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Show Weekly marketgram i j (U. 15. Bureau of Markets) ! Washington. D. C. For week ended , February 4, 21. i Fruits and YeKt able?. Potatoes de-I de-I clined 10':i0c per 1U0 lbs. f. o. b. north- ern shipping- stations, reaching- ISfii'SSa I sacked. Chicago car-lot market lost & ! (y10c at $ 1 (a 1 . j 5 . Hound whiles down 10c f. o. b. New York shipping points, closing- $lfai.uS. New York market down 15c reaching1 $1.50 1.C5 bulk. Cold storage Baldwin apples steady f. o. b. around ?4 per bbl. Baldwins and Greenings steady in city markets at o for large lots; York Imperials $3.50 (it 4.50, except Chicago, $5 (fi 5.25. Northwestern t-xlra fancy Winesaps steady f. o. b. shipping points at $2.10 j2.25 per box; New York market steady, large sizes ?4 4.25, medium sizes $3(3. 50. Yellow onions down 10c per 100 lbs. f . o. b., closing1 around 75 e. Fast ern consuming- markets lost an additional IOidc, reaching 75c?1.25 Feb. 3rd.; middle-western centers 75c$1.25. Hay and Feed. Cincinnati reports that hj,'ivy receipts poor quality timothy timo-thy are depressing" market factor. Alfalfa Al-falfa slightly steadier In Cincinnati; fair country demand noted in Chicago. Arrivals light in Chicago. Idaho alfalfa arriving freely in Kansas City; indications indica-tions point to heavy movement in near future. Loading in Kansas light account ac-count bad roads and weather. Quoted: No. 1 timothy $25, Chicago, $25 Cincinnati, Cin-cinnati, $29 Memphis, No. 2 Timothy $22 Chicago. $22.50 Cincinnati, $27 Memphis. Mem-phis. No. 1 clover mixed $22.50 Cincinnati. Cin-cinnati. No. 1 Alfalfa $24 Cincinnati, $29 Memphis. No. 2 alfalfa $22. 50 Memphis. Grain. The week opened with falling fall-ing grain prices that continued until the 2nd, when oversold condition was revealed and general buying set in. The advance was short lived, however, and during the morning of the 4th Chicago May wheat sold at $1.40. a new low price on crop. Chicago board of trade has discontinued posting Argentina Ar-gentina grain prices account effect on American markets. Export demand generally slow. Germany reported to have trfken 3,700,000 bushels Australian wheat at about 12c under American prices; Italy reports Argentine offering wheat mch cheaper than American, yet Argentine inquiring for wheat at Gulf" on the 4th. Milling demand reported re-ported slow; country offerings small. Country offerings of corn to arrive, moderate. Kansas City reports milling and export demand slow to fair with cash No. 2 dark wheat 64c over Kansas Kan-sas City March. Minnea-polis flour demand de-mand dull. For the week Chicago March wheat lost ISc, closing at I U.62; May corn lc at 65c. Min-! Min-! neapolis March wheat down 1 3 c, at ! $1.42i4; Kansas City March 12 He. at $1.46; Winnipeg May 1078c, at $1.67. Chicago May wheat $1.42. Wheatfeed dull, weak and easier. Southern .markets report little activity in cottonseed meal. Demand for feeds light. Arrivals light in Kansas City; March soft bran offered at $24; gray Phorts $25.50. Quoted: Bran $23, middlings mid-dlings $21.50, 'rye feed $21, flour middlings mid-dlings $26, Minneapolis. 36 per cent cottonseed meal $27 Memphis, $37 New York. $33.50 Chicago. White hominy feed $24 Chicago, $22.50 St. Louis. Beet pulp $3 6 Cincinnati, $37 northeastern markets. Gluton feed $35 Chicago. Oat-feed Oat-feed $10 St. Louis. Live Stock and Meats. A sharp decline de-cline in sheep and lamb prices featured the Chicago live stock market the past week. Fat. lambs broke $50c$1.25; feeding lambs 75c $1.50. Yearlings I lost $1.25 1.50; fat ewes weak to 50c I lower. Cattle declines ranged 2550c j per 100 lbs. with some choice steers $1 i lower. Hogs ranged 15c lower to ,10c higher. February 4th Chicago prices: ; Hogs, bulk of sales, $9.20(ffil0; medium I and good beef steers $7.258.75; butch- er cows and heifers $4.258; feeder : steers $6(8; light and medium weight veal calves $9. 606)12; fat lambs $7.25 10.25; feeding lambs $7.25 '8 50; year- lings $67.50; fat ewes $3 50(&5. Prices of practically all classes and grades of .meat declined on eastern, wholesale markets. Beef down $1.50(fB 2; vea.V, lamb, mutton and pork loins $13. February 4th prices good grade meats: Beef $13(14.50; veal $20(?i22; lamb $1720; mutton $10 (5 12; light pork loins $1922; heavy loins $1519. Dairy Products. Butter markets have been" weak and unsettled. No I trading interest and market generally lacks support. At New York foreign butter has been an important factor, producing this condition as buyers have shown preference for high quality foreign butter at favorable prices. Reduced Re-duced consumptive demand apparent in some sections. Prices 92 score, domestic fresh: New York 46c; Chicago 454c; Philadelphia 46Vjc; Boston 47c. Cheese markets lost some of their firmness during week and prices have declined slightly; tendency still downward. down-ward. Buyers look for lower prices and operating cautiously. Fancy held cheese firm. Very little export business busi-ness during week. Prices fresh cheese Wisconsin primary .markets average: Twins 24 c ; Daisies 25c; Double Daisies 24c; Longhorns 26Mc; Young Americas 25c. |