Jasper County Democrat, Volume 8, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1905 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Chicago Grain. Chicago, Dec. 14. Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today: Wheat— Open. High. Low. Close. Dec. .. .$ .86% $ .86% $ .85% $ .86% May ... .88% .88% .88% .88% I July ... .83% .84 .83% .84 Corn— Dec. (o) .45% .45% .45% .45% Dec. (n) .44% .44% .44% .44% May ... .44 .44% .48% .44% July ... .44% .44% .44% .44% Oats — Dec 30% .30% .30% .30% May ... .32% .36 .32% .32% July ... .30% .31 .30% .30% I Pork — ! Jan. .. .13.00 13.05 12.95 13.05 May ...13.20 13.27% 13.15 13.27% Lard— Dec. ... 7.55 7.55 7.50 7.52% Jan. ... 7.25 7.30 7.22% 7.30 May ... 7.25 7.30 7.22% 7.30 Short Ribs — Jan. ... 6.90 6.90 6.85 6.90 I May ... 7.10 7.12% 7.07% 7.12% Live Stock. Poultry and Hay. Chicago, Dec. 14. Hogs—Estimated receipts for the clay, 27.000. Sales ranged at $4.00® 4.85 for pigs, [email protected] for light, $4.75®4.80 for rough packing, $4.80@ ! 5.05 for mixed, and $4.85®5.05 for heavy packing and shipping lots, with . the bulk of the sales at [email protected]. ! Cattle—Estimated receipts for the ! day, 8,000. Quotations ranged at $6.25 ®6.85 for Christmas beeves. [email protected] i choice to fancy steers, [email protected] fat cows and heifers, [email protected] native ! bulls and stags, $6.50®8.00 fair to choice veal calves, $3.50®,5.50 heavy calves. Sheep—Estimated receipts for the day, 18,000.- Quotations ranged at $5.60 @6.05 for good to fancy native wethers. $6.00® 7.00 good to fancy light yearlings, $5.35® 5.80 good to fancy mutton ewes, $7.35® 8.00 good to prime native lambs, [email protected] poor : to prime shorn lambs. Live poultry—Turkeys, per lb, 13c; ! chickens, fowls, 9%c; roosters, 7c; I springs, 9%c per lb; ducks, 10%@llc; geese, [email protected] per doz. i May—Choice timothy, $12.50® 13.50; I No. 1, sll.oo® 12.00; No. 2, $9.50® i 10.00; No. 3, $8.00®9.00; choice prairie, ! $11.50® 12.50 No. 1, $8.00®,10.00; No. 2, $7.00@7J50; No. 3, $6.50®7.00. Hast Buffalo Live MUtck. East Buffalo, N. Y., Dec. 14. Dunuing & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle —Re- ! celpts. 10 cars; market slow. Hogeti Receipts, 40 cars; market steady; pigß. j $5.10; yorkers, medium and heavy, , $5.10® 5.15. Sheep and Lambs—Re- , celpts, 30 cars; Tnurket slow; sheep steady; best native lambs, [email protected]; best westerns, [email protected]; yearlings, $6.75®7.00; wethers, [email protected]; mixed | sheep, [email protected]; ewes, [email protected]. Veals —Market steady; best, $8.75® 9.00; heavy, [email protected].