St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-09
WOODFORD & HOLBROOK,
GP ATNCOM MISSION
0nAllN MERCHANTS
Corn Exchange, Minneapolis, MINI.
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Chamber of Commerce.

The market for wheat futures was rather
easier at the opening and shade below yes
terdays closing quotations. Reports from
other places showed buyers on the run and
prices selling down. Liverpool was NOM
1nally steady, but very dull with BUYERS hold
ing off OH both wheat and -four. The under
tone mere, While not strong, was not so weak
as at otner points, and the market responded
more easily to strength than weakness. That
is, prices did not decline to the full extent
OF the break at other markets Ciearances
were generally light for export. and the news
mad In II little of strengthening character.
Operations were of a miscellaneous charac-
ter, theIe being few lines offered and buying
well distributed. The opening was at STAG
for May, and at ! 2 O'Clock sold at Sic, with a
few later fluctuations.
Following are the closing quotations: No.
hard. January. 79l2c; February, soc; May,
S3l2c; on track. S0I2c; No. / northern,
January, 77Mc; February, Use: May. SlAc;
on track, 7SI2c; No. northern, Janu-
airy, zoe; February, 75l2c; May, 7Sl2c; on
track, 75GD76c.
Receipts Of wheat were 142 cars; ship
ments, 43 cars. The mon ament in the eoun-
try was reported small. with hardly anything
doing in country buying outside of the tim
Der regions of Minnesota. Samples of the
higher grades sold quite readily, and were
picked up by local millers early in the ses-
sion. The No. grade and all classes below
difficulty in disposing of it satisfactorily.
The feeling prevailed among buyers that
they had been paying for the lower grades.
relative prices not justified by their merits.
Duluth received 30 cars. The small move
ment there was attributed to cash prices
being l to DC below Minneapolis. There was
little outside buying of milling wheat.
Car lot sales by sample. delivered: cars
No. hard. Sic; q cars No l hard, soc;
cars No. L hard, extra. S2c; = cars No. l
hard, 80a4c; 2 cars No. hard. o. W. b.. Sic:
2 cars No. ! hard, f. O. b., Sic: 2 cars No.
northern, 7Sl2c; % cars No. northern,
ISl2c; ears No. L northern, use; cars
No. northern, 79l2c; 2 cars No l north
ern, 7S3lc; 40 cars No. 1 northern, 79c;
2 cars No. northern. f. o. b., 7934c; 8 cars
No. northern, 76c; - cars No. northern,
nc; cars No. northern, 75l2c; z cars No.
northern, 77Iac; cars No. northern,
76I2c; 2 cars 40. 8. 72l2c: 2 cars No. s,
I2c; cars rejected, f. o. b., 66c; cars re-
jected, 74c; 2 cars rejected, 1 ID dockage,
75c: 2 cars sample, Zoe; cars sample, +;
O. b., Gle; l car sample, 52c; cars No. 3
26c: car corn, 26Mc.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
Flour-The added daily output of mills
grinding yesterday will probably aggregate
1880 bbls
Patents, sacks to local dealers, Sd 100
4.SO; patents TO ship sacks car lots, 81. 100
40; i'll barrels, "a. 3O04.7 20; delivered at
New England points, So. 1905. 40; New
York Points, So t5M5.30; delivered at Phila.
delphia and Baltimore. 5000. %; bakers
here S3@3.60: superfine. Sl.T0@2.2 %; red
dog. sacks. Sl.1o0l.25; red dog, bbls, Sl.3o
@l.5O.
Bran and Shorts-The market was quoted
steady at S5.75@6 for bran and quiet at $40
| 7..5 for shorts. Shipm ents, l,U2S tons.
Corn-Holders were steady in asking prices
at about 264c for good yellow SAMPLES, with
some mixed lots going at about 26c. Re
ceipts, 900 bu; shipments. %, 500 bu.
Oats-The oat market was rather firm at
about 2Ic for No. white. with choice No.
white held at 22022l2c o. t., though few
| offered; perhaps the most common price of
mixed samples was at 20@2Hl2c, though
! some poor would not bring zoe. Receipts,
5, 400 pu shipments. 5000 bu.
Barley.NominaI at 24@45c for samples;
Flax-Receipts. 500 bu; shipments, 500
blu. Quoted, SIPS; Chicago, Si.34.
Feed-Choice quoted S1o5o@lI; fair
Hay-Receipts, so tons Quoted al the
way from So 50 to S7.75 for common wild and
upland.
FLOUR SHIPMENTS
Following shows the shipments Of flour
frcm Minneapolis, Jan. l to date and the
| same time in 1889: 1889. 81. go bbls; 1880,
| 10l $50 bbls.
STATE GRAIN INSPECTION.