Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1920 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, April L Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— ing. est. est. Ing. May ...1.68%-69% 1-61% 1 -58% L6l July ...1.52%-% IM 1-52 IM Sept. ...1.48-% 1-50 1-48 1-49% Oats— May 87%-% July .....79%-% •»>% .79% -80% Sept 69% .70% .69 .70% JLy - May ...1-80 1.84% 1.79% 1.84% July. ...1.78% 1-79 1.78% 1.78% FLOUR—Car lots, per brl, 98 lb sack hauls: Rye, white, in jute, [email protected]; dark rye, [email protected]; spring wheat, special brands, [email protected]; to retail trade, 814.60; hard spring, [email protected]; first clears, 88UK @10.40; second clears, [email protected]; hard winter. [email protected]; soft winter, [email protected]. HAY—Choice and No. 1 timothy, 887.00® 38.00; standard and No. 1 clover mixed, [email protected]; No. 1 and No. 2, [email protected] No. 8 timothy, [email protected]; clover, 830.00© 33:00. BUTTER— Creamery extra, 92 score, 63c; higher scoring commands a premium; firsts 91 score, 62c; 80-90 score, 57@61c; seconds, 83-87 score, 60@62c; centralized, 63@63%c; ladles, 45@46c; renovated, 52c; packing stock, 33@38c. Price to retail trade: Extra tubs, 66c; prints, 67c. ‘ EGGS—Fresh firsts, 41c; ordinary firsts, 88@39c; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 40@40%c; cases returned, 88@39c; extras, packed ’ in whitewood cases, 47@48c; checks, 84@37c; dirties, 36@37c. LIVE POULTRY—FowIs, 89%c; springs, 38c; stags, 30c; roosters, 26c; ducks, 88c; geese, 22c. • * POTATOES—Per 100 lbs, northern, round, white, 85 [email protected]. CATTLE—Choice to prime steers, 813-76 @l4 76* good to choice steers, [email protected]; fair to good steers, 8U [email protected]; yearlings, fair to choice, [email protected]; stackers and feeders [email protected]; good to prime cows, 88 [email protected]; fair to fine heifers, [email protected]; fair to good cows, [email protected]; canners, K.OO @6.75; cutters, [email protected]; bologna bulls, 88 [email protected]; butcher bulls, [email protected]; veal HOGS—Choice light butchers, 815.00© 15 50- medium wt. butchers, [email protected]; heavy butchers, 270-850 lbs, [email protected]; fair to fancy light, [email protected]; mixed butchers, 814.26016.15; heavy packing, 818.78 @14.60 - rough packing, [email protected]; pigs, [email protected]; stags, [email protected]. SHEEP— Fed western lambs, 818.00© 20 50* native lambs, [email protected]; feeding lambs and shearers, 815 [email protected]; oUpPf>d lathbs $15.00018.25: wethers, [email protected]; ewes, '[email protected]. Buffalo, N. Y., April 1, r a ttt .E— Receipts. 3,600; barely steady. CALVES— Receipts, 900; steady; 86.00© It B 0 HOG®— ReotipU, 3,000: alow, 8c Jowwi heavy, M5?50@15.*: mixed, [email protected] rearlincs, 812.o6@18 z BO; wethers, BUO© 16.00; ewee, 86.00©IL50; mixed sheep, W4.W