The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1871-03-23
New York Markets.

FLOUR AND MEAL Western and State hours were
a lOc. better On The low grades but the demand
50 so for superhne sass $40 for shipping ext as
$40 s7S5 Tor tIade brands, including extra anu
double ext wisconsin and Minnesota and IS a
$3.50 for family brands including ST Louis south.
ern Hour in far request and firm sales at g.
and choice family extras hye Hour $50 81 80 and
firm. Corn meal dull and nominal. BuCkwheat
Hour quiet and unchanged.
PROVISIONS Pork firmtr but quiet sales new
mess at 81 5 80 bbls for ApIil ut 81 and 500 bbls
MAY at So 25 Beef quiet but steauy AT ell SIS for
plain ami extra mess. Tierce beef in demand, but
$3.50 for prime mess, and go s2l5o for India
mess. Beef hams quiet at sSi so sS2 Cut meats
a l5c. bacon dull and heavy; sales at Ike. for
short clear, and 0'sc for long clear Dire, sed no.
laid was "a trmer and fairly active sales at is
lSc. for Wes ern city 2al2Ac Butter unchanged,
l6Ac.
GRAIN Wheat was fairly active for export. and
higher sales at 81 10 sl,G0k for new No spring,
IN store ana q l63 81 6S for winter red and amber
Western. on the track and in store; white Western
settled. oats In moderate demand and tirmer; sales
nj o. dSc. for white illinois 90 7lc. for state and
,hi0. Corn was fairly nc i've at an advance; sales
at SO 500 for Western mixed, 30 n ole. for do yell
low, 9ohs for southern yellow, and IS Sgc for er
soy yellow.
lower under large receipts; sales at l C. for mid
ding upands, and lSlec, for low middling Tallow
"
morchantable Rosin quiet AT e. IS for strained Pc.
troenm dull at az, 25c. for r fined spot and the
month; crude duh and nominal at lac in bulk.
oils duh IA unchanged. Hops steady at a &C. for
OLD and l2c for new. Hay dull at 81 20 for shi D.
Ping. Freights trmer TO Liverpool, grain I'D. by
sail, and bd by steam. with higher rates asked at
the close $500 bales cotton, l6d. by SAIL and
20 n II SD. by steam.
GRoCERIEs.-Coffee was firmer for all kinds owing
70 the light supply Rio l3k lie and Java 10 a
20. gold Molasaes quiet; New orleans quoted 55
700; sales OF Old crop Cuba at DC Rice is very
quiet and prices nominal we quote Carolina a
SAC and RangoOn axe. Sugar-Raw was only
moderately aotlvei prices are steady; fair to good
refining, sA SAc., and No. IL box, 9ac; sales Gu.
ba AT sA 9Ac; refined is in light demand and quo.
ted 1876 al3'ac. for best crushed and l2t l2c, for
soft white.
LIVE STOCK MARKRT.-The market opened a
shade stronger for good cattle. A single pair OF
fancy State steers were sold at l5kc y TO-, and a
car load of very fine Canada do at same price To
make IS lbs. to the gross cwt But such cattle will
dress more than 60 lbs. to the gross cwt which puts
the top price for fancy cattle at l5c ~ TO-, and but
few were sold for more than 14hc. There were no
bulls old dry COWS, Texans offered and the ex.
trene range for ordinary TO strictly prime steers
II 14kc. W b, with the bulk Of the sales at ~
a l2kc. The market for sheep not SO firm, and
for common and o dnary stock prices were not sus.
tanned. Sales of State and Western eep at 53i a
| stock at a7Ac. City dressed hogs were firmer at
Q l0c, with the bulk Of the sales aG 81 9kc; and
Western dressed closed at sss sac.