kansas City December
wheat, Sl.O3Ns Winnipeg December
wheat, s5 NC.
Market generally firm because of
light receipts. prices however. remain
ftanl lINP
ern marketD show more strength than
Eastern markets. Prairie hay pro-
dueers in the Northwest apparently
holding for higher prices.
$3.50; Pittsburg, s24.5v; Memphis. s25;
Minneapoiis. s2o.5S: St. i LOUIS. sci. .'So. No.
Prairie. MinneapolisI Sl7; st. Louis.
$3.50.
Markets dull and easier. No i'm
provement in either jobbing or interi-
or demand. Flour trade good and
heavier production of wheatfeeds
looked for Oil meals inactive, stocks
feeds firm, offerings and production
good. Wheatfeeds quiet, price tenden-
cy lower. storage stocks accumulating
and several thousand tons held at lake
ports.
Live Stock and Meats.
Chicago prices: Hogs. top, $S35;
bulk. $40 to $500; medium and good
beef steers. 50 to $l1.76; butcher cows
and heiters. $3.50 to $1l; feeder steers,
$4.15 to 1915; light and medium
weight veal calves, SS.25 to $12.75: fat
lambs. $12 to 1885, feeding lambs.
$l2 to $13.35; yearlings. $3.50 to $ll;
fat ewes, $3.75 to s6.75..
Prices good grade meats: Beef, SIS
to $3.50; veal. SIS to S23: lamb, $23 to
SIG; mutton. $13 to SIG: light pork
loins. s24 to $27: heavy loins. SIS to
$2l.
Spot cotton prices declined, 112
points during the week New York
October future contracts declined, 14U
points. Spot cotton closed at 28.1Sc
per pound. New York October futures
at 26.5Uc.
Dairy Products.
Demand has been good. and produc-
ton Is apparently falling off, but with
considerable butter being drawn from
storage, dealers have lost confidence
in the markets at the high prices
which have ruled.
Prices 81 score butter: New York.
45lac; Chicago. 44c; Philadelphia
461sc: Boston, 46hc.
Cheese markets firm. Heaviest
trading took place at distributing
| markets. with business at country
points a little quiet.
Prices at Wisconsin primary cheese
markets Sept. rs: Twins, 36c; Single
Daisies, 26c; Double Daisies, 25Ac;
Young Americas. 263sc; Longholn
z6nc; SQuareprints. z1Ac.