Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-22
MARKETS BY WIRE.
Wheat Slow but Firm at n Slight Improve.
ment-NOvember Corn Hlgher-Oats
Stsady-Pork More Active
and Stronger.

operators were content with looking on anu
waiting for new developments. The opening
was firm and sales were made at H@Ac over
yesterdays closing, but a prominent trader
checked the upward tendency by selling fair
quantity for May delivery. Later prices re-
ceded H@ssc, then ruled steady, and closing
Hc better for December and &c higher for
May than yesterday.
What little business was done again centered
chiefly in the May future, though some quiet
trading going on in December. European ad-
vices were again quite firm in tenor. some
foreign buying orders were received here Tor
May delivery. Beerbohm, in late report
makes the available supply of wheat afioat IN
the United States and principal markets In
Europe about 1000 600 bushels less than one
year ago. New York reports 10 LOADS taKen
there for export to-day, of No. hard, at 77ac
over December price for Leith.
Receipts in the Northwest again showed up
heavy to-day. A late dispatch from Mime
apolis said: although receipts are heavy the
demand is good from all directions, and all
wheat being absorbed" A prominent miller
there was credited with buying 100000 bushels
cash in country elevator to carry. A feature OF
the local market was the action Of prominent
trader, who offered to sell all the May wheat
operators wanted at S51zc, and to buy all the
December they would sell at Sic.
In corn a moderate business was transacted,
and irmer feeling was manifested on casn
were somewhat easier. The speculative market
opened at about the closing prices of yester-
day. was firm for November and easy for May,
the former advancing &c and the latter de-
clined &c, ruled steady and closed with Nov
ember &c higher and May slightly lower than
yesterday.
Oats were slow but steady. There was fair
number of selling orders received, but BUYERS
were scarce, and quiet and rather easy feel
ing prevailed, but price changes we're small.
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ness was transacted, and the feeling was firm
er. Prices were advanced l715@20c and the ap-
probation was moderately well supported.
More was doing in lard, and the feeling was
Prices ruled 215@5c higher, with trading chiefly
in January delivery, and the improvement was
moderately well supported to the close.
For short rib sides the market showed more
activity than for several days past The feel
ing was stronger and prices were advanced ~
Csc, closing comparatively steady.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHRAT-No. 2 December, 6l@Sl5s@S0s4@
Sic; January, Sl%9Sl3s9SlA@Sl3sc; May. S51l
CoRN-No. 2 December. Sl34GSlAGs11S@
Sl5sc; January, 3lS@3IssG3l1s@3l14c; May
S31I s@SS9sGSSssc .-
OATs-No. 2 December, 2O51@2Osz6203z@
203lc; Nav. 225S@225s@22A@223zc
MESS PORK, per bbl.-Year, SO 20l9 IN
az 2O@9 .: January. 50 9O6S 45@9 SO@s 4211Ssi
May, SO 6569 6214@9 60@9 TX
LARD, per 100 ns-Year. IS 95@5 971z@
s5@5 sly; January, IS 95@6 0O@5 9216Q5 97775;
May. S6 l22lg6 1895 I274@6 Is
SHORT RIBS. per 100 bs.-Year, 81 9211@4 95
"a 921SG54 95; January, 81 S21594 S5Q4 S21S@
4 IS; May, IS 02G5 O6@5 G21a@5 o.
Cash quotauons were as follows: Flour dull
and unchanged. No. spring wheat S05s@S014c;
No. spring wheat, 66c; No. red. S05sQSO15c.
No. 2corn. 325Sc. No. 2 oats 2lc. No. 2 rye, 45
@46zc. No. 2 barley, 56G5Sc. No. naxseed.
81 35 Prime timothy seed, 81 90 Mess pork,
per Dbl. 50 1899 S716. Lard. per 100 lbs $6 l721@
20. Short RIBS sides (loose), S. l095 40. Dry
salted shoulders tboxed), 81 S71@4 So Short
clear sides (boxed) IS 5O@5 621b. Sugars, cut
loaf, unchanged. Receipts-Fl0ur, 1900 bar
rels: wheat 10000 bushels: corn. 25l, coo
bushels; oats, ll9 600 bushels; rye 10000 bushels
barley, 1900 bushels. Shipments-Flour, q, 900
barrels; wheat Al 900 bushels; corn. SO 900 BUSH
els; oats. $4,000 bushels; rye, 5000 bushels;
barley, 81 900 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was steady and unchanged. Eggs. ZIG
&c.
NEW YoRK-Flour quiet, easy and generally
unchanged. Wheat-Spot moderately active
and stronger; options dull, HdZc higher and
firm. Rye steady; sales, 5000 bushels: No. 2
Western, 5O@65c; Canada, 59G73c Barley-malt
quiet Corn-SpOt active and stronger; options
dull and unchanged to nc lower and steady.
Oats-SpOt firmer and fairly active; options
active and stronger. Hay quiet and steady.
