Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1919 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, May 22. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— Ing. est. eat. Ing. May 1.78 1-79% 1.77% 1.79 July 1.64%-1.65 1.66% 1.63% 1.65%-% Sept. ■»....1.58%-1.58% 1.59% 1.57% 1.58%-% OatsMay .67% .71 July 68%-68% .69% .68%* .68%-% Sept 64% -65% .64% .65%-% Rye— May ... ••• ■ t- 5 ® July 1.55% 1.50% 1.50% Aug 1.50% 1.47 1.47 FLOUR—Per bbl., In jute, 98-lb. sack basis: Barley flour, $9.00; corn flour, $8.70; white rye flour, $9.50; dark rye, $8.90; spring wheat, $12.75; first clear, In jute, $10.00; second clear, $7.00; special brands, $13.40; hard winter, [email protected]; soft winter, $12.50. These prices apply to car lots except for special brands. HAY—Choice timothy and No. 1, $35.00© 36.00; standard, $34.00 @ 35.00; No. 1 light clover mixed, [email protected]; No. 3 timothy, [email protected]; No. 3, [email protected]; clover, $20.00 @30.00. BUTTER—Creamery, extras, 92 score, 68c; higher scoring commands a premium; firsts, 91 score, 57%c; 80-90 score, 55%@57c; seconds, 83-87 score, 52%@54%c; centralized, 58c; ladles, 48@48%c; renovated, 53c; packing stock, 38@45c. Prices to retail trade: Extra tubs, 60c; prints, 61%c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 43%@44%c; ordinary firsts, 41%@42%c; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 43@44%c; cases returned, 42© 48%c; extras, packed In whitewood cases, 49@50c; checks, 39%@40%c; dirties, 40%© 41%c; storage packed, firsts, 45@45%c; extras, 45%@46c. LIVE POULTRY Turkeys, 82@33c; fowls, 35%c; roosters, 20c; broilers, 1%@2Ib. average, 54@55c; ducks, 38c; geese, 28c. Prices to retail trade In single coop lots, %@lc higher. ICED POULTRY Turkeys 38@40c; fowls, 35@35%c; roosters, 19@21c; ducks, 33c; geese, 23c. POTATOES—Per 100 lbs. bulk, northern, [email protected]% sacked, [email protected]. NEW POTATOES—Per bbl., [email protected]. CATTLE Prime steers, [email protected]; good to choice 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, slo.oo© 14.00; fair to prime heifers, [email protected]; fair to good cows, [email protected]; canners, [email protected]; cutters, [email protected]; bologna bulls, [email protected]; butcher bulls, $10.00©13.50; veal calves, [email protected]. HOGS—Fair to choice light hogs, $20.25© 20.75; choice light butcheffi, [email protected]; medium weight butchers, 240-270 lbs., $20.50 @20.85; heavy weight butchers, 270-350 lbs., $20.60 @ 20.90; mixed packing, [email protected]; heavy packing, [email protected]; rough packing, [email protected]; pigs, fair to good, [email protected]; stags (subject to 80 lbs. dockage), $16.00© 20.25. SHEEP—WooI Colorado lambs, $17.50@ 18.75; western lambs, [email protected]; native lambs, [email protected]; shorn lambs, $13.00© 14.75; yearlings, [email protected]; clipped ewes, fair to choice, [email protected]; clipped wethers, $9.00 @12.00. Buffalo, N. Y., May 22. CATTLE —Receipts, 400; heavy. CALVES—Receipts, 650; active, 75c high, er; [email protected]. HOGS—Receipts, 2,000; active and higher; yorkers, s2l.7s:'light yorkers and pigs, [email protected]; roughs, [email protected]; stags, [email protected]. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts, 1,409; slow; lambs, [email protected]; yearlings, slo.oo© 13.00; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, [email protected]; mixed sheep, [email protected].