The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-05-02
THE MARKETS.
CHICAGO. Ma,

CHICAGO. May !.
The market quotations on the board Of
trade to-day were as follows:
Wheat-No. May, opened .9OAc, closed
oS opened nIS s48e Ssn'e closed si%c. % Corn1So % No.
May, opened 4ssSc, closed 4s%c; june,
opened 4s5sc, closed 4sslc; July, opened
49s6c closed i9Ac Oats-No. 2 May, opened
36Sc, closed SJ1kc Pork-May, opened
sll.45, closed sill 40; June, opened $ll.55,
closed sl1.571f; July, opened $ll.7O, closed
sll;5o. lard-May< opened $50, closed
Lave suock-The Onion STOCK yards report
Market fairly active on shipping and
speculative account; packers dong very
little. Early sales were at former prices,
but values soon became easier. Light grades,
"a. 3O@4 60; rough packing, S415@435;
heavy packings4 35@455. Cattle-Market
steady, shipping, 81 50@575; bulk, s490@
$50; butchers, 81 60@4 50; stockers, $3. 50@
500. Sheep-Market steady; sales, S2.75@
500; bulk, s.. i5@425.
Produce: Butter-Good to fine creamery,
22@25c; good fresh dairy, l4@l6c; poor to
counts, lie per doz Potatoes-Fair to fine,
40c per bu. Poultry - Live turkeys,
1l@l3c; chickens, lie per lib; spring chick
ems, $5. 5.00@7. 90 per dog; ducks, l1@l2c per
lb; geese, s5;oo@6;o0 per doz ,Applesn7Fair
to fine, $2.50@350 per bbl Hay
Good to fine timothy, sl400@l5.5 so, and
western upland prairie, Sl20O@l4.0O per
| ton.
New York.
NEW York, May l.
Wheat Depressed and 1A@lJsc lower in
| the absence OF cable advices; fair specu-
lative trading; No. white, nominal; No.
red May, si.O2H@LO3; June, slO31S@
l04A; July, $1.05H @l.06%; August, sl.0i
| @L071x; September, Sl.0S%, Corn-A@
| Mc lower and less active; mixed western
spot, 5s@6Oc; future, 57%@5s1lc Oats
| L@Sc lower; western, 4l@52c. Provisions
Beef, steady; new extra. s11.50@ II. 90
| Pork, dull; new mess, $500. Lard, dull
and slow; steam rendered, S7.121z.
st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May l.
Wheat-Fairly active, but irregular; MAJ
and June closed a fraction higher and july
fraction lower; No. 2 red cash, s1.051s
May, $l.055s; june $L06T; July, S1.07s4
cash, 46E@4Sc; May, 47c; June, 47%c
Oats-Firm but slow; cash, SOC bid May
3Ye; June, 36%c. Rye-Slow; &c bid
Whisky-Sseady; $Ll4 Provisions-Porl
dull; $ll.S7H sellers. Lard, lower; So $50
670.
Milwaukee.
) MILWAUKEE, Wis, May l.
: Wheat-Weak; Milwaukee No 2, S91Sc
June. 9l1sc; July, 93Xc. Corn-Steady; NJ
g. 49c. Oats-Easier; No. z 3611c. Rye
Steady; No. l, 71c. Barley-Quiot; No
6ls4c
TOLEDO, May /.
Wheat Unsettled; No 2 red May, "a
| luna -Tulv No Snft 81 IN
Corn-Dull; No. 2 cash and May, 52$4c bi
June, 5lMc; July, nominally So. Oats
Dull; No cash, 391Sc asked; May 80
I Clover Ssed = Neglected; prime medium s.
: asked
/ DETROIT, Nay l.
Wheat Steady; No white Sl055S non
inal n; $l.05 nominal May; SlO7 jun
SL0SA July; No.2 red, Sl.04 cash; sit
. May; Sl05l9 June; sL07 July; No. ~,
9oc nominal Corn-No. 2, 53 nomina
Oats--No } white. Ale; NJ 4)c cs
1890 May.
: LATEST UoTATloNs-cHICAGo.
: May June Iuly A,
Wheat . . ssh Of 93ls T..
Com..........-... 4sk 4Sla "a 49
Oats............ 36b 36n S6ls 81
Pork ............ II so 1t.60 10 ...
Lard. ............. 6.s5 6.92 100 80.
Ribs. -. $50 59,H ....
Hogs--11, 900; light 4e5a4 so; mixed 4l9a4 j
choice heavy 49la4 so
Carload lots Wheat 30; corn sS6; oats 1si.
ROCK ISLAND.
Oats-42c
Hay-Timothy-S1l. 90
Hay--Wild-$9,C0
| Con-50c.
| Potatoes-60c.
Coal-Soft II; hard IS so,
Cord wood-$4 25.
straw-S5 90.
| Rye-55c.