Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-03-06
ARTICLES.
Cash quotations were as follows:


Flour firm; dealers asking lo@20c advance. No.
2spring wheat. 9634 41967sc; No. spring wheat,
s21!c; No req, sS4a@sS4c: Nc. 2 corr. 57skc: No.
nominal; No. fiaxsesd. 81 201f; prime timothy
seed, 81 279l 271a. Mess pork, per bbl SO 7O9
s75 Lard: per 100 lbs. S. 67x Short rib sides
(lOose). 81 65l4 20; dry salted shoulders (boxed)
81 O5G4 10; short clear sides (boxed), 81 S5Gl1 90
Sugars unchanged. On the Produce Exchange
to-day the butter market was steady and un-
changed. Eggs. I70lSc.
Cornmeal firm and in fair demand. Wheat
Spot market unsettled and dull. closing easy:
No red. 81 NJ in elevator, 81 12JS aioat.
ungraded red, 9OcGsl O31f; No i Northern,
81 1917: No. / hard. 81 22112: options opened ex-
cited on manipulation at the West and full
covering of contracts, and prices advanced so
r5c; afterward the shorts were selling and the sre
was general realizing. through which prices ue-
clined sole; the close was weak at the inside
prices sS, of the day; No red ,ed March s. Ins@
Os11S closing at 81 07s4; June 81 O516 O6, clos
ing at 81 0514: July, 81 O2Ql o. closing at 81 o.
August: 9Ss4ass774c, closing at 9S34c; septem-
81 OO16Gl Ol il-l6. closing at 81 OO% Rye
dull and nominal Barley quie. and easy Corn
Spot market higher. moderately active and
soat siToaE HO in sS ssyss%c ssss9
mixed. 67G6S1Ic: No. 3, 6611G6sc; option
continued to advance on the squeezing
of shorts wes. and here; with, light
afterwards there was a reaction OF Ease on
taking in profits. but the close was steady:
March, &c; April, 667ac: May. 6i15@e51s. clos
ing at 64zSc: June. 6S1s@641sc. closing at esq;
July. 635s@64c, closing at 6SsSc Oats-Spot
market higher, fairly active. Options stronger
fairly active: March. 5b5s956I4c: closing at
5624e; April 561sQ561lc: closing at 561Sc; May,
2 whlte. 56zQ5615c; mixed Western. 54G57c;
white, 56@62c: No. Chicago, 57L@571Ic. Hay
quiet and weak: Hops quiet and easy: State
IN oh De- n1<2
packages), ll-l6c bid. Eggs in good de-
mand and firm; Western, lSc. Hides quiet and
steady. Pork active and firm; old mess 50 Is
@lO 90; new mess. $40 5O@lI Is; extra prime.
s. 0O@9 90. Cutmeats quiet and steady; Md
dies quiet and firm. Lard weaker; less doing:
ss %estS5n ei nsna steam s. G March Sc G
8 u. closing at So II bid; June, Sc "a; July.
closed at Sc 35; August. S6 As. Butter firm and
In moderate demand; Western dairy, l6@26c;
do creamery, 25@35c; do factory, l4G29c; Elgin
light skins, 5@91ac; Ohio fats, S@l015c.
ST. LoUIS-Flour firm and higher: Xxx So 90
@3 10; family So 25Q3 s.; choice, S3 5O@S 20;
patents. 81 7064 So In the wheat pit this
morning there were anxious buyers. and first
sales were made at al advance of ssG15c over
yesterdays closing figures. This advance was
quickly followed by another upward spurt of
]a@7sc, after which the market weakened and
became quiet. Later cable advices being of
depressing nature. values dropped rapidly and
the close was at the loves point of the day; No.
2red. cash. 9915c: May. g7ssc@sl OO5s, closing at
1850: July. S95s 5sGSg3c closing at S95sc; August,
SS1sGo91sc, closing at SS1sc. Corn-Cash grades
eXcIted and largely higher; options were &c
above yesterdays close at the opening and with
a strong tone advanced small fractions until the
noon call, when prices declined slightly. The
feeling was nervous and the market ruled
irregular till near the close, when values eased
off some, though the last figures were 1S63Ic
above Yesterdays; No. 2 cash. 55g5515c;
Nav, 545s@5514c, closing at 545sc; July, SIG
81 &C, closing at 541sc. Oats opened firm and
higher, but later weakened and closed sc
lower than Yesterdays; No. 9 cash, 47c bid;
May, 492s@50c, closing at 1880. Rye-Nominal-
Prairie in good demand at S91l0 so for strict
ly prime to fancy; timothy quiet but steady at
Sll9ll 80 for prime to fancy Bran on demand
and steadier; sacked, +. o. b.. S71a@S9c. But
Cornmeal higher at s. S5@2 80. Provisions
quiet and essentially unchanged. Pork
standard mess, SlOQl0 l214. Lard nominally
IS 45Q5 30. Dry salt meats-Boxed shoulders
So 70: longs and RIBS. 81 sly; short clear. s5
Bacon-Boxed shoulders, 81 SO; longs and ribs
S. %: short clear, IS 37R
MlNkEAP0lIS-The advance in wheat fu-
lures was not fully responded to today in the |
price holders of cash wheat could get for their |
offerings. Local millers held back and outside |
mlers took little for their advlces did not give
latIve one, to which flour buyers did not re- |
spond. Cash wheat was offered freely and sales |
averaged rather under May. Poor wheat did |
not move up with No. Northern. Closing |
quotations: No. l hard, March and on track CSC; |
No. l Northern, March, s5c: April, 95c; May. |
961sc; on track. 96c; No. Northern, March, 9Sc;
on track 9S1f@94c. |
ALTiM0RE-Wheat-We firm; No. 2 |
winter red. spot and March. 81 03@l 031s; |
May 81 O61z@1 O615. Corn-Western strong; |
mixed, spot and March, 65@b5kc; May, $40 |
$40; steamer, 6315c Oats-Western white, SAX |
5515c; do do mixed, o3@54c; graded No. white, |
55G5515c; do do mixed, 5552@54c Rye dull but |
very firm and unchanged. Hay steady. Pro- |
visions dull. Butter firm. Eggs steady at |
1910. !