The Portland daily press., 1881-05-23
: gasifern.a Dining s.scss.
Domestic fsarkess.



New YORK. May 21.-Cotton steady and firm at
10 li:16c for mddling uplands and 10 Is &c for
middling Orleans
FLoURxsteady and firm; No 2 at 315G4 90:
Superfne Western and State at COCA Go; COM
mon to good extra Western and State 7O;05 90:
good to choice do at 15@ so; common to choice
do at 1897 90; common to good extra Ohio 80
@G 20: common to choice extra st Louis at O0@
double extra at 6 9598 90; City Mills extra at SO
as 10; low grades extra at 65@4 S0:4 Southern
flour strong; common to fair extra 5 1896 6O;good
te;choice extra at 8 65@7 40: sales for the week
have been $4,000 bbls.
RYE FLOUR is firm and fairly action at s 55@
5 80 for Suerfne State.
CoRN-MEAL-steady and tirm Western Yellow at
2 8O93 Is; Brandywine 3 3O63 3b.
WHEAT-market closed easier; No 2 Red Winter
aas Tor june 1o 81 1s july s 1855
l l6 for August; No Chicago nominally at 81;
s5 wa ss fs4 M 21 u IL Mhit sn at
! 1875 y 20 for July; sales the week have been
$4,000 bush.
Corn-closed weak on spot and steady and firm
June at 553s@15512c; July at 551Ac; sales for Au-
gust Sec; sales for the week have been 2 O5O, 900
OATs-cosed barely steady; No White at $50
531sc; No 2 do at 4914 1491sc; No White at 48;
No I Mixed at ASIA 9f51ac sales for the week a.,
$4,000 bush.
Pork-market closed quiet and steady; new mess
on the spot at is 75@16 81 :old do Il 75916 90;
July II 0C asked September sales for the week q
500 bbls on spot and 5000 for future delivery.
Lard-closed quiet and steady prime steam on the
spot at IL 10@11 121a; June at IL 071a o IL Is;
sales at IL 10 for August: 10 30 seller year.
Tallow-frm at 61a@65sc.
BUTTER-in good demand and hrmer; Western and
State creameries at 23927c; do diaries 15@24c.
CHEESE weak and lower;State factories at 812@
1Oc; do Western 712@91a.
CHICAGO. May 21.-Flour is firm and unchanged.
Wheat firm and higher; No 2 Chicago Spring at
l 04s4 for cash;1 O5asd1 O51a for June; O6&s@
O6h for July; 021a for August; No 3 do at 93c
al Doc; rejected 75@S0c. Corn is weak at 43c for
cash. a21ai94234 for May: 421sc June; 1925 a
421ac for July; 43c for August; rejected at 1ac.
Oats.cash higher and options lower; $3.50 cash
and May; 36Mc for June; 3512c for July; 2714c
for August. Rye easier is. Barley is unchanged.
Pork steady 16 so for cash AMI June: 16 55 July;
16 60 August. Lard firm at 10 TIN cash and June;
10 so91O S21a July; 10 s2@1o 80 August Bulk
Meats higher; shoulders at so; short rib at As:
short clear at 8 80.
knceipts-27 900 bbls hour, 80, 900 bush whoa,
ISL 900 hnsh corn las, 900 bush oats. 1905 bush
rye. 800 bush barley.
Shpments-23, 900 bbls uonr 81 5. 900 bush wheat,
263 600 bush corn, IA 0O0 bush oats. 400 bush
rye ne, 00O bush barley.
ST. LOUIS, May 2I.-Flour steady. Wheat lower;
1910 for June; O3A al 05A for July: I O11A@
0214 for August; No do O41s bid; No do
at 90 bid. Corn is lower 444g44asc for cash:
July; 421sc for August. Oats lower at 37ss@s7M
for cash; 361ac for June; 331a C9335Ac July. Rye
dull at 20 asked Barley-no market. Pork dull
inal.
Receipts "a, 900 bbls -four, 1000 bush wheat,
114,00O bush corn, 10000 bush oats, 10000 bush
rye, O.0cO Dush barley.
Shipments 1O, 600 bbls -four 50 600 bush wheat,
10000 bush corn, 1000 bush oats, 90 600 bush
barley. O000 bush rye.
DETROIT. May 21.-Wheat firm; No White at
] 1851 1874 for May; IL rs for June; 11as
for July; 071s for August; No 2 White at %;