Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1912-03-07
THE MARKETS.
LIVE STOCK.

DETROIT. February 29,-Cattle--
Receipts, 500. Market strong at We'd
nesday's prices. We quote best steers
and hefers, S6.25@s6.6O; good choIce
butchers steers and heifers, 1000 to
LOO lbs, $5.50nS6; light to good
butcher steers and heifers. 700 TO 900
los, s4.?5 500; mixed butchers fat
common bulls, $3ms4.5O; good ship
por's bulls, Si.75@s5. Veal calves
Receipts, 4S9. Market steady at We'd
nesday's prices. Best grades. $9.5o@
$40; others, s5M$9; mich cows and
sprlngers, s25 a $50. Sheep and lambs
Receipts, 5000. Market slow and
25c lower than Wednesdays range;
best lambs, $3.50 a. $6.75; fair to good
lambs. $500 S6.25; light TO common
lambs, Sass, fair to good butcher
sheep. 3.50msi. culls and common,
SEA So. Hogs-Receipts, 2,S23. No
trading; shippers are quoting as fol-
lows: Light TO good butchers. $3.50 a
$40; PIGS, S6.l5Gp$ 1925; light workers.
1926 q $3.50; stays, one-third off.
EAST BUFFALO February 29.-Cat-
tle--Receipts. 100 head; market ngnr
Su G grades a ss.5o Sp7 cSives&
Receipts, $50 head market fairly ac-
tive, Csc lower; culls TO choice, So 20
Sl0.75. Sheep and lambs-Receipts g.
choice lambs, $7ms7.15; culls to fair,
1925 a $3.50; yearlings, s5.5O6s6:
sheep. SEA 1925. Hogs-Receipts, g.
400; market active and steady; york
se.SO@$7 heavy, $500 $3.50; roughs,
1918 a 1925; stays. $3.50.
GRAIN, ETC.
The open board; Wheat-Cash No. .
red. 90 Lee; May opened at St.03 Ii,
advanced TO $1.04 l-2 and declined to
$1.04 Ia; July opened at 81 LIE and
advanced TO 9S lie; September opened
at &c and advanced TO 81 Lee; No 1
Corn-Cash No. 8. &c S-4c: No. yell
low. cars at 6Ic. > at 60 3-4c; No.
yellow, cars ~ 81 3-tc
Oats--Standard. 1 car at 55c; No.
white, "a 1-2c.
Rye-Cash No. 2. CSC.
Beans-lmmediate and prompt ship
ment. $235; March, $2.S7; April, $2.4O;
May, S2.42.
MISUNDERSTANDING spot and March,
s13.25; prime alsike, $1l.
Timothy seed-Prime spot. s6.s5.
GENERAL MARKETS.
The cold weather keeps potatoes
firm. Prices are higher and there is
moderate demand. Eggs are coming
in freely and the market is easy. with
some decline almost every day. Butter
is steady. The poultry market is firm
and there is a good demand for hens
and chickens. Apples are gaming in
activity and the fruit market is steady
Vegetables are firm.
Butter-Market. firm; extra cream
cry. csc; first creamery. &c. dairy. Ole;
packing, zoe per lb. Eggs-Market,
easy: receipts. d32 cases: current re-
ceipts, cases included. 26 Ice per doz.
Apples-Baldwin. $3ms3.5O; Green
ing, 1925 n $3.50; Spy. s3.5O@s4; Ben
Davis. $2ms2 so per Dbl.
Potatoes-Car lots. bulk. s1O5; sacks
Sl.10 per blu.
onions-s2 per blu; Spanish. s2.25G
$3.50 per crate.
Dressed Calves-ordinary s@9c:
fancy, 1o@11c per 10.
Dressed Bogs-Light, 7 1-2c; med
ium 7c; heavy. $3.50 per cwt
Honey-Choice to fancy comb, 17@
1Sc per IN: amber 16@17c
Live Poultry-Spring chickens, 15c
10c; ducks. 14c; young ducks, 15c
geese. IL @12c; turkeys. 16917c.
Cabbage,-Sc per Id.
Vegetables-Beets, soc per bu; car
sI.75@s225 per doz; celery. iOa soc per
doz; Florida celery. s5GDs5.50 per crate.
and s1ms1.50 per doz; green enions
IL lie. per doz; green peppers. Csc
hamper: turnips. COO per bu; water
cress, 26@30c per doz; green beans
s3.506s4: rutabagas. soc per blu.
enthusiastically pork, s17@s1s:
s17.s0: smoked hams 1913 l-2c: picnic
hams, 9 1-2c; shoulder, 10 1-2c: bacon.
1908 1-2c; briskets. . 3-4@10 3-4c
lard in tierces 3-4c: kettle rendered
lard. 10 3-4c per lib.
Hay--carlot prices. track, Detroit:
No 1 timothy, s22@s225O: No. tim
othy, s21 Gs21.50; light mixed s21 6
s21.50; No. l mixed. 5000 $2050; rye
straw, s11.50ms12: wheat and oat
straw, $40 5O@$l1 per ton.
Fire destroyed the plant OF the
Grand Rapids Box Co. The loss is
estimated at $4,000.
Girls and men fairly rained out Of
the second story OF the three-story
brick factory building at Newark N
j., when fire broke out on the first
floor, cutting off the escape OF the
operatives on the upper floors. All
had to drop from the second story
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