Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-06
MARKETS BY WIRE.
The Snap Shook Out of Wheaf-Feeling
Unsettled and Prices Lower-Hog
Products Tame and Quota

Ing top prices Of the day, fiuctuated within
small range for awhile, and closing about A9
| &c lower than yesterday.
| Shorts seemed to have covered pretty well,
and the longs sold freely. 1t was intimated
that there had been considerable selling by
foreign houses, who. it was supposed, had been
| long on foreign account
| The trade in corn was light, very little inter
est being made manifest, and fluctuations were
confined to fractional range, with operations
shade under closing prices of yesterday, was
easier for time. and ruled steadier. Prices
changed with wheat and closed shade lower
than yesterday.
Oats were traded in moderately and steady
| feeling prevailed. There was, however, 10 new
| features developed
Trading in pork was moderate. Prices ruled
| !1aglOc lower, the market closing steady above
| inside figures.
:, A weak and easy feeling prevailed in lard.
Prices receded 5Q71ac and the market closed
! tame.
There was fair business transacted in short
| rlos, but the feeling was easy. Prices on the
| whole range declined 21a@5c, and the market
closed tame.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
WHEAT-No 2 March. IS34@7o34@77s49
CoRNgNo. 2. March. 2S1S@2SH@2SA@2skc;
Ma May o22ssz@2e2s9@9A@2sAc; July. aOA@sON@
S4Ts9Ne; 2 March arch 51sgs, 2S1@2ogae; May 2l7S
MESS PORK, per bbl.-March. So S214d9 s5
G9 SOG9 so; May. SO O715@lO O71SDl0 G21a0
10 O214; June, $40 I71a@lO 1713@lO 0715gl0 10.
LARD, per 100 bs.-March, IS S714e15 S7199;
May: S8 0O@6 0O@5. .95@5 95; June, s6 0215@6 G5
as 0066 90.
SHORT RIBS. per 100 ns.-March, 81 s5@
IS; May. 81 1904 9219@4 s716@4 80; June, 81 50
Cash quotatlons were as follows: Flour firm.
with an advance of 10c in some cases. No. 2
spring wheat, 7T34@77zac; No. 8 spring wheat.
SS6So e No No. oafs asa 5S5as agc No 10 e1Te
421sc No. barley. nominal No. l faxseed.
81 46: Prime timothy seed. 81 I5 Mess pork.
per PEI % DBL s. soa9 s. Lard. per 100 lbs; s s74
dry salted shoulders (boxedl, 81 2O@4 25;
short clear sides (boxed), IS 25G95 30 Sugars.
e1Ta ent loaf aAc; granuated:: &c; standard A,
10000 bushels: corn 351O GOO bushels; oats, $1,000
bushels; rye, 1900 bushels: barley. $1,000
bushels. Shlpments-Flour1 II 900 barrels; wheat
oOO bushels; rye. 5000 bushels; barley. $1,000
bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was steady and unchanged. Eggs, l3c.
New YoRK-Flour firm and fairly active.
Cornmeal dull. Wheat-Spot irregular and
moderately active. closing easy; options fairly
active and 11@5sc down. closing weak; free sell
ers Rye RS firm Barley dun and heavy; west.
weak; Canada, 721a@s715c. Corn-Spot firmer
and fairly active; options moderately active
and firm. Oats-Spot quiet and higher: options
Hops weak and quiet. Coffee-Options opened
steady and unchanged to points up; closed
steady az 5@lo points up: sales, 4S, go bags in
Nav, l6 675@16.9Oc; June. l6.75@l6.SOc: july 1856
@l670c August. 1860; September, 16 650ll6 Soc;
October, l64O@l6.64c; December. 163o@l6 4Oc;
sspGt K9 steady and fairly aesTe;
Sugar-Raw . firm fir and quiet; sales, SSl hogs
heads and 5000 bags; English Island Mus
caVado, S1o test, at DC; refined fairly active and
firm. M0lasses-Foreign firm; New Orleans
strong. Rice firm and in fair demand. Cotton
seed oil quiet. Tallow quiet. Rosin quiet.
Turpentine steadier at 421l@421ac. Eggs firm
eeipts, 5000 packages. PORK easy and quiet.
Cut meats slow; middles quiet: short clear,
S5 30. Lard easier and quiet; sales, $50 tierces
Western steam at s6 25@6 271a closing at s6 %;
Sc 25, closing at S. 26; May. Sc 80: June, S6 35;
July, S6 1896 Al, closing at s6 Al; October S6 SO
@6 CO. closing at Sc 50 asked. Butter in fair de-
mand and freely offered;: Egin. 271ac; Western
dairy, 5@lSc do creamery, 13@26c; do held at 8
@15c; do factory, 5@lSc Cheese firm and in
fair demand; Western 10@1015c.
PHILADELPHIA-Flourf firm. with a fair de-
mand. Wheat-Options weak and a shade
lower; demand for millers only moderate, but
high grades in small supply and firmly held;
rejected. 6097Oc; fair to good milling wheat,
export elevator, S3c; No. 2 red March, $3.50
SS14c; April, S315@S4c: May. SlA@S5Ac; June,
8i34@S5Lc. Corn-OptionS firm: car lots for
local trade quiet but steady; No. low mixed.
track and grain depot, Csc: No. white. on
track, 29c; No. high mixed. on track, 2916c;
No. g. in export elevator 33l4c; steamer, in do.
S44c; steamer No 2yellow in grain depot, 36c;
No. high mixed, in Twentieth street ele-
vator, SIC; No. mixed, March. 355a@357sc;
April, S55s@s57Sc; May, 35I@961sc; JUNE,
S6A93674c. Oats-Carlots steady: No. white,
2919c: No. white. 30Hc: futures quiet but
steady: No. white March, 2SszG2914c: April.
2S1a@29c: May, 2Sss@2S5sc; June. 2S1SQ29c.
Eggs quiet but steady, Pennsylvania frsts,
Observation-Disclosures for the
day were l4l cars, shipments SO cars. The feel
ing was hardly SO strong in the spot wheat mar
ket and buyers demanded some concessions.
The easier feeling was based on a small decline
in futures, with less disposition to speculate OH
the long side. Still there was a good inquiry
for samples, and when the concessions asked
for were granted it was,not SO hard to effect
sales. fair amount of samples were offered,
and the demand for them was enough to clear
them up. Closing quotations: No. l hard,
March 7S1ae; April 7Sc; May, soc: on track. 791s
May, 7Sc; No. 2Northern March, 75Lc; April,
7519c; May. 76c; on track, 75190777ac.
ST. LoUIs-Flour firm but quiet Wheat
lower and the market unsettled and irregular
throughout the session. The close was weak
with May &c and July &c below yesterday: No.
2 red cash, TIC bid: March closed at TIC bid;
May aSs ga: asked J1My, 7Se: Corn gget No.
July, 2714c asked; August, 2S1s@2S14c asked;
September, .2S34c. Oats irregular but closed
fraction better; No 2 cash, 20c bid; May, |
Minnesota, 4Sc. Provisions firm. Pork, sl0 1211IS
@lO %.
MILwAUKEE-F1our quiet. Wheat easy: No. |
spring. on track, cash, 72a73c; May, 73c; No. |
Northern, Sic. Corn quiet; No. g. on track |
Csc. Oats steady; No. white, on track, 22%c. |
Rye easier; No. l. in store. 1870. Barley weak.
Provisions easy. Pork, So 7715 Cheese steady. |
ToLEDo-Cloverseed dull and steady; cash |
October