Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1909 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Cash Grain Market. Chicago, Feb. 15. Winter wheat by sample: No. 2 red, $1.16%@1.18%; No. 3 red, 11.14% @ 1.17%; No. 2 hard, |1.12%@1.15%; No. 3 hard, |[email protected]. Spring wheat by sample: No. 1 northern, |1.16@ 1.17; No. 2 northern, [email protected]; No. 3 spring, |[email protected]. Corn by sample: No. 3, 63@63%c; No. 3 white, 64%c; No. 3 yellow, 63@63%c; No 1 . 4, 62%@ 63c. Oats by sample: No. 2 white, 64c; Nd. 3 white, 52%@54c; No. 4 white, 51%@5294,c; standard, 54c. Chicago Live Stock.

Hogs—Receipts 42,000. Sales ranged at $6.00 @6.65 for choice heavy shipping, [email protected] light mixed, $6.50@ 6.55 choice light, [email protected] mixed packing, [email protected] heavy packing, [email protected] good to choice pigs. Cattle —Receipts 22,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for prime fat steers, [email protected] good to choice steers, [email protected] good to choice cows, [email protected] good to choice calves, $4.75 @5.40 selected feeders, [email protected] medium to good stockers. Sheep—Receipts 18,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for good to choice wethers, [email protected] fair to choice lambs, [email protected] choice ewes, [email protected] fair to good ewes, $6.25@ 7.00 western fed yearlings.

Live Poultry. Turkeys, per lb, 17c; chickens and fowls, 13%c; springs, 15c; roosters, 9c; geese, 8@10c; ducks, 14 %c. Elgin Butter Market. Elgin, Feb. 15. Creamery, extras, 30c; prints, 32c; extra firsts, 28%c; firsts, 25c; dairies, extra, 25c; firsts, 21c; packing stoc':< 19%c.