The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-05-18
Domestic Markets.

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NEW YoRE. May 17-Eyening-ElOur market
more active; grades under 90 shade stronger;
grades above about steady with fair export and job
Dng; business for export mainly on medium and
low grades.
Receipts of Floor 8, 173bbls; exports 1926 bbs;
sales 22.9oO bbls; No 2 at 2 9OU3 rs; Superfne
Western and State O094 55;common to good ext.
Western and. State 60 IA 80; good to choice Wes-
tern extra At 00G6 rs; common t, choice White
Wheat Western extra !, O0G6 90; fancy do at 6 10
@7 90; common to good extra Ohio at 70G6 rs;
common to choice extra st. Louis at 75n6 rs:
Patent Minnesota extra at 9 2506 80: choice tn
uble extra at 9OdS 90, including 400 bbls of
City Mills extra at 4C(a5 90: 1900 bbls No z at
90n3 10; 1900 bbls Superfne at 00d4 SIS: 700
bbis low extra GOA so; $500 bbls Winter Wheat
extra at 7OaS 90: $500 bbls Minnesota extra at
Co.'s co; Southern -four isssteady. Eye Flour
is steady. Corn Veal is quiet and. unchanged
Syheat-reeeipts 424,4IO bush: exports 10. 800
bush; N al better, closing firm with a fair export
demand and moderate trade on speculative business
sales 1887 GOO busb including 279,000 bush on
spot; rejected Spring 921sc No Chicago at 10;
at 24ts(d1 25A; No do at l 2S1a91 29:Mixed
Winter q 1s ungraded White at 1891 %; No
do SO, 900 bush at l 23,01 30; No 2 Red for May
$4,000 bush at 24ll1 24s4 Rye strong at 10
al %. Barley dull ana nominal Malt unchanged
Corn-No is &c higher: other cash lots shade
easier; options A@? better and more active trade
in spot lots fair business in futures receipts Sol
075 bush;exports;lO ,377 bush:sales 500 600 bush
including $50, 900 on the srot hot and unsonnd 40
@52c; uneraded 49@5714e;- No 3 at SOC; steamer
@671ac: No White at 60d60Hsc; Yellow at STA
@6ac No 2 for May 563s(05634 C: June at 541A
@54Kac: do July 545s@54s4c C; August at 5514c.
bush ;sales 1872 900 bush; Mo- at 441a@45c; do
White 49c; No 2 at 514D451sc; do White 5O1s q
Western at 45@46c; White do at A7953c; White
State 521a@54c, including 10000 bush No 2 for
June at 44A G; 80, 900 bush do July at 44$sc. su-
gar is firm: refined firm standard A 9A; powdered
at 101s; granulated at 9Bc. MOlasses firm. Pc
troisum firm. TaIiow firm sales of lac, 600 TBS
6 7-1696 9-16. Pork about SOC higher and more
mi on fbQ S1aOf at X N
16 90; new do quoted at 16 rs; 1000 new mess for
June at 16 30. Beef is steady. EarI is 406S42c
1900 ties prime steam on the spot at II 00@11 10;
1000 at Chicago for export at 10 52199l0 b712.
Bniter firm. Cheese unsettled and easier; State
3@111sc poor to choice; do Western fiat 31a@10c
poor to choice.
Freights to Liverpool firm; Whest per steam 8.
CHICAGO. May 17.-F1our steady and unchanged.
Wheat is steady, firm and higher; No Chicago
Spring at OPS for cash and May; O3ss June;
"a for July; 90 for August; No do at 921sa
9712c. Corn active. firm and higher at 425sc for
cash; 423s942Ac for May; 4iase bid June;4l rs
for June; 51ac for July: 27c for Aug Rye steady
ami unchanged. Barley steady at 9sc. Pork strong
and higher at rs 60 for cash and June: 16 goa
16 So July; l6 60 for August. Lard is strong and
higher at 10 IS cash, june, July and August. Bulk
Meats are active firm and higher; shoulders so;
short rib at 35: short clear at 20.
keceipts--21, 900 bbls uour, 33 600 bush whes'
IT'S 900 bush corn. 116, 500 bush oats. 900 bush
rye, %, 900 bush barley.
shipmants-23 900 ibis ,sour, 259 900 bush wheat
2l5, GOO bush corn, $4,000 bush oats COCO bush
rye. 1000 bush barley.
At the Afternoon Call of the Board, Wheat closed
at OPS bid, l O21s asked for May; / O3iA6
] O3as for June; 037s for July: l 001s August
Corn at 1924 for May;41 Ac for June AHA a41 rs
for July; AHA August. Oats at 365sc for June
355sc July: 2714G273sc for August. Rye at 7Sc
August. Pork at 16 80 for June and bid for July
10 S7Hs asked all year. Lard at 10 621s for june
and July; So all year.
ST. LOUIS, May 17.-Flour steady and unchanged
Wheat higher; No 2 Red Fall at l 10C01 101A for
cash. 0S@1 OS14 June O2AG11 U3 July: 99a
991sc for August; No do at 1 04GI1 0412: No a
do,at 99c91 90. Corn higher but slow at A312 q
1850 for cash and May; 41s4 c for June; APIS for
July: 42s4 for August. Oats higher at 37@37Hc
cash; 3614c for June; SO 7Sc July; 261sc August.
Rye dull at ~ bid. Barley-no Market Pork is
higher at 16 70. Lard higher at 10 so bid
Receipts, 900 bhls aour, $4,000 bush wheat,
1o2 600 bush corn. 5000 bush oats, 10000 bnsh
rye, 1000 push barley.
Shipments-1l /, 600 bbls -four, 80, 900 bush wheat,
$4,000 bush corn, 10000 bush oats 0,OoO bush
barley, OO0O bush rye.
DETRoFr. May 17.-Wheat firm; No 1 White at
! 1914 for May; liza for June; / IL for July;
067s for August; No 2 White 90; No 2 Red at
1872.
NEW YORK, May 17.-Cotton steady; Middling up.
ands 10 9-16c.
SAVANNAH. May 17.-Cotton is firm; Middhng
uplands 10c.
MOBILE, May 17.-cotton is firm; Middliug up
lands at 1880.
MEMPHIS, May 17.-Cotson is firm; Middling up
lands at los.
NEW ORLEANS, May 17.-Cotton quiet: Middlng
uplands 1OAc.