10-1/2c per lb. Short ribs, $7 65 per cwt.
LARD.--February, $8 65.
LUMBER.
Lumber unchanged. Quotations for green are as follows:
Short dimension, per M $ 9 50@10 00
Long dimension, per M 10 00@11 50
Boards and strips, No. 2 11 00@13 00
Boards and strips, medium 13 00@16 00
Boards and strips, No. 1 choice 16 00@20 00
Shingles, standard 2 10@ 2 20
Shingles, choice 2 25@ 2 30
Shingles, extra 2 40@ 2 60
Lath 1 65@ 1 70
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
NOTE.--The quotations for the articles named in the following list are
generally for commission lots of goods and from first hands. While our
prices are based as near as may be on the landing or wholesale rates,
allowance must be made for selections and the sorting up for store
distribution.
BRAN.--Quoted at $15@12 25 per ton;
BEANS.--Hand picked mediums $2 00@2 10. Hand picked navies, $2 15@2 20.
BUTTER.--Dull and without change. Choice to extra creamery, 33@36c
per lb.; fair to good do 25@32c; fair to choice dairy, 23@28c; common to
choice packing stock fresh and sweet, 18@22c; ladle packed 10@13c; fresh
made, streaked butter, 9@11c.
BROOM-CORN.--Good to choice hurl 6-1/2@7-1/2c per lb; green self-working
5@6c; red-tipped and pale do 4@5c; inside and covers 3@4c; common short
corn 2-1/2@3-1/2c; crooked, and damaged, 2@4c, according to quality.
CHEESE.--Choice full-cream cheddars 13@13-1/2c per lb; medium quality do
9@10c; good to prime full cream flats 13@13-3/4c; skimmed cheddars
9@10c; good skimmed flats 7@9c; hard-skimmed and common stock 3@4c.
EGGS.--In a small way the best brands are quotable at 27@28c per dozen;
20@23c for good ice house stock; 15@18c per pickled.
HAY.--No 1 timothy $9@9 50 per ton; No 2 do $8 00@8 50; mixed do $7@8;
upland prairie $8 00@10 75; No 1 prairie $6@7; No 2 do $4 50@5 50. Small
bales sell at 25@50c per ton more than large bales.
HIDES AND PELTS.--Green-cured light hides 8-1/4c per lb; do heavy cows
8c; No 2 damaged green-salted hides 6c; green-salted calf 12@12-1/2
cents; green-salted bull 6c; dry-salted hides 11 cents; No. 2 two-thirds
price; No. 1 dry flint 14@14-1/2c. Sheep pelts salable at 28@32c for the
estimated amount of wash wool on each pelt. All branded and scratched
hides are discounted 15 per cent from the price of No. 1.
HOPS.--Prime to choice New York State hops 25@26c per lb; Pacific coast
of 23@26c: fair to good Wisconsin 15@20c.
POULTRY.--Prices for good to choice dry picked and unfrozen lots are:
Turkeys 13@14c per lb; chickens 9@10c; ducks 12@13c; geese 9@11c. Thin,
undesirable, and frozen stock 2@3c per lb less than these figures; live
offerings nominal.
POTATOES.--Good to choice 30@33c per bu. on track; common to fair
30@35c. Illinois sweet potatoes range at $3 50@4 per bbl for yellow.
TALLOW AND GREASE.--No 1 country tallow 7@7-1/4c per lb; No 2 do
6-1/4@6-1/2c. Prime white grease 6@6-1/2c; yellow 5-1/4@5-3/4c; brown
4-1/2@5.
VEGETABLES.--Cabbage, $8@12 per 100; celery, 25@35c per doz bunches;
onions, $1 00@1 25 per bbl for yellow, and $1 for red; turnips, $1 35@1
50 per bbl for rutabagas, and $1 00 for white flat.
WOOL.--from store range as follows for bright wools from Wisconsin,
Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Eastern Iowa--dark Western lots
generally ranging at 1@2c per lb. less.
Coarse and dingy tub 25@30
Good medium tub 31@34
Unwashed bucks' fleeces 14@15
Fine unwashed heavy fleeces 18@22
Fine light unwashed heavy fleeces 22@23
Coarse unwashed fleeces 21@22
Low medium unwashed fleeces 24@25
Fine medium unwashed fleeces 26@27
Fine washed fleeces 32@33
Coarse washed fleeces 26@28
Low medium washed fleeces 30@32
Fine medium washed fleeces 34@35
Colorado and Territory wools range as follows:
Lowest grades 14@16
Low medium 18@22
Medium 22@26
Fine 16@24
Wools from New Mexico:
Lowest grades 14@16
Part improved 16@17
Best Improved 19@23
Burry from 2c to 10c off; black 2c to 5c off.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
The total receipts and shipments for last week were as follows:
Received. Shipped.
Cattle 42,110 18,986
Calves 527 346
Hogs 140,814 34,161
Sheep 24,600 11,815
CATTLE.--Very few choice lots are coming in. Receipts have fallen off
some 3,000 head. Of those that arrive the "unripe" predominate. Some of
our feeders are undoubtedly inclined to market too young. Some cattle by
experienced breeders and feeders may be "ripened" at two years, but in
the majority of cases, especially with anything else than high grade
short-horns, this can not be done. There is more money in holding common
stock a few months longer. The feeling on Monday was very firm, and
prices advanced considerably. Good heavy cattle brought as high as
$6 65, though the majority sold at less. Six steers averaging 1,523 lbs
brought $7. Cattle for shippers and canners went at $4 65@5; bulls
$2 50@4; cows $2 25@4 75; stockers and feeders scarce at $3 40@4 45 with
some of the latter at $4 50@5.
HOGS.--The hogs now arriving are light and the number is not large.
Since November 1st, Chicago packers have put up 325,000 less hogs than
for the corresponding period last year, and the total packing of the
country has fallen off 285,000 head. Our packing houses are now running
to about one half their capacity. Prices are firm. Common to fair stock
$5 25@5 75; good to choice heavy $5 80@6 30; skips and culls $4 25@5 15.
Note.--All sales of hogs are made subject to a shrinkage of 40 lbs for
piggy sows and 80 lbs for stags. Dead hogs sell for 1-1/2c per lb for
weights of 200 and over and [Transcriber's Note: blank in original] for
weights of less than 100 lbs.
SHEEP.--Arrivals are large. Several carloads from Texas came in on
Monday. Common to good $3 30@4 87-1/2; fancy head $5 75.
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