Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-13
MARKETS BY WIRE.
An or Day In the Wheat Pit-Hog Products
Dull but Average a Little Lower
All Round = Corn and


! CHICAGo-Trading in wheat was very light,
and the market was very quiet. An unusually
small business was transacted. and the fluctua-
tions were as narrow as they possibly could be.
| the entire changes being confined within "a
Nc range. This would Jbe the best indication
OF the volume of trading. Outside news was
scarce.
Corn-There was very little interest mani
Tested in the market. trading being limited and
almost exclusively local, with fluctuations con-
fined within 1@1<c range. The prevailing
| feeling was little easier, and transactions
were at slightly lower prices.
Oats were traded in to q moderate extent
An easier feeling prevailed. and prices ranged
| slightly lower. January was offered fairly, and
but little demand existed. The sellers of May
outnumbered the buyers, but the former did
not press their holdings on the market with
| sufficient freedom to cause trouble.
| In hog products the feeling in general way
was easier: There was no particular pressure
to sell, and the changes IN prices were slight
but averaged lower for the leading articles.
| The leading futures ranged as IoIIows:
WHEAT-No. 2, January, 7611@76A@761&0
| 1910; May, Sl3z@S1s@S15s@8lNc.
0oRN-No. 4 January, ,5SI@2SXp2sA@2S74
3Is4c.
reS41s71 SA9srNS 3 sa2SaSE Is2 2
95qasy 9s1y 50 5O@s 621li May 50 $500 s27S6s S6@
LARD, per 100, MS. = January IS SO@5 sO@
5 71S@5 so; February, IS S215@5 IS; May,
| s. O21&06 O5@6 0211@6 05.
SHoRT RIBS. per 100 rs. = January, s. 65;
Fe6TuaTy, "a O71z@4 6772@@4 671604 677S; May,
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
| steady and unchanged No. spring wheat,
7S; 7@76c No. Rna corn. r c O0' No US oats, 5e aoS
sc. No. faxseed. 81 81 Prime timothy
Is Short PER pS SO sSes o. dose
81 65@o4 T5. Dry salted shoulders (boxedl,
| 81 50@6 %; short clear sides (boxed), 81 95@
~ ooS S Sys1I rSea a.
$1,000 bushels: corn, 100000 bushels; oats, 81
900 bushels; rye. 1000 bushels; barley. $1,000
bushels. shlpments-Flour 1900 barrels;
10000 bushels; rye, 5000 bushels; barley. a.
900 bushels.
On the Produce Exchange to-day the butter
market was very dull; creamery, l6@26c; dairy,
l2@22c. Eggs weak at l3@t5c.
NEW YoRK-Flour dull and heavy. Corn
meal steady; yellow Western, 81 25@2 65
Wheat-Spot dull: options steady. Rye dull
and firm; Western, 57@60c; Canada, 57@60c.
75c Barley malt dull; Canada, 70G85c Corn
Spot quiet, weak and lower Oats-Spot frmer
and quiet; options steady and quiet. Hay
steady and quiet: shipping. 40Q45c; good to
choice, S5@s6c Hops strong. Coffee-Options
opened steady, IO@O points down, closed dun,
1920 points down; sales, 1880 bags. including:
March, March i695Gis1Oc: April, isOoc: May, 1850
1600c; June, l6.000l6.05c; July, 160Oc; Sep
tember, Is 90@16 0Oc; December, l5 90G16 00c;spoE
Rio. firm and in fair demand; fair cargOes, 1870;
and active. Molasses-New Orleans quiet; open
kettle, good to fancy, 38@47c. Rice quiet and
Cotton seed oil strong. Tallow quiet Rosin
quiet; strained, common to good, 81 20@1 221z.
Turpentine quiet and easy at 441%@45c. Eggs
firm western vest, a.. HSla7SG; receipts & La pack.
picked bellies. 51s@5ssc. Middles dull. Lard
easier and qniet; western steam, S6 l5; sales,
500 tierces: options. sales $50 tierces; January,
So Is; February, Sc 20; March, S. 28; April 1898;
May, Sc 80; July. S6 so. Butter weak and dull;
Elgin, 2S02811c; western dairy, S917c; do
creamery, lS6261zc: do held. 9@l7c; do fac
S0fOc
PHLADELPHIA-F1our quiet. Wheatsteady,
with a fair milling demand for desirable grades.
but nothing doing either on speculation or for
export; fair to good milling wheat, 78Q85c;
prime to choice longberry. SS@92c; choice un-
graded longberry in grain depot 92c; No. 2 red,
in elevator, 8O15c; No. red, January, S012@S1c;
sEe65SaTy SlS1S; Marc0 0nsnsg SSSg99S< APr n
er, but subsequently ruled steady, with good
demand for export: fair demand from local
jobbers for No. mixed and yellow. which ruled
steady; No. mixed. on track. 26c; No. high
mixed, in grain depot. &c; No. 2 mixed and
high mixed, In Twentieth street elevator, 371Sc;
No. mixed on track, 371zc; No. mixed Janu-
ary, 361I@361&c: February, 365s0364c; March,
37IS637Ec; April. S7sl@3Sc. Oafs-Cariots weak;
No. white 2S11lc; futures dull and without i'm
portant change. Eggs dull and weak; Penn
sylvania, I6@l7c.
MINNEAPoLIs-There were good many out
side buyers of sample wheat in market to-day
and as result there was,a good demand for
original wills wheat; holders were firm, but
some of it was taken for orders that were not
filed; the low grades did not move we'll; re-
ceipts for "a hours were 2S6 cars and 20 were
shipped out; the stock in Minneapolis it was
estimated would decrease 5000 bushels for the
week, as would be shown by Mondays report
Closing quotations: No. l hard, January S0c;
February, 8O1zc; May, S313c; on track, Bic; No.
Northern, January. T1Sc; February, 7S15c;
May, S11sc: on track. 7S13@79c: No, Northern,
January, 75c: February, 75c12; May, S9c; on
track, 75@7616c.
ST. LoUIs-Flour-Bette feeling for fancy; |
grades below, dull and slow of sale. Wheat ex-
cepuonally quiet; fluctuations confined to nc |
range; No. 2 red, cash, TIC bid; May. 500 |
S0Sc, closed at 80N@S02sc bid; June, Soc, closed
Corn firm; No. mixed, cash. 251zc; January
closed at 251<c: February. 2S55Se; March, 255sc |
asked: May, 275Sc bid; July, 29c asked. Oats |
lower but demand good at the decline; No. 2 |
cash. 2o92c sl bnd Ia May 21sS52?S S52 bio. Bye
easy; Canada, 72c; Iowa. S5c, Flaxseed, 81 80 |
Provisions dull.
MILWAUKEE Flour unchanged. Wheat |
easy; No. spring. on track. 63674c; May, 7554c;
No. Northern, 86c. Corn easy; No. 3. on track, |
Rye quiet: No. l. in store. 441lc. Barley |
quiet: No. g. in store. 4515c. Provisions firm. |
Pork, 50 50. Lard, SIS 80. Cheese steady; ched- |
dars 96916c.
ToLEDo-Cloverseed dull; cash and January,
$S so; March, So So.