Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-01-03
Salem Markets
Compiled from reports OF Sa-
lem dealers for the guidance
of Capital journal readers.
(ReVised daily.)
Buying Prices.

Buying Prices.
Grain: Average valley wheat.
(bulk) S1.S5 bushel; average val
ley oats (bulk) 42c bushel.
Hay: Cheat hay $4,000 @ S2S'
Oat hay $1,000 q $4,000; clover
hay $1,000 a $1,000.
Vegetables; Oregon onions 81
cwt.; potatoes 81 cwt.
Neat. Hogs 1915 @1O.00; tops
steers &c; cows &c q &c bulls 5e'
spring lambs 6; sheep yearlings 4c;
ewes 2@3c veal fancy dressed)
lac.
Poultry and eggs: Eggs 45c;
light hens lie @ zoe; heavy hens
22c q 24c; old roosters 1Oc q
12c; springs over 2 pounds) lSc;
-Butterfatl Butterfat. soc; cream
cry butter 55c q sec.
Wholesale Prices,
Vegetables: Oregon onions S1.25
a $3.50 cwt.; California onions 81
cwt.; beets $500 cwt.; lettuce
$500 per crate; turnips $3.50 swt;
carrots $1.O0 a sack; parsnips $500
cwt: cauliflower $500 per DOZEN
potatoes S1.25 cwt.; sweet pota-
toes .$6.Q0 swt; cabbage s15o ewt;
green peppers 10c; celery $l.29
dozen; spinach 10e pound,
Fruits Oranges $5,50Q 4.25;
lemons $4.00; bananas 10 Nc; EN-
peror grapes 20c; honey extract
zoe; cranberries 5000 crate; cram
berries (eastern) $4,000 barrel;
dates (pound, bulk) 25c; Drome-
dairy dates 81 case; black figs 12c
white figs 1Sc; Californi9 grape
fruit S4.O0; Florida grapefruit
.SS; Arizona grapefruit $3.50.
Retail Prices.
Butter and Eggs: Creamery but
ter $50 6Oc; country butter soc;
eggs 55c.
Feeds: Wheat $1,95 bushel;
oats $2.75 cwt.
Millstuffs: (Ton lots sacked),
mill run, $4,000; Motana mill run
$4,000; short middlings $4,000
rolled oats $47OO; whole corn $50;
ground corn $500; cracked
corn $500; ground barley $4,000;
scratch feed $7400.
Flour: Hard wheat flour s2.75;
soft wheat flour $3.50 @ $3.50.
Portland, Or, Jan. 3.--Cattle
higher; receipts 1886; ;choice grass
steers $S.5O@9.50; good to choice
S8.0OmS.50; medium to choice
S7.5O@S.O0; fair to good S6.5OGo
7.5O; common to fair $3.50 q ESQ.,
choice COWS and heifers $3.50 q
700; good to choice 1925 a 100
medium to good $500 soc; faiI
to common $4.5O@5.O0; common
TO fair S4.0O@5.0O; eannesr $3.50
$3.50; bulls $500 600; choice
dairy calves $12.O001S.0O; prime
light S1O.OO@12.00; medium $500
$1,000; heavy $6,OO@7.5O; best
feeders $6.75@7.75; fair to good
$5.75@6.75.
Hogs higher; receipts 1192:prime
mixed $12.O0m12.35; smooth heavy
I$11.5Om12.O0 rough $7.5O@
1895; fat pigs $1O,OO@11.oO; feed
er pigs $500.
Sheep strong; receipts 79O; e:s'
of mountain lambs $500 WS.5Oi
valleys $9.OO@9.5O; feeders $500
$500; Gull lambs $500 only
ewes $1,O0@4,50; light yearling'
s6.OO@7.0O; heavy $500 @ sou
wethers $5.00@6.OO.
| Portland, Or, Jan. 3,-Buttei
steady: extra cubes soc; parch
ment wrapped prints, box lots
sac: cartons 54c; half box lot
y c more; less than Il box lots
cent more.
Buterfat No. / churning cream
5O@5Sc { o b Portland; under
grades Acc b Portland.
Wheat: hard white $1.65; sol
'white $1.55: northern spring
white, white club $3.50; hare
S1.55; red Walla $50.
Eggs: selling price case couh
54656c; buying price soc de
livered; selling price eandled 90 @
coo; selects coo 63c.
Poultry: Hens light 2Oci heaV.
28m 29c: springs light 26 % 2Se
heavy 25@26c; ola roostets l2c
turkeys $40 55c; 6eese 3t q SIC
ducks S5 a 4Oc.
Millstuffs: Millrun S35.
Hay: Buying plioe timothY W
M2S; alfalfa $2l@32; gram my
ed sea; cheat s22 q %; clever ~
| @22; straw SO. ---