Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-09-09
OTHER MARKETS.

Dispatches concerning market quota
tions, conditions and phases are as fol
lows:
Chicago.
Cattle-Market slow. Beeves, $5@s;
Texas steers, $4.40@6.30; western steers
$4@7; stockers and feeders, S3@5.50;
cows and heifers, $2.25@6.25; calves,
5000.
Hogs-Market weak and slower.
Light, $7.10@7.65; mixed, $6.95@7s5;
heavy, $6.sO@755; rough, S6.sO@7;
good to choice heavy, $707.55; pigs
$5@7.75, bulk of sales, $705@7.35.
Sheep-Market weak. Native, 500
$50; western, $2.25@3.6O; yearlings,
$4@4.9O; lambs, native, $4@6.55; west
ern, $4.5O@660.
New York.
Bar silver, SO lac; Mexican dollars,
45e.
Standard copper, steady. Spot, 500
1915. Custom house returns show ex-
ports of 26,217 tons. Lake copper,
$12.62 1-2@12.s7 1-2; electrolytic, $12.50
@12.62 IL; casting, $12.25@12.50.
Tin-Easy; spot and August, $42.12
1-2@42.62 1-2.
Lead-Dull, $4.45@4.55.
Spelter-Irregular $5.s5@5.95.
Iron-Steady. No. 1 foundry north
ern, $15.5O@16; No. ?, $1525@15.75;
No southern an dNo. / southern soft,
$15@15.50.
Portland.
Butter-City creamery extras, prints,
box lots, 31@32c.
Portland Union Stockyards Co. re.
ports the following: Receipts for the
past week have been 1865 cattle, 203
calves, 14s1 hogs, $500 sheep and II
horses. AS compared with the week
previous there was a decrease of 372
cattle and calves, an increase of 523
hogs, decrease of 1000 sheep and a
decrease of % horses.
The cattle market throughout the
week was strong to 10 cents higher. If
there was any suspicion of slowness in
the cattle trade it applied to heavy
steers. The presence on the market of
an added number of butcher buyers
created a demand for the lighter grades
that put the market up a full Is cents.
The hog market was dime higher on
the week, the tops having brought
$685.. The high price was brought by
a shipment from Grays HARDER that had
been properly fed and were smooth and
uniform. OF the 1881 hogs received
only 401 came from local territory, the
rest having been delivered on contract
There was little or no change in the
sheep market. There were some little
deals in feeders, the farmers having
realized that there was an opportunity
for profit in purchasing some of the
thin sheep that constituted the heavy
receipts of this market. Lambs sold for
$3.50, while the low price was So. so for
some thin stock sheep.
The following sales are representa-
tive: Steers, $4.75@5.65; cows, 1913
$4.75; heifers, $3.50; calves, $4@7. So
bulls, $2@3; lambs, $3.25@4s0; ewes
$500; wethers, $3.50; hogs, $7@s.35.
Available Grain Supplies.
Special cable and telegraph communi
the following changes in available grair
supplies as compared with previous ac
count:
Wheat-United States east of tn,
Rockies, increased 426 900 bushels; Can
ada, decreased $4,000 bushels; total
United States and Canada, decrease,
191, 900 bushels. Afoat for and il
Europe, increased 100000 bushels. To
tai American and European supply in
creased 100000 bushels
Oats-United States and Canada in
creased 1,25s,00O bushels.
Prices to Producers at Spokane.
The following list may be taken a
a fair standard of prices paid to pro
ducers outside. of the city market 70
the commodities named:
or1
100000 cwt; horseradish, 1Oc Id; cab
bage, &c lb; green beans, SC lb; cucum
bers, 1215@35c doz; wax beans, &c lb
rhubarb, 81 box; tomatoes, $1.25 crate
green peas, sc lb; bananas, sc lb; lem
ons, $6.75@7.75 case; navel oranges
$500 case; cherries, Royal Annes, s5c
sour cherries (2O-lb boxes), Use; 24-q
crates, $3.50; apricots, $1.25 crate
peaches, 55c@$1.5O; watermelons, IL
Id; string beans, &c lb; California re
G onions, 215c lb; Yellow Transporter
apples, $3.50 per box; Snake rive
1 pears, $3.50 per crate; Toppenish dew
berries, SO per crate.
Butter-Ranch, zoe lb.
/ Eggs-Ranch, SITS; eastern, cas-,
: $6.75.
). Hay-Baled oat hay, $14 ton; whea
4 hay, $15@16 ton; alfalfa, $1s ton; timt
thy, No. l, $40 ton.
Gra;n-Oats, $1.s5 cwt; barley, $1.2
swt; wheat, $1.25 cwt.
Hay and feed prices are f. o. b. car
Spokane.
v Poultry-Live hens, 13c ID; dresse,
: 15@22c lb; live springs, 13c lb; dresser
L zoe lb; old ROSTERS, DC; dressed, IA,
{ live geese, 15c; dressed, 15c; live duck
: young, 1sc; old, 1sc; dressed, 1922
>. fancy turkeys, soc; dressed, csc.
{ Steers, SIC Id; hogs, 121ac lb; sho
loin, zoe ID; shoulder, 1910 Id; hind
13c ID; rump, 1O1ac lb; loin of bee
lie ID.
= Fuel-Tamarack and FIR, 4-foot woo
d $5.75 per cord; pine, 4-foot wood,
o and 1925 per cord. Coal-Carney, Shel
4. dan, Tabor, 1925 per ton; Rock sprinI