Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1919 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. . Chicago. April IT. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— Ing. est. est. ing. May 1.68%-% 1.59 1.58 1.59 July 1.52 -% 1.62% 1.51% 1-52% Bept 1.47% 1.47% , 1-46% 1.47 U Oats — May 68% .69% .68% .69% July 67% .67% .66% .67% Sept 63% .63% '.63% .63% RyeMay ; 1.66% 1.64% 1.66% July 1.64 1.63 1.64 Aug • •• ••• 151 FLOUR—Per bbl., In Jute, 98-lb. sack basis: Barley flour, $7.50; corn flour, $8.20; white rye flour, $8.80; dark rye, $8.30; spring wheat, $12.65; first clear, In jute, $9.50; second clear, $7.00; special brands, $12.65; hard winter, $11.00(011.90; soft winter, $11.40. These prices apply to car lots except for special brands. HAY—Choice timothy and No. 1, $35.00@ 36.00; standard, [email protected]; No. 1 light clover mixed, [email protected]; No. 2 timothy, $32.00(033.00; No. 3, [email protected]; clover, $20.00 @BO-00. , BUTTER— Creamery, extras, 92 score, 62c; higher scorings command a premium; firsts, 91 score, 61c; 88-90 score.. 59@60%c- seconds, 83-87 score, 55@58c; centralised 60c; ladles, 45%@46c; renovated, 50c: packing stocks, 35@410. Prices to retail trade: Extra tubs, 64c; prints, 6544 c. EGOS—Fresh firsts, 38%@40%c; ordinary firsts. 38%<038%0; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 38%@39%c; cases returned, 37%® 38c; extras, packed in whitewood cases, 45%@46%c; checks, 35@36c; dirties, 36@37c; storage packed, firsts, 41%@42c; extras, 42%@42%c. LIVE POULTRY Turkeys, 32@33c; fowls, 83%O; roosters, 33c; spring chickens, 33c; ducks, 31 @ 83c; geese, 23c. Prices to retail trade In single coop lots, %@lc higher. lOfeD POULTRY Turkeys, 38@40c; fowls, 32%@83c; spring chickens, 38o; boosters, 23@24c; ducks, 34@®c; geese, 23@ POTATOES—Per 100 lbs. bulk, northern, $1.75<@2.00; sacked, [email protected]; western, $6.00 @2.25. CATTLE—Choice to prime steers, $19.00® 20.00; good to medium steers, $18.00(019.00; medium to good steers, $15.00(018.25; plain tO medlufh stOers, $][email protected]; yearlings, fair to chplca [email protected]; shockers and teedert, good to Brittle COWS, [email protected]; fair to prime nelfers. $9.00® 15 00'; fair to good cows, [email protected]; cap- ® & tarsus® Veal calves, [email protected]. \ HOGS—Fair to choice light hogs, $20.00@ 20.50- choice to light butchers, $20.35(020.60; medium weight butchers, 285-260 lbs.. $20.60 @20.75; heavy wt. butchers, 27Q-350 Ibi., S2O [email protected]; mixed packing, [email protected]; heavy packing, [email protected]; rough packing, [email protected]; pigs, fair to good, [email protected]; stags (subject to 70 IbS. dockage), $16.00 @ SHEEP—Colorado lambs, [email protected]; western lambs, $19.00(019.®; native lambs, [email protected]; shorn lambs, $15.00(016.75; yearlings. [email protected]; wethers, good to pliolce, $ij.00@16,75; ewes, fair-Ap choice,. slo.oo@ 15.75; feeding lambs, $15.50(017.00. Buffalo, N. Y., April 17. CATTLE— Receipts, 1,060; slow. CALVES— Receipts, 550; slow; 50c lower; [email protected]; a few $17.25. HOGS— Receipts, 1.600: active, steady to 10c lower; heavy, $21.10(021.15; mixed and vStkers. [email protected]; light yorkers and pigs, $20.00; roughs, $18.00(018.50; stags, $lO [email protected]. * SH3SEP AND" LAMBS—Receipts, 2,200; good active, common slow: wool lambs, [email protected]; clipped lambs, $10.00(017.00; others unchanged.