Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1918 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, May ». Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— Ing. est. est. Ing. May 1-27% 1.27% 1.27% 1.27% July 1.48%-% 1.47% 1.46% 1.47%-% OatsMay 74% .76 .74% .75%-% June .. 72% .73% .72% .73% July 67%-% .67% .67% ,67%-63 FLOUR—The United States administration flour standards ace as follows: Per bbl., in lute, 98 lb, sack basis, barley flour, 310.90; cbm flour, 3H-50; white rye, 312.35; dark rye, 312.10; spring wheat, [email protected]; special brands, 31070; hard winter, 310.60 @10.80; soft winter, [email protected]. HAY—Choice timothy, [email protected]; No. 1 timothy, [email protected]; standard, [email protected]; No. 2 timothy and clover mixed, 321.00© No. 2 timothy and clover mixed, $21.00@ 23.00; No. 3, [email protected]; clover, 310 [email protected]; thrashed timothy, [email protected]; heated and damaged, [email protected]. BUTTER— Creamery, extras, 92 score, 42c; firsts, 91 score, 41@41%c; 80@90 scores, 39@40c; seconds, 84@87 scores, 35@37c; standards, 41%c; ladles, 33@33%c; renovated. 36e; packing stock, 4 30@31c. - EGGS—Fresh firsts, miscellaneous cases 33@33%c; shipping cases, 33%@33%c; new cases, car lots, 33%@24c; ordinary firsts, 31@32c; miscellaneous lots, cases Included, 31@33c; cases returned, 30@32c; extras, 35 @36c; checks, 27@28c; dirties, 29%@30c; storage packed extras, 35%@36c; firsts, 35 @35%c. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, 22c per lb.; fowls, 25%c; roosters, 18%c; ducks, 21@25c; geese. 13 c. ICED POULTRY— Turkeys, 28c; fowls, 26@27c; old roosters, 19@20c; ducks, 24@26c; geese, 13@15c. • POTATOES— Wisconsin and Minnesota, white, [email protected]; Michigan, 90@95c. CATTLE—Good to choice steers, 315.00@ 17 50' plain to good steers, [email protected]; yearlings, good to choice, [email protected]; Stockers and feeders, [email protected]; good to choice cows, [email protected]: good ■to choice heifers, [email protected]; fair to good cows, 37.75 @8 75- canners, [email protected]; cutters, 37.65@ 8 40- bologna bulls. [email protected]; butcher bulls [email protected]; heavy calves, 39.00@ 1100; veal calves, [email protected]. HOGS—Prime light butchers, [email protected]; fair to good light. [email protected]; medium weight butchers, 200@240 lbs.. [email protected]; heavy weight butchers, 200@240 lbs., 317.50 @lB 00; choice heavy packing, [email protected]; rough heavy packing, [email protected]; pigs, fair to good, [email protected]; stags, $17.00@ 18 30. SHEEP—Shorn yearlings, [email protected]; western lambs, good to choice, [email protected]; Colorado lambs, [email protected]; native lambs, good to choice, [email protected]; shorn lambs, 315 [email protected] —shorn wethers, [email protected]; shorn ewes, [email protected]; ewe breeding lambs, [email protected].

Buffalo, N. Y., May 9. CATTLE— Receipts, light; steady. CALVES— Receipts, 300; active, 37.00@ 15.00. HOGS— Receipts, light; strong to 5c higher; heavy, [email protected]; mixed yorkers, light yorkers and pigs, 319 [email protected]; roughs, [email protected]; stags, 312.50@13. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts, 600; lambs active and 25c higher; others aatlve and steady; unchanged,