Hops quiet and steady. Cofee-0ptions opened
steady, sails points up, closed barely steady
unchanged to 10 points down; sales, "a, $50 bags.
l6c; January. S5@l6 Csc; February l5 95@16O O5c;
March, I5909l605e; April, 1590916O0c; May.
l595Q16.05c: June, 1695@l6.05c; July, l590c;
August, l5S0@l5S5c; September, 15.75@l5.S5c;
October, 15.6O9lS65c: spot Rio fairly active and
steady; fair cargoes 1916: No. Z, I711c. Sugar
Raw firm, fair demand sales, 5000 bags cenrri-
fugals. 96o test, 1l-16c; refined frmer, active
G, 524@5Fc: extra z 6Q61zc;; white extra {, 69s
ard A. SIC. Molasses-New Orleans steady;
open kettle, good to fancy, 4S@52c; old, 2S@46c.
Rice in fair demand and steady. Cottonseed oil
steady. Tallow quiet. Rosin steady and quiet.
Turpentine steadier at the decline: sales, 200
barrels at 44@441lc. Eggs steady and quiet;
Western, 24Gc25c; receipts, 2954 packages. Pork
firm and active; sales, 800 barrels. Cut meats
quiet. Middles dull Lard-A irmer tendency
but quiet: sales western steam, closing at
Sc 5715; November, S6 1906 so, closing at S6 so;
December, S6 80 asked; January, Sc 3666 g.
closing at % 80 asked; February, s. 4lG6 q,
closing at S6 Il bid; March, S6 IS bid: May, So So
closing at Sc 81 bid. Butter-Fresh firm and in
fair demand; Elgin, 261<R27c; western dairy,
9@l7c; do creamery, 1SG2512c; do held, l2@ISc:
do factory, 71f@l4c. Cheese quiet ana frmer;
western, 711@lOc.
Wheat inactive; fair to good milling wheat, 500
SIC: choice and fancy longberry, S7@90c; No. 2
red. November, S016@S0szc; December. SO5z@
S11Sc; January. S298214c; February, S315@S4c.
2 mixed. on track, 4255c; new No. mixed. on
track &c; old and new high mixed, in Twentieth
street elevator. 421zc; do, do, in grain depot
s2115c; No. 2 mixed. November. 4O@4011Sc; Decem.
89IS@40c. Oats-Carlots firmer: No. 8 white, in
Twentieth street elevator, 2S1<c; do. IN grain
depot, 2S1S@29c; No. white, 2911c; do, in
special bin in Twentieth street elevator, 3Oc;
clipped oats 32c: futures higher; No. white
November. 29@29zc; December. 29s6@2gTc:
January, 29I629Xc; February. 3663OTc
Butter firm: fair demand; Pennsylvania cream
cry extra. 26c; do prime extra. 3l@35c. Eggs
Fresh stock scarce and firm; held lots dull and
Pennsylvania irsts, &c.
Observation-Disclosures OF wheat were 6e1
cars; shipments, 1856 cars. There was some
sIowness in getting started to selling car lots
but the demand soon became larger and sales
Of No. northern were at T714Q7Sc, with many
running at 77115c and above, averaging higher
than yesterday. Millers were again the lead
ing buyers. Elevator companies were bidders.
but they tried to buy ,r,s at 365zQI7Hc. ana were
a little, paying finally millers' figures. Closing
quotations for No. l hard November. 7Sl6c:
December, 7S15c; May, S45sc; on track, 79c; No.
Nav % @ on track, S7<G7c S25 No. nortSssD doesG
November. T3c; December, 73c; May 7Sc; on
track, 73@76c.
ST. LoUIs-Flour quiet and easy, with light
demand. Wheat-Trading light, little change
in the market and the close was about the same
I4sS@S45Sc, closed at s41S9S4sSc bid. Corn
higher and very firm; No. mixed, cash, 32Lfc.
regular; November. 3l57s@S21sc. closing at S25Ic
bid: December, 2S15g2S5sc, closing at 2S5Sc:
January, 2S1zc, closing 2S1zc asked Oats
weaker; No. 2 cash. 20c bid: January, zoe bid: |
May, 220225s1Sc bid. Rye firm: 4Oc bid for No. q
Barley nothing doing, Flaxseed easier at 81 "a
$l2 0UQl2 so. Provisions-Demand
Ind business moderate. Pork, $40 76
MILwAUKEE-Flour fairly active. Wheat
Iulet: cash and December. 731%c: MOL North
I'm, SIC. Corn easier No. 3 old, 301563lc. Oats |
iull; No. white, 23c Rye easier; No. l, 47lIc.
Barley steady; No. 2, 4S1Sc. Pork-S9 S215. Lard
SO TO- Cheese steady; cheddars, 9@915c.
BALTIMoRE-Provisions steady Butter firm:
reamery, 24@22c- Eggs firm; western, 24@25c |