Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-03-08
MARKETS.
VINDICAToR OFFICE,
STAUNToN. VA, March 18th.

The local markets for all kinds OF grail
and country produce are entirely without ami
nation, and lifeless. 1t is the season for seet
oats and cloverseed and the almanacks OF seet
dealers say ''about this time look out TO
a brisk business" but the orders for these al
ticles are being received so sparingly that the
markets for them remain nominal.
AS the winter passes away, the demand fO
baled hay grows less, and the indications ar
that the approaching Spring, unlike that OF
last year, will find prices lower.
Wheat is dull at dollar. The roads have
been exceedingly bad the past week and yer.
little has been hauled to depots The old crol
has been very largely disposed of, and thu
few who now have their crops, having held 81
long, are unwilling to sell at the present de
| cline in prices.
The Philadelphia Record in giving its review
of the markets for last week, says: "Whea1
prices have declined to ~ cents per bushel
in Chicago and l cent in New York, as a re-
suit of indifference on the part of buyers The
market is unsettled and traders are cautious
in fear of a Corner in Chicago OF a collapse
of the speculation that is holding values III
that market ~ cents above the level of prices
on the seaboard. Exports continue very mod
crate, and are chiefly in the form of flour, of
which al 900 barrels were shipped from At
lantic ports last week. Foreign values OF
wheatare too far below a paraty with Ameri-
can markets to admit of any improvement in
exports of this grain. Corn prices in the West
have advanced "a of a cent, as result mainly
of light receipts and the covering of shorts
| in Chicago. Locally prices have been depress-
ed little by freer offerings, but New York
prices are about the same they were week
ago. There is good shipping trade in corn,
which might be enlarged but for the limited
supply of disengaged ocean freight room at
Atlantic ports. There has been better job
bling distribution of hog products, which, in
connection with the large exports and the de-
crease Of $50, 900 OF more hogs in the winter
seasons packing, has influenced more conf
dent feeling in the markets. Prices in Chicago
are 10 cents per barrel higher than they were
week ago for pork, and ~ to TX cents per
100 pounds higher for lard and short ribs
GRAIN MARKETS.
RICHMOND, March .-Wheat-Shortberry, 81 .O6
Corn-white 42c.
CHICAGO, March 6.-Wheat, May delivery,
s1.OlM, July delivery S9H Corn-May 36, July
$685. Oats-May 2714. Pork-May-S12.E, July
$3.50.
BALTIMORE, March 6-Flour quiet and steady.
Wheat-Southern weak; Fultz, $1.05a1.071a
Longberry, S1.O2a$10S; western firm No. WIN
ter red, spot, 925s. Corn-Southern, quiet and
steady; white, 4Oa42c. yellow 40a4015c.; western
firm.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, Feb. 2S-Prices
of Beef Cattle this week ranged as follows:
Best. $40
Generally rated first qua lity-...... 400 a 425
Medium good fair qualify. 3.25 a $40
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
Cows. 100 3.0J
Extreme range of prices .............. 200 a 40
Most of the sales were from......... 325 a 4.371a
Total receipts this week S72. Total sales 533.
OF the receipts 296 came from Virginia.
The offering of Beef Cattle is light again this
week. and the quality is quite good, averaging
fully up to that of last weeks receipts. There is
some improvement in the activity of the market,
trade being good at prices ruling last Thursday.
Sheep and Lambs-Anotherl light offering is re-
corded this week, nearly the same number as last
week, and the stock was an improvement over
that of last Thursday. The recorded sales show
an advance in prices, with fairly active market.
Butchers Sheep sold at 3a51ac per ID gross for
common to fair, and 51aa6c for fair to good. Lambs
sold at 4a6c per lb gross. Receipts this week of
Sheep and Lambs 17s6 head.
BALTIMORE Hog MARKET, Ma4rchth.-Though
the receipts are rather heavy, the offerings at
the Yards are but little in excess of last week S
numbers Trade is fairly active, and prices have
advanced about nc. The quality is generally
good. But few hogs are sold under 6 cts and
down to 81 cents, and these are roughs; the bet
ter grades bring 6a654 cents, a few extra at the
latter figure, most sales at 6a65s cents per b net
Receipts this week 1884 head.
RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET, March A.
Receipts 345 head cattle, and 645 hogs. Sales 3o5
head cattle and 500 hogs. Prices as follows Cat
tie, best, to 4Ac. gross, few extra higher;
medium to good, 81 to 334c. gross; common to
fair ~ to SIC. gross. Hogs, to &c. net. Bulls "a
to Sc. gross
STANTON PRICE CURRENT.