Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1918 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, March 21. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— ing. est. est. Ing. March ...1.27% 1.27% 127% 127% May 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% Oats — March 9« -91% -*» -W4 May -.85%-% .86% .85% .86% FLOUR—The United States administration flour standards are as follows: Barley flour. 98 lb. cotton sacks. $13.50; corn flour. 98 ib. cotton sacks, $13.50; white rye tn Jute. $15.00 per bbl.. 98 lb. sack basis; dark rve.sl47s; spring wheat in jute. $lO 608 10.80; special brands, $10.90; hard winter in jute. $10.60810.80; soft winter, s!■■ 608 10.80. HAY —Choice timothy. [email protected]; No. 1 $28.00*829.00: standard. $27.00*828.00: No. 3 and light clover mixed. $26.00827.00;. No. 3 red top and grassy mixed, $21.00*323.00; clear clover and heavy clover mixed. $24.00 threshed timothy. $15.00817.00. BUTTEft— Creamery, extra, 40c; extra firsts 394-c: firsts. 37%838%e; seconds. 35® T2c; centralized. 39%@40c: ladles. 34@34%c; process 37c: packing stock, 30*8 32c. EGGS—Fresh, firsts. 34%*834%<j; ordinary firsts 33>-833%c; miscellaneous lots, cases returned. 32833 c: extras, 39840 c; checks, f.U32c: dtrfieh. 33c. LIVE POULTRY— Turkeys. 25c; old roosters. 23c; young roosters, 29@31c; d’jck= 28831 c: geese. 24825 c. DRESSED POULTRY - Turkeys, 33%@ Me- voung roosters. 25829 c; old roosters. 22833*-: ducks. 22825 c: geese, 2fi*B23c. POTATOES—Wisconsin, white, $1.15® 135; western, $1.3581.45. p xTTI.E—Good to choice steers. $13.25® 14.75- yearlings, good to choice. [email protected]; Stockers and feelers. $8.50*812,25: good to choice cows. $9 *»612.C0;. good to choice heifers $9 00*812.00; fair to good cows, $7.75 88 S- ranners. $7.50*8800; cutters. sß.oo@ 9.60; bologna bulls. $8:00*89.60; heavy calves [email protected]; veal calves. $14.00*816.25. " HOGS-Prime to light butchers. $17.85® 18 10; fair to fancy light. $17.50*818.00; medium weight butchers. 200-8240 lbs.. $17.50® qS ; Peavy weight butchers, 240*8400 lbs.. »1T 255J17 50: choice heavy packing. $16.90® 17 20 rough heavy packing. [email protected]; pigs’ fair to good. $16.00*817.00; stags, $17.50 @IBIOO. ■ SHEEP —Good to choice wethers, SI2.OO'S) 14.50. good to choice ewes, [email protected]; yearlings- $13.50*816.75: western lambs, good to choice. $16.50*818.50; rtative lambs, good to choice. [email protected]; shorn lambs, $14.25 @15.00; shorn wethers. [email protected]. Buffalo. N. Y., March 21. CATTLE— Receipts light; strong. CALVES— Receipts. 50; steady; s7.oo*® HOGS- Receipts. 3.200; strong: heavy, ns.3s® IS.*9'; mixed, $18.65*818.90; Yorkers, n 8 [email protected]; light Yorkers and pigs. $18.25 SIS-aO; roughs. [email protected]; stags, SIS.OO@ tvsa. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts. 2.000; a.-nbs. strong; [email protected]; others unchanged. . -7/