IOWA BEEF CATTLE PRICES.
(Prices on farms or nearest shipping point, fifteenth of each month.)
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  
January 5.40 5.10 5.40 6.50 7.00 6.70 6.90 8.20 9.90 12.40 7.35
February 5.00 5.00 5.40 6.80 7.30 6.50 7.20 8.90 10.30 12.80 7.52
March 5.80 5.00 5.60 7.10 7.40 6.50 7.60 8.70 10.40 13.50 7.76
April 6.20 5.10 6.00 7.40 7.40 6.60 7.70 10.10 11.90 14.10 8.25
May 5.90 4.90 6.20 7.10 7.30 7.00 8.00 10.20 12.70 13.60 8.29
June 5.60 4.90 6.20 7.10 7.40 7.30 8.50 10.30 12.60 11.90 8.18
July 5.30 4.80 6.50 7.20 7.70 7.80 8.20 10.20 12.80 12.30 8.28
August 5.10 5.20 6.80 7.00 7.80 7.40 7.80 10.20 12.30 12.60 8.22
September 5.20 5.00 6.80 7.20 7.70 7.10 8.10 10.60 12.90 11.80 8.24
October 5.00 5.10 6.80 7.10 7.40 7.20 7.80 10.40 11.90 10.10 7.88
November 4.90 5.10 6.40 7.10 7.00 6.80 7.80 10.10 11.90 11.50 7.86
December 4.70 5.20 6.70 6.90 6.90 6.70 7.90 9.70 11.70 11.60 7.80
Yearly aver. 5.34 5.04 6.24 7.04 7.36 6.97 7.79 9.80 11.77 12.35 7.97
IOWA WOOL PRICES.
(Prices on farms or nearest shipping point, fifteenth of each month.)
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  
January .26 .19 .17 .19 .17 .18 .24 .30 .59 .59 .288
February .26 .19 .18 .19 .17 .19 .27 .30 .60 .53 .288
March .26 .19 .18 .20 .17 .22 .26 .35 .60 .51 .294
April .24 .18 .18 .19 .17 .23 .28 .39 .60 .52 .298
May .24 .16 .19 .17 .18 .22 .29 .43 .60 .51 .299
June .20 .16 .20 .17 .19 .25 .31 .52 .60 .49 .309
July .21 .16 .20 .18 .20 .25 .30 .57 .61 .54 .322
August .21 .17 .21 .16 .20 .25 .30 .56 .61 .54 .321
September .20 .17 .20 .17 .19 .25 .30 .58 .60 .52 .318
October .19 .17 .20 .17 .19 .26 .30 .56 .59 .50 .313
November .19 .17 .19 .18 .18 .24 .30 .55 .61 .52 .313
December .19 .17 .20 .18 .18 .24 .29 .57 .58 .51 .311
Yearly aver. .221 .174 .192 .179 .183 .232 .287 .474 .599 .525 .307
IOWA BRAN PRICES.
(Prices on farms or nearest shipping point, fifteenth of each month.)
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  
January 24.30 24.10 25.80 25.10 24.90 26.40 24.50 31.30 39.90 46.80 29.31
February 25.80 24.40 27.60 23.60 25.30 27.00 24.70 33.10 40.40 47.00 29.89
March 26.50 24.00 28.80 23.60 25.90 26.90 24.40 38.00 41.80 47.00 30.69
April 25.60 23.90 28.20 22.90 27.00 26.70 24.30 41.20 41.30 45.20 30.63
May 23.90 24.70 28.60 22.50 26.30 26.70 24.30 42.50 41.40 47.00 30.79
June 24.70 25.10 27.10 22.70 26.00 25.60 24.50 39.30 41.80 45.70 30.25
July 24.50 25.10 26.30 23.00 24.40 25.80 24.20 38.90 41.80 45.50 29.95
August 24.20 25.20 26.10 23.30 25.00 25.50 24.50 41.00 38.30 46.90 30.00
September 23.80 24.80 25.00 24.40 25.80 25.10 25.00 38.50 36.70 47.50 29.66
October 23.50 25.40 25.00 24.70 25.10 24.10 25.80 37.60 37.00 43.80 29.20
November 24.10 25.80 24.30 24.70 24.90 23.30 29.25 37.50 36.30 45.50 29.56
December 23.90 25.90 24.10 24.20 25.20 23.00 30.00 40.70 36.60 46.80 30.04
Yearly aver. 24.56 24.86 26.41 23.74 25.48 25.51 25.45 38.30 39.46 46.22 30.00
ILLINOIS CORN PRICES.
