Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1889-02-15
MARKETS.


INDICATOR OFFlCE, I
STAUNToN, VA, February 18th.
Wheat is about five cents higher this week.
The demand is active and sales are large.
Among those who have taken advantage of
the rise and have sold their crops during the
week, are Wallace Bros. at Greenville, r. W.
Motfett, Folly Mills; Moses McComb, Stuart
Draft; g. w. Trimble, Swoope's Depot; W
G.. Andes, Mt. Sidney; d. F. Carpenter, Mt.
Crawford; J. G. S. Myers, Henry Forrer, Mt.
Crawford
There are no quotable changes in clover
seed, hay, oats, or corn.
The Philadelphia Record in its review of
the grain market of last week, says: ''The
big operators who are long of wheat in the
Chicago market have so manipulated prices
this week as to alarm the short interest, and
the covering of contracts has caused an adj
vance of 6A to 67s cents per bushel. The sea-
board markets followed the advance at a re-
spectful distance that attested the latent dis
trust of the Western speculation-thei improve
ment in Eastern prices being less than cents
per buShel. The price of wheat for May deliv-
cry in New York is now 992s cents as against
S1.04 in Chicago, where on the basis of present
freight rates it ought to be Is cents per bushel
lower than the New York prices This abnor-
NAL condition of the markets does not augllr
favorably for an early Improvement in legiti-
mate business. Corn prices have declined q
to q of a cent per bushel, partly as result of
freer speculative selling, caused by colder
weather, which favors larger movement
from the hands of farmers. There has been a
good export movement in corn and fair
foreign demand but new business has been
restricted by light offerings of ocean tonnage
for prompt clearance, freight room at Allan
tic ports being largely under contract for the
present month.
GRAIN MARKETS.
RICHMOND, Feb. Observation-Disclosures, very
good, $l.0S, good do Sl.07 Shortberry, very good,
sl.07. Corn-White, 4E4@45. Oats-Sprng, 33c.
BALTIMORE, February l3.-Flour very active
Wheat-southern firm and higher; Fultz, Sl.O5a
$l.l0L; Longberry, S1.07aS11l; No. southern
$l.O5aSl06; western easy; winter red, spot and
February, 95Aa955c. Corn-southern quiet and
tirmer; white 4la43c.; yellow 40a43c.
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET Feb. 7.-Prices
of Beef Cattle this week ranged as follows:
Best Sf.37%
Generally rated first qua lity....... 3.S755 4.25
Meulull VI SoOu Kill Y ltllt J.UU ~
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and
Cows. 2.25 q 800
Extreme range of prices............ 2.25 q 4.3112
Most of the sa les were from ....... $50 4.12%
Total receipts this week 1,203. Total sales GIL.
Of the receipts 527 came from Virginia.
All the dealers report the market as inactive,
and prices fully &c lower than last week. especi-
ally for the better grades, which were well repre-
sented in the yards. There was q fair number of
common Cattle. The quality generally was quite
up to that of last weeks offerings.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-There has been a full sup
ply of Sheep on the market this week, and a fair
demand prevails. The quality is generally good,
with some very good ones from the Valley of Vir-
ginia. Prices up to those ruling last week.
Sheep sold at 2a5c gross for common to good, and
at 5a512c for good to extra, and Lambs at 415a6c
per lb gross, with but few at the latter figure.
Receipts this week of Sheep and Lambs 3,2lS
head.
BALTIMORE HOG MARKET, Feb. 11.-There is
rather a full supply of Hogs on the market, over
300 head in excess of last weeks numbers, and
rather more heavy and undesirable Hogs than
are easy to dispose of. Trade is not active, and