Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-09
open High Low Clos
ARTICLES. ing. est. est. ing.
WHEAT, NO.
Cash quotations were as follows:


| Flour firm; winter patents. S4 50@5 10: spring
| patents, 81 60@4 80: bakers S3 3O@3 10: No.
2spring wheat. 9Sl4 @9S34c; No. spring wheat,
SIC; No. red 9934, @sl 0O34; No. corn 57Ac
levnominal; No fiaxseed.S 81 1919; prime timothy
seed, 81 260l q. Mess pork, per bbl. 50 1Oa
10 Lard. per 100 lbs, S. 10 Short rib sides
Qoose). 81 60@4 10; dry salted shoulders (boxed),
S4 O5@4 10; short clear sides tboxed), 81 95@5 co.
Sugars. cut loaf, 7@77ac; granulated. 7c;
Standard A. SIC. No. white oats. 50c; No:
No. 4, f. o. b. 62@65c. On The Produce Ex-
change to-day the butter market was steady
and unchanged. Eggs, 16@l7c.
NEW RK-Fiour-Receipts l3.463 pack
| ages; stronger: 5@15c higher checking business;
low extras, SIS 5O@4 %: winter wheat low grades,
So 50@4 %; fair to fancy, 81 1905 10; patent,
81 6505 50: Minnesota clear. "a 1904 s.; straight,
81 jG&Q5 Is; do patents, 81 9O@57 70; rye mixtures,
S4 25@4 10. Cornmeal firm and dull Wheat
Spot market l@Ac higher and quiet quiet;
o 7@n a9sradsG 1 red sscs ID o No. Tsa
81 2l1S; No. l hard. 81 241s: option advanced
| 14l1ac on better cables and increased foreign
| buying, reacted H@Hc, but closed strong at
| 14q5sc advance an near months and l1s@l14c
| ADVANCE August to December: No. 2 red,
March, 81 12159l Is, closing at 81 1875; May.
s O99l 80 O93i, closing at IT. 81 og5s; June 81 064 $
closing at 81 Oi1s; August 81 OU54@l OH, clos
ing at 81 0l14; September. 81 O024@Sl 0l3s, clos
ing at 81 Ol1s; December 81 O21a@l O3, closing
No 2 Milwaukee, SO9S2c; ungraded Western,
| 75@Slc. Barley malt dull. Canada cOun-
try made ST coal O5. Corn-spoa
market firm. less active; No. 2 6S14@6S54c
elevator; 6914@6954c afoat; ungraded mixed
6S14@694c; steamer mixed, 6S14@6915c; options
were less active and after opening N@Lc
higher, declined ss@75c on realizing, bur closed
cline on other months: March. 6S1ac: May. 654
@655sc, closing at 65ssc: June. 64149643sc, clos
ing at 642sc; July, 6i@6415c closing at 6ic.
Oats-SpoI market firm anu quiet; options dull,
at 5G1&c; April closing at 5615c; May, 500
$3.50, closing at 5j1sc; spot No. white. $500
5713c; mixed Western. 54@57c; white do. 56
Q62ci No. Chicago, 511ac: Hag quiet; ship
about steady; State common to choice. 2lGQ30c;
Pacific coast. 22032c. Tallow quiet and steady;
city (S2 for packages), ll-l6c bid. Eggs firm;
Western, 19c. Hides steady and quiet; wet
salted New Orleans selected, 45@75 lbs, 7@sc;
Texas selected 5O@6O lbs, 6@Sc. Pork in fair
demand and firm; old mess. 50 25@l0 90; new
mess. $40 5O@ll 25; extra prime. 50 0o@9 80
Cutmeats quiet and steady: picked bellies, Sc;
do shoulders, 3334c; do hams, 774@Sc; mIddles
quiet and firm; short clear Sc 30 Lard steady
and quiet; Western steam. s6 O715; March,
s. l6: June, Sc 2S, July. s6 IS; August. S. So
Butter firm and fairly active; Western dairy
l6926c; do creamery 26@35c: do factory, l4@
29c; Elgin. &c.. Cheese strong and Iair de-
ST. LOUIS-Flour higher; choice, Sc 6OG3 IS;
fancy. 81 OO@4 Is; extra fancy. 81 5O@4 80:
patent, 81 1904 80. Wheat-Market opened IT.
