Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1918 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc Chicago, March 38. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— ing. est. est. ing. May 1.26%-% 1.26% 1-36% 136% OatsMarch ......92 .91% .92 A 3% May 87-87% .87% .86%-% .86%-% FLOUR—The United States administration flour standards are as follows: Per bbl., in jute, 98 lb. sack basis, barley flour. $12.00; corn - flour, $12.25; white rye. $3456; dark rye, $14.25; spring wheat. $lO 6't@X’.9S; special brands, $10.90. hard winter, SIL.-9&6 10.80; soft winter. [email protected]. HAY—No. 1 timothy. [email protected]; standard, [email protected]; No. 1 light clover mixed. $25.00®26.00: No. 2 timothy and clover mixed, $25.00® 26.90; No. 3. $1«.W®22.0»; clover. SIB.O0 l § 20.00; threshed timothy, sK<{«9£lXW; hot and damaged. $8.00614-00. RUTTER— Creamery, extra. 41%c:. extra firsts. 40%@41c; firsts, 38%<040c: seconds. 35 ®37%c; centralised. 40®41%c; ladles. 34%S 35c; process. 37c; packing stock. 39632 c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 33®33%c: ordinary firsts. 32@32%c; miscellaneous lots, cases included. 32@32%c; cases returned. 31® 31%c; extras. 37638 c; checks, 3i«§3o%e; dirties. 31®31%c. LIVE POU J.TRY—Turkeys. 31c per Ib-t old roosters. 23c; young roosters. Sic; ducks. 28@31c; geese. 25®31c. ICED POULTRY —Turkeys. 34c; chick-, ens, 32® 33c; old roosters. 24@2Se; ducks. 38 @3lc: geese. 25®27c. POTATOES —Wisconsin, white. $3.99© 1.05. CATTLE—Good to choice steers. SJ3.S® 14.65; yeaHings. good to choice. $9 <*»®i3 35; Stockers and feeders. $5.50®12.25; good to I choice cows. $9.00612.06; good to choice I heifers, $9.00®12 25; fair to good cows. $7.15 @8.75; canners, $6.50®7.2’>: cutters. $7.39@ 8.00; bologna bulls. [email protected]; buleher bulb [email protected]; heavy calves, SJ.OO@H.«<; veal calves. $13.50® 16.25. HOGS—Prime light butchers. $!7.«9@17J9; fair; to fancy light. [email protected]: medium weight butchers. 200@240 lbs.. [email protected]; heavy weight butchers. @17.25; choice heavy packing. sl6~>©X7.W. rough heavy packing. [email protected]; pigs, fair to good. [email protected]; stags, $1759® 18.00. ■ SHEEP—Good to choice wethers. $13.40® 16.50; good to choice ewes. SU-«»@lia»; yearlings, [email protected]: western lambs, good to choice, [email protected]; native lambs, good ■ to choice. [email protected]; shorn lambs, $15.56© 16.60; shorn wethers. [email protected]. Buffalo. N. T., March K. CATTLE— Receipts. 150; steady. CALVES— Receipts, light; steady; $7.4$ @10.50. HOGS— Receipts. 1.300; active; heavy. $18.50® 18.65; mixed and Yorkers. sl&M© 19.00: light Yorkers. slß.<W@lß_2s; pigs. $17..a , @18.00; roughs, $16.50@16.<»; stags. slX4#@ 14.00. SHEEP AXD LAMBS—Receipts. L«fc active and strong; lambs, $13.00@15.»; otb»rs unchanged.