, 1874-01-18

at $4.97L; So brls buckwheat at 97.25. Total,
1,600 brls. The following were the closing prices
Fair to good white Winters.....~...'s @ 5oo g soo
Choice do. 6.50 g yov
Choice to fancy sn1ing e1tras.- 500 6-3IH
Medium to good ddo.........-,-..-... 625 g 5.S13
Good to choice alinneso.a............ 600 g 7.5o
Faiens Fatr 10 Choice spring: sapeffns::.. SIS
Eom1non TO-. a-p g o.Su
Rye hour. .:..................'-.---- ~ :-a9
Buek"aess ao'--- u'oe g
Wheat was weak and generally dull at q fur
ther average decline o. 1!c. Liverpool WAS gen
orally reported easier, and New York was decitl-
ed1y '' of colo1,'' while our receipts are on tho
increase, and shipments small. The prospect,
too is that these conditions will bs intensified.
The country stations to tho west Of arc filing
up with wheat, waiting to bo forwarded, and
there is great deal OF whcat between here aud
New York. We have no: forwarded very much
been made from interior points direct for tho
seaboard, and the general tone OF adyices from
New York is to tho effect that buyers
fs they can sg Ray in thd1 future h.e a ae beh
paying recently. Hence they hold of; and the
promise Of larger arrivals here will aid them in
their efforts to beat down prices Onr stocks
have increased nearly 450, 900 bu during the past
week. Hence the bear feeling prevailed here,
especially as most OF the shorts seem to haTo
been scared INTO filling near the top: making the
market emphatica1ly q long Que. The offerings
in the option department were liberal to-day,
and were chiefly taken by the local spcculatora
bottom, md then yelled tho market up so that
they could sell at 774c profit Receivers were
also offering liberal Quantities to ar
r1vo next month The shipping demand
ff1e aDaCr1afivn fvra5a fnr Ravaruf 6aER T1ast
Shippers have taken hold OF all the No. ! and
that are offered; as by mixing these they obtain
3 wheat fully equal to No. 2, and costing some
&c per bu less,-Whlch ia quite an item Seller
to S1.24, rsceded to s1.23, rose to 5l.23115. de-
clined to 31.23, then improved to $l.24M On re-
oept Of the newa that there was better export
demand In New York, and closed at 81. .24111. Sol
Ter March sold at S1.26@1.271, closing ut
e1.2715. Seller the month, rcash No, q spring.
sold at 91,22@1.291l closing at s1.23l. No.
spring was in good demand at S1,o4@1.25. No.
spring sold at .16 and rejected closed 3109
at 51-25; 11,G0o bu do at 81 p; 5000 bu Nc; 2
spring at SI.2315; 5000 bu do at s1.2 .2314; l0200
bu do at 81. 1.23; 1900 bn do at 81 .223<; 200 bu
do at e.. .22s5S6 ;33 800 bu do at @1.23M; 1890
bu do at sl.22zt{; $500 bu do at s1.22b; 1880
bu do at S1.22; 8,400 bu No. . spring at 5l.16;
800 bu rejected spring at 91.o3; 1,600 bu do at
61.08. Total, $50, 600 bu.
Corn WAS rather moro active End averaged
1a5c lower. The recent advance III prices in
duced country holders to eend in their corn more
freely and it arrives here just in time to meet the
weakness, which is the result OF natural reac-
tion from the excitement Of last week The re-
ceipts to-day were large, and the reported ship
ments very small, making 3 total increase OF
2l5,000 bu to our stocks in store during the
week, with a promise OF still greater augment
the coming week. New York was reported duh
and easier. There would seem to be some ma
nipulation going on there, US BY all accounts the
| operators in New York are short Of corn, and
taking hold Of everything that is offered, while
they report their market weak for the purpose
Of being able to fill their contracts ut less prices
| Some OF them have sold short largely in this
market, on the top, and arc now covering The
local shorts had pretty we'll filled in previously,
| go that they do not want much, and good many
of them we're free sellers to-day, i'll the e1pecta-
ton OF still further decline. There Was not SO
| much offered from tho country as yesterday for
forward delivery, and the receivers were not
| market III cash lots, und almost nothing doing in
the Mar option. Towards the close Of the session
these facts, with drmer tone in the adVlccs
from New York, caused material strengthening.
