The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-05-12
Domestic Markets.
(By Telegraph,

MAY ii, 1894.
NEW YORK-The Flour market : receipts
30,256 packages; exports 13,440 bbls and q
800 sacks: sales $500 packages: dull and weak.
Flour quoJauons-lOw extras at 9O92 80;
8 9o84 20: winter wheat low grades At 500
2 80; fair to fancy at 50I2 90: patents at 10
93 80; Minnesota clear z5@2 65: straights
do at 25@3 10: do patents 3 25@4 15: DO rye
mixtures 3O@2 60; superfne at 1 60G2 10:
fine at l 55@1 50. Southern -four is dull and
weak; common to fair extra at 00@3 90. Rye
flour quiet and firm. Cornmeal dull and steady.
Rye dull and nominal. Wbeat-receipts 3O,175
bush exports 1o6, 491 bush; sales cit 900 bus /;
quiet and AZ lower, closing firm; No z Red in
store andelev 59A @691a afioat at 60s4 @61c;
TO COLA @60s4 G.: No Northern 681sc. Corn
-recelpts 4S7 bush; exports 10. l80bush; sales
1T 900 bush moderately active and "A lower,
closing firm; No at 431s &c in eley 441sc afioat.
Oats-reaeipts 94S 90 bush; exports 7S3Sbush
sales "a 900 bush; dull and easier; No at 39c
No2 White at 4otG421ac: No Chicago Ace
No 3 at 3S439c; White do Ale: Mixed Western
4O@4014 C !; do White and White State 42@4B1k.
Beef dull and steady; beef hams quiet, tierced
beef slow; cut meats quiet and unchanged Lard
quiet and firmer: Western steam closed at 60
city at oAc; refined is duiet Continent 90;
S A 60; compound at 5s4 @61s. Provisions
Pork quiet ana steady. Butter steady; fancy
in fair demand and steady; State dairy new at
l2917c; old ZODIAC; do creamery new l5ta17;
Penn 15917c; Western dairy new at 1O@l3c
do crm new 1907; do factory 91adl2c; FL
gin at tic. Cheese In fair demand and firm
State large old at 8@12A G. do new 9s4 oil "
fancy old 11s4 91214c: State small old at log
12Ae; do new at 91a@1Os4 c; small old 1O19
Petroleum quiet; united at S614c. Coffee-Rie
quiet and steady; No at 1870. Sugar-raw
fairly actlvesand firm; refined quiet and steady;
No at 3ss@s Is-lec; No I at s1Ags 11-16c
No 8 at 3 7-16@3ssc; No 9 at 3&s@3 $3.50;
No 10 at 8 5-1ea931ac: No IL at 3-i6@3ssc
No y at 3N@3 6-l6c: NO Is at = q 27sc;
off A at 8 9-16yg3 16-16c; Mould 414@ 7-16c
tasndard 494 $3.50; Confec'rs' < 3N @4c
cut loaf and crushed 4s4 GA l5-16c: powdered
at o. Tic; graduated AGA bic; Cubes at
41z@4 7-16c.
Freights to Liyerpoolouiet and steady-grain
steam Id.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
dull and easy. Wheat is quiet and lower; No 2
Spring and No Red 56$sc. Corn lower: No 2
341s No Rye at 451Ac; No Barley at58c;
No Flaxseed 1 SO. Provisions higher-mess
pork at II 35gl2 STU: Lard at 40a7 425s
Short RIB sides 6 471a@6 90. Dry salt meats
shoulders at 6 1896 Co., short clear sides at
6 8719GG7 1914.
kecelpts-Flour. $500 bbls. wheat: 10000
bush: corn. 1ol 900 bush: oats. 224. 600 bush;
rye. 1000 bush; barley. 5000 hush.
Shipments--Flour $500 bbls: wheat. 35. 900
bush; corn. 1885, 900 bush: oats $4,000 Dusn;
rye. o40O bush: barley, 4.oo0 bush.
ST. LOU1S-The Flour market today was
dull but firm: patents at 2 s5@3 90 extra fancy
2 6o@2 10; fancy at 2 $685. 30. Wheat lower.
Corn lower. Oats dull Pork at ~ 871a Lard
prime steam at Z 20; choice 1856. Dry salt
meatS-SnOulderS % longs ana clear ribs 90
shorts at IS. Bacon-boxed shoulders at 7
longs 71sG7Ac: clear ribs 714@7ss shorts
7ss@712.
Receipts-Flour 5000 bbls: wheat. 1900
bush; corn $4,000 busht oats 44.OOO bush:
rye. 5000: barley 10000 busn
Shipments Flour. $500 bbls; wheat % OOC
bush corn. $4,000 bush: oats. 5000 bush
rye. oo00 bush: barley 90 bush.
DETROIT-Wheat--No 2 Red at Sc: No
White at 571ac. Corn-No 2 Mixed at 42laci
No Yellow 43c. Oats-No White SO.