St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-30
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Chamber of Commerce.

Wheat was mostly steady in the ca rly par
OF the day with the business mainly in the
way of closing old trades tor the adjourn
ment until next week July opened at 10514
and sold down to $1.0434 before noon The
shorts were claimed to be mostly covered and
the demand was slow. Gables noted a firm
grain market mostly and spot wheat generally
dearer. The clearanceS from four Atlantic
ports were smaller of wheat and large of
flour. There were showers reported in North
Dakota. 1t was said crop expert West esti-
mates that the prospect is for 60000000 bu
more wheat in Michigan, Missouri, Indiana,
Illinois and Kansas than last year. Closing
No. hard, May, S1.06 on track, S1.0C01. .O6l4 :
No. l northern, May, Sl.0312; July, S1.045s
september, 93c; on track, 81 .03S4; No. 2
northern, Sl.Ol; on track, Sl.0l0D1.01I2.
Cash wheat-The demand for No. north
ern wheat was good, but the other grades
were as dull and slow as they had been for
several days. Most of the sales of No
northern were made at Sl.04 which was a
cent under July. One elevator comp pany was
in the market at that price and one or two
local millers bought freely The shipments
were large. the bulk going to Duluth via the
Great Northern. The st. Paul & Duluth took
out cars. Receipts of wheat "a hours were
III cars, shipments 204 cars. Duluth 81 cars.
FLOUR AND COARSE GRAINS.
tlour-Ihe added daily output of the mills
grinding yesterday will probably aggregate
2l,70O bbls. Shipments. 10 765 bbls; quoted
at S5.20@5.50 for first patents; S5015.20 for
second patents: S4.2504.90 for fancy and
export bakers; S2@225 for low grades in
bags, including red dog. There is a de-
mand for flour 10 the extent of patching up
supplies of dealers. That is all there Is to it,
excepting it might be i'll case OF a quantity
offered at price way below cost. The same
story is told whenever American flour is
offered Mills are idle. st. Louis has
weekly capacity of 106 800 bbls of flour and
ground an average of 36,550 bbls week for
few weeks past. Minneapolis has possible
capacity of 100000 bbls week and grinds
about 125,000 bbls a week now. So it goes
wherever flour is made
Bran and Shorts-Shipments 63 : tons
Quoted at S1101l.25 for bran. Sl40I4.25 for
shorts, and S150l5.50 for middlimgs. Bust
ness was steady. with moderate demand at
about S11 for bulk bran and S14 for common
shorts, with millers mostly asking 25026c
Corn-Receipts. s16O bu: shipments, none.
Quoted al 52054c on track. Corn was duh,
with hardly any shipping demand. Fair
grinding corn was offered at about SIC, with
yellow little more. Feed millers bid about
52c for fair lots on track.
Oats-Receipts 14,760 bu; shipments 13, 500
Du. quoted at 4.045c by sample. Shipping
buyers were mostly out of the markets. The
sales were slow and prices steadily held but
feeling easy.
Rye--Receipts, 1000 bu; shipments, 500 bu;
quoted at 790S1c for sample cars on track
Inc rye market was quiet with buyers at 193
Sic, according TO quality of the grain.
Barley-Receipts none; shipments none.
quoted at 55065c for poor to fine samples
No. 3. This market was nominal and prices
quoted easy.
Flax-Receipts, $40 bu; shipments. /. $50 bu.
Flax sales are based on DC Off from the Chi
cago market
Feed-MiIlers held at S23. .5C@e4. so: less than
car lots, S24Q25, with cornmeal at S23023. 80.
This market was slow and prices easy in
sympathy with corn.
Hay-Reeeipts, IO0 tons; choice wild ounted