Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1919 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain; Provisions, Etc. Chicago, March. IX Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— ing. esV est. king. Marl-43% 1-44 May 1.38-1.39- L 39 1-36 1.36% July 1.33-1.34 134 1.31 1.31%. Oats— m May .63-63% .63% .62 .62 July .6294.-6 S .63% -61%. .61%

FLOUR-s-Per bi»k, in jute, 58-lb. sack; basis- Barley fl'ouir. $6.25; corn*flour* $6.50; white rye. flour,. SB.M; dark rye* $7.25; spring wheat. SKL7S; first clear, in jute, $8.50; second clear. $6.50; special brands, $11’50; hard; winlfer. [email protected]; soft winter, SIO.BO. These prices apply to car lotaexcept forr special brands. HAY—Choice timothy, $30.00031.00; No. X. $29.00030.00; standard, [email protected]; No. 1, light clover mixed. [email protected]; No. 2 timothy, No. 3, [email protected]; sample*. $15.00©20.00; clover, $18.00021.00. BUTT,BIR— Creamery, extra, 92 score*. 58c; higher scoring c<jjnma*nds a premium; firsts, a. score, 57%c; 83-90 score* 55@57c; seconds, 83-87 score, 48062 c; 57%c- ladles, 41043 c; renovated* 45@46c; packing stock. 30@38c. Prices to retail trade:. Extra tubs, 60c ; prints, 61%a. EGfiS —Fresh firsts,. 38@38%c; ordinary firsts, 37%c; miscellaneous lota, cases, included, 37%@38c; cases returned. 36%@37c; e,atra, packed in whitewood cases, 43@44c; cdtecks, 26@30c; dirties, 33034 a:. LIVE POULTRY— Turkeys, 30c; fowls, tlr roosters, 22c; spring jihickeas, 32c; stags. 27c; ducks. 28@32c; geese, 20@22c. Prices to retail trade In single coop lots, %@lo higher. DRESSED POULTRY—Turkeys, 40c; fowls 28@32c; spring chickens, 25@32c; roosters, 20@22c; ducks, 30@32c; geese, 200 22c.

POTATOES—Per 100 lbs. bulk, northern. $1.5001.70; sacked, [email protected]; western, $1.75 @1.90. CATTLE—Choice to prime steers, $19,000 20.35; good to medium steers, $18.00019.25; medium to good steers, [email protected]; plain to medium steers, $12.00016.25; yearlings, fair to choice, $13.0001X75; stockers and feeders, $8.90014.00; good to prime cows, $9.75012.50; fair to prime heifers, $9.00@ 15*00; fair to good cows, [email protected]; canners $5.5006.50; cutters, $6.4507.00; bologna bulls, [email protected]; butcher bulls, [email protected]; veal calves, $15.50018.00. HOGS—Fair to choice light hogs, $18,500 19.40; choice light butchers, [email protected]; medium weight butchers, 235-260 lbs., $19.45 @19.75: heavy weight butchers, 270-350 lbs., sl9 50019.80; mixed packing, [email protected]; heavy packing, [email protected]; rough packing, sl7 75018.30; pigs, fair to good, [email protected]; stags (subject to 70 lbs. dockage), $15.00@ 19.00. SHEEP —Colorado lambs, [email protected]; western lambs, $17.50019.90; native lambs, $16.00019 50; shorn lambs, [email protected]; yearlings, $15.00018.25; wethers, good to choice, $13.00015.25; ewes, fair to choice, slo.oo@ 14.25; feeding lambs, [email protected]. Buffalo, N. Y., March 13. CATTLE —Receipts, 600; steady. CALVES— Receipts, 250; 50c lower; $5.00@ Receipts; 1.000; steady; heavy and mixed. $20.00020.25; one deck, $20.80; vorkers [email protected]; light yorkers, $19.00@ I 19.35:. pigs, $18.75019.00; roughs, $16.50017.50; stags, $12.00014.00. I SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts, 1,600; steady and _unehanged. - . , •