The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1879-02-13
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We are indebted to Messrs. Lynde,
Wright 4 Co, of Kansas City, for the following
reliable review of the grain trade:
wheat-Foreign markets for the past week
have been dragging along without = ripple Of
excitement. Our daily cables have indicated
no disposition on the part of English millers
to replenish their depleted warehouses, not
withstanding the likelihood of the plague
fear" cutting off large Russian supplies. Eng
ish dealers are looking for large arrivals of Aus
tralian wheat in the early summer months,
and our increasing visible supply" gives them
promise of still larger stocks to draw fom.
changed in values, of both spring and winter
wheat.
At Chicago and Milwaukee where 100000
bus. have accumulated, and where the supplies
are weekly increasing, prices have been steadi-
ly frmer since the New York clique took hold,
regardless of values At the seaboard. The ad-
vantages of winter storage At Chicago and Mil
waukee, and low freights ut the opening of lake
navigation, will prevent any movement of
these mountains of grain to ocean ports till
lakes are open.
There seems to be developing contest be-
tween the holders of this grain and exporters
as to what shall be the trading values.
Meanwhile, aside from whatever blockade
at European ports the plague fear" may oc-
casion, the deciding factor is likely to be the
crop prospects during the spring months.
From spring wheat sections, the movement for
the week to interior markets has been only
fair, while from winter wheat sections where
it is reported only .one-fourth of the crop is
unmarketed-farmers deliveries are eXcep-
tionally light.
Corn-The feature of the week past in this
cereal is the increasing visible supply" which
has accumulated to LIS, 859 bus. Foreign
have developed no improvement. The out
ward movement is without any life exporters
claiming prices to be above their limits. Cheap
water transportation is the necessity for corn's
appreciation.
Rye and Oats-Are without any fiuctuation.
Deliveries from first hands have been fair, but
transactions have generally partaken of the
sluggish character of corn.
Zoe bid; No. s, 6Oc bid. Winter
wheat, No. 2, cash, SIC No. y,
nominal at 75c. Oats, No. 2, 2oc bid. Rye, No. 4,
Sc. Corn, No. 2. mixed, cash, 23Isc.
LIVE STOCKHOLDERS native steers, 900 to
GAO; prime native steers, 4375@4.OO; good
native shipping steers, Az. l250 to 1850 DIS,
to 1850 ibs, s3.O0@s.; !; fair to good butcher
steers, ~. 800 to HOO bs, s265@s25; good
feeding steers, av. 1000 to 1900 DIS, a2.80@
$40; good stock steer. Az. 800 to 1000 ibs,
good flesh, s250@2S0i choice cJws and heif-
ers, S250@3.00; Go6| cows ~ heifers, e2.25
@260; common I, fair ~ and heifers,
sL75@200; mich cows, S15.00@50.00.
Hogs, heavy packers. s3.609S75, light and
medium grades, s3.20@355. Sheep, prime
natives, s3.O0@S.5O; good medium, $2.25@
sa7 GS; common stockers and Me1ican'' sl.2s
PRODUCE MARKEr-Apples, e2.50@3.00 per
Dbl. Butter, good to choice, 10@l2c, Eggs. lag
15c. Chickens, s25O@25O per dog. Turkeys,
9@lOc y b dressed. Chickens, 6G7c dressed.
Cheese, fresh Kansas, 5d6c; choice Eastern
SIC. Cranberries, eco 0@8.00 per Dbl. Hides,
green, 4@51fc per h.
New York-Wheat, steady; No. 2 Chicago
slOO@l.Ol; No. 2 Milwaukee, sl039l.O4; No.
2 red winter, sl.08sI q 1.69; No. 2 amber, sl.08
@1.0Sl9. Corn quiet; steamer, 43slc; No. 8,
lISc; No. 4 size.
EiIiwaukee Wheat, dull; hard. size; No. 1,
Csc; No.2, S734c, cash and Feb; SS12c March;
S95zc April; No. s. 1876.
Chicago-Wheat, Feb, size bid; March,
8S@Ss1sc; April, S91s @s9L4c Corn. Feb, 81 &C;
March. sl9ec; April 3211sc; May, 35ss4@S51sc;
June, SEC bid.
St Louis-wheat, Feb. s5sSc; March. 96Isc;
April, 9714c. Corn. Feb. 31l4 td3lssc; March,
3laIc; April, 321@33c; May, s31sc.
Baltimore-Wheat, No. western firm at
$1.06. Corn. mixed western firm at 435s6 4ic.
Toledo -W Wheat, dull; No. 2 red Wabash,
cash, 81; March; 81; April, 9sl4c asked. Corn,
high mixed, cash, 3SSsc; No. 2 cash. 3sl.@
3315c: May, $3.50.
Liverpool Market dull and unchanged.
Wheat, winter IS Cd to 9s; spring, 6s l0d to IS;
Corn, new As I'd to As Cd; old, 23s.
London-Consols, Sc SIG.