Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-07
MARKETS BY WIRE.
The Pressure 90 Sell sends n Weak Wave
Through the Wheat Pit - Corn
and Oats Without Backbone
PARK naad

wheat came out on the decline, and not until
about noon did the market take any decided
| course.
The opening was about Hc higher than Sat
urday's closing, and advanced 1sc more, then
became easier, and gradually eased OF Ac, and
later dropped off ssc rather quickly. Nc
special reason was assigned for the weakness
other than operators were timid about buying
| and the pressure to sell was greater than
| the demand At the decline quoted the mar.
| ket held for some little time, then ruled
steadier. recovered slightly, and the closing
was &c lower than Saturday.
| A tair trade was witnessed in corn, and the
| feeling prevailing was easier, transactions be-
| ing at lower range. The main influences on
the market were liberal receipts and colder
weather which was favorable for improved
| grading. The market opened at about the clos.
| log of Saturday, was weak. sold off &c, ruled
| quiet and easy and closed H95sc lower than
Saturday. A prominent local trader sold jan
uary and brokers supposed to be acting Tor a
| private elevator sold May.
Oats were moderately active early, but later
| in the day dullness prevailed. A weaker feel
| ing developed and prices for May, in which
| most of the interest centered, ranged lower.
! There was free miscellaneous selling and good
| buying by one large operator, whose purchases
| aggregated 800 600 bushels.
| Trading was moderate in pork and the mar
| 5et was quiet. Fluctuations in prices were con-
fined within a narrow range. Prices ruled 21
| @5c lower, and the market closed quiet at
! about inside figures.
Very little interest was manifested in lard.
| The feeling was easy and prices about 21ac
| lower.
A very small business was reported in short
ribs, and the feeling being easy. Prices ruled
rather easy, with no particular change to note.
The leading futures ranged as 1onows:
WHEAT-No.2 2 January 7S97S1S@771S@771sc;
February; i7S5sS7S3s97S11G7SIc; May, $3.50
CoREgNo. Z January. @2gAQ29G291Sc;
February. 2s749@916@29179291xc; May. SlIs9
oHTs1No Z January, 2Ok@2uz 62UA @2OAc;
February. 2O1s@2O1sci May. 221sG21s@2lHQ
MESS PORK, per bbL-February, sg 8o@9 9o@
8 az: May, 50 65as 6716Gs 625555S s.. ~
LARD, per 100 bs.-February. s. S211@5 8217@
S21695 So: March, S. sOG5 80; May, Sc o21R9
SHORT RIBS, per 100 Ds.-January; s4 509
4 60@4 50@4 521S; February, 81 629Q4 627155;
May. 81 S594 S564 S21S@4 S215.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady and unchanged. No. 2spring wheat, ,771sc;
No. 3spring wheat, 6S@7Oc; No. red. T71sc No.
No. 2 barley 5S960c. No. l faxseed, 81 "a.
Prime timothy seed. 81 l9. Mess pork, per Dbl,
So %. Lard. per 100 lbs, IS IN Short rlbs
sides Qoosel, 81 5O@4 621S. Dry salted shoulders
(boXed), unchanged; short clear sides (boxed),
unchanged. Sugars unchanged. Receipts
Flour % 600 barrels: wheat, 5000 bushels: corn.
364 600 bushels; oats, l25 600 bushels; rye. 1900
bushels; barley. $1,000 bushels. Shipments
Flour "A 900 barrels; wheat IS, 900 bushels: corn,
3l5O00 bushels; oats, l49, 600 bushels; rye, 5000
bushels; barley, 5000 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was dull and unchanged. Eggs, 16x
QI7c.
PHILADELPHIA - Flour quiet; Western
winter clear, S4@4 2O do. do, straight, 81 259
As; winter patent, 81 5O94 80; Minnesota
clear, 50 5O@4: do. straight, 81 1904 IS; do:
patent 81 85&5 Is. Wheat, choice grades and
firm, with fair demand from millers; fair to
good milling wheat, T4S5c; choice and fancy
longberry. SSd931Sc: ungraded for milling, $50
SIC; do. do. choice, 9l1S@s2c; No: Northern
export elevator, 73c: No. red in do, SO15c: op-
tons quiet; No. 2 red, January, S01%4Slc; Feb
ruary, S26S21Sc; March, SS1S@S4c: April $40
S416c. CONCEPTIONS firm, cars; No. ele-
dates; No. yellow in grain depot, 2Sc: No.
yellow in grain depot, 33c; steamer No. mixed
in grain depot, 36c; steamer No. high mixed
on track. S61Sc; steamer No. mixed in export
elevator, 351zc; No. mixed in gram depot, Csc;
do. in export elevator, S61zc; No. mixed jan
uary. 36@36I. February, 3615@36zc; March.
