Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1882 — chioago. [ARTICLE]
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Flour—Nominally and unchanged. Grain—Wheat,demand active, price* advanced and unsettled, sl2B@l 2 4#; No. 3 Chicago spring, sll4@l 16#: Corn, fairly active and {higher, 74% @74#. Oats, dull, and prices a shade lower, 51#c. Rye,. steady, 77c. Barley, steady, $1 00@1 05. Butter—Dull; creameries, 22@250; dairies fair to choice , 14@20e. Egg*—Fairly active and a shad* higher, 16#c. Provisions—Pork,firm and higher; sl9 62#@19 75 cash; sl9 60@@19 65 May; sl9 65@19 67# June; sl9 87# @l9 90 July; S2O 06@20 07# August; S2O 15@20 17# September. Lard, tally active and a shade higher; sll 42#@11 46 cash; sll 45@11 47# June; sll 60@11 62# July; sll 72# @ll 76 August; sll 82# September: sll 36 year. Bulk meats strong and higher; shoulders, $8 75; short rib, sll 40; short clear, sll 75. Whisky—Steady and unchanged at sll6. Freights—Corn to Buffalo, 2c. Call—Wheat, dull and lower, $1 28# @1 28#, May. Corn, fair demand at lower rates, 74#@74#0, May. Oats, dull and prices a shade lower, 61#c, May. Pork, firmer but not quotably higher. Lard, generally unchanged, but some sales rather higher. Hogs—Receipts 22,000; shipment* 4,500; active and 6to 10c higher f with a poor quality of offerings; common to good mixed, $7 40@7 95; light hogs, $7 40@8 05; heavy packing and shipping, $8 00@8 60; skips and culls, $5 75@7 50. Cattle —Receipts, 3,800; shipments, 8C0; strong and active and 10 to 150 advance; no extra stock here, quality being poor; exports, $7 75@@8 00; good to choioe, shipping, $7 30@7 60: common to fair, $6 25@7 00; mixed butchers, plentiful and easier, $2 50@ 2 65; grass Texans, a trifle easy but prices steady,s4 40@5 50 for canners; $5 65 @6 25 for shippers; stockers,s3 50 @5 50. Sheep—Receipts, 600; shipments none; steady; inferior to fair shorn, $3 10@4 00; good to choice, $4 50@5 10; wooled, $510@6 10. Drovers Journal, Liverpool, reports American cattle advanced #c; best, 17#c; /sheep steady; best, 18@20e.
