Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1916 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, March I*. Open- High- Low- ClosWheat— ing. est. est. s ing. May 1.09%-% 1.12 1.09% 1.11% July ......1.07%-08% 1.10 1.07% 1.09%-% Sept. 1.06% 1.08% 1.06% 1.08 CornMay 76%-% .77%-% .76% .76% July 77%-% .78%-% .77%-% .77%-% Sept. 77% .78% .77% .77% Oats— May ..45-45% .45% .45 .45%-% July 44-44% .44% .43% .44%

FLOUR—Spring wheat, patent, Minneapolis, wood or cotton, $6.70 to retail trade; Minnesota and Dakota patents, [email protected]'Jute, straight, [email protected]; first clears. [email protected]; second clears, Jute, $3.50 @3.70; low grade, Jute, [email protected]; soft wheat, patents, $5.40#5.50; rye flour, white, patents, [email protected]; dark, $4.10#4.30. HAY—Market firm; choice timothy. [email protected]; No. 1 timothy. $15.50@>17.00; No 2 timothy, [email protected]; light clover mixed, [email protected]; heavy clover mixed, $9.00# 12.00; No. 3 red top and grassy mixed timothy, [email protected]; threshed timothy, sß.oo# 10.00; clover, $9.00@12 00; heated and damaged, [email protected]; alfalfa choice, $17.00® 18,00; alfalfa No: 1, $14.00@15,00; alfalfa No. 2, $13.00@14 00; alfalfa No. 3, [email protected]. Chicago, March 16. BUTT.ER— Creamery, extras, 35@35%c; extra firsts, 34%c; firsts, 32@34c; seconds, 30#31c; dairies, extra, 33c; firsts, 30@31e; seconds, 23@25c; packing stock, 22@23c; ladles, 23#24c. EGGS—Firsts, 19%c; ordinary firsts, lS%c; cases returned, 17%@19c; extra, 23® 24c; checks, 14@15c; dirties, 16@17c. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, 21c per lb.; fowls, 17%c; spring chickens, 18c; young stags, 15%c; roosters, 12%c; ducks, 16@18e; geese, 12%#13c. DRESSED POULTRY-Turkeys, young, 28c; chickens, springs, choice, 17@18c; fowls, 14@17%c; roosters, 12#t3%c; ducks, 1 S'®2oc; geese, 124x14c. POTATOES:—Minnesota, Dakota, white, 88@S9c per bu.; Wisconsin, Michigan, white, BS@B9c: Minnesota and Dakota Chios, 88#95e. NEW POTATOES - Bbls., [email protected]; “hampers, $1.25#3.G0. —— —— — —/ New York, March 16. WHEAT—Stronger, demand limited; No. 1 northern, $1.34%; No. 2 red, $1.24%; No. 2 hard'. $1.23%; May, $1.19%: July, $1,12%. CORN—Stronger, moderate dealings; No. 2 yLdlow, 85%@92p. OATS—Strong, demand quiet: No. 3 white, 50%#51c‘; No. 4 white, 49@49%c; ungraded, 49#53c. Live Stock. Chicago, -March 16 CATTLE—Steers, good to choice, $7.75® 10.00; yearlings, good to choice, [email protected]. inferior steers, [email protected]; Stockers and feeders, $7.25#8.15; good to choice heifers, $7.00#8.50; good to choice cows, [email protected]= cutters, $4.WiiSiK); butcher bulls, $6 09# 6.75; bologna bulls, $5.00#0,40; good to prime, veal calves, ;[email protected]; !p:avy calves $7.50#9.25. HOGS—Prime light butchers, $9.60#9.75; fair to fancy light, $9.50@9,65; prime medium weight butchers, 240# 270- tbs., $9.65# 9.50; prime heavy butchers, 270#310, lbs., $9.66#9.80; heavy mixed packing, $9.50# 9.60; rough heavy packing, $9.35#9.55; pigs, fair to good, [email protected]; stags* [email protected]. East Buffalo; N. Y., March 16. CATTLE—Market active and steady; prime steers, $9.60#9.80; butcher grades, $6.50@8 85. CALVES—Market active; cull to choice. $4.50# 12.50. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Market active; choice lambs, $11.50#11.75; cull to fair, $7.50 #11.25; yearHhgs, [email protected]; sheep, $4.00# 9.05. HOGS—Market slow; Yorkers,, $9.50# 10.30; pigs, [email protected]; mixed, [email protected]; heavy, $10.30#10.35; roughs, $9.00# S*2s: stags, $6.50#7.75. "/* f■ St. Louis. March 16. HOGS—Market steady; pigs and lights. [email protected]; mixed and butchers, [email protected]; good heavy, $9.85@9,90. CATTLE—Market steady; native beef steers, $7.50#9.G0; yearling steers and heifers, [email protected]: cows. $5.50#8.00; Stockers and feeders, $5.50#8.00; Texas and Indian steers, $5.25#5.00: cows and heifers, $4,00#6.00; native calves, [email protected]. SHEEP—Market steady; yearling wethers. $8.00#10,00.: lambs, $9 00#11.55; ewee, $6 5f #S 25