Turkeys 12@13c per lb; chickens,
7@8c; ducks 8@10c per lb.; geese 8@10c per lb. for full feathered.
Dressed turkeys sell at 1@2c per lb more than live offerings.
POTATOES.--Good to choice 35@40c per bu. on track; common to fair
25@30c. Illinois sweet potatoes range at $3@3 50 per bbl for yellow.
Baltimore stock at $2 25@2 75, and Jerseys at $5. Red are dull and
nominal.
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, 35@40c per 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 27,295 11,368
Hogs 89,505 22,450
Sheep 9,417 4,856
CATTLE.--The above figures show a falling off of 18,850 head from the
previous week's receipts. This contraction on the part of shippers is
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