Price of Middling spot cotton for July 29 and the commercial
differences in price between Middling and other grades of American
Upland cotton at each of the 10 markets named, together with the
total number of bales sold during the week ending July 29, as
reported to the U. S. Department of Agriculture by the cotton
exchanges in these markets.
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│ │ │ │ │
│ Norfolk. │Augusta.│Savannah.│Montgomery.│Memphis.
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White Standards:│_On._[33] │ _On._ │ _On._ │ _On._ │ _On._
Middling Fair │ 200│ 125│ 125│ 163│ 225
Strict Good │ │ │ │ │
Middling │ 150│ 100│ 100│ 125│ 150
Good Middling │ 100│ 75│ 75│ 88│ 100
Strict │ │ │ │ │
Middling │ 50│ 38│ 50│ 50│ 50
Middling │ 21.63│ 21.63│ 21.50│ 21.38│ 22.50
│_Off._[33]│ _Off._ │ _Off._ │ _Off._ │ _Off._
Strict Low │ │ │ │ │
Middling │ 50│ 37│ 50│ 50│ 50
Low Middling │ 100│ 100│ 100│ 125│ 125
Strict Good │ │ │ │ │
Ordinary[34]│ 175│ 175│ 150│ 200│ 225
Good │ │ │ │ │
Ordinary[34]│ 250│ 275│ 200│ 275│ 325
Yellow Tinged: │ │ │ │ │
Good Middling │ Even.│ Even.│ Even.│ Even.│ Even.
Strict │ │ │ │ │
Middling │ 50│ 37│ 50│ 75│ 50
Middling[34] │ 100│ 100│ 150│ 175│ 150
Strict Low │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 175│ 175│ 225│ 250│ 225
Low │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 275│ 275│ 300│ 325│ 325
Yellow Stained: │ │ │ │ │
Good Middling │ 100│ 100│ 100│ 125│ 125
Strict │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 200│ 175│ 200│ 200│ 225
Middling[34] │ 275│ 300│ 300│ 275│ 275
Blue Stained: │ │ │ │ │
Good │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 150│ 100│ 150│ 150│ 100
Strict │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 225│ 200│ 225│ 225│ 150
Middling[34] │ 300│ 300│ 300│ 300│ 200
Sales for week, │ │ │ │ │
bales │ 531│ 233│ 169│ 472│ 1,200
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│Little│ │ │ │ New │
│Rock. │Dallas.│Houston.│Galveston.│Orleans.│ Average.
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White Standards:│_On._ │ _On._ │ _On._ │ _On._ │ _On._ │ _On._
Middling Fair │ 200│ 200│ 150│ 250│ 175│ 181
Strict Good │ │ │ │ │ │
Middling │ 150│ 150│ 125│ 175│ 150│ 138
Good Middling │ 100│ 100│ 100│ 100│ 100│ 94
Strict │ │ │ │ │ │
Middling │ 75│ 75│ 50│ 50│ 50│ 54
Middling │ 21.50│ 21.45│ 21.90│ 21.95│ 21.50│ 21.69
│_Off._│_Off._ │ _Off._ │ _Off._ │ _Off._ │ _Off._
Strict Low │ │ │ │ │ │
Middling │ 50│ 75│ 75│ 75│ 50│ 56
Low Middling │ 125│ 150│ 150│ 150│ 125│ 125
Strict Good │ │ │ │ │ │
Ordinary[34]│ 225│ 250│ 250│ 250│ 225│ 213
Good │ │ │ │ │ │
Ordinary[34]│ 325│ 350│ 350│ 350│ 325│ 303
Yellow Tinged: │ │ │ │ │ │
Good Middling │[35]25│ Even.│ Even.│ Even.│ Even.│ [35]3
Strict │ │ │ │ │ │
Middling │ 50│ 75│ 50│ 50│ 50│ 54
Middling[34] │ 150│ 175│ 175│ 175│ 200│ 155
Strict Low │ │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 225│ 250│ 250│ 250│ 250│ 228
Low │ │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 300│ 325│ 325│ 325│ 325│ 310
Yellow Stained: │ │ │ │ │ │
Good Middling │ 125│ 150│ 150│ 150│ 125│ 125
Strict │ │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 200│ 250│ 250│ 225│ 250│ 218
Middling[34] │ 275│ 350│ 350│ 325│ 300│ 303
Blue Stained: │ │ │ │ │ │
Good │ │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 125│ 175│ 150│ 150│ 125│ 138
Strict │ │ │ │ │ │
Middling[34]│ 225│ 250│ 225│ 225│ 175│ 213
Middling[34] │ 325│ 325│ 300│ 300│ 300│ 295
Sales for week, │ │ │ │ │ │
bales │ 56│ 7,113│ 7,283│ 6,739│ 5,261│[36]29,057
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Exports of American Cotton from August
1 to July 28.
[Information from commercial sources.]
To— │ 1921‒22 │ 1920‒21
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│ _Bales._ │ _Bales._
Great Britain │ 1,755,531│ 1,753,072
France │ 763,220│ 575,436
Germany │ 1,421,822│ 1,326,405
Italy │ 488,710│ 508,678
Japan │ 810,199│ 629,599
China │ 90,666│ 74,741
Spain │ 311,763│ 253,899
Belgium │ 172,485│ 195,473
Other countries │ 219,597│ 266,148
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Total │ 6,033,993│ 5,583,451
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Exports for the week ending July 28 amounted to 48,449 bales, compared
with 96,434 bales the previous week and 157,465 bales for the
corresponding week in 1921.