The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-05-15
CINCINNATI DAILY MARKET.
CINCINNATI. May 15-2 P. NJ


| FLOUR-The market is quiet and steady.
Family is quoted IS loot 50, as to quality or rep
utati0n of brand Spring wheat flour ranges 81 500
GO per br the latter price for lavorite brands of
choice Minnesota. Extra is held at "a 55d4 50, ST.
perine at So 6561i, and low grades at s. 75m3 IS
per brl. Rye flour is quoted ~ 1908 80, as to quail
! lty.
| WHEAT-The market is quiet and steady. Re
ceipts ample and demand moderate Prime to
choice white quoted 81 GOAL D. and red at 81 15CQ
II per bu. Amber salable at II 1901 20 per bu.
| Inferior grades are merely nominal.
| OATS-EIave a dull market, but held steadily at
| previous prices. We quote 27M29c for mixed, and
3O@S2c for white good to choice per bu.
| BARLEY-Nothing doing and not quotable.
| CORN-MiXed is firm to-day, but quiet Mixed
ear is held at 44c per bu on track, and a shade
less bid. Shelled is quoted 42@43c on arrival and
l@2c more in elevator White in elevatoris que ted
| 45c per bu
RYE-The demand is fair and the market re-
mains steady with moderate offerings Good to
prime sample lots quoted 5o960c per bu Oh track,
and choice would bring 1@2c more
| MESS PORK-Is very quiet, and the market is
weak in tone. Prime city mess is quoted IS 70 per
| brl, spot.
LARD--The demand is only moderate and there
is an easy market. Steam is quoted 6656g6 zoe per
lb for current-make, and held at &c nomnaly for
prime winter Kettle dull at re for city and
| nc for country per lb.
BACON-The demand remains light and steady
market Shoulders quoted 4%Ac, clear rib sides
5.3O@5 35c. clear sides at 5.55@5,60c per lb all
packed. Sugarcured hams at 79S12c per lb,
canvasedand packed.
BULK MEATS-Fair demand and market
easy. Shoulders are quoted 3}s93.7Oc, clear rib
sides at 465@4. 7oc per h. all loose. Held Ac
more for packed
COTTON-Market firm and prices generally AG1
nc higher. Sales ID bales Stock 6,S24 bales. The
official quotations are as follows Ordinary Sc,
good ordinary SIC, low middlng CSC; middlmg
1OHc, good mlddling lie, middling fair H. &C. fair
l2c per lb.
WHIsKY-The market is steady and demand
fair. Selling ON Change to-day at VI 03 per gal.
BEANS-Haye only a limited demand and the
market remains dull. Best nayys 81 65@1 70,
and good to prime at 81 40@l so per bu.
BUTrER.The receipts are still heavy and there
is merely fair consumptive demand which is
chiefly confined to the higher grades. The market
dqll ALL and heavy at about previous prices
Choice dairy made is quoted at l2@l4c for Western
Reserve and 12@13c for Central and Southern Ohio.
Medium grades offered at 9@lOc and common at
| 79Sc per lb.
CHEESE-Is quiet and steady, with little or
no change. Prime to choice factory quoted at
S1g@9c per ID.
COFFEE-Is ssteady and quiet the demand be-
! ing moderate and no quotable change. Rio is
quoted as follows: Choice at 2l@22c, good to prime
at lS1l@2Ohc, medium at l719@lSc, common at 10
@16c per Id. Java quoted 25927c per lb.
| COAL-The supply is large and demand light,
but prices nominally unchanged. Stocks ahoat
offered at TIE for Youghiogheny &C for ASH
land. and 5llac for Ohio River per bu; Selling
c MocDg Valley and n
kingum 10c, Ashland 1Oc, and Ohio River at
&c per bu.
COKE = Demand light and market without
change Gas-house at &c, city made at 7c and
crushed at sc per bu. all at yards. and &c more
delivered.
EGGS-Had quiet market with liberal offer
ings, and fresh selling at the close at &c per
dozen in small lots to the local trade.
| FRUITS-Scarcely anything doing IN green ap-
| pies, and quoted nomnaly at "a 5ag5 so per brl.
Oangesin moderate demand and quoted at $1O@
hnxy ,;,nt
but firm, and limited offerings at S596 per box.
Domestic dried fruit is duh. and quoted: Apples
at 3@4c, peaches at 3@319c for quarters, and 49
4Lc for halves per ID. Foreign fruits quiet and
steady at l7@l9c for ciron 10@12c for figs, 9@gllc
for pruneS and 6Gg7c for Curfants per lb and S20q
| 2 10 for raisns per box.
HAYNES moderate demand and market
steady and quiet with ample offerings Selling at
| S9@10 per ton for prime to choice timothy Held
at $7Q7 50 for common and SS@s 50 for medium
per ton on arrival. In store dealers want 81 more
per ton.
HEMP-The market is dull but steady. Receipts
OF rough Kentucky light, and not much demand
at SS5gg0 per ton, on arrival. Double dressed
hemp sells 7i4@sl4c per Id in store, and single
MILL FEED-fhe supply is ample and the de-
mand only moderate Bran $12 50 per ton,
shipstutS at Sl3G9l4, middings at $6GD20 per ton,
all in bulk, on arrival and 81 more per ton wanted
MoLASSES- rjobbing sales and the market
rules steady though quiet, and an abundant sup
ply. We quote New Orleans at 35@iSc for prime
to choice. and 500 i0c fornferior per gallon, and
refined syr,tps ranging 40@75e, as TO quality.
OILS-Are generally steady but with little
troleum at 015@11P. and extra lard oil. current
make, at 62Gg64c per gallon.
P0TATOES-Have been in liberal supply, the
receipts of new being ample, with fair cOnsump-
tive demand and selling at ~ 50g3 so per brl on
arrival Old are dull and nominal at 20@3Oe per
bu in store.
POuLTRY-Live chickens have been in fair de.
mand and the market was steady and quiet, with
liberal offerings at 81 5003 per DOZEN Live tur-
keys dull at &c per lb. No other kind on the mar
ket
SALT-The market is quiet and steady, with
Ohio River and Kallawha freely offered at 81 $50
20 per brl OF I bushels, and s0@s5c per brl OF
bushels Coarse Liverpool dull at 81 10@l Is per
sack, and Turks Island at 33(935c per bu.