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Show WEEKLY MARKETGRAM (17. a llureau ot Markets.) Washington, D. C, for waek oiidoU December 8, 1?20: llnr- 1'rtcou practically unclinniuU from last Woak's Quotations. Jteco.,u very light, but arc oo.unl.to limited uv maud, which is local only. The lono o( tho market Is woak generally with a downward trend at Chicago, Omaha, Minneapolis and Cincinnati. Quoted No. 1 timothy: UalUmoro $31, Chicago ISO, Kansas City :.' Cincinnati 27. No. I iilfulfa; Omaha 23, Momphla 132, Kaunas city I2C.S0. No. 1 pralrlai Omaha S16, Minneapolis I, Chicago l'rrrt. Owing to strength In Corn market demand tor hominy Improved and prices nro steady to il per ton hlghor. Iluylng mostly tor quick shipment. ship-ment. Whout foods remain weak; demand de-mand unimproved at declines. Hales ot cottonseed meal and linseed moal, light. Prices ot most feedsturts steady to lower. Utiltlmore reports reduction ot $2 In feeds produced by olty mills, quoted llran 320.60, middlings 2 Ilour middlings 32, Unseed monl HO. 50. Minneapolis; Uluten (ced $48 Chicago; white hominy, 115.60; No. 1 alfalfa meal, $28, Ht. Loulsi brewers grains, $44 Milwaukee, beet pulp, $44 Chicago. Hrnl. Very little change In prices ottered growers tor grass seeds during dur-ing past two weeks. Urowers receiving per too pounds: $4.5006.00 timothy, $10 rod top. $12 Kentucky blue grass. and $9 orchard grass seed. rmltn and Vegetable Potato values val-ues showed further declines at northern north-ern f. o. b. markets, losing an additional addi-tional 16016a per 100 lbs, sacked at $1.1501.60, Chicago oarlot market declined de-clined $20o, duplicating (or the first time this season tho low prices ot $1.40 01.50 on September 21. Jobbing rangs In other markets, ZOCMOa lower, closing $1.6003.16. Western Now Tork f. o. b. markets continued dull, cloilne lower around $1.60. Kastern bulk stock held at $2.10O.:0 In the Now York market. mar-ket. Apples steady at western New Tork shipping points. A 2tt Ilaldwlns, $4.00 04.I5 per barrel. Kastern Baldwins and Khode Island Greenings, stoady at mostly $4.6006-00: Yorks, $4.0004.00. Northwestern extra fancy wlnosaps continued stonily f. o. b. around $2.26 por box. Iloxod Jonathans steady In New York at $2.7603.00! 25o lower In Kansas City at 23.0003.25. Drlttsh ap ple markets higher with good demand. American Ilaldwlns reported December 7 selling In London at $.53tf 10.40 per barrol; Liverpool. $7.JJ.S3j Yorks In Glasgow, $9.18010.67. Wlnesapa at Southampton, $8.54010.05. Northwestern Northwest-ern Jonathans In Liverpool, 38.47 per box: In London, $2.9603 04, Wlnesapa In dlasgow. $2.4703.81. Lettuce (millings heat at shipping points at $1.60 per 1V4 bushel hampers. Prices of Dig Iloston lettuce steady In consuming markets at $1. 7603.00: California Cali-fornia Icebergs, $2.6003.60 per crate. Shipments wcok ending December 7: Darroled apples, 1606 oars; boxed apples, ap-ples, 11(2; potatoes, 2884 1 lettuce, 2681 previous week's shipments: Barreled apples, 1622 cars; boxed applos, 1176; potatoes, 3672; lettuoe, 383. Grain. Although grain prices droppedon the 7th and 8th there was a net advance for the week. Cash grain In all markets was In active demand In some Instances premiums over the futures Increased. The Chicago markets mar-kets were featured by light recolnts, particularly of wheat and corn. Minneapolis Min-neapolis on the 8th reported no Improvement Im-provement In country movement of wheat. Southwest has had small movement move-ment througlr country dealers and sold a little mora freely on the Docember 6th advance In prices. Winnipeg reports re-ports that while movement of wheat la heavy, It Is largely ownod by farmers who refuse to sell. This Is handicapping shippers who sold In advance and cannot can-not now buy cash whoixt. Fort Williams, Will-iams, Canada, reports shipments first tliron days ot calendar week 350,000 bushels whent to United States the week, tho Chicago March wheat gained Ho at $l.2Ui Kansas City 10c, $1.61 W: Winnipeg May 9c, at $1-78; Chicago December De-cember wheat closed at $1.69: Decem ber corn, 74Uo. Livestock and Ments With few exceptions, ex-ceptions, all classos of livestock at Chicago Chi-cago showed declines from week ago. Hogs lost 40060c. Although cattle trade has shown a bettor tone recently, recent-ly, most grades are still selling under last 'week's prices, flood steers and yearlings lost about 25a; holfers, 50o: westerns have about reached the end ot their season and today's top quotations quota-tions are $1,25 under thoso of week ago. Voal calves declined $3 net. Fat sheep advanced 35c December 8 top Chicago prices on hogs, $10; yearling steers, $16.76; good beot steers. $13,600 13.76j heifers, $12; cows, $10.60; feeder steers, $10; westorns, $11; veal calves, $10.75; fat lambs, $11.16: feeding lambs, $11.25; ewes, $5.00. Lamb was the only fresh meat to advance at $1.00 O$3.00 higher. Pork lost from $1,000 4.00 per hundred lbs.; mutton steady to $2.00 lower; beef unchanged. December De-cember 8 good grada moat prices: lleef, $17.00.021.00; Veal, $17.00023.00; lambs $26.00028.00; mutton, $11,016.00; Ugh pork loins, $18.00023.00; heavy loins, $16.00018.00. Dnlrr Products Tho butter markets registered another sharp break during the week. Prlcos average 6a lower on 92 score at 52c New Tork, Philadelphia, Doaton; 48a Chicago. In eastern markets mar-kets the past two weeks butter prices have declined lie At the close markets mar-kets appear temporarily steady, prices showing no market change since eth. Weak conditions attributed to light demand; de-mand; continued Imports, surplus all grades, Storago butter very slow and prices ns low tut 48o reported nt New York. CMiooso markets broke sharply on the 6th nnd today's prices at Wisconsin Wis-consin markets 4 cents lower than week ago. Distributing markets have not yet felt effect of drop at country points, although price declines have occurred. Primary market quotations average 20Hc twins, 23o daisies, 22Ho double dalNloB, 23c young Americas, 23Ho long horns. 24 Ho square prints. Usual light demand this time nf year has somewhat some-what Hurt trade nnd weakness In butter but-ter markets contributing factor. Fancy held cheese, firm; demand, fair. Kxport trade extremely quiet. Domestic prices unattractive to export trade, while Canadian markets maintain present lower prices, |
