Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1909 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Cash Grain Market. Chicago, Dec. 18. Winter wheat J>y sample: No. 2 red, *[email protected]; No. 3 red, *[email protected]; No. 2 hard, *[email protected]; No. 3 hard, *l.oß@ 1.13. Spring wheat by sample: No. 1 northern, *[email protected]; No. 2 northern, *[email protected]%; No. 3 spring, *l.oß@ 1.13. Corn by sample: No. 8, 59%c; No. 3 white, 59%c; No. 3 yellow, 59%@60c; No. 4, 57 @ 58c. Oats by sample: No. 2 white, 44%c; No. 3 white, 43@43%c; No. 4 white, 42tfc@ 43%c; standard, 44%c. Chicago Live Stock. Hogs—Receipts 25,000. Quotations ranged at *[email protected] for choice heavy. *[email protected] choice light, *[email protected] heavy packing, *7.25 @B.OO good to choice pigs. Cattle —Receipts 6,500. Quotations ranged at *[email protected] for choice to prime steers, *[email protected] good to choice beef cows, [email protected] good to choice heifers, *[email protected] good to choice calves, *[email protected] selected feeders. *4.00@440 good to choice stockers Sheep—Receipts 15,00b> Quotations ranged at *[email protected] for good to choice lambs, *[email protected] good to choice wethers, *[email protected] good to choice ewes.

Potatoes. Choice to fancy, 42 @ 43c; fal r to good, 35@40c. Live Poultry. Turkeys, dry-picked, 23c; chickens, fowls, 13c; springs, 13c; roosters, 9%c; ducks, 16c; geese, Omaha Live Stock. Cattle—Receipts, 3,600 head; market steady to stronger; native steers, *3.75 @7.50; cows and heifers, *3@s; western steers, *[email protected]; Texas steers, *[email protected]; range cows and heifers, *2.75 @4.35; canners, *[email protected]; Stocker* and feeders, *[email protected]; calves, *3.50 @7.50; bulls, stags, etc., *[email protected]. Hogs— Receipts, 9,500 head; market s@loc higher; heavy, mixed, *[email protected]; light, *[email protected]; Pigs, *[email protected]; bulk of sales, *B.lo@ 8.20. , Sheep—Receipts, 8,300 head; market stronger; yearlings, *5.80@7; wethers, *[email protected]; ewes. *[email protected]; lambs, *[email protected]. East Buffalo Live Stock. Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle—Receipts 3 cars, market slow. Hogs—Receipts 20 cars, market slow; heavy, *8.50; Yorkers, *[email protected]; pigs, *8.20. Sheep and Lamb*—Receipts 10 cars, market steady; best lambs, *8.70; yearlings, *6.7505.25; wethers, *5.25@ 5.75; ewes, *[email protected]. Calve*— Best, *5.00@ 10.00. Elgin Butter Market. Creamery, extra, 34c; prints, 86c; •xti*a firsts, 33c; firsts, 30c; dairies, extra, 30c; firsts, 27c; packing stock. MHc