regular at &c up for May, and 1sc down for
July, as compared with yesterdays closing fig
ures. Later nervous feeling prevailed with
active trading, and while the range was small,
fluctuations were frequent In the last hour
prices eased off, but near the close some of the
&c lower than YESTERDAY; No. 2, cash. 81 OO@
l 00l3: May. 81 0013@l OPS closing at 81 0l1s0
l 0l14; July,9l@9234c; August, 901a@9lAc clos
ing at 901ac. Corn-Cash grades stronger and
higher; options opened Ac higher than yesrer-
days close. advanced sharply. soon atterward
weakened and ruled easy to the close. last sales
heing 4@14c lower than Yesterdays closing
figures; No 2 cash. 5534 @36c: MAY, 5524@563sc,
55s4c. Oats lower and quiet for options; No.
cash higher, 49l4@4N4c; May, 49$4@50ssc, clos
ing at Soc Rye dull and nominal. Barley nom-
NAL. Provisions in fair demand tor bacon.
Values remain essentially unchanged.
PHILADELPHIA - Flour Less doing, but
market firm. Wheat advanced 15c on better
cables. small supplies and fair milling demand.
but nothing doing i'll future; ungraded in grain
depot, 81 10: No. red March, April and May,
81 0S@l 0s13. Corn strong and higher; No.
mixed, for last half March loading G634c in ele-
vator; No. mixed. in grain depot. 661%@67c;
steamer No. mixed, in do, 661Gc; No. high
mixed, IN do, PC: do elevator, ,6Sc: No 2mixed,
in export elevator. &c: No. 2 mixed
March and April, 67G67l4c: May and June. G515
@6bc. Oats-Car lots more active and firm;
futures beyond this month dull and lower; No
white. 55AC; No. white, SIC; 10 choice in
grain depot. SIC: No white, clipped 6Oc; No
white, March, 5534 4@56c; April and May, 56l4
@0Gbc; June, o6l4 405612c. Eggs quiet and
steady; Pennsylvania tirsts. l7c
MINNEAPOLlS-Receipts of wheat S47 cars
Some OF them had been sold to arrive and
part of the same came on the sample market
again for sale. With SO many cars offered and
the sample buyers resisting the rise in prices
sales were slow, for holders wanted prices
corresponding to the rise in futures. Poor
grades did not 60 well and they were unsauis-
factory to sell. The usual classes of buyers
were in the markets. Closing Quotations: No.
l hard, March, Csc; on track. 99c. No. l North
ern. March and April. 96c; May, y7ssc; on
track, 97G9713c; No. Northern, March, 94c;
track, 9oc; July, 99c.
E-Wheat-Western steady; No.
2 winter red. spot and March. 81 Oi;
spot and March, 66@b64e; April, 651a@6554c;
Western White, 5319@54c; DO dn mixed 52@541&c:
graded No. white, 5514 4@56c; do do mixed. 81
@55c. Rve Qniet; choice, 9Sc@Sl 10; good 10
prime, g5@97c; common to fair. S5@92c. Hay
10 so. Provisions dull. Butter active, strong
and unchanged.
M.lWAukEE-FIour firmer. Wheat high
er; No. spring on track, 95c: May, 53s9961sc.
Corn in fair demand: No. 8. 56Iac Oats
Quiet.No. 2whlte. on track, 50c Barley weak
Ell; No. 2 in store, &c. Rye stronger, No. l,
in store 92c. Provisions easier. Pork-May
- 95. Lard-May. So 9215.
CONGRATULATIONS firm. Wheat easier
No. 2 red. 81. Corn in good demand and strong:
No. 2 mixed. 59@5915c. Oats strong; No 2
mixed. 1910. Rye scarce and higher; No. 2, 96
@97c. Provisions quiet. Butter quiet. Eggs
strong at l5c. Cheese firm.
TOLEDQ-Wheat firmer; cash, 81 OF: May,
81 O3115; July, 961a": August 941%c. Corn steady;
cash, Gle; May. 5914c. Oats quiet; cash and
May, 50c. Cloverseed steady; cash and
March. 81 65
DUlUTH-Wheat closed strong at 81 O3 for
May, 9S1ac for MOL hard 9434c for No . i North
and 9I5@e for No. 2 Northern. Trade was
only Moderately active at 50c.