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Show Marketgram (U. S. Bureau of Markets and Crop Estimates. ) Week ending March 25, 11)22: Hay Continued light receipts hold hay prices firm. Quoted March 14: No. 1 alfalfa Kansas City, I $22.75; Memphis, $27. No. 1 prairie) i Kansas City, $11.25; Chicago, $17. j Dairy Products Butter markets broke sharply during the week, but are steadier at close. Liberal receipts I j with a moderate demand on a weak I market were of influence. Competition Competi-tion in retail trade favored a general 1 movement of all grades, price being j the determining factor in many cases rather than quality. Closing prices 92 score: Boston, 39Vic; Chicago and Philadelphia, 3Sc; New York, 37c. Cheese markets barely steady with tendency to lighter demand and slightly lower prices. Prices in Wis- i consin primary marV.ets March 21: ! Twins, 19c; daisies, lS'Ac; double daisies, ISc; young Americas, 21c; longhorns, 22V2c.) squire prints, 2iy4c. Grain- Wheat market heavy under un-der liquidation and closed at low point for week. Buying support lacking lack-ing except far short covering and some buying by commission houses on breaks. Foreign markets showed downward tendency. Closing prices in Chicago cash market: No. 2 red winter wheat, $1.31; No. 2 hard winter win-ter wheat, $1.30; No. 2 mixed corn, 55c; No. 2 yellow corn, 5Gc; No. S white oats, 3 6c. Average farm prices: No. 2 mixed corn in central Iowa about 42c; No. 2 hard winter wheat in central Kansas, $1.20; No. 1 dark northern wheat in central North Dakota, $1.31. For the week Chicago May wheat declined 8c, closing at $1.30 ; Chicago May corn down 4c at 58c; Minneapolis May-wheat May-wheat down 6c at $1.39; Kansas City May wheat down lc at $1.18; Winnipeg May wheat down 5y2c at $1.33. Livestock and Meats Chicago hog prices advanced 5c-2 0c, light weights advancing most. Beef steers generally gener-ally steady; butcher cows and heifers up 2 5c. Stockers and feeders dull and weak to 2 5c lower. Killing classes of sheep and lambs mostly steady; tat ewes up 25c in spots. Feeder lambs unchanged. March 2 5, Chicago prices: Hogs, top, $10.60 (part load); bulk of sales, $9.90-$10.50; $9.90-$10.50; medium and good beef isteers, ,$7i'.25-$8.85 ; butcher .cows and heifers, $4.75-$8; feeder steers, $5.50-$7.25; light and medium weight veal calves, $6-$ 9; fat lambs, $13.25-$16; feeding lambs, $11.75-$13.75; $11.75-$13.75; yearlings, $11.25-$14.50 ; fat ewes, $7-$10.25. Stocker and feeder shipments from twelve important markets during the week ending March 17 were: Cattle and calves, 5,903; ' hogs', 14,376; I sheep, 15,807. With the exception of fresh pork loins and good grade beet, eastern wholesale fresh meat prices were practically unchanged. Pork loin:-ranged loin:-ranged from $l-$3 higher; good beef up 5c. March 24 prices good grade meats: Beef, $3-$14; veal, $14-$16; $14-$16; lamb, $26-$29; mutton. $19-$21; $19-$21; light pork loins, $19-$23; heavy loins, 15-$20. 1 |