advanced to 5611Sc, fell OF to :55]5c, and rozo to
5GtSc, closing 1t 503zc.. Seller March was very
quiet at l }lc above February. Seller May sold
at 62@0si5c. Cash No. 2 sold at 55@56c, clos
| ing at the outside and seller the month sold
new do at 46c. Cash sales were reported of
| 5000 bu old No 2 at SEC; $500 Du do at 55Szc;
| 22, 800 bu do at 5511zc; $500 bu do at 554c;
9,40O bu do at 55c; 800 bu old rejected at 53c;
400 bu do at 5t}1c; 1,6o0 bu do at Sic; 800 bu do
do ut 4Ce; 1000 bu do at 45c. Total, Ga 200 bu-
| Oats were more activo, and averaged 4@'5sc
lower. The market opened very weak, in sym
| pathy with wheat and corn, but recovered before
| o'clock, and closed firm at tho outside prices
Of tho session. Seller February, the leading
deal sold at 4011@415sc; seller Mnrch 1t 41324@
42c seller May at 4515@3e}4c; and cash No. z
at .4D1@@4034c. Cash sales were reported Of
il, 2oo bu do at 4e11zlc i, 200 bu No. white at
40Kc; GOO bu rejected at s7;zc; COO bu do at
SIC; 1900 bu BY sample at Il nc; 600 bu do at
41c On track Total, a, quo bu.
Rye was moro active. aud declined &c per bu
under moro liberal Offers to sell, which we're
brought out By the fecrs Of larger receipts OF
re and the general weakening in other cereals.
The offerings we're taken freely, however, and tho
decline was partially recovered from by the Of
tho session. No. closed at 77c for regular, and
Zoe for lots Oh &c storage. Sales were reported
of 400 bu No. ut 79c 500 bu do at 731155c; 1000
bu do at 79c; 1000 bu do, regular, Mt 77c; and
1000 bu do at 76c. Total, II 200 bu.
inactive, ACTIVE a and gu quoted weak Ut al.45. No. was
very quiet at $1.20@1.21, but would have
brought more in the Northwestern. Rejected
WAS about the only grade inquired for, and that
was slow at 51.12@1.15. Cash sales were report
e4 Ol D. CIV HA NU j At T4sA1' A3Vto III w sAs
s1.20; 200 bu rejected at 91.15; 2,409 bu do
at 91.l3; 800 bu do at s1.12; COO b1 BY sam.
pie at $3.50; 400 bu do st $1.45; 1000 bu do at
51.41k; 400 bu do at 31.40; 500 Du do at 51.35;
800 bn do at 31.271l; 1900 bu do at 31.27; 800
'bu do at S1.25 400 bu at 51.20, on track. Total,
16,600 bu-
EUROPEAN MARKETS.
Tho following advices we're received On Change
to-day, in addition to those given in our teie-
graphic columns:
JAN. l7.-London-Cargoe Of coast wheat steady.
Corn firm ct lis Sd. Cargoes passage wheat steady
Corn strong California white wheat, 13s Sl3l4s ID
Liyerpool-Wheat quiet. Corn quiet At 4ls sd.
Wheat and corn were quiet early in tho after
noon, but afterwards more active and weaker,
owing to reports OF lower Liverpool. Wheat
declined 14c, with sales at S1.242l@1. .2i1l for
February, closing at the inside, and at S1:27I155
for March. Corn closed easy at $3.50 for Fob
runry, ranging from 5611@561lc, and at 579%lc for
March. No transactions in provisions we're re-
ported.
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