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Show WEEKLY MARKETGRASS,'! (U. S. Bureau of Markets) ' Washington, IX C. For week ended Jan. 17, 1921. liny anil Peril, Hay receipts continued contin-ued light. Eastern markets very dull. Western markets slightly more active. Prices unchanged to 'i lower. Quote: No. 1 Timothy New York $35, ChicaRC 27, Cincinnati J2U.B0, Pittsburg 2a, Jacksonville $34. No. 1 alfalta St. Louis $27, Atlanta $35. No. 1 prairie St. Louis $21, Chicago $18. Fruits and Veit allien. Northern round white potatoes closed slightly lower f. o. b. at $1.05 1.15 per 100 lbs. sacked. Chicago car-lot market held at $1.20 1.40. Jobbing range down 10 to 15c In other middle western markets at $1.35(Jjl.5. Sacked round whites down 15c at western New York shipping ship-ping points, closing $1,354)1.40. New York down 5315c, reaching $1.80 1.95 bulk. Sacked Green Mountains lost 10 t 16c, Boston, at $1.76 01.90. Baldwin apples steady f. o. b.; common com-mon storage $3. 65 fj 3.7 5 per bbl; cold storage $404.25; Baldwins, Yorks and Crreenings steady, jobbing mostly $4 4.75. Northern extra fancy Winesaps steady f. o. b., around $2 per box; New York steady, jobbing $3.604.25. Sacked yellow onions slow and dull at western New York shipping points, around $liper 100 lbs. Eastern cities down 15 to 40c, at $1(1.60; middle wests-rn markets slow and steady, 60c to $1.40. (ruin. Large export sales, Improved flour demand In southwest and good demand for cash wheat combined to strengthen prices at the opening of the week's grain trading and by the 13th Chicago March wheat sold at $1.84 ine msnest price reached in some months. PriceB then began to fall, however, Chicago March wheat closed at J 1.73 on the 15th. On the 17th there was a strong undertone to the market induced in part by heavy export ex-port demand and confirmation that seventy million bushels wheat in hands of grain corporation had been included In carryover on July 1. Wheat prices advanced, followed by gains in coarse Brain prices. Five hundred thousand to six hundred thousand bushels corn sold for export since the 15th to Denmark, Den-mark, Holland and Belgium. In Chicago Chi-cago cash market No. 2 red winter wheat 18 23c over March; No. 2 hard winter 8&9c over; new No. 3 mixed corn 8 l&ft1 9c under May; yellow 5c under. Kansas City reports good milling mill-ing demand; export demand fair. No. 2 hard winter wheat 4'B'7c over Kansas Kan-sas City March. For the week Chicago March wheat about unchanged at $1.76tt: May corn down 3,i at 71 c. Minneapolis March wheat down 3Uc, Bt $1.70: Kansas City March c, at $1.70", ; Winnipeg May unchanged at $1.92. Chicago May wheat $1.69. nnlry Proiliiet. There was active buying of butter early in the week but when demand let up price declines occurred oc-curred rapidly as result of heavy Imports. Im-ports. Receipts fancy grades light. Cargo of more than two million pounds Danish expected New York this week. New Zealand butter also on eastern markets and California surplus of fresh beginning to move. Jan. 17th, 92 score prices: New York 52c; Chicago 48Hci Philadelphia 53c; Boston 52c. I.lve Stock and MeatH. Practically all grades of hogs at Chicago gained an average of 10c the past week. Beef and butcher cattle lost 1065c, better grades losing most. Veal calves lost 25rifi$1.25; feeder steers advanced 25c & 59c. Fat lambs and yearlings de- clined sharply; feedlnK lambs up 2ow BOe. Jan. 17th ChlcRKO prices: hogs, bulk at Bales, $9.40 iff 9. 65; medium and good bnef steers JS.50tfM0.50; butcher cows and heifers $4.6(EP9 75; feeder steers 25; IlRht and medium welffht veal calves $9.7512; fat lambs JS.7StfJll.2S; feeding lambs J8.25W 10 50; yearlings JS!9.2r: fat ewes J416. Kastern wholesale fresh meat markets mar-kets were Invariable 1ovej. Pork loins declined JIV46 per 100 lbs; veal I2(ffl4. hmb Jl2; mutton $1; beef 60c$l. Jan. J7th prices good arcade .means''. Beef J16.50W18; veal J22?24: lamb 124 27; mutton J13fl17; lie-tit perk loins J24027; heavy loins J1S021. |