Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1861-11-13


Wheat closed dull under The same advices. and
prices declined 2c per bnshel. closing nominal az
75@e0c for red, and s5@90c for white.
Corn declined 10 29c.
Oats have been in good demand at 26L@27c.
There is quite a large demand for them.
Rye ruled at 42@43c.
Barley dali at 45@50c. and the demand not
equal TO the supply
Whisky in good demand at l4Ikc. and fully up
to the supply.
No important change in butter or cheese.
Provisions have been in but limited demand,
and the market has been a good deal depressed,
holders being anxious to sell, and offering 60 make
concessions.
Bacon is offered at 4@4Lc for shoulders. 81
@53Sc for sides, and 6L@61sc for clear sides,
but at the close these rates were nominal.
Bulk meats could have been bought at 3A@5c
for shoulders and sides. and mess pork at Sl2@
1925.
Nothing said about lard; there is no old in
the market. and no new offering, or indeed in
quired for. The range of estimates is from &c
to &c.
The first sale of hogs on the spot was made
on Monday. A lot of 500 head sold from hooks
at So 10, averaging 200 lbs They we're packed
YESTERDAY But there are not many buyers even
at this rate. and it is clear that the pressure of a
few thousand head would force prices below 50.
AlIuOupu tue tlIut II now mere Wuc0 the packing
season generally commences, the arrivals Of hogs
are light, and no desire is displayed on the part of
packers to begin operations. Hog jobbers, or
drovers. are not in the market, to any extent, and
the indications are that feeders will sell this sea-
son to the packers directly, q a greater extent
than ever before. If the Southern market is not
opened up it is universally admitted that very low
prices must prevail, asa large quantity of the
pork packed will have to be held over for a year
or more before it can be disposed Of. There are
parties outside of the trade disposed to invest in
mess pork, merely as an investment, at S. or 50
per barrel, and no doubt there will be a good deal
of this done at the prices indicated. There was
a sale of ] 600 barrels made in the early part OF
the week. for December delivery, at IS Is, but
there have been buyers at S9@9 IS since then.
1t Is not offered below $40 now. we think.
Green meats are sold at 2Lc and 44c for
shoulders and hams.
There was a sale of plain canvased hams
within the week at the low price of sc, and sugar
cured sold at 64@7c for good brands. A good
deal of old stuff was shipped to the East to seek
a market the past week. The stock of barrel
pork in New York on the lst inst, was 81, 900
barrels against 40, 1000 barrels last month. and
1000 barrels last year.
The advices from the interior all corrobarate
the advices published in this paper from our cor
respondents last August, regarding the great
abundance of hogs in the country; there is no
doubt that as regards both quantity and quality,
the supply exceeds any former year for a long
time. The quality of the pork will be very SUI
perior, as the hogs were generally fed on corn all
summer, which is not usually the case.
In the grocery market but a limiGn business
has been done, and prices of sugar and coffee are
Lc per Id low er, and molasses lc per gallon low
er. Sugar was rather frmer IT the close, under
favorable advices from New York.