Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-12-09
NEW yoRK PRODUCE MARKET.


NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. December S-Flour
steady; winter wheat, low grades, 'z; ~ q
2.6O; fair to fancy. 81 50a2.@; patents, " 20
d320: Minnesota clear, x2.9Ntz.iO; patents,
S3.f04395: low extras, s2.OodZoo; sou'n s,ll
flour dull. but steady; common 70 Jar
extrn, y2.lo43.0o; good to choice do'' '''l'
Wheat-Dull but frmer; No. 2 red, store
and elevator, 60Ac.; aioat. 6l4c. 'OptionS
opened weak and declined &Qtzc.; ad-
vauccd LThc., and closed STEADY, az u
&c advance 10 a ikc. decline, with q duli
trade; No. 9 red, December, oV4c' Janu-
airy. size: March. &c; May, 6SAc; =,
Corn-Dull but steady; No. :, 5t5c'' IN
elevator; 57i5c.. afloat. Options duli pui
steady at a &c. decline, with a iocai
trade; December, 55bc.; January S1Ssc''
May. 53isc.
Oats-Dull. but steady. Options nomi-
nally unchanged; spot, No. z, Si7saSi9Ec''
mixed. western, 3p5a36c. ,oo
Hay-Quiet and steady; shipping VW
Coo; good 10 choice, 70Hl5c.
Wool-Steady and moderately active; 90
nestle fleece. 1742ec.: pulled, l2h2ic:, ool,
Beef-Quiet and steady; family, $iO.Oog
200; extra mess, SS00iiS.jO; beef hams
dull Mt sl7OOdlZ56: tlerced beef inactive;
city extra India mess, $l6.O0qlLD
Cut-Meats-Dull; picked bellies, St2c.
shoulders, 5Ac.; hams. SAgSc.; middleS
nominal.
Lard-Qulet and steady; western, steam.
$3.50, asked; city. $50; December. N.-9'
nominaly; January. $3.50; February, N.53'
nominally; May, $50; refined dull; Cont
nent. $50: South America, 3SVV; COM
Pork-QuIet and steady; old mess. $3.50
Q1L25.
Butter-Fancy creamery firm; State
dairy, BABE; creamery, lSd2ic.; western
dairy, uql6c.; creamery. lSGlSc.; Eisins'
25c.
Cottonseed On-Dun and about steady;
crude. 2ic.: yellow, &c.
Petroleum-Dull and nominal; refined
New York. $50; Philadelphia, $50; do
in bulk, $30003.05.
Rosin-Quiet and steady; strained, COM
mon to good, N.30q13S.
Turpentlne-Dull but steady at 27Aa2Sc.
Rice-In fair demand and steady; do
mestic, fair TO extra, 4Ag6c.; Japan SAG
AIolasses-Foreign nominal; New Or
leans, ouen-kettle, good 20 choice, 2Sg3Sc.
market fairly active and steady.
Peanuts-Qulet
CONCEPTIONS barely steady and quiet:
5 points up to Is points down; December.
$l4C5dl4.l0; March, Sl310d1320; May $l2.7j
ml2S0; September $l2.15; spot Rio dull.
but steady; No. 7, $500.
Sugar-Raw dull. but steady: fair re-
fuing. &c.; refined dull and unchanged.
Fr.lghts 10 Llverpool-Quiet and un.
changed.
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET
CHICAGO, ILL, December S.-Yester-
days weakness in wheat produced an
abnormal demand for puts after the close.
the crowd seeing but one side 10 the mar
ket. That very fact proved the only OBJ
struction 70 a decline to-day, the demand
from holders OF those privileges acting as
a sustainer. The opening was weak, that
feeling continuing for some time, a slight
improvement taking place, however. as
/ tho session nrnuraGgn1 towards tha close
May wheat opened at from 5yi2 10 593sc.,
sold between 59L 1885 and 59'sc., and
closed a. 5JiaC.-i4H2sc. under yesterday
Cash wheat was weak, and averaged i2c.
lower than yesterday. Trade in that
branch OF the market was duh.
Corn-What might be termed pause
I'm the advance took place in corn to-day
The receipts ran over tho estimates CT
cars, whilst the output from store was
less free than In the recent past. Prices
ruled lower during the session. n loss OF
sc. from yesterday being recorded at the
close. May opened at JOisc.. declined 70
i9'sc., and closed at 1870, with the depre-
ciauOn mentioned. Cash corn was at a
discount Of sc. with very few takers.
oats were lower only for the reason that
wheat and corn showed weakness. NO
thing important appeared 70 guide thf
trade, and speculative action was inert
May closed h02sc lower than yesterday
Cash oats Were weak, a decline OF l2c
| being quoted. with buyers and sellers hold
ing OF.
Proylslons-The market for product was
as dull ~ usual Oh Saturday. Complete
inactivity prevailed. an easy feeling mark.
ing the opening, for which the live-hoa
market received the credit Grain flrming
later affected provisions to their advan
taCs as regards tone. but without much
improvement in value. The close was un
changed from yesterday for January pork
and a shade higher for January lard and
ribs.
The leading futures ranged as follows: