The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1906-12-07
THE MARKETS

Detroit-The main market days are
Thursday and Friday Of each week. al
though considerable stock is received
earlier in the week i'm the busy season
of the year
Feeding steers averaging 900 pounds
were in good demand and brought 81
per hundred. Mich cows also sold
strong and as high as $50 was paid for
good ones. We quote: Extra dry-fed
steers and heifers, So: steers and heif-
ers, 1000 to 1900 $iQ4 so; do, 500 to
1000 SO 50@4 so; grass steers and heif-
ers that are fat. 500 to 1000. $3@3 rs:
grass steers and heifers that are fat, 500
SO 25Q3 so; good fat cows. 81 5OQ3 10;
common cows, $2@2 %; Gamers, $40
/ So choice heavy bulls, 81 1908 Is;
fair to good bologna bulls. 81 25Q2 so;
steers. 500 to 1000, SO SOFA fair feed
ing steers. 500 to 1000, 81 3 So choice
stockers, 500 to 200, 81 1903 25; fair
stockers 500 to 700. So 25@2 rs; stock
heifers. $2@2 so; mixers. large, young
and medium age, $35@5O; common
mixers. s1s@25.
steady with last week. a few good
calves bringing as high as 81 so per
hundred. but bulk of sales were made
at prices below 81 per hundred. We
s6@6 rs; common and heavy. $4@5.
In the sheep and lamb department
the trade opened up about loo higher
on prime lambs than IL was week ago.
Other grades steady. The close was
everything cleaned up. Best lambs, 81
az IS; fair TO good lambs, $606 SO:
light to common lambs 50 506D6; fair
to good butcher sheep, 81 50@5 culls
and common, S2m3.
In the hog department receipts were
about the same as the opening, with
same price. Sc 10 per hundred, or sc to
l0c less than they did a week ago.
Range OF prices: Light TO good butch
ers, Sc 1905 IL; pigs. $6 10; light york
ers Sc O5@6 To- roughs. SIS 25Q5 10.
Stays. one-third of.
Chicago-Cattle market steady to
strong beeves, s4@7 40: cows and heif-
ers, 81 50@5 20; stockers and feeders.
50 5000 40: Texans. SO 1904 so; west
Hogs-Market steady: mixed and
butchers, IS $500 80; good heavy. So 10
@6 80: rough heavy. IS 1905 90; light,
So S5@S Is; pigs, IS 4O@6 10; bulk Of
sheep-Market steady: sheep. SO $50
70; lambs, 81 s0@7 so.
Grain. Etc.
Detroit-Sales and prices In this mar
ket were as follows: Wheat-No.
white, 77c No. 2 red. spot, / car at
77Ac; December, 5000 bu at tic; May.
5000 bu at s2H c; $4,000 bu at sec; TO-
900 bu at S2hc: 10000 bu at SIC. BY
sample. car at 76hc..
Corn-No. mixed. 4S%c: No. 3 yell
low. old. ! car at soc: new. nominal at
acc. By sample, 1 car at 49hc per bu.
oats--No. white. spot, cars at
36Lc per bu.
RyeENo. spot. nominal. at zoe per
blu.
CIoverseed-Prime, spot. Is bags at
IS 20; February. IS 35; March. IS 40; by
sample, 10 bags at IS; IL at 81 So; 10 at
81 10: at 81 25. Prime alsike, 81 s.;
by sample, bags at 81 25 and at
Sc % per blu.
Timothy seed-Prime spot. 10 bags at
81 90 per bu.
Beans-Spot. 81 "a nominal; Decem-
her, 81 "a asked January, 81 81 NOM
inal.
East Buffalo-Market lower. Ex-
port steers. IS 5O@6: best shipping
steers. 81 so a TO- best fat cows,
fat heifers, 81 $500 rs; medium to
good SO 25GS 40; 500 to 1000 butchers.
SO 1904.
Hogs-Market lower; medium and
heavy. So 80; workers.. IS 2o@s 80;
pigs Sc SO.
sheep-Market slow. Best lambs,
81 4067 so; fair to good. 1907 80;
yearhngs. 5000 25; wethers. IS 75d
90; ewes, IS 5Od5 so; calves. slow;
best, 81 1908; heavy, SO 5000 so. No
market Thanksgiving day.