Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-17
LIVE STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Aug. l6
Following were the quotations on tho
Board of Trade today: Wheat-August,
opened &c, closed 6lss1; September, opened
625s1. closed 6214c; December. opened 7Ossc.
closed 7O1sc. Corn-August, opened 39c
closed 5s4c; September, opened Ss14c. closed
S914c; May, opened 4lAc, closed 4lc. Oats
August, opened $3.50, closed 25c; Septem-
Der, opened 251sc. closed 25c; May, opened
3O34c, closed 3O34c. Pork-August opened
Sl2.6211. closed Sl262I6; September, opened
Sl2.72. closed Sl2 -; May, opened slaOo,
closed s13.00 Lard-August opened, Ss.471@
closed SS.45.
Live Stock: The prices at the Union
Stock yards today ranged as follows:
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day, 5000;
left over about 1000; quality good; market
fairly active on packing and shipping ac-
count; opened strong at 10Gl5c advance, but
later weakened with prices favoring buyers;
sales ranged at S5.o005Sl pigs. S5.6016.30
light, Si.9505.l5 rough packing, S520G5.95
mixed, and s5.20G565 heavy packing and
shipping lots.
Cattle-Estimated receipts for the day,
700; quality fair; market rather active
on local and shipping account and prices
5GlCc lower; best grades rather steady, but
other grades easy; quotations ranged at S4.60
@5 10 choice to extra shipping steers, 81 1901 so
good to choice do, S3.401400 fair to good, $500
3.3l common to medium do, S3.00G375 butch
ers' steers, So 25G3.OO stockers. s.. 7O034O
feeders, 81 2513.l0 cows, $2.O0t3,25 heifers
S2Oo93.25 bulls, 81 s0G3.2O Texas steers, and
s2.5O05.0O veals calves.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the day.
1900; quality fair; market rather active and
feeling was weak; quotations ranged at
S2.4OG3.50 per 100 lbs westerns, S2.00G3.O0
Texans, S2.00GL10 natives and S300G5 40
lambs.
Produce: Butter-Fancy separator, 90
per lb; fancy dairy, l6I4Gl714c; packing
stock, l3c. Egys-Fresh stock, loss off, l3c
per doz. Live poultry-Spring chickens, lie
ducks, &c; geese, SS001S.00 per doz. New
potatoes-Early Ohio, SLSlGl 30 per bbl
Apples-New, 81 OO92.75 per Dbl. Honey
White clover, lib sections, l5Gl7c; broken
comb. 10c; dark comb, good condition. 100
lac; extracted, 61Sc per lb.
New York.
New YORK, Aug. l6.
Wheat-September. 6S 9-l6G701Sc; October,
72072l6c: December, IS 9-l6G7c; May.
23sGso1sc. Rye-Weak and dull; western,
DOC. Corn-No. dull and easier; Septem-
ber, 4714a47lac; October, 4s3414sc; No. 2.
471494s4c; December, 1870. Oats-No. 2.
quiet andeasier; state, 3lSi5lkc; western,
33Gi51Ec; August, 3J14c; September, 3os4c;
October, 3lAc; November, 324c. Pork-Firm
and quiet; new mess, sl4501l5.0o. Lard
Dull and ae5er.
The Local Markets.
The markets are picking up somewhat. Prices
are stiff in hay and grain, and we quote at these
| figures:
GRAIN, ETC.
WheaJ-746T6e
Corn-42cG43c.
New oats-s5c.
| Hay-Timothv. $40; upland. S750GsS. so /;
| slougl &c 001S7 90; baled, S1000d9.O0.
PRODUCE.
Butter-Fair choice, 20C; creamery, % sc ;
| Eggs-Fresh, 12Hc,
Poutry-Chickens, 13c; turkeys i " ducks
| 12Mc; geese, 10c.
| FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
Apples-S3 50GS3 per bbl.
| Potatoes-60c.
| Ouions-75c per Dbl
Turnips-40c per bu.
! LIVE STOCK
| Cattle-Butchers pay for fec steer
| 414hc; cows and neifeIs. zhg5Ac calves
| 4G5c.
| Hogs-5Hc.
| Sheep-5c.