The Holly chieftain., 1924-02-14
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
-Furnishsd by
U. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington. d. O.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Washington. d. O.

Potato markets Irregular. New York
round whites sold at $l.s5 to 81 sacked
I. o. b.: northern round whites slightly
weaker In Chicago. at 1920 to sl.4o.
mostly, nsfs 81 to slos {. q b. Apple mar mar
WINS from cold storage closed at 81 to
$3.50 per barrel In eastern markets. top
OF IS in Pittsburgh. $3.S5 to $3.50 +. o.
and spitzenberg. s2.25 to $3.50 per box
in Chicago. Cabbage markets unsettled.
Danish pa Isl type RANGED s:S to ss5 bulk per
Florida WaKefieids generally si.s5 to
s2.25 per 1h-bushel hamper. top of
$2.5V In New York. Texas spinach gem
orally s1.75 to $2.25 per bushel basket
baltimore and Pittsburgh. Onion mar
ket prices irregular. Best stock of
midwestern yellow varieties sold at
city markets
Live Stock and Meats.
Chicago hog prices advanced about
the top and 81 to 1920 for the bulk.
Medium and good beef steers. 25c to
4oc higher at IS to sl1: butcher cows
!s.4o to s1O.75: feeder steers steady at
s4.5o to IS; light and medium weight
yea yssi j.: calves; SOC net lower at $3.50 to
ss to .ia4o 1ss fsedins IL s0i iamBs haSheF Sc
higher at $ll.75 to tl3.75; yeariings,
SOC higher at $3.50 to $12.60. and fat
ewes. 25c to 40c higher at $5.25 to
In eastern wholesale fresh meat mar
kets beef and pork are Soc to 81 lower:
veal is weak to 81 lower; lambs firm
to II higher and mutton Is firm to
Prices good grade meats: Beef $3.50
to !!s. veal SIS to S21, lamb $40 to $22
$3.50 to $1& and heavy lOina $40 to
Dairy Products.
Butter markets unsettled. Trading
irregular. supplies liberal, including
Aizable quantities of foreign butter,
mostly DaniSt. Argentine and New Zea-
land.
Prices 90 score butter: New York
1lc. Chicago 4sc. Philadelphia sic.
Cheese markets barely steady. Trad
Ing quiet and not responding to re-
duced asking prices. Effects Of severe
weather still apparent in Wisconsin.
cheese which has been frozen.
kets: Single daisies 23hc. double
daisies 23c. longhorns 2shc.
Average price of middling spot
cotton in ten designated spot markets
advanced 10 points during the week,
closing at 33.s3c per pound. New York
March future contracts advanced 81
points. closing at 24.03c.
Market situation continues weak and
prices unchanged to $15O per ton
lower. Receipts continue large, mostly
| of lower grades which are difficult to
| move. Quoted: No. timothy, Boston
1850. New York $3.50. Pittsburgh
$26.50, Memphis $27 Cincinnati S24
Chicago $3.50. Minneapolis $3.50, st.
Louis $24.50. No. alfalfa: Memphis
| $32. Minneapolis $22. No. prairie:
Minneapolis SIG. st. Louis $3.50.
Quotations for most feedstuffs lower
Better offerings of wheat feeds for
quick and prompt shipment. No i'm
d!ings quoted in most markets soc to
u lower. Cottonseed meal easier, down
~. but no inquiry. Linseed meal for
quick shipment lower now offered at
$4o.so Buffalo. S44 Minneapolis
| Wheat market made steady advance
during week. Future prices up about
3 cents. Cash demand fair. Sli ght Inn
provement in foreign markets.. Corn
future market remains near high level
reached during week. Demand for cash
corn less active and prices some grades
lower! Oats markets firm. good de-
ssprhinE, rim z, Minneapolis ti.i7 to :1.soh. No.
!i.12A. No. 2 red winter Chicago
$d.l3A. No. yellow corn. Chicago
s0*c. No. 3 white oats. Chicago 4sc
to S0Ac. Minneapolis 46hc.