Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1898 — THE MARKETS. [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS.

Grain, Provisions, Etc. Chicago, July 5. FLOUR —Quiet and easy. WHEAT—Unsettled. July, 75'g77c: September, 6SH@7lc; December, 6s%®To^ic. CORN —Weaker. Cash and July, 31H0 22»*c: September, 32‘4&33 1 ,4 e; December. 33 @33Hc: May, 35H@36Hc. OATS—lrregular. No. 2 cash, 22@22Hc; July, 21V*(&22‘4c; September, 19H@23c. RYE—Hardly anything doing. No. 1 cash was 44V4c; No. 3 about 43c, and No. 4, 40c: July delivery, 44Vic. and September, 42V»c. BARLEY—Offerings small. Screenings, IS.OU<h 10.00 per ton; low grade for mixing, 30c, and malting, 31©34c for poor to good. NEW POTATOES—Demand good. Choice Mississippi Triumphs, {2.25 per bbl.; Mississippi Rose, s2.2&<t/2.35. EGGS— Steady. Sales, losses off, cases returned, were made at 10c, and city recandled, new white wood cases Included, at lOtic. BUTTER—RuIing quiet. Creameries, 14 @l6c; dairies. 111© 13c. New York, July 6. FLOUR—Rather weak, but not generally lower. WHEAT—Spot firm; No. 2 red, 90c; options closed 2ti2V*c net lower; No. 2 red July. MV»<o>2\c; closed September, 72%*© 75*^0: closed 73V»c. CORN—Spot easy; No. 2. 37c; options closed He net lower; July, 35%@35%c; closed 3SHc. OATS—Spot weak; No. 2, 26'sc; No. 2 white. 27Vu2U*c; options closed He net lower: July closed 26>*c. BUTTER Quiet. Wistern creamery, 18HUl4V*c; Elglns, 16Vsc; factory, 11c. EGGS—Quiet. Western creamery, 12H QlJc.

Live Stork. , Chicago, July 6. HOGS—Quality.%tood. Market active and feeling firmer. Prices 5c higher. Sales ranged at $2,504/3.70 for Pigs; [email protected] for light; 13.65413.75 for rough packing; 53.65 @3.95 for mixed, and [email protected] for heavy packing and shipping lots. CATTLE —Quality fair. Feeling steady. Trices unchanged. Quolailgn* ranged at [email protected] for choice to extra Steers; {4 76 @5.00 for good to choice do.; [email protected] for butchers' Steers; 14.15414.95 for fed Western Steers: $3.50<f4.40 for Stockers; $4,009 4.90 for Feeders; $2.50*04.25 for Cows; $3,209 4.70 for Heifers: *2.704/4.25 for Bulls, Oxen and Stags; *3.60414.60 for Texas Steers, and $4.7506 76 for Veal Calves.