Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1919 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, April 3. Open- High- Low- ClosCmii- ing. est. est. ing. May 1.57%-1.58% 1.58% 1.55% 1.56% July 1-45% 146 1.45% 1.45% Septl.37%-1.37% 1.40 1.36% 1.38% OatsMay 67%-68% .68% .66% .66% July .66%-66% .67 .65% .65% Sept 63 . 63% .62% .62% Rye— April ••• 1-H May 1.79% 1.75% 1.77 1.78% July 173 1.73 1.73 I.TO FLOUR— Per bbl.. In jute, sack basis: Barley flour, 37.00; corn flour, 36.50; white rye flour. 38.80; dark rye, 38.30; spring wheat, 81/50; first clear, in jute. 19 50- second clear, 37.00; special brands, 312.50; hard winter, [email protected]; soft winter, 310.80. These prices apply to car lots except for special brands. HAY—Choice timothy and No. 1, 332.00@ 33.00; standard, [email protected]; No. 1 light clover mixed, [email protected]; No. 2' timothy, [email protected]; No. 3, [email protected]; clover, 320.00 @26.00. * BUTTER-Creamery, extras, 92 score, 63%c; higher scoring commands a premium; firsts, 91 score. 63c 86-90 score, 60% @62%c; seconds, 83-87 score, 55@60c; centralized, 62%c; ladles, 43@45c; renovated, 50c; packing stocks, 35@40c. Prices to retail trade. Extra tubs, 65%c; prints, 67c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 38%@39%c; ordinary firsts, 38@38%c; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 38@39c; cases returned, 37@38c; extra, packed in cases, 44%@ 45%c; checks, 35@37c; dirties, 36@38c; storage packed, firsts. 41%@42c. LIVE POULTRY Turkeys, 32@33c; fowls, 37c; roosters, 23c; spring chickens, 33c; stags, 25c; ducks, 31@33c; geese, 23c. Prices to retail trade in single coop lots, %@lc higher. ICED POULTRY Turkeys, 38@40c; fowls, 34@35c; spring chlckeps, 33c; roosters, 23@23%c; ducks, 35@36c; geese, 22@23c. POTATOES—Per 100 lbs. bulk, northern, [email protected]; sacked, [email protected]; western, 32.60. CATTLE—Choice to prime steers, 319.00@ 20.35; 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, 39.00® 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, 319.25® 19.85; choice light butchers, [email protected]; medium weight, butoherp. 235-260 lbs.. 319.90 @20.30; heavy weight butchers, 270-350 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), 515.00@ 18.00. 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, 310.00@ 15.00; feeding lambs, [email protected]. Buffalo, N. Y., April 3. CATTLE— Receipts, 400; heavy slow, others active; about steady. CALVES—Receipts, 300; active and 50c higher; [email protected]. HOGS— Receipts, 1,200; active; pigs steady, others 25c higher: heavy, 320.75@ 21.00; mixed and yorkers; S2l.oo;'light yorkers, [email protected]; pigs, 320.00; roughs, J17.75@ '18.00; stags, [email protected]. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts, 2,200; lambs, 100 lower; others- steady.' lambs, [email protected]; others unchanged. ,