Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1912 — THE MARKETS. [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS.

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, May 9. Optn- High- Low- ClosWheat— Ing. eat. est Ing. May 4.17 1.17% 1.16% 1.17% July 41.13% 1.14 1.13 1.13% Sept. ......1.08-9% 1.09% 1.07% 1.07% CornMay ...80 .80% .80 .80% Ju ’y 77 -77%-8 .77 .77% Se Pt74% .75%-% .74% .75% OatsMay ...57% .57%-% .56% .57% July 53 .54 .52% 54 SePt-...4.3%-% .44% .43% .44% Cash Grain Market. WINTER WHEAT—No. 2 red. $1 17® 1.19; No. 3 red, [email protected],7: No. 2 hard. $1.17 @1.19%; No. 3 hard. $1.13%@1.1S SPRING WHEAT—No. 1 northern. $1.19 @1.24; No. 2 northern. |[email protected]; No 3 spring. [email protected]. CORN—No. 2. 80%@80%c; No 2 white, 81@Rl%c; No. 2 yellow. Sl@Sl%c; No. 3. 78@7»%c; No. 3 White, 79%@SOc; No. 3 yellow. 79@7T,c; No. 4. 75%@76c. OATS No. 2 white, .58%@58%c; No. 3 white. 57’[email protected]%0; No. 4 white. 57%@57%c; standard. sS@sß%e. i i BUTTER—Creamery. 29c; price to retail dealers 32c; prints. 33e; extra.first?, 28%c; firsts, 2Sc; seconds. 26c; dairies, extra, 2Jjc; filjsts. 25c; seconds. 23c; No. 1 ladles. 22c; packing stock, 21c. 1 EGGS—Miscellaneous lots, cases included. 17%c; cases returned, 17c; ordinary firsts, 16%c; firsts. 18c; extra, candled for city trade, 21c; No. 1 dirties. 14%@15c; checks. 13c. POTATOES—'Wisconsin, $1,207? 1 25; Michigan. [email protected]; Minnesota. [email protected]. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, per ft., 12c; chickens, fowls, 14c; roosters. 10c; geese, 9c; ducks, 14c. New York, May 9. WHEAT—lrregular.. dull trade; No'. 1 northern, spring. $1.29; No. 2 red. $1.23%; No. 2 hard. $1.27; No. 1 Manitoba, $1.14%; May. $122; July, $1.19; September. $1.14%. CORN—Firmer, quotations nominal; No. 2. 89@94c. OATS—Steady, dealings inactive: No. 2 white, 63c; standard. 63c; ungraded. 62% @66c. BARLEY—Firm; malting. $1.24@ 1.33.

Live Stock. Chicago, May 9. CATTLE—Good to choice steers, $7.25@ 9.00; fair to good steers, 56257(7,25; common to fair beeves. $5,00<.6.2i; inferior killers, [email protected]; distillery steers. $7.00@ 8,90; fair to fancy yearlings. [email protected]; good to choice cows, $5.40@7 25: cahner bulls. [email protected]; common to good calves, [email protected]; good to choice vealers, $7.00@ 8.50; heavy calves, $5,[email protected]; feeding calves, [email protected]; Stockers, [email protected]; common to choice feeders, $5.00Qt.00; medium to good beef cows, [email protected]; common to good cutters, [email protected]; inferior to good canners, [email protected]; fair to choice heifers, [email protected]. HOGS —-Bulk of sales, $7.65'97.85; heavy butchers, 240@3001 lbs.. $7.75'0'7.95; light butchers, 190@230 lbs., $7.70@7,90; light bacon. 160@190 lbs., [email protected]; light light, 180<@'155 lbs., $7.30(97.55; heavy shipping. 250 @350 lbs., [email protected]; heavy packing, 260@ 400 lbs., [email protected]; mixed packing. 200@ 250 lbs., [email protected]; rough, heavy packing, [email protected]; light mixed, 175@J00 lbs., $7.45© 7.70; poor to best pigs, 60@135 lbs., $5 00® 7.06.

East Buffalo, JN. Y, May 9. CATTLE—Market slow and steady; prime steers, butcher grades, ,[email protected]; calves, cull to choice, $6 00® 8.50. . SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market, lambs 25c higher; choice lambs, [email protected]; cull to fair, [email protected]; yearlings, [email protected]; sheep, [email protected]. HOGS—Market active, s@loc higher; Yorkers, [email protected]; pigs. [email protected]: mixed! [email protected]; heavy, [email protected]; roughs, $7.00 @7.25; stags, [email protected]. Omaha, May 9. CATTLE—Native steers, [email protected]; cows and heifers, [email protected]; western steers, [email protected]; Texas steers, [email protected]; range cows and heifers, [email protected] cannerh, $3.00 @4.75; stockers and feeders, [email protected]; calves, $4.00@7,75; bulls, stags, etc Ts 4 50@ 6.66. . HOGS—Heavy, [email protected]; mixed, $7.45© 7.60; light, [email protected]; pigs, [email protected]; bulk of sales, $7.45@7.«5. SHEEP—Yearlings, [email protected]; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, [email protected]; lambs, $8 50© 9.50.