Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1882 — Chicago. [ARTICLE]

Chicago.

Flour-Quiet but fina ; common to choice western spring, $4 75@7C0; common to fancy Minnesota, ssoo® 7 50; patents, $7 50@y 00. Grain—Wheat, Unsettled and lowers $1 38 cash ;No 3 Chicago spring. sllß@f 20. Corn, unsettled and lower; 70}£c cash. Oats, quiet but steady at 49J4c. Rye, dull and lower at 86c. Barley, firmer at $; t>6@l 08. Flax seed—Steam; good to high grade merchantable, $1 35@1 40. Provisions—Pork active but a shade lower; $lB 00 cash and April; sl7 95 @lB 00 May; $lB ll’@lß 12)4 June; $lB 27)4@18 30 July; $lB 45@18 47)2 August. Lard active but lower; sll 00 @ll 05 cash and April: sll 02U@ll 05 May; sllls@ll 17)4 June; $1127)4@ 11 30 July; sll 42)4 August. Bulk meats, demand active; shoulders, $7 50; short rib, $:0 30; short clear, $lO 65. „ ' * Butter—Dull and tendency downward: fair to fancy creamery, 23© 88c; fair to fine dairy, 15@23c. Eggs—Firmer at 14)4 c. Whisky—Steady atsl 19. Freights—Corn to Buffalo, 2V@ 2)4c. Call—Wheat, irregular and generally lower an $1 39)4 April. Corn, active. firm and higher- at 71c May. Oats fairly active and a shade higher at 49@49%c May. Pork, active’ but ’a shade lower at sl7 95 May; $lB 05© 18 07)4 June; $lB 25 July; $lB 45 August. Lard, in fair demand but at lower rates; sll oC@ll 02)4 May; sll 12)4 June; $U25@L127)4 July; $1137)4 August; sll 47)4 September. Hogs—Demand active, and prices have advanced 5 to receipts, 23,000; shipments, 7,(0); common to good mixed, $6 75@7 30; light, $6 75@7 35; heavy packing and shipping, $7 35@7 80; skips and culls, $350 @6 50. Cattle—Receipts, 5,500; shipments 2,400; very brisk and firmer; exports, $7 60@7 85; good to choice shipping, $6 90@7 40; common to fair, $6 50@ 6 80; mixed butchers steady at $3 00 @5 60; grass Texans in fair supply and steady at $4 00@600;stockers and’feeders, $3 30@5 40. Sheep—Receipts, 1.600; shipments 1,400; very steady and active at 10@ 15c higher; scalawags and stockers, $3 50@4 50; common to medium, $5 25 @6 50; medium to good, $6 75@7 00; choice to extra, $6 25 @7 50.