The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-22
CHICAGO MARKETS.
The Board of Trade.


Chicago. May T--Wheat opened weak
with sellers az 7Sc 10 Tz2.c for July. but
there were numerous buyers for a matter
OF half an hour or so who evidently
looked for q repetition or the sequences
70 all their recent breaks in the price.
They Were not disappointed. It recovered
20 rise, but what occurred in the next
half hour rather upset the calculations
OF the crowd. After hanging between
TSSsc and TSssc for about twenty minutes
succeeding the bulge 10 74lsc, il took a
sudden dip 10 7Siec, recovered 70 73Ac,
broke again 10 7Sl2c, but quickly dropped
50 far THAI the last-named figure APP
peared 20 be away UP on the top of
mountain. II went down 10 lice. II took
about thirty minutes 10 tumble Sc. BY
l. O'Clock the price had again climbed 10
Use The reports of crop damage con-
tinued 10 come in and the professionals
fought each other foot by foot during
the entire session. and as the end APP
preached the market developed most ex-
treme nervousness. 1t rushed up and
down between 73c and 73Ssc, taking only
a few minutes 10 go from one extreme
10 the other, and finally closed at 7Sssc.
Corn was active and strong in the face
OF the receipt OF GIT cars and an absence
OF demand for round lots for shipment.
July from 5S14c and 5ss.c near the open
ing, rose TO 54isc. dropped TO SIC. rose in
the afternoon TO 54Ssc. and closed at 54c,
or 11c higher than 1t did yesterday.
Oats were active. July sold from sslac
TO 2S7sc. and rested at 29l4c.
Provisions were moderately active but
weaker. The start was at a decline COM
pared with yesterdays closing prices OF
20c IN pork and about l0c in lard and
ribs. Pork, after a temporary rally of
7l5c. dropped 22i2c, then recovered little
and closed for July at $l2.65 sellers. COM
pared with s12.s21s on the day before.
Lard at the close Had lost 12iac, and ribs
from 12isc to 15c.
Closing Quotations.
wheat-727sc: July. 1850.
Corn-May. 5Sisc; July, SAC.
Oats-May, 2s7sc; July. 2el4c.
Pork-aiay. $12.55. July. s12.62d126S
Lard-May, S665; July. S6.7!l2s
Ribs-May. 500; July, $3.50.
Rye-56i5c.
Flax-May, SIT.
T1mothy-S5.u0.
Live stock.
Only about 4.o00 head Of cattle arrived
here today, against 500 received at Nan
sas City, and yesterdays advance IN
prices was sustained, although buyers
held back early in the day. Cattle aver
aged 10dl5c per 100 pounds higher than at
the close of last week. and anything
fancy would have sold around So but
choice beeves Of the right weight were
again very scarce. Common 20 extra
native steers weighing $40 and LOO pounds
were salable at 81. 25G5.90 the bulk or the
sales being at Si.9OQo.65, and Clay. Robin
son * Co. sold a carload of choice tat
l. 400 pound Nebraska steers at S0.So. The
expectation of good receipts tomorrow
kept numerous buyers out of the market,
but the supply was small that sellers
managed TO get rid of most OF their con-
signments.
Hogs-Not more than $4,000 head were
offered on the market today. including
the amount left over from yesterday
Eastern shippers started in 10 buy at an
early hour and their good purchases of
choice droves ran prices up for the bet
ter class of hogs about 5c per 100 pounds,
prime lots fetching si.5. After filling
shipping orders there was no COMPETE
ton, and as the local packers had the
field all TO themselves, prices weakened
somewhat Hogs and pigs were not any
higher and good 20 choice lots closed with
most of the advance lost Sales were
made of heavy hogs at S4SQi.S5: mixed
lots at $i.406475; light weights at 1850
40.
Sheep-There was such an exceedingly
active demand from local dressed meat
firms that prices moved up about lee per
100 pounds, making an average improve
ment of fully 20c in choice stock within
two days. Common to choice sheep were
salable at S2.5e14c0: common to choice
lambs at from &.75GI6.20; the bulk OF the
sales being at S.I51490 for sheep and at
So 2Gd62 20 for lambs. Spring lambs sold
ar SiGi6.25.
Receipts-catue. 1900; hogs. $4,000:
sheep, 1900.