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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
9
Market summaries show Jexans and Westerners listing fat cattle with prices from 2.50 to 7.45, stockers and calves trading between 3.60 and 7.00, with nogs receipts around 15 000 and a 5 to 10 cent higher tone. Light and heavy cattle varied up to 7.45, sheep receipts about 8 000 and lambs trading from 6.00 to 8.20.
Butter is steady with creamery prices at 24c and 23c for dairies 20% 18c. Eggs hold at market levels with firsts 20c and prime firsts 21c. Readily included cases reflect steady trading at Chicago market.
Chicago May 20 poultry market reports firm Turkeys at 15 cents per pound Chickens at 16 cents per pound Springs and leghorns listed lower or idle amid modest demand Prices reflect typical midwestern pricing for early summer trade volumes and seasonal supply fluctuations.
New York May 20 Poultry alive firm Chickens broilers 27 30c fowls 17 18c. Dressed steady Broilers 24 30c fowls 15 16c Turkeys frozen 15 25c.
New York May 20 Wheat futures for July rise to 1.22 percent, anchored by steady demand. Corn trading at 8 1 2 cents with marginal moves as traders gauge feed and export activity.
New York May 20 butter prices held firm as receipts totaled 3,800 pounds. Begs rose with firmer demand, while overall market receipts reached 21,100 pounds and storage packed levels showed firsts at 21 22 cents and seconds at 20 20 1/4 cents.
Wheat for July at 1.11 and a half dollars per bushel. Corn for July at 69 and three quarters cents. Oats for July at 50 and a half cents. Prices reflect standard futures quotes in St. Louis trading.
Peoria dispatch reports corn market activity with No 3 yellow at 7.5 cents per bushel and related trading notes.
Chicago markets report live hens at sixteen cents per pound amid high grain costs. Wheat futures rise to 129 1 4 and 1230 in May and July contracts, with corn and oats steady. Chicago live stock prices show cattle receipts steady and beef values firm. local produce lists eggs at 18 cents and hens at 10 cents, with varied vegetables and fruits per market listings.
Advertisement offers 180 acres in Muscatine County with a 19 room house and outbuildings at 55 dollars per acre. Trade option exists for 200 acres in Muscatine County with a 4 room house, a large barn and a young orchard at 60 dollars per acre.
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