St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-22
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Liquidation Again the Order in
the Grain Pits.

Liquidation was again the order of
the dry. Markeungs by farmers In
the Northwest are becoming heavy
and elevators have large lines to sell.
No buying was developed except some
covering by shorts. Large traders con-
tinued to sell short and these offer
ings, added to the regular hedges were
more than these shorts wanted and
the price rapidly sank to $3.50 for
September, when there was some buy
ing against parts and still more cover
ing by shorts. Cash wheat was strong
on the basis of September prices for
northern, both on spot and to arrive.
Trade was fairly large in both. No.
northern is maintaining its parity with
northern very well. Lower grades
weak. Old wheat is weakening a
little. The premium has fallen to 212@
2a4c. Following are closing quota
tons: No. hard, on track, 62Sic; No.
l northern, August, $3.50; September,
593s95915c; December, 60l4c: on track.
&c; No. 2 northern, on track, Sic. New
wheat on track closed at Soc for l
hard, 5s1lc for l northern and 5S14c for
northern.
Cash sales by sample and otherwise
included the following: 1 car l hard,
6O&.c; 10 cars / northern, 6015c; car 1
6O3sc; cars I northern, 60Ac; cars,
l northern, Goo; cars l northern,
594c; car l northern, f, o. b., old,
6234c; l car l northern, old. 62%c;. L
L
ern, old, 62Ac; 10 cars 1 northern, to ar
rive, 6Oc; cars l northern, to arrive,
$3.50; 200 bu l northern, to arrive,
60Ac; 600 blu northern, to arrive, 59a4c;
5000 blu L northern, to arrive: 6Oc Z,os
bu l northern, to arrive, $3.50; car
l northern, to arrive, 5934c; l car l
northern, old, to arrive, 62Ac; s cars
2 northern, 591ac; 2 cars, northern,
59hc; cars northern, $3.50; Is cars
northern, 5Sc; cars northern. 5SAc;
/ car northern, 5S12c; l car northern,
Flour-The market is easy, but lower
prices cannot be. quoted. Ihe low
prices for bran and shorts are caus--
ing miilers to hold patents firm and
foreigners are taking the lower grades
at these figures. First patents, IN WOOD,
SO. 4013. 70; second patents, 81. 20qS.56;
first clears, sos. %; SECOND so5 clears;
dog, ton, sl675.
Bran and Shorts-The market is
weak. Bran, s9.75@10; sack, 200 lbs,
s1O.50a1o.75; sack, 100 lbs, Sll91. .;
Hay-The markets. easy. Fancy Iowa
and Minnesota, S7.506S: choice Iowa
and Minnesota, STAT so; Northern Min
straw, s.. 50@4; oat and wheat straw,
OatslThe offerings of spot oats were
small and the market held steady. NO.
8 quoted at 1SHlJt2c, NO. D white, IS12S 2,
No. white, to arrive, weak, at 1870,
Corn-Spot corn easy; No. offered
at 351bc Buyers refuse to bid on corn
to arrive until better demand springs
up for feed.
Rye-No. rye, spot, sold at see;
No. 2, to arrive. quoted at 391s@40c;
with 391Ec bid for unlimited quantities.
Barley-Quoted at 2S@SSc, according
to quality.
Fiax-General local bids are &c I'M
der Chicago prices, either spot or to
arrive.
Feed and Meal-Car lot quotations:
Ground feed, s14; cornmeal, s14; bolted
cornmeal, per Dbl, in wood, g.
Eggs-Market firm. Receipts are
light. Demand active. No. 1 fresh,
candied, 9$z@1Gc.
Poultry-Market continues to clear
up closely. Receipts are light. Tur-
keys, prime, S1aG9c; turkeys, thin,
poor, Sc; spring chickens, SIC; ducks,
&c; hens, SC; geese, 6G61sc.
Dressed Meats-Veal is strong, with
small receipts. Mutton is weak. Veal,
fancy. e1aGl7c; mutton, country dressed,
4G5c; spring lamb, as to quality, 1850.
Fish-Receipts are small and demand
is good. Black bass, Sc; pike, &c; pick
erel, 1G2c; small fish, 1@2c