The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-03-07
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Latest Quotations IN the Portland
Market
Complete Market Reports Corrected
Each Day Giving the Wholesale
Prices Of Commodities, Farm
Produce, and Vegetables.


than for week past, and hens and
chickens were quoted At a slight ad-
vance, l3 to II cents a pound being
the prices named. AT these CURES
sales were fairly free and most stocks
were cleaned up. There was even
some demand for dressed turkeys at
10 TO " cents, but live birds were not
wanted at any price. Ducks move in
a slow way at the former quotations.
and there Is practically no demand fof
geese, either live or dressed. Eggs
are steady around i8 cents.
Grain. Flour, Feed.
Whcat--Club, 82c; Valley, &c;
bluestem, &c; red Russian. SOC.
Oats Producers prices: White,
$2S; gray, $26@27
Flour--Hard wheat, patent, $3.50;
straight, $500; graham. $3.50; rye, IS;
whole wheat flour, $44s; Dakota,
$6 100000; Eastern rye, $500;
PiIlsburg. 81; Corvallis, $40.
Rye $i.40 per cwt.
corn-Wholc. $3.50; cracked,
$3.50 per ton.
Hay-Wholesalc selling prices;
Valley timothy sl7@lS; Eastern
Oregon, S20@2i; clover, $l4@is;
alfalfa, sl2@i3.
Grain bags--Domestic, SIC; Cal
cutta, &c.
Millfeed-city bran, $24.s0; coun-
try bran. $3.50; city shorts, $26;
country shorts, $27; chop, $22; mid
dlings. $30.s0.
Barley-producers prices: Brewing
$3.50; feed, S27; rolled, $28@2o.
Buckwhcat-$36 per ton.
Cereal Foods Rolled oats, cream,
o0-ib. sacks, 81; lower grade, $3.50;
oatmeal, steel cut, 4s-ib. sacks. s.;
OH. sacks, $4.2s per bale; oatmeal
(ground), 4s-ib. sacks, $50 per bar
rel; o-ib. sacks. $500 per bale; split
peas, $3.50 per l00-lb. sacks; 25-lb.
boxes, $i.2s per box pastry flour,
l0-lb. sacks, S2.7s per bale
Fresh Meats and Fish.
Oysters -Shoalwater Bay, per gal
Ion. $2,2s; per sack, $3.50; Tokc
Point, Sl.6o per 100; Olympias (l2O
lbs.), $6; Olympias, per gallon, $2.2s.
Fresh Mcats--veal, fancy. 100 lbs,
averag, oGoic; 100 to $50 lbs, S@
Sic lb.; large and coarse, s@1c; hogs,
fancy block, 7@7ic; heayies. 6@7c;
beef. bulls, 3i@4c; cows. 4@sc;
steers, sic@6c; muttons, medium
size. i0@llc; large and coarse. 8@oc.
Clams-Little neck, per box, $3.50;
razor clans, $500 per box.
Fish-Halibut. &c; black cod, Sc; |
black bass, per h., zoe; striped bass,
l3c; smelt, 7c; herring, Sic; founders, |
&c; catfish, lie; shrimp, l0c; perch, |
7c; sturgeon, l2ic; sea trout, lSc; tom
cod, l0c; salmon, silversides, &c; |
lie: chinooks, l2c b.;
Holsters, Csc lb.
Fruit.
Domestic Fruits - Apples, fancy,
Sl.7s@2.s0 box; common to good, 81 |
@l.50 box; pears, Sl.7s@2.00 box;
cranberries. $4,000 per barrel.
Dried Fruits--Apples, o@l0c per
pound; apricots, 27@2oc; peaches, II
@l3c; pears. ili@l4c; Italian prunes,
5@6c; California ags, white, in sacks,
7ic per pound; black, 6@7c; bricks,
7sc@$2.25 per box; Smyrna, l6@l7ac
per pound; dates, Persian, 6a@7c per
pound.
Tropical Fruits--Lemons, 5000 |
$50 box; lines, 7sc per 100; oranges,
new navels, $i,7s@2,so box; grape
iruit, $3,50@400 box; bananas, Sc
b.; Grated, She lb.; tangerines, $l.40@ |
l.50 box; pineapples. $4@s dozen.
Groceries, Provisions, Etc.
Sugar (sack basis)--D. G., $s6s;
Xxx, $s.4s; beets, $s.4s; Golden c,
$50; extra G, $s.is; powdered, $3.50;
'oxes, 5sc cwt advance over sack
'asis; fruit or berry sugar, $s,6s;
,oxes. ssc cwt. advance over sack
basis (less ac If pal dior in Is days).
Coffee--Mocha, 24@2Sc; Java,
ancy, 2s@2sc; Java, good, 2O@24c;
ava, ordinary i7@20c; Costa Rica,
ancy, lS@20c; Costa Rica, good, is
0lSc; Arbuckle, $l663 cwt.; Lion,
1888 cwt; Colombia coffee, l4c lb.;
ilA@l4Ac.
Rice-Imperial Japan, No. l, $6.25;
Southern Japan, $s.25@s.7s; broken,
&c; head, fancy, $6@6.7s.
Sago and Tapioca-6ic.
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