Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1882 — Chicago. [ARTICLE]

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k firm An<V unefiicagb sprhtfc, #1 regular or No. 2 wheat, $1 12%@1 83%. Corn active, firm and higher, 71%c. Oats strong and higher, 49%c. Rye quiet and unchanged. Barley nomi. nally unchanged, $1 GO. . * * ' Flaxseed—Dull and slower; merchantable, $1 35@1 35%. “ Provisions—Pork, active firm and. higher ;sl9 62%@19 75 cash; $19'62%®, 19 65 June; sl9 75@19 77% July; sl9 92%@1? 95 August; S2O 00 bid Beptember; sl7 90@17 95 year. Lard active, firm and higher, sll 35 cash or June; sll 42% @ll 45 July; $1157% August; sll 70 September or October: sllß2%’year. Bulk meats steady, with a fair demand; shoulders, $9 00; short rib, $1175; short clear do, $1145. Butter—Quiet and unchanged. Eggs—Quiet, 16% @ 17c.’ Whisky—Steady, sll7. Call—Wheat in fair demand but at lower rates, $1 22%@1 12%; regular or No 2; irregular, sllß%@s 13%. Corn in fair demand but at lower rates, 71%c. Oats steady with a fair demand, 49%c. Pork, inoderatelv active and higher; sl9 77%@19 80 July; sl9 97% August; S2O 12% @2O i 5 September; S2O 27% October. Lard, demand active and prices have advanced; sll 35 June; sll 45 July; sll 57%@11 60 August: sll 67%@11 70 September; sll 70 October. Drovers’journal reports hogs, receipts, 23,060; shipments, 8,500; fairly active and firmer than former prices; common to good mixed, $7 2fi@B 50; heavy , $7 90@8 50; light, $7 30@8 85. Cattle—Receipts, 7,000; shipments, 3,400; good to choice, higher than ever; grass cattle, native and Texans, still declining ;exports,sß 60@9 30 ;good to choice shipping,s7 60@8 15;common to fair, $5 65@7 20 ;butchers,stock dull, $2 00@5 50, mainly $3 50@4 25; grass Texans, weaker; poor to fair, $3 50@ 4 00; medium to good, $4 25@5 75; choice to heavy, $4 80@5 50; stockers and feeders, $2 50@5 40. Sheep—Receipts, 700; shipments, none; market very dull and weak; poor to fair, $2 50@3 50; medium to good, $3 75@4 50; good to choice,ss 00 @5 20.