Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-02-01
Salem Markets.
Compiled from reports OF Sa-
lem dealers for the guidance
of Capital Journal readers
(Revised dailyD
Buying Prices.


(bulk) $1.2O bushel; average val
ley oats (bulK) 42c bushel. .
Hay: Cheat hay $1,000 q $zS'
Oat hay $1,000 q $24.0O; clover
hay $4,000 q $22.O0.
Vegetables: oregon onions u
cwt,; potatoes 81 cwt.
Meat: Hogs s11.5O@11.75; dress
ed hogs lac; top steers &c; cows
s@5c; bulls SC; spring lambs &c;
sheep yearlings 4c; ewes 2QSc;
veal Clancy dressed) Ice.
Poultry and eggs: Eggs SOc'
light hens 23@24c; heavy hens
24o; old roosters 10 % l2c'
springs, over 2 pounds, zoe.
Butterfat: Butterfat 4Sc; cream
cry butter AZ @4Sc.
Wholesale Prices.
Vegetables: Oregon onions 81
@1.5O cwt; California onions $1.76
cyt; beets $2.O0 ewt; lettuce lmper-
ial valley $3.75; turnips $3.50 cwt
carrots $1@1.5O sack; parsnips $2
cwt: cauliflower $2,25 per dozen;
potatoes S1.25 cwt.; sweet pota"
toes $500 cwt; cabbage $1.9O "a 2.25
green peppers 25c; celery $l'Oo
dozen; spinach 10c pound.
Fruits: Oranges $4.5o@ 500;
lemons $4.O0; bananas IS &c;
dates (pound, bulk) 25c; Drome-
dary dates 81 case; black figs 1Oc;
white figs 12hc; California grape
fruit $4.O0; Florida grapefruit
IS; Arizona grapefruit $3.50.
Retail Prices.
Butter and Eggs: Creamery but
ter 52@53c; country butter 45c;
eggs 3S q 40c.
Feeds: Wheat s1.95 bushel;
oats $2.75 cwt.
Millstuffs: (Ton lots sacked),
mill run, $4,000; Montana mill run
$4,000; short middlings $4,000;
rolled oats $45.O0; whole corn $45;
ground corn $45.00; cracked
corn $500; ground barley $4,000;
scratch feed $74.00.
Flour: Hard wheat flour $2.75;
soft wheat flour $3.50 a $3.50.
Portland, Or, Feb. 1. - Cattle
lower; receipts 121; choice grass
steers $S.25@9.OO; good to choice
$8.0O@8.5O; medium to choice
$3.50 @S.0O; fair to good $500 %
7,50; common to fair $500 q 100;
choice cows and heifers $3.50 90
7.25; good to choice 1925 @7.0O;
fair to med. $500 600; common
to fair $4.OO@5.50; Gamers $500
@4.O0; bulls $5.O0@6.OO; choice
dairy calves $12.O0@13.00; prime
light $10.00@12.00; medium $500
@1O.OO; heavy $6.OO@7.5O; best
feeders s6.5O@7,OO; fair to good
$5.75@6.75.
Hogs steady; receipts rs; prime
mixed $11.O0@11.50; smooth heavy
$1O.5O@11.O0; rough $500 %
$50; fat pigs $1OQ11; feeder
pigs $10@11.50. t
Sheep steady; receipts 712; east
of mountain lambs $500 1880;
valleys $9.O0@9.5O; feeders $500
@7.OO; Gull lambs $5 W6; only;
ewes s1O0@5.OO; light yearlings
$7.5O@8.25; heavy $6.0O@7.5O;
wethers $6@6.5O.
Portland, Or, Feb. 1.-ButtHr
steary; extra cubes 4Oc; parch-
ment wrapped prints, box lots
45c; cartons Acc; half box lots
kc more; less than n box lots !
cent more.
Butterfat No. churning
43@45c b Portland; under
grades Ale b Portland.
Wheat: hard white $1.5O; soft
white S1.45; northern spring $I4O
white club $1,45; hard winter
$40; red Walla $140.
Eggs: selling price case count
35036c; buying price 35c de-
livcred: selling price candled $50
88c; selects 3S "a 40c.
Poultry: Hens light 22Sf24c'
heavy 25m27c; broilers 2t0 26c;
old roosters 12m14c; turkeys nom
geese nom; ducks nom.
MilIstuffs: Millrun S35.
Hay: Buying pdce timothy S27
m28; alfalfa $19m10-5o; grain
mixed $23; chsat $23@24; clover
$1,000; straw SIS.
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