People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1895 — Chicago Produce Market. [ARTICLE]

Chicago Produce Market.

The following quotations are for large lots only; small quantities are' usually sold at advanced prices: Vegetables—Asparagus, home-grown.

50c per doz; beets, 65@75c per bu; cauliflower. $1 per crate of 1 doz; cu- ; cumbers, 15@20c per crate; green onions, j 20@25c per case, green peas, 65c per %- * bu sack; onions. 75@90c per 1%-bu sack: radishes. 25@75c per bu; string beans, green, 50 @ 60c per bu box; wax, 50@60c; i turnips, 25c per bu: tomatoes. 25@ i 30c per case of 4 baskets Apples, sl@ 1.75 per brl. Butter—Creameries, extra, . 19%c per lb: first, 18@19c; second. 15@ j 17c; third, 12(®14c; dairies, extra, 17c; 1 first, 14@15c; second, 10@12c; imitation I creameries, extra. 14c; ladles, first, ; 10@llc: second, 84?9c; packing stock, ! fresh, 9c; grease. 3fise. Live Poultry I —Turkeys, choice. S@B%c per lb: fair J to good, 7@7%c; chickens, hens, 9@9%c; ■ ducks, 'air to choice. 8c; geese. s3@4 ■ per doz. Beans—Peas end navy beans. ; hand-picked. [email protected] per bu; good. 1 clean, [email protected]; Lima beans. Califor- | ma, $4.87%@5 per 100 lbs. Cheese—- ; Young Americas, choice. 7@7%c; twins, ■ 7@7%c; Cheddars, 6%@7c; brick, 8c; I Limburger, B%c; Swiss, 12@12%c. Veal—Fancy calves, 8c per lb: fair to : good * ■ 7@7%c; small, thin, 4*>*s«e; I Eggs—. .able at il%@l2c per doz when I cases are returned: 12@12%c cases in- | eluded. ? Potatoes—Barrels, 90c@$l; I bulk stock, 30@’35c.

Live Stock. Chicago, Aug. 7.—Cattle—Receipts, 11,000. Common to strictly choice steers were wanted at [email protected], with the bulk of the sales at [email protected]. The Stocker and feeder trade was again characterized by great activity and firmness, most of the sales being made at $2.50@ 4 for steers weighing 575 to 1,150 pounds. Bulls sold at [email protected] and cows and heifers went at $1,[email protected], principally at [email protected] for canners and at $2.75@ 3.50 for fair to choice lots. Veal calves were in good supply and sold freely at [email protected] for good to choice kinds. Hogs—Receipts, 14,000. Th<d extreme range for the day was $4.25@5 for hogs weighing 200 lbs and upward and $4.70@ 5.35 for lightweights. Packing hogs sold largely at [email protected], shipping lots at [email protected], and lightweights at s4.9p@ 5.10. Sheep—Receipts. 14.000. Inferior to extra sheep were quotable at [email protected], few selling above $3.50. while westerns sold in large numbers at [email protected], with an occasoional sale at a higher price. Spring lambs found buyers at $2.50@ 5.50, few going below $4.50.

Wheat and Corn. Closing prices of wheat and corn at the following-named cities were: Wheat—New York—August. 72%e; September, 73c: December, 75c. St. Louis —September. *®%c; December, 70%c. Dulu.th—Cash, 68%c: September. 66c; Minneapolis—Cash, 66%c; September. 63%c. Baltimore—August, 69%c: September, 70%e. Toledo—Cash. 71%c; September, 72c. Milwaukee—Cash. 67%c; September, 68%c. Detroit—Cash. 71%e; September, 72%c. Corn—New York—August. 46%c: September, 45%c. St. Louis—September, 38%c; December, 28%c. Baltimore—August, 46%c; September, 45%c. Liverpool. Liverpool. Aug. 7. Wheat—Spot, No. 2 red winter, 5s 6d; No. 2 red spring, 5s 9%d; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s 7d; No. 1 California, 5s sd. Futures, August, 5s 5%d; September, 5s 5%d; October, 5s 6d; November, 5s 6%d; December, 5s 7d: January, 5s 7%d. Corn —Spot American mixed, new, 4s 2%d. Futures, August, 3s 10%d: November, 3s lid; December, 3s 10%d; January, 3s 7%d. Flour—St. Louis fancy winter, 7s 3d. New York. New York, Aug. 7.—Butter—Receipts, 6,000 pkgs; western dairy, 10@13c; western creamery. 13@20c; Elgins, 20c. Cheese—Receipts, 6.277 pkgs; state, large common to fancy, s%<?’%c; small. 6% @B*4c; part skims, 2@5%c; full skims, 1%@1%C. Eggs—Receipts, 7,546 pkgs: state and Pennsylvania. i4@ls%c; western. 13@14%c. Coffee—No. 7. 16*4c. Peoria. Peoria, Aug. 7.—Corn—No. 2, 39%0>; No. 3. 38%c. Oats—No. 2 white, 24c; No. 3 white, 23c. Rye—Dull, nominal. Whis-ky-Finished goods on the basis of $1.22 for highwines. Receipts—Wheat, 600 bu; corn. 27,900 bu: oats, 63,500 bu; rye and barley, none. Shipments—A 7 heat, 9,600 bu; corn, 13,500 bu; oats, 43,000 bu; rye and barley, none. Toledo. Toledo, Ohio, Aug. 7.—Cash. August. 71%c bid: September, 72c; December, 73%c bid; No. 3 soft. 66%c; No. 4 spot, 64c. Corn —Cash, 40%c asked; September, 40%c. Oats—Cash, 2%c asked; September, 21%c.