Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 301, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1920 — MARKETS BY WIRE [ARTICLE]

MARKETS BY WIRE

(Furnished by The Farmers Grain Market, H. H. Potter; Mgr.) Chicago, December 17, 1920. Hogs, receipts, '27,000; top, $9.30. ■ Cattle, receipts, 5,000. Sheep, receipts, 11,000. Grain Market. Mar. wheat opened at 1.59% and 1.60%; closed at 1.64%. Dec. wheat opened at 1.63 1-8 and 1.64; closed at 1.70. May oats opened' at .46 7<-8 and .47.%; closed at .48 3-4. Dec. oats opened at .45%; closed at .46. May corn opened at .68% 4 closed at .71 1-4. Dec. corn opened at .67 and .67%; closed at .69 1-2 and 3-4. Friday’s local grain markets were: Oats, 40c; corn, yellow 56c, white and mixed 53c; rye, $1.30; wheat, $1.58.