Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1909 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Cash Grain Market. Chicago, March 4. Winter wheat by sample: No. 2 red, $1.24 @1.26%; No. 3 red, slJ9@ 1.25; No. 2 hard, $1.17% @1.20; No. 3 hard, [email protected]%. Spring wheat by sample: No. 1 northern, $1.19® 1.21%; No. 2 northern, $1,17® 1.20; No. 3 spring, [email protected]. Corn by cample: No. 3, 65@65%c; No. 3 yellow, 65%@65%c; No. 4, 62%@63%c. Oats by sample: No. 2 white, 56 %c; No. 3 white, 64® 66c; No. 4 white, 54@54%c; standard, 56c. Chicago Live Stock. Hogs—Receipts 27,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for choice heavy shipping, [email protected] light mixed, $6.50 @6.65 choice ljght, $6.50®6.60 mixed packing, [email protected] heavy packing, 6.60 @6.25 good to choice pigs. Cattle —Receipts 1,000. Quotations ranged at $6.75 @7.25 for prime fat steers, [email protected] good to choice steers, [email protected] good to choice beef cows, [email protected] good to choice calves, $6.00®5.30 selected feeders, $4.40® 4.75 good to choice Stockers. Sheep—Receipts 12,000. Quotations ranged at [email protected] for good to choice lambs, $7.00® 7.60 fair to good lambs, $5.75®6.00 good to choice native yearlings, $7.65®7.86 good to choice western lambs.

Live Poultry. Turkeys, per lb, 17c; chickens and fowls, 14%e; springs, roosters, 10c; geese, S@loc; ducks, 14^c. East Buffalo Live Stock. East Buffalo, N. Y„ March 4. Dunning ft Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle —Receipts 2 cars; market steady. Hogs— Receipts 10 cars; market strong; heavy, $7.00; Yorkers, $6.90® 7.00; pigs, $6.70. Sheep and Lambs—Receipts 40 cars; market slow; beat lambs, [email protected]; 'yearlings, $6.76® 7.00; wethers, $6.90® 6.00; ewes, $6.25 ®6.60. Calves—Beßt, $10.26. ' Elgin Butter Market. Elgin, March 4. Creamery, extra, 28c; prints, 31c; extra firsts, 27c; firsts, 26c; extras. 25c; firsts, 21c; packing stock, 17c. * A good spreader, $62.50, Malnes ft Hamilton, Phone 273. Read The Democrat's dubbing list on another page.