Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1918 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, May 23. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— ing. est. est. ing. June 1.401,4 1.40% 1.36*4 1.37 July 1.41%-% 1.42% 1.39% . 1.39%-40 Oats— May 75-75% .76% .74% .75-75% June 72% .73% .71 .71% July 66% .67% .66 .66% FLOUR—The United States administration flour standards are as follows: Per bbl., in jute, 98 lb. sack basis, barley flour, $10.20; corn flour, $11.20; white rye, $11.30; dark'rye, $11.00; spring wheat, $10.60010.80; special brands, $11.14; hard winter, $10.60® 10.80; soft winter, $10.60®10.80. HAY—Choice timothy, [email protected]; No. 1 timothy, $19.00021.00; standard, [email protected]; No. 2 timothy and clover mixed, $16.00® 18.00; No. 3, $12.00®15.00; clover, $8.00012.00; thrashed timothy, $6.0008.00. BUTTER— Creamery, • extra, 92 score, 42c; firsts, 91 score, 40%041c; 80®90 score, 38%040c; seconds, 74087, score, 34037 c; standards, 41%@41%c; ladles, 32®32%c; renovated, 36c; packing stock, 30@30%c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, southern and southwestern, 30%@?1c; northern, 31®31%c; new cases, northern, 32c.; ordinary firsts, 2SO 29c; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 29 a, sic; cases returned, 27%®28cp - extras, 33034 c; checks, 26@27c; dirties, 27%@28c; storage packed, extras, 34%c; firsts, 33® 33%c. LIVE POULTRY— Turkeys, 22c; fowls. 26%c; roosters,, 21c; broilers, 1%@2 lb., average, ’'46®4sc; 1%®1% lb., 37®3Sc; ducks, 21 @2sc; geepe, 13c. ICED POULTRY— -Turkeys, 25c; fowls. 27®2Sc; roosters, 21022 c; ducks, 24®26c; geese, 13015 c. POTATOES—Wisconsin and Minnesota, white. $1.0501.25 per 160 lbs; CATTLE Choice to fancy steers, $16.75® 17.75; good t 6 choice steers, $15.50016.75; plain to good steers, $11.50©15.50;-yearlings good to choice, $U.004/17.25; Stockers and feeders. $9.00013.75; good to. choice cows, $9.56@13'00; good to chice heifers, slo.oo® lAOO; fair to good cows, $8.5009.50; canners, $7.0007.65; cutters, $7.7008.35; bologna bulls $9.75010-50; butcher bulls,' $11.00013.50; heavy calves, $9.00011.00; veal calves, $ll.OO 014.00. . U jjOGS—Prime light butchers, $17.60017.50; fair to good light. $17.40017.75: medium weight butchers, 2250250 lbs., $17.50017.75; heavy weight butchers, 2600400 lbs., $17.35 @17.60; choice heavy packing, $17.25017.50; rough heavy packing. $17.00017.30; pigs; fair to good, $15.50017.30; stags, $15,000 16.25. SHEEP—Shorn yearlings, $14.00015.00; western lambs, good to choice, SIB,OOO 19.75; Colorado lambs, $19.50020.60; native iambs, good to choice, $18.00019.50; shorn lambs, $15.00016.60; shorn wethers, $13,00 @14.75; shorn-ewes, $11.00014.50; shorn ewe breeding lambs, $16.00016.75, Buffalo, N. Y., May 23. CATTLE— Receipts, 125; steady. CALVES— Receipts, 200; strong; $7,000 16.00. HOGS— Receipts, 1,000; easier; heavy, $18.40018.50; mixed, $15.75015.90; Yorkers and light Yorkers, $18.85018.90; pigs, $18.75; roughs, $16.25016.50; stags, $12.00013.00. SHEEP AND, LAMBS—Receipts, 2,400; steady; lambs, $11.00017.75; others unchanged. - •