Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1920 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, May 6. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— ing. jest. est. ing. May ~.1.82% • 1.89 1.82% 1.88%-89 J®ly ...1.68-69% 1.72 1.67% L71%-71% Sept.->.1.59%-% 1.63 1.58% 1.62%-66% Oil t S - 4" \ May U 1.04% 1.05% 1.03% 1.05% July JZ. .91%-91% .93% .90% ,94%-93% Sept 76%-76 .78% .76 .77%-77% RyeMay ...2.12 2.12 2.09% 2.11 July ...2.03-02% 2.03 1.99% 2.02% FLOUR—Car lots, per brl, 98 z lb sack basis: Rye, white, tn jute, [email protected]; dark rye, [email protected]; spring wheat, special brands, [email protected]; to retail trade, $16.00@ 16.25; hard spring, [email protected]; first clears, [email protected]; second clears, [email protected]; hard winter, [email protected]; soft winter, $12.00@ 12.50. — — HAY—Choice and *No. 1 timothy, $43.00 @44.00; standard and No. 1 clover mixed, [email protected]; No. 1 and No. 2, [email protected]; No. 3 timothy, [email protected]; clover, $32.00@ 38.00. BUTTER— extras, 92 score, 60%@fic; higher scoring commands a premium; firsts, 91 score,6oc; 88-90 score, 56@ 59c; seconds, 83-87 score, 47@51c; centralized, 61c; ladles, 45@46c; renovated, 49c; packing stock, 34@39%c. Price to retail trade: Extra tubs, 63c; prints, 65c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 41%@42c; ordinary firsts, 38@39c; miscellaneous lots, cases included, 40@41c; cases returned, 39@40c; extras, packed in Whitewood caseS; 48@49c; checks, 34@35c; dirties, 34%@35%c; storage firsts, 44c; extras, 44%@44%c. LIVE POULTRY—FowIs, 34c; roosters, 23c; ducks, 38c; geese, 22c. POTATOES—Per 100 lbs, northern, round, [email protected]. NEW POTATOES—Per brl, [email protected]. CATTLE—Choice to prime steers, $13.00 @14.50; 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]; fai- to good heifers, [email protected]; fair to good cows. [email protected]; canners, $4.50 @5.50; cutters, [email protected]; bologna bulls,, [email protected]; veal calves, [email protected]. HOGS—Choice light butchers. $15.00@ 15.40; medium wt. butchers, [email protected]; heavy butchers, 270-350 lbs, [email protected]; fair to fancy light, [email protected]; mixed packing, [email protected]; heavy packing, $12.00 @13.25; rough packing. [email protected]; pigs, [email protected]: stags, [email protected]. SHEEP—Colorado wool lambs, $19.50@ 21.00; native lambs, [email protected]; spring lambs. [email protected]; feeding lambs Md shearers, [email protected]: clipped lambs, $16.50 @18.50; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, SH.OO© 15.25.