(Prices on farms or nearest shipping point, first of each month.)
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  
January .55 .39 .55 .41 .64 .64 .62 .84 1.16 1.34 .714
February .59 .40 .59 .45 .60 .70 .65 .92 1.25 1.20 .735
March .59 .40 .60 .46 .60 .68 .65 .98 1.36 1.23 .755
April .57 .40 .65 .47 .64 .69 .65 1.09 1.30 1.42 .788
May .54 .43 .74 .51 .63 .74 .69 1.47 1.33 1.56 .864
June .54 .47 .77 .55 .68 .73 .69 1.54 1.25 1.67 .889
July .57 .51 .73 .58 .68 .72 .70 1.60 1.32 1.74 .915
August .58 .58 .71 .61 .72 .76 .76 2.06 1.39 1.89 1.016
September .57 .60 .72 .73 .78 .73 .80 1.72 1.47 1.84 .996
October .51 .61 .66 .71 .74 .68 .80 1.80 1.39 1.41 .930
November .43 .60 .50 .64 .67 .57 .84 1.42 1.18 1.24 .809
December .38 .55 .41 .63 .61 .54 .84 1.10 1.20 1.30 .756
Yearly aver. .535 .495 .636 .563 .666 .681 .724 1.378 1.300 1.487 .847
ILLINOIS OATS PRICES.
(Prices on farms or nearest shipping point, first of each month.)
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  
January .41 .29 .43 .30 .37 .45 .38 .49 .72 .67 .45
February .44 .30 .45 .31 .37 .52 .46 .53 .77 .56 .47
March .45 .29 .48 .32 .37 .52 .40 .54 .86 .56 .48
April .43 .29 .51 .31 .38 .55 .39 .60 .86 .61 .49
May .41 .30 .54 .31 .37 .54 .41 .67 .83 .67 .51
June .40 .31 .52 .35 .38 .50 .39 .61 .71 .66 .48
July .39 .38 .49 .37 .36 .44 .37 .62 .71 .66 .48
August .36 .36 .34 .37 .35 .40 .36 .68 .66 .74 .46
September .31 .39 .30 .39 .42 .33 .40 .51 .66 .68 .44
October .30 .41 .30 .39 .43 .31 .41 .56 .67 .64 .44
November .31 .42 .30 .37 .44 .33 .48 .56 .63 .63 .45
December .30 .42 .30 .38 .44 .35 .51 .65 .67 .70 .47
Yearly aver. .376 .347 .414 .348 .390 .437 .414 .585 .729 .701 .47
ILLINOIS HOG PRICES.
(Prices on farms or nearest shipping point, fifteenth of each month.)
