Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-12-27
THE WORLD OF TRADE.
Chicago Produce Market.

Wheat. December, sl.O4A; January,
Sl.0556; May, Sl.1O5S. Corn-December,
1880; January, 331sc; February, s495c;
May, 36Td31c. Oats-December 2594c;
January, 25Sc; May, 29c. Pork-Decem
Der, 81. IS; January, Sl2S5; May, S13.25.
Lard December, $40; January, $40;
May, 1882. Short ribs-January and
February, G.7715; May, $500.
Chicago Live stock Market.
Hogs-Quality good; market moderately
active; prices triffle higher; light grades,
- 95C1j 20; rough packing, 81 95C15 05;
mixed lots $500 20; heavy packing and
shipping lots, So 05(D5 80. Cattle-Market
dull and lower, beeves, SO D5 %; bulk,
50 1904 %; cows, 81 30@3; stokers and
feeders, 81 20C03 40. Sheep-Market steady;
native mutton, 5000; western feeders,
50 20CU3 IS; western corn fed, Sid4 40:
ambs, S4G5 60.
Detroit Produce Market.
Quotations are as follows: Wheat red,
No. 2 spot, 81 041E; May, 81 l21s, 81 12l4,
81 il% No. l white, 81 o4i(, 81 o. Corn
December, 353{c; No ., yellow, 36l4c;
No. 3 yellow, 35c. Oats-Light mixed,
294c; rejected, 25c. Glover seed-Prime,
s. 0219, s. o.; No ,, 81 G5, 81 30, 81 90.
Apples-at $1.25@1.75 per Darrell in large
supply, and none but the most choice bring
the outside price Trade very dull.
Beans-White, mediums and pea beans,
unpicked, sl35Grl6O per bu; city hand
picked $l.S5 in car lots; iobbing lots, SO
l0c per blu. more.
Butter-Fresh dairy, medium and fair,
l6@1Sc per lb choice and fancy. 29M24c;
creamery, 2S(d32c; oleomargariuc 800 rec.
Cheese-Full cream, l11%@1213c per ID;
skinned, S(d9c. Special extra brands, 1870.
Market firm.
Cranberries-Bests stock, $500 per bbl
Market very quiet and much soft stock.
al g-.l a
1GSc; mutton, 60l1c. These figures repre-
sent the price by the carcass.
Dressed Hogs-Packers' prices, S6G6.10;
butchers prices, S6.l0C@6.25 per ewt; live
hogs, $5(o5.05.
Dressed Poultry-Fowls, sc chickens,
&c; geese. 0c; ducks, l0c: turkeys, 10c;
pigeons, l5c per pair. Receipts liberal
Dried Apples 4015e per h, and dull I;
evaporated do, 51ICd611c; fancy lots, some
higher.
Eggs-Fresh receipts bring 2l@22e per
doz lined, 1S(G20c
Flour-Michigsn patent 50 per Dbl; roll
err process, $40; Minnesota patent, S5.15;
Minnesota bakers So. 1906; rye flour, 50. T56
a; buckwheat flour, Michigan patent, S2.75
(03. Market firm.
Hides-Green, 41{c per ID; cured, 5s4c;
No. cured, 40; green calf, 51lc; MOI 315c;
light demand.
Peas-Blue Wisconsin, 81 25@i 80; Mich
igan do, 81 Is.
Poultry-Llve fowls, 6017c; spring chick
ems, Sc; turkeys, S01SHc; ducks, s(G9c;
geese, Sc; pigeons, l5c per pair.
Potatoes-In car lots, 2S(d3Oc; Job lots,
| 35C13Sc.
Rutabagas--l5020c per bu.
Provisions-Mess pork, new, $l4 50Cd
IA 75 per Dbl; family, Sl5@l5 25; short
clear, $l6 25@16 so, tierce lard, s9S2{c;
half bbls, S24@94c; pals, 9lE99s4c; hams,
| 11@11Lc; shoulders, 9I4c; bacon, 1l00111c; ;
dried beef hams, 9(69l8c; extra mess beef,
81 50d7 IS per bbl; plate beef, s10d10 so.
Sweet potatoes-Jerseys, kiln dried 50 %
0o3 80 per Dbl.
Tallow-49lc per pound; dull.
Wool-F'ine, washed 2Sc; coarse, do. soc (;
medium, do. 3lc.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-Market moderately active and a
trifie higher; light, s495@e5.2 20; rough pack
ing, A.y5G505; mixed, $5Cd5.20; heavy
packing and shipping, S5.05d5.30. Cattle
Market dull and lower; beeves, S36o5.25 I;
cows, $1,000; stockers and feeders, 20
013.40. Sheep-Market steady; natives, 90
as; western feeders, $3.20ta3s5; western
corn-fed, $4CG440; lambs, s4C95.60.