The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-02-16
Boston Produce Markets.


BEEF-The beef market is very quiet. The
demand is small and the supply is full. But
the holders feel that what they have is in good
shape and they can hold 1t for some days
longer, since the arrivals are likely to be
smaller from the very bad weather in the
west: Choice to fancy steers, 71fGSc prime,
76714c; good, 8Q5811c; light, 5GD6c; extra heavy
heavy fores, 5951Sc; light, 405c; backs. 59616c;
rattles, 319@414c; chucks, 31s05c: rounds, SO
| TIC; rumps, 71a@1115c; rumps and loins, 90
l31ac; short ribs, 70l91Sc; loins, s@17c.
| HAY-Hay is quiet and prices are little
| changed. Straw is also quiet Bran is steady
and unchanged: Good to choice hay, $1TD17 50;
fan ~, $lS fair to good, SIS 5OQDl6 so; eastern
choice, $l50l7 poor to good. Sl2115; eastern
swale, $l00ll; rye straw, $l2 500D13; oat straw,
IS 6O09 sack spring bran to arrive, SIS rs; sack
winter, $190l9 25 sack spring middlings,
$lS 75119; winter, $40 5OO19 rs; mixed feed,
$40 50119 rs. Cottonseed meal is quoted at
$24 6O14 IS for meal to arrive.
MUTToNs AND LAMBs-Muttons and lambs
are trife better in demand, with some
houses, but generally the market has not felt
the improvement. Choice to fancy lambs, Ia
TIC; good to choice, 6D616c; common to good,
6Q16c; poor and ordinary, 405c; yearlings, ~
GS1fc muttons, 4995c; poor to good, 3l604e;
choice heavy Brightons, $4,000; choice east
ern veals, 8110c; common to good, H0Sc;
Brightons and fancy. 1oOl01Sc.
CoRN-Corn is steady. The market on corn,
TO arrive, was not easy to locate. by reason of
the holiday at Chicago, but later reports in
Dictated that 1t was about the same as on Sat-
urday. No. yellow, 471fc, with No. 2 yellow
at 4sc. The spot market is quiet, with sales Of
steamer yellow at Ec and at <715c. The quota
tions are at: Steamer yellow. <76t4716c; No. Q
yellow, AlRc; steamer mixed, 45l6D461xc.
OArs-Oats are pretty firmly held in this
market. Prices on oats to arrive were not
freely received--for the same reasons as on
corn. No. clipped, to arrive, are quoted at
BS1SS1xc, with No. clipped at 3sGS9Ifc. The
spot market is steady at: Clipped, aS,k03sc;
fancy. 3s94oc; No. white 3803s16c; No.
white, 3703711c; mixed, 36D37c.
BUTTER-The butter market 10 steady, with
fair demand. Best fresh creameries in
small lots, 2S0a9c; western creamery extra,
%G27c; first and held, 22024c; imitation
creamery. DG23c: factory, 171lsc: northern
creamery, extra, go; northern dairy, 2l02Sc;
eastern creamery, extra, 28028lSc. These are
prices for round lots.
MEAL-The meal markets are not much
changed. Quotations are at: Kiln-dried corn
meal for export, S2lt2 10 per Dbl; bag meal.
eOD92c; yellow granulated, So 1902 IS; ground
and rolled oatmeal, "a 3UGI4 so per Dbl; cut oat-
meal, 81 1904 70 per Dbl; rye. 54c per bushel for
dealers and 5s05Sc for job lots; rye -four, So so
03 10 per Dbl.
- OiAAOno- OtduoCS dIc quet, WITH LDe mar
ket steady at: Houlton and Aroostook heb
rons, GOOSE; Houlton and Aroostook rose, go
Sec; New York stars and burbanks, SIC; Da-
kota reds, SOC; chenangoes, 6Oc; Scotch mag
NUNS, 81 6713027 rs; Jersey double-headed
sweets, 81 IS.
EGGs-Eggs are frmer, under the bad
weather and lighter receipts in the west: East
ern fancy, fresh, 2OG2lc; eastern fresh, 180lOc:
provincial nominal at 16919c; Michigan, I76 |
isc; western, 17@l7c; held. 1O0l4c; lined, 100 |
lie.
PoULrRY-Poultry is still low, and supply is |
full, for the time of year: Western turkeys, |
aI6Gl016c; fancy lots. Il1l2c; western chickens.
e1l1c; northern and eastern, 1OGl3c; fowls, SD |
l0c; geese, S09c.
APPLEs-Apples continue very firm: Bald |
wins, 81 2504 IS; very choice, 81 rs; No. 1
greetings, s4G4 IS; fair to good, So 75a3 70; Sec
Dnds, 81 25@2 70; Tolman sweets, 50 5O614
PoRK-There are no changes in the market
On pork and lard. There is a quiet trade at |
the slightly lower quotations made on Satur-
day.