Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1882 — Chicago. [ARTICLE]

Chicago.

Flour—Steady unchanged. Grain—Wheat, fair demand but at lower rates; No. 2 Chicago spring, $1 35a 136;N0. 3 Chicago spring, SIOB a 1 11. Corn, unsettled and lower at 69a71%c cash. Oats, easier at 47%a 47% cash. Rye,steady,and unchanged. Barley, steady and unchanged. Butter—Quiet. Eggs—U nchanged. Flax seed—Rejected to merchantable, $1 28 al 36. . Provisions—Pork, fair demand but at lower rates; sl7 25a17 30cash; 17 32a17 35 May; sl7 52%a 17 55 June;; sl7 7,0 July. Lard, easier sll 07%a1l 10 cash; sll 20 all 22% May; sll 32%a1l 35 June; sll 45a1l 37% July. Bulk meats, fairly active, and a shade higher; shoulders, $6 85, short rib, $9 90, short clear, $lO 20. Whisky—Steady and unchanged at Freights—Corn to Buffalo, 2%c. Call—Wheat unsettled but generally higher; $1 35% April. Corn fairly active and a shade higher; April. Oats irregular; 47%c April asked. Pork stronger; sl7 32%a17 35 May; sl7 55 June; sl7 72%a17 80 July. Lard firmer but not quotably higher. Cattle^—Receipts, 7,000; shipments, 3,600. Shipping weak and market declined ten cents more; exports, $6 90 a 7 60; shipping, $5 40a7 00; desirable butchers and canning, $4 00a5 50; common to fair, $3 00a3 75; stackers and feeders, active and firmer at $3 25 a 5 50; mainly, $3*75a4 75. Hogs—Receipts, 22,000; shipments, 9,000; market stronger, five cents higher and active, and all sold; light, $6 45a6 85; mixed package, $6 50a 6 90; heavy, $7 00a7 40. Sheep—Receipts, 3,000; shipments. 1,900; market active and 15 to 25 cents higher for one lot; prime, $6 75; poor to choice. $4 50a6 40. No market to-morrow.