Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-02-21
LOCAL HOG MARKET
ON THE DECLINE
ALL WEIGHTS ARE AFFECTED BY
THE DROP-OTHER STOCK
STEADY. .ef

All weights of Ottumwa hogs dropped
today. the change varying from ten to
twenty cents. New potatoes are added
to the retail list at five cents per pound
Today's markets follow:
WHOLESALE--Live Stock.
nogs-o12o@ $50, $40: 15o@1so, $40:
100000, $500; 200@220, $685. 1900
240, Ss.05: 24O and over, $SO5; packers
and feeders, S7.40@7sO.
Cattle-Choice corn fed heifers, SEQ
SIS; good heifers, s5.7506; common to
fair light heifers. $50 $50; choice corn
fed COWS. $5.75@6.25: good cows, $500
SIS; common to fair COWS. $4.50@5;
Gamers, $3.50@3.75; butcher bulls, $3.50
@6; bologna bulls s5@5.5O: choice light
calves. SOS: choice heavy calves, $685.
@ 6.25; common to fair calves, $500.
Sheep-Choice lambs. $65O@7; good
lambs, $5.75@6.25; fair lambs SIS: choice
ewes. s4@4.25; fair ewes. s3@3.5O: Gull
sheep, s2@2:5o: bucks, s2.5oQs.
Grain and Hay.
cram and hay-Street prices-Oats,
s4G35c: straw. s4@5; hay, $1o@1s;
Csc
Hides. Wool and TaIlow.
Hldes-No. l cured. 12c: No. cured
&c; green No: I. 1sc; green No. 2. Sc.
eoMool-Medium combing. selected ~
d MiHve; o, coarse combing 1s@lsc; me;
'"AAA Nio'HlHS. IiW ISC, DrdlQ anu
coarse, 15@16c: light fine. 15Q1Sc:
heavy, fine, 13@14c; bury (slightly),
lag 1Sc; bury (hard), 12@1sc.
Beeswax and acknowledgements. No.
Iallow-No. I, SIC; No. 2, SC.
Butter fat-No. i, s2c; No. 2. 2sc.
Butter. Eggs and Poultry.
creamery butter, 3269%c; country
butter. grocers pay. 2O@25c; eggs groc-
ers pay, 22c.
Poultry-lThese prices are paid to
producer): Hens, 9hc; ducks, white
teathered, 10c; dark feathered 1Oc;
turkeys 14hc; geese, &c: guineas each.
zoe; spring turkeys. zoe.
RETAiL-Fiour and Feed.
Flour and feed-Graham flour, per
sack: soc; corn chops per cwt., Sits;
shorts, per cwt, $1.65; bran, per cwt.,
Sl.55; corn, new, per bu., roc: hay, per
cWt., 75c; straw, per cwt., 40050c; meal
PEI sack, zoe: corn and oat chop, per
cwt.: SITS; corn chop, 20 lbs. 4Oc: oil
meal, per cwt.. 50.
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.
Rutter-Country butter. 30@35c:
Sept. creamery. 3Sc.
Eggs--Doz.. soc.
Butter fat-No 1, BIC: No. 2, 3sc.
Poultry-Geese, dressed, h., 2oc; tur-
keys. dressed Csc; springs. ecc: hens,
dressed, zoe: ducks. dressed. zoe.
.. Fresh and Salt Fish. ., -.
Fresh fish Catfish, h.. 20c; trout,
17Ac: halibut, zoe: salmon, 17Bc.
Salt fish-Mackeral 1O@25c herring
Sc: goldfish. 10000: lake fish. pail. Toe:
t1nnan haddie. h., 15c: smoked halibut.
&c.
Fruits.
Fruits-Bananas. 2o@25c: lemons,
30c: oranges, 3O@50c: apples 4 to sac
h.. grape fruit 1o@15c; chestnuts,
121ac; Malaga grapes, csc h.; pineap-
pies, 2oMS5c; kumquats, soc per box;
strawberries, S0cs
observation-disclosures ,lb., SC: onions
h.. &c; cauliilower, 900 aoc; potatoes,
h.. sc: cauliflower. 2o6soc; potatoes
7hc per bunch: endive bunch. Sc;
cauliflower 20@3Oc; sweet potatoes
muda onions, h., TIC; new turnips, sc;
h.. &c; cauliflower 200 3Oc; potatoes.
sc lb; egg plant, 15c: mangoes. for
g3c; cucurbers, zoe each: brussels
sprouts, Csc box; watercress, sc buncn:
carrots, &c H.: parsnips &c H.: fresh to-
matoes zoe h.: spinach, 15c; head let
tEce, 100D15c: mushrooms. CSC h.. cell
cry root lb, &c: new, pota toes, sac ID.