The Delta independent., 1924-04-18
MARKET REPORT
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washington, ID. C., week ending
April IL, 1924.
LIVE STOCK & MEATS: Chicago
hog prices generally higher than
week ago, closing at s7O5 for the top
and s725-7OO for the bulk. Medium
and gool beef steers 10 to 40c higher
at ss.15-12.25; butcher cows and heif-
ers steady to 25c higher at s400 to
| 1915; feeder steers steady to 25c high
er at s5.25-9.OO; light and medium VT.
veal calves so TO 75c lower at s775-
11.00; fat lambs 25c higher at SIS to
100; feeding lambs steady at s14-25
to 1850; yearlings 25 to SOC higher at
s12.52 to 1925; fat ewes 25 to SOC
higher at IS to $3.50 Stocker and
feeder shipments from u important
markets during the week ending April
4 were: Cattle and calves, 33,3I3:
hogs, II 900: sheep 1O,413
In eastern wholesale fresh meat
markets beef is steady to soc higher:
veal is weak to SO lower; lamb and
mutton firm to 81 higher, and pork
loins SOC to 81 up. April 10 prices
good grade meats: Beef s15.5O-ls:
veal s14-1s; lamb s26-3O; mutton 500
2l; light pork loins s161S.5O; heavy
loins 1916.
COTTON: Average price OF midd-
ling spot cotton in ten designated spot
markest advanced sc points during
the week. closing at 3149 cents per
pound. New York May future con
tracts advanced rs points. closing at
31.14 cents.
FRUITS & VEGETABLES: East.
ern potatoes 1o-l5c higher in New
York. fairly steady elsewhere. (New
York round whites closed at 81 55-I .s5
sacked per 100 lbs. in eastern cities.
Northern sacked round whites SC
higher in Chicago at $130-l.l5, mostly
$1.lo-l1s at Michigan shipping points
New York stock tends lower. Florida
Spauldins Rose sold at $40 to sl2 per
double head barrel in eastern markets.
Yellow varieties OF onions steady in
Chicago. firm in New York asd Phila-
delphia, closing at 81 to $3.50 sacked
per 100 lbs. in consuming centers
Florida pointed tpye cabbage stronger
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in eastern markets Texas flat and
round types advanced SIS to $40 in St
Louis and Kansas City bringing SIS TO
$50 bulk per ton. SIS to 500 higher at
shipping points at si5 to $50 New
York apples steady to firm. Baldwins
sold at 1878 to 450 per barrel leading
markets. Northwestern extra fancy
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estimates show an increae OF about
two per cent over 1928 in the intended
watermelon acreage in early states
mostly in Texas. A forecasted crop
equivalent to about 10000 cars Tex.
as Bermuda onions show an increase
of 300 cars over March estimates Pro
duction OF early and midseason straw
berries and acreage OF midseason cab,
bage appear practically unchanged
from last year 8 estimate.
DAIRY PRODUCTS: Butter market
low and unsettled during the week
being about settled at the close, sen
timent and foreign butter still princi-
pal influencing factors. Total OF
close to $4,000 boxes from the shipment
from New Zealand have been unloaded
at New York Closing Wholesale prices
on 90 score butter today: New York
3Slsc, Philadelphia 39c, Chicago SIC.
Boston 3sc. Cheese markets weak and
dull. although present tendency to
steadier tone. Dealers still anxious to
keep receipts moving. Wholesale
prices at Wisconsin primary markets
April IL; Sinblc daisies l7&c; double
daisies 17lfc; longhorns 17%c: square
prints 1Sc
FEED: Little change in feed situa-
ton. Northwestern markets show
slightly firmer tendency for wheat
feeds. Somewhat better inquiry do
veloped In eastern dairy sections
GRAIN: Grain markets duh. Wheat
prices slightly higher toward close OF
week but still below last week close.
Export sales mostly Canadian. Good
milling demand for best grades Corn
and oats only In fair good demand
Prices slightly below last week Re
ceipts light and commercial stocks
relatively small. Buying mostly for
current needs, Quoted April 12: No. !
1 dark northern spring Minneapolis |
s1.13-127. No. hard winter Chicago |
s11l. No. 2 yellow corn Chicago zoe;