Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-12-23
Of LOCAL
HOGS ADVANCES
HEAVIER WEIGHTS OF OTTUMWA
PoRkERs ON THE RISE; 9TH
Err LISTS ARE STEADY.

An advance of from five to ten cents
in the heavier weights of local hogs
We're indicated in todays quotations
No change is noted in the other stock
Today's markets follow:
WHOLESALE-Live Stock.
Hogs-12O6150, ,s6.45; 150I1S $3.50;
100000 $40; 2oO@22o, 1920; 22o@
240 sos: 240 and over, $3.50; packers
and feeders, S6.7O@7.
Cattle-Chuce corn fed heifers, $50
6.25: good heifers, s5.50@6; common to
fair light heifers, IS; choice corn fed
cows. s5.5o0e: good cows, $5@5.5o;
common to fair cows. s4@5; Gamers
ss@s5o: bologna bulls. s4.75@5,So:
butcher bulls, e55o@6: choice light
calves, ss75@7: good light calves, So
$50: choice heavy calves, s55o@s:
common to fair calves. IS.
Lambs---Choice lambs, $3.50 SIS:
good lambs s4.7565: fair lambs. s31
375: good yearlings. $3.75@4.25.
Good sheep-sS@3.5O: fair sheep. 81
6250.
Grain and Hay.
Grain and hay-Street prtces--oats
s4@s5c; straw, s4@5; hay, s1cI13:
new corn, soc.
Hides, Wool and TaIow.
Hides-No. cured, lee: No: cured
SC: green. No. 1. 19c: green. No. 2. &C.
Wool-Medium combing. selected, Is
@20c: coarse combing. 1s@19c: me-
dunn clothing, 17@1sc; braid and
coarse, 15@16c: light fine. $50 Ice:
heavy, fne. 13614c: bury (slightly).
.ss915c; bury (hard) 12@13c.
Beeswax and tallow-Reeswax. No.
). 25c: No. 2. 22c.
Butter fat--No. /. SIC: No. 3, 2sc.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Creamery butter. 32633c; country
butter, grocers pay, 25@soc: eggs
grocers pay 26c.
Poultry-(These prices are paid to
producer: Hens, 9kc; ducks, white
feathered. 1oc; dark feathered. 1oc::
turkeys, 141ac: geese, SC; guineas, each
Csc; spring turkeys. zoe.
RETAIL-Flour and Feed.
Flour and feed--Graham -four. PET
sack, soc: corn chops per cwt., $1.75;
shorts, per cwt, s1.65; bran. per cwt.
s1.55; corn. new. per bu., roc: hay, pei
cwt., 75c; straw, per cwt. 4o@50c; meal
per sack. c0c: corn and oat chop, per
cwt., s1.75: corn chop. 20 lbs, 4Oc; oil
meal, per cwt., 50.
.,.. Butter, Eggs and , Poultry soa,.,.
Sept. creamery butter. 3Sc.
Eggs, doz.-S5c.
Butter fat--No. !. 21c: No. ., 3sc.
Poultry-Geese. dressed. h.; 1sc: tur.
keys, dressed. csc; springs. 171ac: hens
dressed 171ac; ducks, dressed, zoe.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh f1sh--Catflsh. H., zoe: trout.
17kc: halibut 2oc: salmon ,17hc.
Salt fish---Mackeral. 10625c: herring
sc: Goldfish. 10@1sc; lake fish, pail, zoe;
finnan haddie. ID, 15c; smoked halibut
PC.
Fruits.
Fruits-Bananas. 2o@25c: lemons
Csc: oranges, 3O@5oc: apples peck. q
675c: grape fruit. 6A G1Qc; chestnuts
12hc: Tokay grapes, zoe: Malaga
grapes. 25n h.: pineapples, 20@35r.
Vegetahles-Cabbag h.. &c: onions
&c lb: cauliflower 20@30c; potatoes
bu., s1@1.s5; garlic zoe; beets, three
punches for Csc; endive. bunch, 10c;
satisfy. 2 for 15c: celery 5@10c: Ber-
muda onions, h.. TIC; new turnips, &c
h., radishes for Csc; sweet potatoes
4c h.; egg plant-15c; mangoes, fol
Csc; cucumbers, zoe each; brussels
sprouts, soc box: watercress. sc bunch
carrots, &c lb: parsnips &c 10: fresh to
matoes zoe Id; pineapple casaba mel
stalk, spinach, 15c Id: wax beans 10
zoe; head lettuce, 10@15c.