Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 May 1918 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, May 16. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— ing. est. est. Ing. May 1.27% 1.27% 1.27% 1.27% June 1.43% 1.41% 1.41% July 1.43%-% 1.44% 1.41% 141%-% Oats — May 76-76% .76% .75% .75% June 72% .72% .71% .71% July 66%-67 .67% .65% .65%-% FLOUR—The United States administration flour standards are as follows: Per bbl.. In jute, 98 lb. sack basis, barley flour, 210.20: corn flour, $11.20; white rye, $11.30; dark rye, $11.00; spring wheat, [email protected]; special brands, $10.70; hard winter, $10.60@ 10.80; soft winter, [email protected]. HAY—Choice timothy, [email protected]; No. 1 timothy, s2l .OO®22.00; standard, [email protected]; No. 2 timothy and clover mixed, slß.oo® 19.00; No. 3. [email protected]; clover, [email protected]; thrashed timothy, [email protected]. BUTTER— Creamery, extras, 92 score, fee. firsts, 91 score, 41c; 80®90 score, 39® 40c; seconds. S4®B7 score, 34®37c; standards. 41c; ladles. 32®32%c; renovated, 36c; packing stock, 30@30%c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, miscellaneous cases, 32®32%c; shipping cases, 32%®32%c; new cases, car lots. 32%®33c; ordinary firsts, 30®31%c; miscellaneous lots, c’ases included, 31@32%c; cases returned, 30@31%c; extras. 34®35c; checks. 28®28%c; dirties, 29® 29%c: storage packed, extras, firsts, 34®34%c. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys. 22c; fowls, 2S%c; roosters. 19%c; ducks, 21@25c; geese, 13c* ICED pOULTRY-t-Turkeys, 25c; fowls, 29®30c; roosters; 20®21c; ducks, 24@26c; geese. 13® 15c. POTATOES—Wisconsin and Minnesota, white. $1.1031.25 per 100 lbs.

CATTLE—Choice to fancy steers, $16.75® 17.75: good to choice steers, [email protected]; plain to good steers, [email protected]; yearlings. good to choice, $11.00®'17.25; Stockers and feeders. $9.00®13.75; good to choice cows,, $9.50@i3,00; good to choice heifers, ?10.<»®14 .00; fair to good cows, [email protected]; canners, [email protected]; cutters, $7.55®8.35; bologna bulls. $?.75®10.50; butcher bulls, [email protected]; heavy calves, [email protected]; veal calves. SII.OQ@ 14.ik). HOGS—Prime light butchers, [email protected]; fair to good light. $16.90® 17.50; medium weight butchers, 2253250 lbs., [email protected]; heavy weight butchers, 260@400 lbs., $17.06 §17.40; choice heavy packing, [email protected]; rough heavy packing. [email protected]; pigs, fair to good, $1a.50®1i.25; stags, $15.00® 16.00. ' '7.: 55- - SHEEP—Shorn yearlings, [email protected]; western lambs, good to choice, [email protected]; Colorado lambs, [email protected]; native lambs, good to choice, $18.00®19.50; shorn lambs, $15.00® 16.50; shorn wethers, [email protected]; shorn ewes. sll [email protected]; shorn ewe breeding lambs, $16.06® 16.50. Buffalo, N. Y., May 16. CATTLE—Receipts, 450; steady. CALVES— Receipts, 200; active; $7.00® 14.50. HOGS— Receipts, ’ 4,300; .slow; heavy, $17.75®'17.90; mixed, Yorkers and pig?. [email protected]; roughs, $16.00®16.10; stags. [email protected]. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts, 800 s active; lambs 50c lower, others steady; lambs, [email protected]; others unchanged. ;