St. Paul daily globe., 1895-06-10
MINNEAPOLIS MARKETS.
Activity in Grain and Quotations
BulIish.

There was a good deal Of activity in
wheat futures yesterday. Monday will
be government report day, and on the
strength of an expected bulliSh re-
port, the short interest became anxious
to cover. The opening was excited at
Sic for July, but the buying was light
and the price settled to around SOC,
when the position of the short interest
made itself felt and the prices made
an uninterrupted advance to $3.50
S1Mc at the close.
There was considerable cash wheat
changed hands yesterday. Offerings of
spot wheat were more free and millerS
were good buyers. Occasionally a car
of choice No. l northern realized 1c
over July but the bulk of offerings went
at &c over. For No. 1 northern to ar
rive millers were good buyers at &c
over the July future and with better
offerings considerable was sold. Cash
sales yesterday, by sample, and other
wise, included the following: One car
No. l northern, SIC; car No. l northern,
S1Ac; IA cars No. 1 northern, Size; 8
cars No. northern, slice; $500 bu No.
| northern, to arrive, size; 1000 bu
No. northern, to arrive, Sic; 2 cars
No. northern, to arrive, Size; 2 cars
No. northern, 801ac; l car No. Q
northern, SOAc; cars rejected, 2 Id
off, TSc; 2 cars rejected, 1 lb off, &c.,
car No. oats, 291ac; 1 car No. 8 oats,
29Ac; Z cars No. 8 white oats, to arrive,
301&c.
Flour-Firm; first patents, In wood.
quoted at s4.15@4.60; second patents,
81 .0504 40; first clears, So. 40@3. go; red
dog, ton, jute bags, $15.50.
Bran and Shorts-Market Is steady
for bran at $10.25; sack, 200 lbs, $11.50;
sack, 100 lbs. $3.50; shorts, common.
bulk, $11.25; fancy, bulk, $13.25.
Hay-Quouations are steady. Fancy
upland, Iowa and Minnesota, So; good
wild, $7.50@s.50; common, $5.50Q6.5O;
timothy, $1,000; rye straw, $4; oat
straw $780,
Oats-The market is frmer,: No.
white are quoted at 301ac, No. 8, 291a@
29Ac.
Corn-The market is steady. No.
corn Is quoted at 4Sc.
Barley-The market is practically
nominal; fancy No. Is quoted at 420
46c
Rye-The market is steady; No. is
quoted at 60c.
FlaX-The market is based on Chi
cago prices.
Feed and Meal-Car lot quotations:
Ground feed, $19@19.50; cornmeal, $3.50
1880; bolted cornmeal, per bbl, i'll cloth,
$2.40@2.50.
Hides and Pelts-The market is very
weights, 7@9c; branded, 7@Slac; long,
haired kips, 6071sc; veal, S9l5 lbs,
9@1O1ac; green veal kips, Is to % lbs.
61a@Sc; green salted, heavy steer, 6@7c;
green salted, light steer, 7@Sc; heavy
cows, 7@sc; deacons, each, 3O@4Oc:
horse hides, 75c@s1.75; Minnesota and
Dakota wool, Id, 15c; sheep pelts, each,
15@70c; shearlings, each, 4@12c.
EggsMarket is a little easier. The
demand is good at quotations. No. I
fresh candled, 101ac.
Poultry-Offerings yesterday were
small and demand good. Market firmer,s
Turkeys, prime 798c; turkeys, thin,I
poor, 6@7c; chickens, young, 71s@Sc;I
hens, 7@71ac; ducks, Sc; geese. 6@7e.
Dressed Meats-Veal is steady; NUT
ton is steady. Lambs are in fair
demand for choice. Veal, fair, h.
5@6c; mutton, country dressed, 4@6c;
spring lambs, as to quality, 5@9c; hogs
country dressed, 5@5l4c.
Fish-Receipts are small and demand
is good. Black bass, S@S1ac; pike, 40
4!!zc; pickerel, &c; small fish, &c; crop
pies, 4@412c.