Osceola Markets

July 7, 1870

 

CATTLE

Shipping Steers - 5 to 6 cents

Cows - 3 to 4 cents

HOGS - 6 to 6 1/2 cents

SHEEP, per head - 50 to 2.50

WHEAT - 60 to 75

CORN - 70

OATS - 35 to 40

BEANS - 2.00 to 3.00

FLAX SEED - 1.50

WOOL

tub washed - 38 to 43

fleece washed - 30 to 33

fleece unwashed - 18 to 22

HIDES

green - 05

dry flint - 12

BUTTER - 10

BACON

sides - 18

hams - 18

EGGS - 10

FLOUR - 2.50 to 3.00

SALT - 3.20

LUMBER

FENCING - 23.00 to 26.00

BARN SIDING - 23.00 to 26.00

SCANTLING *- 25.00 to 30.00

DRESSED FLOORING - 30.00 to 50.00

DRESSED SIDING - 17.50 to 27.00

FINISHING - 3.50 TO 6.00

LATH - 3.50 TO 4.00

SHINGLES - 2.50 TO 5.50

* - defined by Random House Dictionary of the English Language as wood used as studs or rafters in a house frame.

Source: Osceola Centennial Issue 1851-1951, section 3, page 5.


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