S63zQS7c; April. 37@S71zc; oats-Car lots de-
clined 1kc: No. white, 29c; No. white, 30c;
futures dull and unchanged. Provisions dull,
prices steady. Pork-Mess, new, $l1 5O@l2;
DO. prime mess new sll; do. family. SI2 50@
13; hams, smoked Sle5Q. Lard--Western steam,
So 1906 so. Butter dull and irregular; Penn
sylvania creamery, 2OQ27@Bc; do. prints ex-
ira, SS@S6c. Eggs dull; Pennsylvania frsts,
lS6l9c. Cheese steady; part SKINS 7@S11c. Re-
ceipts-Flour, 400 barrels; wheat. go bushels;
corn II2 400 bushels oats. Is, 600 bushels. Ship
ments-Wheat, IS 900 bushels; corn, 81 900 BUSH
els; oats, l02, 900 bushels.
NEW YoRK-Flour lrln and fairly active;
Cornmeal quiet Wheat-Spot easier and quiet
options dull and 1s@kc lower closing weak.
Rye strong. Barley steady; Western. 50962c;
Canada, 5SG72c- Barley mall quiet; Canada, 20
6S5c. Corn-Spot steady and moderately ac-
al-
steady. Oats-Spot steady and quiet; options
quiet and unchanged to 1zc lower Hay quiet
and steady, Cofee-options steady and
SOLO points up; sales al st,. $500 e. bags,
Ty. ary f5.sO915S5c: March. i5s5@1G ooc:
April. l5S5c; May, l5s5@l605ci June l6@l6O5c;
July. l6Ql6l0c; August. l610c; September.
I605c; spot Rio steady and quiet; fair cargoes,
1876: No. Z, lie. Sugar-Raw quiet and
steadg; refined firm and in good demand.
Molasses-New Orleans quiet. Rice steady
and quiet Petroleum quiet and steady: United
closed at SL0SH for February. Cotton seed
oil stronger; crude, &c bid. Tallow steady;
city tS2 for packages), 4T.16c. Rosin quiet.
western, Isc; receipts, 1852 packages. Pork
quiet and trmer; mess inspected $40 756ll 90;
do unlnspected, $40 So Cut meats inactive;
middles dull Lard. dull ami lower; western
steam Sc 121%: options sales 2 500 tierces: Janu-
ary. S. 10: February Sc Is; March, s6 2566 26;
MayS6 36G6 81, closing at $3.50; July. Sc 81.
Butter dull and easier; Elgin, 2S12S15c; west
ern dairy, 9@lSc; do creamery, l3QEc: do held,
lO6lSc; do factory, 69lSc. Cheese dull; west
ern, S@lOc.
cluding supply, were 2S3 cars, and shipments
a cars. The demand for cash wheat was not
as active as it had been of late, and came al
most entirely from local millers. Outside mills
were represented, but the buyers claimed their
limits were under the figures paid by home
millers. Prices were fairly well sustained, con-
sidering the decline in the future market, and
were in about the same general range as those
obtained Saturday for similar grades. Closing
quotations: No. hard. January, 1910; Feb
ruary, SO15c; May, SS5kc: on track, SO]zc; No.
Northern January, TIC; February, 7S15c;
May, Slssc: on track. 7sc: NO. Northern,
track, 76G77c.
Wheat lower; the market was firm at the open
ing. There was plenty for sale and prices eased
of. The close was weak and ZQ15c below
Saturdays; No. 2 red, cash. 7Sc; January 7S0
closing at Nc; July. 73z@7Sc. closing at TIC
asked. Corn lower; No. mixed, cash. 251sc;
January, 2511c, closed at 25zse; February; 25sfc
asked; asked Juiy, SSi<@2sllc. Closed Closed 2Ss[S2S1c
Oats weak and lower: cash, 1870 bid; May
2l1&G2l5sc asked. Rye dull and lower to sell;
No. 2 &c. Barley-No sales. Flaxseed, 81 30
Provisions dull and unchanged.
NATURALIZATION steady. Wheat easy; |
No. 2 spring, on track. cash, 74H@751c; |
May, T61zc: No. Northern, SIC. Corn quiet:
No. 8, on track, 271zc. oats steady; No. |
white, on track, &c. Rye quiet; No. l,
in store. 441<c. Barley dull; No. 2 in store,
46szc Provisions quiet. Pork, So 2215. Lard, |
S. So Cheese unchanged; cheddars, 99915c.
BALTIMORE - Butter moderately active; |
2S@26c Eggs demorallzed; sales |
freely made at l6c. Coffee dull; Rio fair, |
1910.
ToLEDo-Cloverseed dull; cash and Janu-
airy, IS A.