Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 August 1902 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $4.00 to $8.25; hogs, shipping grades, $4.25 to $8.00; sheep, fair to choice, $4.00 to $4.40; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2,58 cto 59c; oats. No. 2,49 c to 50c; rye. No. 2. 55c to 57c; hay, timothy, $ll.OO to $10.00; prairie, $6.00 to $12.50; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 18c; potatoes, new, 40c to 60c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $8.25; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $7.70; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn. No. 2 white, 65c to 66c; oats, No. 2 white, 50c to 52c. St. Louis—Cattle, $4.50 to $7.75; hogs, $3.00 to $7.85; sheep. $2.50 to $4.40; wheat. No. 2,65 cto 66c; corn. No. 2, 61c to 62c; oats, No. 2,37 cto 38c; rye, No. 2,52 cto 53c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $4.50 to $7.25; hogs, $4.00 to $7.75; sheep, $3.25 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 66c to 67c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 55c to 57c, rye, No. 2,58 cto 50c. Detroit —Cattle, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs $3.00 to $7.60; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 3 yellow, 67c to 68c; oats, No. 2 white, 61c to 63c; rye. 60c to 61c. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 northern, 77c to 78c; corn. No. 3,64 cto 65c; oats’ No. 2 white, 54c to 55c; rye, No. 1,59 c to 61r; barley, No. 2,67 cto 68c; pork, mess, $17.40. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 71c to 72c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 62c to 63c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; clover seed prln.e, $5.12. New York—Cattle, $4.00 to $7.60; hogs, $3.00 to $7.65; sheep, $4.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn, N'>. 2, 65c to 67c; oats. No. 2 white. 65c to 66c; butter, creamery, 18c to 21c; eggs, western, 17c to 19c. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steers, $4.00 to $8.25; hogs, fair to prime, S4.OC to $8.15; sheep, fair to choice, $3.25 to $4.25; lambs, common to choice, $4.00 to $6.50. Gates is said to be planning a merger of all the railroads between the lakes • and the South.