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  
January 8.10 7.40 5.80 6.90 7.70 6.40 6.40 9.80 15.60 16.20 9.03
February 8.20 7.00 5.80 7.50 8.10 6.20 7.40 11.30 15.30 16.30 9.31
March 9.50 6.50 6.00 8.10 8.10 6.30 8.90 13.70 16.30 17.00 10.04
April 9.70 6.00 7.10 8.50 8.10 6.60 8.80 14.90 16.40 18.40 10.45
May 8.90 6.50 7.10 7.80 7.80 7.00 8.90 14.80 16.60 19.10 10.35
June 8.70 5.50 6.90 8.00 7.50 7.00 8.80 14.60 16.00 19.00 10.20
July 8.40 6.00 6.90 8.30 8.10 7.10 9.00 14.50 16.20 20.50 10.50
August 7.90 6.80 7.50 8.20 8.80 6.80 9.40 15.70 17.80 20.40 10.93
September 8.70 6.70 8.00 8.10 8.40 7.10 10.00 16.90 18.50 16.10 10.85
October 8.30 6.00 8.30 7.90 7.40 7.50 9.10 17.00 17.10 13.60 10.22
November 7.50 5.70 7.20 7.30 7.00 6.30 9.10 15.80 16.30 13.40 9.56
December 7.00 5.70 7.00 7.10 6.60 6.00 9.10 16.20 16.30 12.20 9.32
Yearly aver. 8.41 6.24 6.97 7.81 7.80 6.69 8.74 14.60 16.53 16.85 10.07
ILLINOIS BEEF CATTLE PRICES.
(Prices on farms or nearest shipping point, fifteenth of each month.)
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  
January 4.40 4.90 5.10 6.10 6.80 6.50 6.50 7.90 9.50 11.70 6.94
February 5.10 4.90 5.10 6.30 7.00 6.40 6.50 8.50 9.50 11.70 7.10
March 5.00 5.00 5.30 6.80 7.00 6.40 7.10 9.00 10.10 12.10 7.38
April 5.50 5.00 5.60 6.80 7.00 6.50 7.40 9.60 12.00 12.50 7.79
May 5.70 4.80 6.00 6.50 7.10 6.70 7.50 9.60 11.70 12.50 7.81
June 5.40 4.80 6.10 6.80 7.00 7.00 7.80 9.60 11.90 11.40 7.78
July 5.20 4.90 6.40 6.70 7.00 7.20 7.80 9.40 11.70 11.90 7.82
August 5.00 5.20 6.30 6.70 7.50 7.10 7.70 9.40 11.30 11.80 7.80
September 5.20 5.10 6.50 6.70 7.40 7.00 8.00 10.40 11.70 10.20 7.82
October 5.10 4.80 6.40 6.80 7.20 7.00 7.40 10.10 11.00 10.00 7.58
November 4.90 5.10 6.10 6.60 7.10 6.50 7.50 9.40 10.50 10.00 7.37
December 4.80 5.00 6.10 6.50 6.80 6.50 7.50 9.70 11.30 10.10 7.43
Yearly aver. 5.11 4.96 5.92 6.61 7.08 6.74 7.39 9.39 11.01 11.32 7.55
ILLINOIS WOOL PRICES.
(Prices on farms or nearest shipping point, fifteenth of each month.)
1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1919. Ten-yr. av.
  $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $  
January .29 .20 .17 .21 .16 .20 .26 .32 .58 .59 .298
February .28 .20 .18 .21 .17 .21 .26 .32 .59 .60 .302
March .27 .19 .18 .21 .17 .21 .28 .35 .60 .56 .302
April .24 .18 .18 .20 .17 .22 .27 .37 .60 .56 .299
May .26 .16 .20 .17 .18 .24 .30 .44 .61 .44 .300
June .22 .17 .20 .17 .20 .26 .32 .53 .61 .50 .318
July .21 .17 .20 .17 .20 .27 .32 .56 .62 .53 .325
August .23 .17 .20 .17 .20 .27 .31 .57 .62 .54 .328
September .20 .18 .21 .18 .20 .28 .31 .55 .61 .50 .322
October .20 .17 .20 .17 .20 .27 .32 .58 .62 .51 .324
November .20 .17 .20 .16 .19 .26 .31 .58 .62 .51 .320
December .21 .17 .21 .17 .20 .26 .32 .60 .61 .53 .328
Yearly aver. .234 .178 .194 .183 .187 .246 .299 .481 .608 .531 .314

The price of 44 cents in May of 1919 is probably a mistake, altho it is the price as reported by the Bureau of Crop Estimates.

ILLINOIS BRAN PRICES.