Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1919 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

'Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chloago, March 20. ' Open- High- Low- CloaCorn— ing. est. est. ing. Marl.s4 1.54 1.51 1.53% May 1.42%-1.43 1.44% 1.40% 1.44% July 1.34%-1.34% 1.35% 1.32 1.85% OatsMar 64 .66 .64 .65 May 64%-64% .66% .63% .65% July 63% .65% .62% .64% FLOUR—Per bbl.. In jute, 98-lb. sable basis: Barley flour, $6.25; corn flour, $6.50; white rye flour, $8.00; dark rye, $7.25; spring wheat, $10.75; first clear, In jute, $8.50; second clear, $6.50; special brands, $11.50; hard winter, [email protected]; soft winter, SIO.BO. These prices apply to car lots except for special brands. HAY—Choice timothy, [email protected]; No. 1, $30.00<§31.00; standard, [email protected]; No. 1 light clover mixed, [email protected]; No. 2 timothy, [email protected]; No. 3, ss.oo@27.<®; clover, [email protected]. BUTTER—Creamery, extra, 92 score, 64 @65%c; higher scoring commands a premium; firsts, 91 score, 63%c; 88-90 score, 61@63c; seconds, 83-87 score, 55@59c; centralized, 63%@64c; ladles, 43%@44c; renovated, 48@49c; packing stock, 36@42c. Prices to retail trade: Extra tubs, 66%c; prints. 68c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 38%c; ordinary firsts, 37%@38c; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 38@38%c; cases returned, 37® 87%c; extra, packed in whltewood cases, 43%@44%c; checks, 26@31c; dirties, 33@36c. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, 31c; fowls, 33c; roosters, 22c; spring chickens, 33c; stags, 27c; ducks, 28@33c; geese, 20@23c. Prices to retail trade in single* coop lots, %@lc higher. ICED POULTRY—Turkeys, 38@40c; fowls, 32c; spring chickens, 32c; roosters, 22c; ducks, 32c; geese, 20c. POTATOES—Per 100 lbs. bulk, northern, [email protected]; sacked, [email protected]; western, $1.90 @2.00. CATTLE—Choice to prime steers, $19:00 @20.25; good to medium steers, [email protected]; medium to good steers, [email protected]; plain to medium steers, [email protected]; yearlings, fair to choice, [email protected]; stockers and feeders, [email protected]; good to prime cows, [email protected]; fair to prime heifers, $9.00@ 15.00; fair to good cows, [email protected]; canners, [email protected]; cutters, [email protected]; bologna .bulls, [email protected]; butcher bulls, [email protected]; veal calves, [email protected]. HOGS—Fair to choice light hogs, $18.75© 19.50; choice to light butchers, [email protected]; medium weight butchers, 235-260 lbs., $19.40 @19.75; heavy weight butchers, 270-360 lbs., [email protected]; mixed packing, [email protected]; heavy packing, [email protected]; rough packing, [email protected]; pigs, fair to good, [email protected]; stags (subject to 70 lbs. dockage), $15.00@ 18.50. SHEEP—Colorado lambs, [email protected]; western lambs, [email protected]; native lambs, [email protected]; shorn lambs. [email protected]; yearlings, [email protected]; wethers, good to choice, [email protected]; ewes, fair to choice, slo.oo© 14.50; feeding lambs, [email protected]. Buffalo, N. Y., March 20. CATTLE—Receipts, 175; steady. CALVES—Receipts, 100; steady; $5.00@ 19.00. . > HOGS—Receipts, 1,200; steady; heavy, mixed and yorkers, $20.25; light yorkers, [email protected]; pigs, $19.00; roughs, $16.60@ 17.00; stags, [email protected]. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts, 1,400; Strong; lambs, [email protected]; others steady and unchanged.