Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1901 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Chicago Grain and Produce. Chicago, Dec. 12. Following were the quotations on the Board of Trade today; Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. December ...» .75% s<76 8 .75% 8 .75% May SO% .80% .79% .79% July 80 .80% .79% .79% CornDecember ... .63% .63% .62% .63% May 66% .66% .65% .66% July .66% .66% .60% .66% Oats — December ... .44 .44% .43% .44% May 45 .46% .44% .45 July 39% .39% .39% .39% Pork— December 15.20 January 16.55 16.62% 16.40 16.40 May 16.87% 17.07% 16.b0 16.80 Im rd— December ... 9.95 9.95 9.85 9.85 January 9.87% 9.95 9.87% 9.87% May 9.82% 9.92% 9.82% 9.82% Short Ribs— December ... ’.... 8.37% January 8.45 May 8.57% 8.62% 8.52% 8.55 Produce: Butter —Extra creamery, 24%c per lb; extra dairy, 20c; fresh packing stock, 14%c. Eggs—Fresh stock, 22©25c per dos. Dressed Poultry—Turkeys, B©9c per lb; chickens, hens, 7© 7%c. Apples—Fair to choice, 82.50©4.25 per brl. Potatoes—7s©Boc per bu. Cranberries—Cape Code, 87. m) per brl; bell and bugle, 87.004707.50. Chicago Live Stock. Chicano, Dec. 11 Hogs—Estimated receipts for the day, 50,096; sales range dt [email protected] for pigs, 85.254j6.00 for light, [email protected] for rough packing, 85.70©6.45 for mixed, and 86.25' ©6.60 for heavy packing and shipping lots, with the bulk of the sales at 85.75 ©6.40. Catttle—Estimated receipts for the day, 11,000; quotations ranged at 87.10© 7.40 for fancy holdiday beeves, 86.25© 6.90 for choice to extra steers, 85.50© 6.10 for good to choice do., 84.9005.40 for fair to good do., 34.1504.65 common to medium do., 817504.30 butchers’ steers, 34.7506.50 fed western steers, 82.1004.20 stackers and feeders, 81.350)4.60 cows, 82.2504.75 heifer®, 82.5004.50 bulls and oxen,. 84.0005.25 stags, 83.2004.25 Texas steers, 83.75©5.20 grass ewslern steers, and 83.5005.<5 veal calve*. Sheep and Lambs—Estimated receipts for the day, 14,000; quotations ranged at 82.50fi4.40 westerns, 82.500’4.50 natives, 83.0005.18 western lambs, and 82.7605.25 native lambs. Fuml Butndo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle—Receipts, 2 cars; market steady; no very go-d cattle here; veals, 84.00C7.25. Hogs— Receipts, 30 cars; market 5c lower for pigs and light grades; others about steady; Yorkers, light to good. 85.75(95 96; few iholce. 86.00; mixed packers, 86 100620; mediums and heavy, 36.3506.40; one load choice heavy. M. 50; pigs, 85.2505.30; roughs. 85.40©5.60; stags, 84.0004.50. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts, 15 cars; market stronger for lambs; sheep steady; top natives, 85.0005.10; cull* to good, 83.7504.90; common to cull* 88.00 ©8.50; mixed sheep, tops, 83.35©3.50; culls to good, wethers and yearlings, extra, 83.9004.00; Canada lambs, 84.8504.90, NL Lost* Grain. . St. Lovis, Dec. 12. wheaj—Lower; No. 2 red cash elevator, 82c; track. (3%084o; December. 61 %c; May. 82c: No. 1 bard. U%©<B%cCorn—Lower: No. 2 caeh, «<c; track, •7%©89c; December. 68c; May. «B%c; July, *B%c. Oats—Lower; No. 2 cash. ♦7%c; track. 4lo; December. 47%c; May. 4«% c: No. 2 white, 49©49%c. RyeSteady; ttc.