The true northerner., 1875-05-14
Opening.
Cfost1tg.
LIVE STOCK.

LIVE STOCK.
The cattle market has been fairly active and
steady, with no important changes to note.
Receipts materially lighter and quality good.
Shipping steers, s5.25G6.30; fair to choice.
SG.50(dG.75 for extra. Bulk of sales to ship
pers at S6.0OQ6.25. Stock cattle steady at
54.000t5.00. Butchers stock dull at a 000
$50 for poor to choice; "a. 3.00013. Is for inferior
Hogs dull and 200o35c lower. Workers. $1,000
7.75; heavy, $7.50@8.25. Quality poor. Bulk
of sales at S7.30(0775. Sheep steady and
quiet at 33.006l500 for shorn and 55.000G.50
for wooed.
PROVISIONS.
There was q fairly active business transacted
i'll this market on speculative account. but the
feeling under unfavorable advices from the
East and Europe was rather easier. The ar
rivals Of hogs were also liberal and this aided
somewhat III the depreciation of values. Quo
tatlons of mess pork ranged at .21.5502l.65
and S2l.55GI2l.90 seller June seller July sold
at S2l. 90022.05, and closed easy. Cash lard
quiet but steady at Sl5.400l5.45. Seller May
closed at :15.40@l5421I, and seller June at
S155OM15.55.
SEEDS AND HIGHwINEs.
There was considerable activity in the seed
market, but the interest manifested was cen
tered chiefly i'll Hungarian During the early
part of the week, there were numerous outside
orders on the market for the above named seed
and prices were higher but towards the close
the market closed rather easy. Timothy was
quiet but firm ut $2.2502.45 for fair to prime
and :250d2.55 for choice; clover firm at 500
for prime medium and S7.75 for mammoth
Hungarian sold at 4l.40@1.60 for prime, clos
ing at about $i.40: miilet quotable at Sl.450D
l.5O for fair. The offerings of highwines were
light and the market for this reason ruled quiet
Closed at about $l.15 for spot.
PRODUCE.
There was a good demand for butter and the
upply Of choice grades was barely sufficient to
meet the requirements of the trade. Prices
were firm. but no material alteration was
noticeable. Fresh made quotable at 16G01Sc
for fair streaked and white colored, and 200G
26c for good 10 choice Old butter ranged at
llWlGc for poor to fair, and sales of roll were
made at 121@M2Oc according to quality. In
broom corn the movement was rather light but
prices remain steady at 1115(d1416c for No. l
to extra hurl and 110113c for good to choice
stalk. Beans were p trife trmer toward the
close of the week. bat there was no increase
ill the amount of business transacted Quot
able az Sl.70G1.75 for eastern mediums in
bags, and about S1.S00o1.S5 for the same in
barrels. Western were dull at S100611.75 for
poor to good Beeswax quotable at 2602Sc
There WAS a fair local demand for prime old
factory cheese and choice new at about 15(d16c
for the former, and 13M131%c for the latter
but the common grades were dull and slow
sale. Cranber1es were dull at 56.00(010.00 per
3.75 for boxes containing one bu. Choice sweet
cider was i'll moderate request at s5.75@G.00
per brl; common was very difficult to sell.
Dried fruits were dull and very quiet. Apples
quotable at about S1ac for Michigan and New
York and at 76D7I5c for Southern. Halves
peaches quotable at 9@914c, and blackberries
at 9A @1Oc. Eggs were rather weak and the
market closed at about 13m1315c. There was
some Improvement shown i'll green apples, and
prices were shade higher. Sales ranged at
S250@2.75 for choice in lots, and s3.00@3.50 |
was paid i'll a retail way according to the
quality Hides were dull at TIC for heavy |
green salted and &c for light do ; calf about |
120l219c. Hay was in demand and firm at |
$16.OO@19.5O for No. 2 to prime timothy and !
S9.00@15.00 for fair to prime prairie. |
Potatoes steady and firm, quotable at |
95M9Sc for Eastern peachblows in car lots and /
S1.05@1. 10 for the same from store. Western
peachblows sold at 80@90c in lots. Eastern |
Early Rose slow at zoe in car lots, and S0(d90c
from store. There were less onions and tur-
nips offered on the market, and prices under
fair demand we're firmer. Sales were made at
-. 50@3.00 per brl for onions, and 50(d65c per
bu for rutabaga turnps. Veal was dull, the
market being largely overstocked with common
carcasses; quotations range at 4CdSc for common
TO choice.
CooPERAGE, LUMBER AND WOOD.
Cooperage met with a fair demand for the
packing descriptions, and prices were a shade
irmer. The offerings were only moderate, and
quotations range at $1.121& for pork barrels,
LAO for lard tierces, s1.90d2.10 for whisky
barrels, and 45(d55c for flour barrels. The ar
rivals of lumber were quite liberal, but there
vas good country and local demand, and the
market ruled fairly active and firm; quotable at
Is. so per 1000 feet for joist and scantlng and
sS. .500D1400 for strips and boards in cargo lots
according to quality. Trade in wood WAS rather
light, but the supply is not excessive and prices
emain unchanged Quotabe at $3.50 per cord
or hickory and maple, $3.50 for beach. and sc !
or slabs at the yards.
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