Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-10
HOGS SOARING IN
0TTUMWA MARKET
LOCAL PORkERS NEAR EIGHT
DOLLAR MARk-oTHER LISTS
UNCHANGED,

Ottumwa hogs took a big jump this
morning, three weights being close to
the eight dollar mark. All varieties
were affected, the change varying from
twenty to forty eight cents. The other
lists continue steady. Today's markets
follow:
WORCESTERSHIRE Stock.
Hogs-12o@150, $40; 150@1s0 $745:
1900 200, $3.50: 2OO@22o. s7.s5; 1900
240, $795; $40 and over, $7.96; packers
and feeders, $7.S5@775. ..'
Cattle--Choice corn fed hetfers. $50
s.s5: good heifers, $5.5o@s; common to
fair light heifers, IS: choice corn fed
cows. s5.5o0s: good cows. $5@5.6o;
s conn sa. to fair cows; s40s; Gamer e.
butcher bulls, s5.50@e: choice light
calves. se.75@7: good light calves, $50
$50; choice heavy calves. $5.50GS;
common to fair calves, IS.
Lambs-Choice lambs, $5.c5@6.76:
good lambs. S4.75@6: fair lambs. $50
s75; good yearlings. s3.75@A26.
Good sheep-$s@s.5o; fair sheep. 81
Grain and Hay.
Grain and hay-Street prices-Oats.
s4@s5c: straw, $4@b: hay, $1o@1s:
wheat. 74@75c; rye. 57@soc; corn, 600
Hides. Wool and raIlow.
Hldes-No. cured. 12c: No 2 cured
sc; green. No. I. 1sc: green. No. 2. sc:
Wool-Medium combing, selected, -
TsUe c; coarse com1inf ls@1 &c., me-
coarse. 15@1sc; light fine. 15@1sc:
heavy, fine. 13@14c: bury (slightly).
.s@15c: bury (hard) 1.D1sc
Beeswax and tallow-Beeswax. No.
J. Csc; No. 2, &c.
Tallow-No. I. SIC: No. 2, &c.
Butter fat-No. /, sec: No. :. ssc
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
ouer xrccers s1 nay $685. .ss
grocers pay 2sc.
Poultry-(These prices are paid to
producer: Hens. sic: ducks, white
feathered. 1oc: dark feathered, 10c:
turkeys. 14kc: geese, &c: guineas, each
25c: spring turkeys. zoe.
RETAlL-Flour and Feed.
Flour and feed-Graham flour. per
sack, 30c: corn chops per cwt.. $1.75:
shorts. per cwt., s1s5; bran, per cwt..
s1.6b; corn. new, per bu., zoe; hay, per
cwt.. 75c: straw. per cwt. 4odp5oc: meal
per sack. zoe: corn and oat chop per
cwt.. s1.75: corn chop, 20 lbs, Acc; oil
meal. per cwt., 81.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter-Country butter. so0a5c:
Sept. creamery butter. $50.
Eggs, doz.-35c. .-",.
Butter fat-No. I. SIC: No. 2, Sc.
Poultry-Geese. dressed H.. 1ec; tur-
keys, dressed. csc; springs. 17hc: hens
dressed 17hc; ducks. dressed, zoe.
Fresh and Salt Fish.
Fresh hsh-Catfish. h.. zoe: trout.
17hc; halibut. zoe; salmon ,17hc.
Salt fsh-Mackeral. 10@25c; herring
&c; goldfish, 1o@1sc; lake fish. pail zoe:
finnan haddie. lb, 15c; smoked halibut,
22c.
Fruits.
Fruits-Bananas. 2o@25c; lemons.
35c; oranges, 306 soc: apples, to 8 1-3c
H.; grape fruit, 6A 610c; chestnuts,
12kc; Tokay grapes, zoe; Mala "a
grapes, Csc h.; pineapp!es. 20@35r.
Vegetables--Cabb age, h., &c: oniy.ls
&c lb; cauliflower, 100000: potatoes,
blu. $1.1o@1.S5; garlic, zoe; beets, three
punches for CSC: endive, bunch, ioc;
satisfy. for 15c: celery. 5@10c: 5er-
muda onions, h.. TIC; new turnips. Sc
h.. radishes 3 for Csc; sweet potatoes,
4c h.: egg plant 15c; mangoes, for
Csc; cucumbers, zoe EACH brussels
sprouts. soc box; watercress, sc bunch:
carrots, &c ID: parsnips, &c lc: fres. to
matoes zoe lb; pineapple casaba mel
ons, 35c: spinach. zoe: wax beans, h.,
zoe; head lettuce, 1O015c.