Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1882 — Chlcago. [ARTICLE]

Chlcago.

Flour—Dull and unchanged. Grain—Wheat, unsettled but fairh active; No. 2 Chicago spring, $1 No. 3 Chicago spring, $1 05al 07. Corn! irregular; 58%a60c. Oats, quiet bu! steadier at 43c, Rye, quiet and unchanged at 86%c. Barley, dull as |1 03al 04 Flax seed—ln fair demand; strict!? dry, $1 30al 33. Dressed hogs—Weaker at $7 40a7 50. Provisions—Pork, active but lower; sl7 00 cash; sl6 90 March; sl7 17 15 April; sl7 30a17.35 May; sl7 al7 55 June. Lard, in good demand, but lower rates; cash, $lO 40a1047'4; March, $lO 62W,a10 65; April, $lO 75a 10 80; $1092% June. Bulk meats, unsettled; shoulders, $6 30; short, $9 30; ehort clear, $9 55. . * lWhisky—Steady at $1 18. Call—Wheat easier at $1 26%al 26%. Corn in fair demand, but at a lowei rate; 58%e. Oats lower at 40%c. Pork irregular; sl6 85a16 95 March; $1712% April: sl7 35 May; sl7 55; June; sl6 57% bid year. Lard lower; $lO 60al0 62% April; $lO 75 May $lO 82% June. Hogs—Receipts, 19,000; shipments, 9,050. Demand* weak, especially for light grades. Market dull; common to good, mixed, $6 00a6 50; heavy packing and shipping, $6 60a7 00; Philadelphias, $7 70a8 80; light, $6 00a 7 50; skips and culls, $4 00a6 00. Cattle—Receipts, 600; shipments, 2,300; fairly active and steady; exports, $6 00a 6 75; good to choice shipping, $5 50a5 90;common to fair $4 50a 5 00; mixed butchers, $2 40a4 85; Stockers and feeders, $3 00a5 00. Sheep—Receipts, 300; shipments, 2,100; steady and prices unchanged; inferior to fair, $3 7'a4 75; medium to good, $2 90a-5 25; choice to extra, $5 60a6*00; 1 car extra ninety pound lambs, $6 50.