POULTRY.--Prices for good to choice dry picked and unfrozen lots are: Turkeys 16@l7c per lb; chickens 12@13c; ducks 14@15c; geese 10@11c. Thin, undesirable, and frozen stock 2@3c per lb less than these figures; live offerings nominal.
POTATOES.--Good to choice 38@42c per bu. on track; common to fair 30@36c. Illinois sweet potatoes range at $4@5 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@5-3/4; brown 4-1/2@5.
VEGETABLES.--Cabbage, $10@15 per 100; celery, 35@45c per per doz bunches; onions, $1 50@1 75 per bbl for yellow, and $1 for red; turnips, $1 35@1 50 per bbl for rutabagas, and $1 00 for white flat. Pie plant, 10c per lb. Spinach, $1@2 per bbl. Cucumbers, $1 50@2 00 per doz; radishes, 40c per doz; lettuce, 40c per doz.
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.
The total receipts and shipments for last week were as follows:
Cattle 30,963 15,498 Calves 375 82 Hogs 62,988 34,361 Sheep 18,787 10,416
CATTLE.--Diseased cattle of all kinds, especially those having lump-jaws, cancers, and running sore, are condemned and killed by the health officers. Shippers will save freight by keeping such stock in the country.
Receipts were fair on Sunday and Monday and the demand not being very brisk prices dropped a little. The supply of choice beeves was light. We quote
Choice to prime steers $6 00@ 6 85 Good to choice steers 6 20@ 6 50 Fair to good shipping steers 5 55@ 6 15 Common to medium dressed beef steers 4 85@ 5 50 Very common steers 5 00@ 5 50 Cows, choice to prime 5 00@ 5 50 Cows, common to choice 3 30@ 4 95 Cows, inferior 2 50@ 3 25 Common to prime bulls 3 25@ 5 50 Stockers, common to choice 3 70@ 4 75 Feeders, fair to choice 4 80@ 5 25 Milch cows, per head 25 00@ 65 00 Veal calves, per 100lbs 4 00@ 7 75