The Holly chieftain., 1924-03-27
LATEST MARKET
QUOTATIONS
-FurnIshed by
u. S. BUREAU OF MARKETS
Washington, D. G.
Fruit. ..a VEGETABLE.

New York round white potatoes tend
lower at $1.60 to $1.85 sacked per loo
s1.25 to $40 at shipping points; north
lower in Chicago at sl.15. to $1.so.
mostly soc to 81 at shipping points:
crate in New York. Western apples
ranged sa.75 to $3.50 per barrel in lead
Ing city markets, $3.50 to ss.s5 I. Q. b.
extra fancy .Winesaps. s2.15 to $3.50
per box in New York and Chicago.
Texas spinach. $1.25 to $1.75 per bushel
varieties of onions about steady, rang
Ing 50 to $3.50 sacked per 100 pounds
IN consuming centers. New York Dan
ish type cabbage declined IS to $40 In
bulk per ton; Texas new stock steady
to firm at $50 to SOS. top of s75 In
Baltimore; .$2s to $50 at shipping points.
10-inch crate or to dozen stalks;
s2.75 +. o. b. at Sanford. Fla.
Live stock and Meats
Chicago hog prices ranged from
to $3.50 for the bulk. Medium and
good beef steers 25c to 40c higher at
Ss.15 to s11.65; butcher cows and
s,d helfers sd. steady steady to l5e higher at s. TO TO
$3.50: light and medium weight veal
calves 25c to SOC higher at IS to s1175;
fat lambs about SOC higher at $3.50
higher at sI4 to sl5.75; yearlings SOC
to 81 higher at s7.s5 to ,1i.5o.
In eastern wholesale fresh meat mar,
steady to So higher; lamb 81 to-$3. and
pork and mutton generally 81 higher.
Prices gooa-grade meats: Beef $3.50
s2s, mutton $50 to sci, light pork loins
sl4 to $17. heavy loins S10.50 to $14.
Dairy Products
Butter markets barely steady. Trad
ing lacks snap and Is mostly for cur
rent requirements only. Production
heavy shipments expected carly in
April.
Wholesale prices today on 90 score
Philadelphia 4Sc. Boston 4shc.
Primary cheese markets more active
with trading on more confident basis
but distributing markets Irregular with
business on the whole dull. Buyers
apparently waiting for it to be pore
definitely established that prices are at
low point: Wholesale prices at Wis
single daisies 21c. double daisies 2lc.
young Americas 21c. longhorns 20h c,
square prints 21&c.
Grain.
Best grades milling wheat in good
demand: offerings limited. demand fair
for corn; feeders buying sparingly: re-
ceipts continue light: oats firm and in
fair demand. Quoted: No. l dark
northern spring, Minneapolis $1.13h to
$L28H. No. 2 hard winter. Chicago
$1.091a, St. Louis s1.05h, Kansas City
S1.o1 to $1.15. No. 2 red winter. ST.
louis ko sa;2t s11a to sl1s; Kansas City sl,0s.
neapolis 21hc. No. 8 yellow corn, st.
Louis 761Rc to TIC. Kansas City 72Ac.
No; . white oats. Chicago 46Ac to
City 47c, Minneapolis 43c.
Hay.
Timothy hay markets generally firm;
receipts In practically all markets con-
tinue light; best grades alfalfa and
prairie in good demand; bad country
roads checking movement to Kansas
s2s. New York $40. Pittsburgh $3.50.
Memphis s27, Cincinnati $3.50, Chicago
$26. Minneapolis $3.50, Kansas City
$19., No: z timothy. Boston S25. New
York $3.50. Memphis $25. Chicago s21,
phis s32. Chicago s2S. Minneapolis s22,
Kansas City $24.50. No. l prairie, Chi
cago $40. Minneapolis $16. Kansas City
Feed markets quiet with prices
barely steady; Wheat feeds easier.
particularly middlings and other heavy
wheat feeds. Considerable pressure
from mills to sell middlings and shorts.
Demand from Interior light.
Cotton.
Average price of middlinG spot cotton
In ten designated spot markets ad-
vanced IS points. quoted at 29.12c per
pound. New York March future con-
tracts advanced rs points, quoted ut
28.77c.