Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 August 1919 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provision*, Etc. Chicago, Aug. 2L Open- High- Low- CloeCorn— ing. est. est, Ing. Septl.B4%-1.84% 1.85 1.83% L84%-1.« Dec. .....1,43%-1.44 ,1,45% 1.48% 145% May ...-d.37%-1.38%T.39% T-37% 139%-% OatsSept 73 .73% :72% .73% Dec7s% .76% .74% .75%-7« May 78 .78% .77% .78% Rye— Aug i-56 Sept. .....1.56% 1.57% 1.56% 156% 0ct1.59 1.59 1.58 1.58 Decl.63 1.63 1.62 1.62

FLOUR—Per bbl., 98-lb. sack basis: Corn flour, $9.00; white rye, in jute, $9.00; dark rye, [email protected]; spring wheat, special brands, [email protected]; first clear, $9.25; second clear, ,$6.00; hard winter, [email protected]; soft winter, $11.50; new hard winter, In jute, $10.30'910.60; new soft winter, $10,208 10.40. Tnese prices apply to car lots except for special brands. HAY—Choice and No. 1 timothy. $32.00§ 34.00; standard, $30.00331.00; No. 1 light clover mixed, [email protected]; No. 2 timothy, [email protected]; No. 3 timothy, [email protected]; clover, [email protected]. BUTTER— Creamery, extras, 92 score, 53%c; higher scoring, commands a premium; firsts, 91 score, 53c; 88-90 score, 50@52%c; seconds. 83-87 score, 48® 49c; centralized. 52@52%c; ladles, 46%@47c; renovated, 50c; packing stock, 42@45c. Prices to retail trade: Extra tubs, 55%c; prints, 57%c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 41@42c; ordinary firsts, 36%®3"%c; miscellaneous lots, cases Included, 36%@40%c; cases returned, 35%® 39%c; extras, packed In whitewood cases, 49@50c; checks, 20@28c; dirties, 26@33c; storage, packed firsts, 42%®43c; ordinary firsts, 41®42%c. LIVE POULTRY—Turkeys, 25c-; fowls, 30c; roosters, 21c; broilers, 32@33c; ducks, 27@28c; geese, 20c. Prices to retail trade in single coqp lots, %®lc higher. -

ICED POULTRY Turkeys, 36@38c; fowls, 31@33c; roosters, 30c; springs, 350 36c; ducks, 28@30c; geese, 15@16c. POTATOES—Per 100 lb. sack, [email protected]. CATTLE—Prime steers, [email protected];' good to choice steers, [email protected]; medium to good Steers, [email protected]; plain 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, $6.00 @6.75; cutters, [email protected]; bologna bulls, [email protected]; butcher bulls, [email protected]; veal calves, [email protected]. HOGS—Choice light butchers, $20,750 21.40; medium weight butchers, 240-270 lbs., [email protected]; heavy weight butchers, 270-35 C lbs., [email protected]; mixed packing, $19,000 20.25; heavy packing, [email protected]; rough packing, [email protected]; pigs, fair to good, [email protected]; stags (subject to 80 lbs. dockage), [email protected]. SHEEP—Yearlings, [email protected]; breeding ewes, [email protected]; western lambs, $17,250 18.00;’ native lambs, [email protected]; feeding lambs, $13,000)15.25; western wethers, $9,000 12.00; native ewes, fair to choice, $6.50@ 9.50; bucks, [email protected].

Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 21. CATTLE— Receipts, 600; slow. CALVES—Receipts, 250; steady; $6.00@ 24.00. HOGS—Receipts, 1,500 , 25@50c higher; heavy, [email protected]; mixed, [email protected]; yorkers, [email protected]; pigs, [email protected]; roughs, $18.00018.75; stags, [email protected]. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts, 400; steady; lambs. [email protected]; few $18.75: yearlings, [email protected]; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, $4,000)10.50; mixed sheefr, $10,500 11.00.