Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-08-06
LIGHT RECEIPTS
IN PORK MARKET
HOG PRICES HARDEN SOMEWHAT
WHEN DEALERS FIND THE
SUPPLY is SMALL

Chicago, Aug. 5.-Hog prices hard.
ened somewhat today. owing to light
receipts. Good grades Of cattle were
steady. but others weak. Sheep anG
lambs moved upward in value, owing
to light arrivals
WHoLEsALE-IIvs Stock.
Hogs Corrected daily by Jno. Nor
rell & Co.l--1:o@150. 1920; 15001So
$7.s5; -so@2oo, $3.50; 2oo@24o, $3.50;
240@3G0, S7.65; 900 and OVERT $3.50;
packers, feeders, s7.05@IsO.
Cattle-Corrected on Juno II. by
John Morrell & Co.)-Choice corn
fed heifers. $s.7507: good hsifers,
!6.7596; common to fair lighs heifers.
!6g5.6o; choice corn fed cows. $3.50
fair cows. s4@i.5o; Gamers. $s@s.5o;
butcher bulls. $4,000: bologna bulls,
$5@5.50; choice light calves sos;
choice heavy calves. $s07: common to
scir calves, $5@7.
Sheep Corrected June II by John
Morrell & Co.)-Choice spring lambs.
$1Q7.5o; fair spring lambs. &@5.5o:
choice yearlings. $s@6.5o; fair year.
Mnss; *s@s.7s; choice ewes, 80 to ~
ewes. $s.5o@s; Gull sheep. ss0s.5o;
bucks. $2@2.5o.
Grain and Hay.
Grain and hay-Street prices-Oats
2S@32c; straw, s4@5; hay $1o@14; rye
SOC; corn. $4,000.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Butter fat-No. 1, 27@2Sc; No. 2 Csc:
butter. grocers pay. 20025c: eggs groc-
er pay 15c.
Poultry-tThese prices are paid to
prcdncers): Hens, 1Oc; ducks, white
featl1ered, SC: dark feathered. &C.;
turkeys Toe; geese, Sc; guineas. each
zoe: spring chickens. lac.
Eggs-Dozen. 15c.
Wool and Hides.
Wool-Bright medium, 1914 @sohc;
semf-bright medium. 16M @1Thc; fine
Defane, 14h @1shc: fine Meiino. In a
She: bury, n to SIC less.
Hides--cured, 1lhc; green. No. I
10hc; No. 2, "Mc: No. horsa hides,
$3.50: No. 2. $3.50.
RETAIL PRIcEs-Flour and Feed.
Flour and feed-Graham flour, per
sack, soc; corn chops, per cwt.. $l.75:
shorts, per cwt.. $1,e5; bran. per cwt.,
cwt.. Use; straw. per cwt.. 400 soc;
meal per sack. zoe: corn and oat chop.
per cwt., SITS; corn chop, 20 lbs. 40c:
oil meal. per cwt.. 81
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Buttcr fat-No. I, csc: No. 2. 25c.
ESgB-DOZeu, 2Oc.
Poultry--Geese. dressed .b., zoe; tur-
Keys dressed 27hc; springs CSC; hens.
dressed. CSC: ducks. dressed. csc.
.s, 60 Fresh and Salt Fish. ~
Fresh nsh-Catfish. h.. 20c; trout.
17hc; halib:t. GOO; salmon, t7hc.
Salt flsh-Mackeral. 10@25c; herring.
&c; goldfish. 10@ zoe; lake fish. pail. 75c
Fruits.
Fruits BANANAS. 20M25c: lemons.
40c; cherries, boxes. Csc: grape fruit
10@15c; pineapples. 15@35c: peaches.
basket, soc; watcrrnelons, 35c: oranges
30, 40 and Soc doz., csnteloupes, 10c;
blue berries, 25c.
Vegetables.
Cabbage. per head, and 10c; onicns
&c; cauliflower. 26c; garlic zoe: bcets.
2 lunches, &C.; endive. bunch. Zoe:
celery. bunch. SC: new turnips. 3 for
1oc: cauliflower, :o@s0c: egg plant. Is
@25c; mangoes. 1Sc doz; cucumbers,
So 10c; fresh tomatoes, 10c; spinach,
&c; head lettuce 10000: rhubarh,
punches. SC: rndishes, 507hc bunch:
parsley, 5@10c bunch: asparagus.
bunch. 15c: young onions. 2 for &c: LEST
lettuce. &c; new potatoes, PIX 2514oc:
1rtirhokes. 12hc: carrots, Q for sc;
bunch: green, beans, ID, TIC; wax
beans Id, INC; new peas 12lkc per h.;
roasting ears, 10c doz: Swiss chord, &c
bunch.