Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. z Chicago, March 18. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— ing. est. est. ing. Mar. ...1.60 ' 1.61% 1.60 1.61% May ...1.57%-58 1.59 1.57% 1.58% July ...1.50%-% 1.52% 1.50% 1.51% Sept. ...1.47%-47 1.48 1.46% 1.47% OatsMay .....87%-88 .88% .87% .88% July .....80-% .81 .79% .80% Sept 70%-% .71 .69% .70% • RyeMay ...1.75% „ 1.76 1.74% 1.75 July ...1.68% 1.69% 1.68% 1.69 FLOUR—Car lots, per brl, 95 lb sack basis: Rye, white, in jnte, $9.0009.30; dark rye [email protected]; -spring wheat, special brands, $13.50013.75; to retail trade, $14.50© 15.00; hard spring, $13.00013.50; first clears, [email protected]; second clears, [email protected]; hard winter, $12.50013.00; soft winter, $U.25@ 11.50. HAY—Choice and No. 1 timothy, $35.00© 36.00; standard and 1 No. 1 clover mixed, $33.00034.00; No. 1 and No. 2, [email protected]; No. timothy, [email protected]; clover, $30.00@ 33.00. BUTTER— Creamery, extra, 92 score, 67c; higher scoring commands a premium’; firsts, 91 score, 65@66c; 89-90 score, 60064 c; seconds, 83-87 score, 52@55c; centralized, 67c; ladles, 4@45c; renovated, 52c; packing stock, 34039 c. Price to retail trade: Extra tubs, 69c; prints, 71c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 43©43%c; miscellaneous lots, cases included. 42043 c; cases returned, 41042 c; extras, packed In whitewood cases, 50051 c; checks, 35037 c; dirties 38c; refrigerator firsts, LIVE POULTRY—FowIs, 42c; springs, 42c; stags, 35c; roosters, 26c% ducks, 38c; geese, 22c. POTATOES—Per 100 lbs, northern, round, white, [email protected]. CATTLE—Choice to prime steers, $14.50 @15.50; good to choice steers, [email protected]; fair to good steers, [email protected]; yearlings, fair to choice, [email protected]; stockers and feeders, [email protected]; good to prime cows, [email protected]; fair to fine heifers, slo.oo@ 12.35; fair to good cows, [email protected]; canners’ $4.0005.00; cutters, [email protected]; bologna buHs, [email protected]; butcher bulls, [email protected]; veal calves, [email protected]. HOGS—Choice light butchers, $15.70@ 16.00; medium wt. butchers, $15.40015.80; heavy wt. butchers, 270-350 lbs, $14.25@ 14.90; fair to fancy light, $15.15016.20; mixed butchers, [email protected]; heavy packing, [email protected]; rough packing, $13.00@ 13.75; pigs, $12.00014.75; stags, [email protected]. SHEEP—Fed yearlings, $12.00017.25; fed western lambs, $17.00019.25; native lambs, $16.00018.75; feeding lambs and shearers, $15.00018.00; wethers, $12.00%15.25; ewes, $12.00014.25. ■ • Buffalo, N. Y., March 18. CATTLE— Receipts, 150; steady. CALVES—Receipts, 600; steady; $6.00© 23.50. HOGS— Receipts, 1,600 ; 25c higher; heavy, $15.00016.25; mixed, $16.40016.80; yorkers, $16.75016.90; light yorkers, $16.00@ 16.75; pigs, $15.50015.75; roughs, $13.25© 13.50; stags, $8.00010.00. SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts, 2,400; lambs steady, unchanged.