Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 May 1920 — THE MARKETS [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, May 20. Open- High- Low- ClosCorn— Ing. ~est est. ing. May ...1.85% 1.87% 1.85*4 1-86% July ...1.67%-66 1.68% 1.66 1.67% Sept. ..1.57-56% 1.58% 1.56% 1.58 Oats— r May ...1.04 1.05% 1.04 1.05% July 89%-89 .90% .88% .90-% Sept ....74%-% .75% .74% .75% RyeMay ...2.10 2.10 2.09% 2.10 July ...2.01-2.00 2.02% 2.00% 2.01% Sept. ..1.87% 1.90*4 1.87% 1.90% FLOUR—Car lots, per brl, 98 lb sack basis: Rye, white, in Jute, [email protected]; dark rye, [email protected]; spring wheat, special brands, [email protected]; to retail trade, »16.25@ 16.50; hard spring, [email protected]; first clears, |[email protected]; second clears, [email protected]; hard winter, [email protected]; soft winter, $12.75@ 13.00. HAY—Choice and No. 1 timothy, f48.00@ 50.00; standard and No. 1 clover mixed, [email protected]; No. 1 and No. 2, [email protected]; No. 3 timothy, $4 [email protected]. BUTTER—Creamery extras, 92 score, 56%c; higher scoring commands a premium; firsts, 91 score, 55%c; 88-90 score, 63@55c; seconds, 83-87 score, 47@51c; centralized, 56%c;• ladles, 44c; renovated, 49c; packing stock, 34@29%c. Price to retail trade: Extra tubs, 59c; prints, 61c. EGGS—Fresh firsts, 41@42c; ordinary firsts, 37@38c; miscellaneous lots, cases Included, 39%@40%c; cases returned, 39@40c: extras, packed in whitewood cases, 48© 49c; checks, 33@34%c; dirties, 35@35%c; storage firsts, 43%@43%c; extras, 44c. LIVE POULTRY—FowIs, 37c; broilers. [email protected] per doz; roosters, 20c; ducks. 36c: geese. 20c. ICED POULTRY — Turkeys, 48@50c: fowls. 36@37c: roosters, 20@22c; ducks, 34@35c; geese. 23@24c. POTATOES —Per 100 lbs, northern, round, [email protected]<). NEW POTATOES—Per brl, [email protected]: hampers, [email protected]. CATTLE —Choice to prime steers, $12.75 @13.50; good to Choice steers,' $12.00© 12.75: fair to good steers. [email protected]; yearlings, fair to choice, [email protected]; stockers anil feeders. [email protected]; good to prime cows [email protected]; fair to good heifers, slo.oo© 13.00: fair to good cows, [email protected]: canners, $4 50©5.60; cutters. [email protected]; veal calves. [email protected]; bologna bulls, $7.75@ 8.50. HOGS—Choice light butchers. $14.00@ 14.40: medium wt. butchers, [email protected]: heavy butchers. 270-350 lbs. [email protected]: fair to fancy light, [email protected]; mixed packing. [email protected]; heavy packing. $11.75 @13.00; rough packing, [email protected]; pigs. [email protected]; stags, [email protected]. SHEEP—Colorado wool lambs. $19.50@ 20.00: native lambs. [email protected]; sprfhg lambs, [email protected]; feeding lambs and shearers, [email protected]; clipped lambs, $17.00 @17.25; wethers, [email protected]; ewes, $12.00@ 14.00. Buffalo, N. Y., May 20. CATTLE —Receipts, 250; steady. CALVES— Receipts, 1,200 ; 50c lower; $6.00 @15.50. • HOGS— Receipts, 4,000; steady; heavy, [email protected]; mixed and yorkers, $15.25; light yorkers, [email protected]; pigs, f14.60@ 14.75; roughs, $12.'[email protected]; stags, $7.00@ 9.00.’ SHEEP AND LAMBS—Receipts, 1,600; slow, unchanged.