Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1919 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Open- High Low- ClosCorn— mg. est. est. ing. Jan'.1.26% 1.30% 1.26% 1.30 Feb 1.21%-1.21 1.27*4 121 127 Man ...,,,1.1911.20 1.25 1.19 1.24% Oats-Jans4%-54% .56% .54% .56% Febss*4 .57 .55% .56% Marss% .57% .55% .57% FLOUR-Per bbl., in jute, 98-lb. sack basis—Barley flour, $6.80; corn flour, $6.50; white rye flour, $9.25; dark rye, $8.25; spring wheat? $10.50; first clear, In jute, $9.60; second clefir. $8.60; special brandy $10.80; hard winter, $10:50010.80; soft winter, $10.50. These prices apply to car lots, except for special brands. HAY—Timothy, [email protected]; standard. $26.00027.00; No. 1 light clover mixed, $25.00026,00; No. 2 timothy and No. 1 clover mixed, $25.00026.00; No. 3, $20.00024.00; sample, $10.00016.00; clover, $12.00025.00. BUTTER— Creamery, extra, 92 score, 42c; higher scoring, commands a premium; firsts, 91 score. 41c; 88-90 score, 38039 c; seconds, 82-87 score, 36037 c; standard, 40c; ladle, 38c; renovated, 38c; packing stock, s3©34c. Price to retail trade: Extra tubs. 44%c; prints, 46c EGGS—Receipts, 1.067 cases; fresh firsts, 36%©47c; ordinary firsts, 45%046c; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 46047 c; cases returned, 45046 c; extra, packed in whitewood cases. 51%©52%c; checks, 35039 c; dirties 40042 c. •DRESSED POULTRY—Turkeys. 41c; fowls, 26029 c; spring chickens, 25026 c; roosters, 20022 c; ducks, 30031 c; geese, 22© 24c. * POTATOES—Per 100 lbs.: bulk, northern. $1.6001.70; sacked, $1.6001.70; westerns. $1.9002.00. CATTLE—Choice to prime steers. $18.50 019.75; good to choice steers. $17.50018.50; medium to good steers. $15.00017.50; plain to medium steers, $9.00015.00; yearlings, fair to choice, $13.00019.50; Stockers and feeders. $8.25013.50; good to prime cows. $9.50012.75: fair to prime heifers. $9,000 14.75; fair to good cows. $7.0009.50: cancers’, $5.5006.00; cutters, $6.1006.75: bologna bulls, $8.2509.00; butcher bulls, $9.0001150; veal calves, $13.00014.75. HOGS—Fair to choiee light hoes, $17,000 17.50: choice to light butchers. $17.40017.55; medium weight butchers, 226-260 lbs., $17.55 017.75; heavy butchers, 270-350' lbs., $17,400 17.65; mixed packing, $17.00017.60; heavy packing, $16.75017.00; rough packing, $16.50 016.75: pigs, fair to good, $12.00013.75: stags (subject to 70 lbs. dockage). $15.00016.00. SHEEP—Western lambs, $15.00016.65: native lambs, $14.00016.50; yearlings, $13,000 14.75; wethers, good to choifte, $9.00012.00; ewes, fair to choice, Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 30. CATTLE— Receipts, 700: dull. CALVES— Receipts, 275; steady; $5.00© 17.0tf HOGS— Receipts, 1.600: 15025 c higher; heavy and mixed, $18.15018.25;' yorkers, $18:15; light yorkers. $16.50017.50: pigs, $15.50 016.50; throwouts, $12.000 16.00; stags, SIO.OO 013.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts. 1,200; lambs, 20.' higher; lambs, $11.00017.35; others unchanged.