People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1895 — Chicago Produce Market. [ARTICLE]

Chicago Produce Market.

The following are the prices realized for unbroken consignments. For smaller lots an additional charge is made by merchants. Creameries—Extras, 21c; firsts, J9@ 20c; seconds, 16@17c; imitations, fancy, 16@17c. Dairies—Extras, 19c; firsts, 15 @l7c; seconds, 9@llc. Ladles—Extras, 13@14c; firsts, 9@loc. Packing stock— Fresh, grassy, sweet and streaked, 7c; roll butter, 9@llc. Cheese —Young America, lOfodOVtc; Twins, new, 9%@10c; Cheddars, new, 9Y£@9%c. Skimmed and special makes —Brick, 10f4@llV4c; llmburger, 9Vi@llc; Swiss, 10%@llc. Dressed poultry—Turkeys, fair to choice, 8\iO10c; chickens, fair to good, SfMtyc; ducks, 11 ©l3c; geese, poor to Chok* .

Eggs—Really fresh, loss off, turned, 25c; rree cases, recandled, V @26c. jfl Vegetables—Beets, new, 75@90eH doz. Celery, home-grown, doz. Cucumbers, fancy per doz. Lettuce, home-grown, per case of 4 doz. Old cabbage, hJ grown, ss@o per 100. Onions, MichlS [email protected] per brl. @2.25 per brl. < TB Apples—Easern stock salable at ffl $2.50 to $3.75 per brl; western, $2.7fl $4; Canada, $3 to $4. 9 Potatoes—Burbanks, Wisconsin, fl 64c; Hebrons, 60@62c; rose, 57@€0c;pB less, sC@7sc. New potatoes, Berfl das, quoted at s7@B per brl. 9 Live Stock. M Chicago, Feb. 28.—Cattle—ReeejM 7,500; calves, 300. There were bunches for which $6 was asked anfl though no sales were reported at as hfl a price the bulk of the steers better than $4.60. There were lots® pales at [email protected] and several at higfl figures. Dressed beef and shipjsJ steers are now quoted at $3.65@69 common to extra, and common to cows and bulls at [email protected]. ‘ Comn stock sells anywhere from $1.50 to and stockers and feeders at s2.6o#® Texas-fed cattle were in light supß and were quoted up to $3.50@5 for eel mon to choice steers. I Hogs—Receipts, 28,000. There waß steady market at [email protected] for com* to prime lots averaging from 160 toj lbs and at [email protected] for common to 4 tra hogs of from 250 to 400 lbs averal The close was easy. I Sheep—Receipts, 8,000. Quotaticl range from $2.50 to $4.50 for poor! choice, with sales at [email protected]. LaJ were salable at [email protected]. I Liverpool. I Liverpool, Feb. 28.—Wheat—Spot 9 2 red winter, 4s 8d; No. 2 red springj 3%d; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s 2%d; 9 1 California, 5s 2%d. Futures—Marl 4s 7%d; April, 457%d; May, 4s 8d; Jul 4s B%d; July, 4s B%d. Corn—S9 American mixed, new, 4s l%d. Fut* —March, 4s Id; April, 4s l%d; MayJ l%d; June, 4s l%d; July, 4s 2%d; 9 gust, 4s 2%d. Flour—St. Louis fafl winter, 5s 5%d. "1 New York. New York, Feb. 28.—Butter—ReceiB 2,950 pkgs; western dairy, 9@lsc; wfl ern creamery, 15@21c; Elgins, M Eggs—Receipts, 2,451 pkgs; westel 30c. Coffee—Quiet. I Toledo. I Toledo, Ohio, Feb. 28.—Wheat—Quil cash and February, 54%c; May, 54^9