The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-02
CHICAGO MARKETS

just a frsstion advance over Saturdays
closing price. There were sellers ON Sat-
urssay al Sc s-Sc and that price was bid at
the opening this morning. A good many
sellers succeeded in getting 81 5-Su57 Sac.
Partridge had his brokers selling at the
start and they kept that up until the buy
ers ppeeared to have had enough and
then the price sagged . tribe, one or two
sales being ELECTED at 81 i-2e. The re-
eeiDts and shipments since Saturday were
light The figures in the visible supply
We're closely scanned as they came in and
the market waited without moving much
for the result. but gradually strength
enee- When it began TO Indicate a de-
crease OF about see 90 bushels, the price
got up TO 81 7-sc for May. and stood at
that for a minute or two before turning
down again. The visible supply showed a
decrease of 5ie.oo0 bushels the burned
wheat in Toledo being wiped out of 1t.
The total Is now se5l 600 bushels. A year
ago there Was an increase OF 20i,ee9 BUSH
els and the total then was 50, ee2sS. 600 BUSH
els The price near the close touched
81 7-sai5Sc. and the latest trading was ar
81 Use.
The business In corn was fairly good.
The tone was firm, but the fluctuations
covered Yer: narrow range. May OPEN
ed at IS l-SuiS l-sc, sold as high as Is Liz
Is 3-Sc and as low as IS 1-sc, and when the
riotous proceedings which characterized
the last half of the session commenced.
the trading price was As l-s9is Lie. New
York bought good deal.
During the early part of the session
efA1 Ia
Values were confined to a narrow range
and closed steady. May sold between
81 s-Sc AMI 81 s-ic, closing at the former
price.
Provisions were firmer on the receipts
of hogs, not more than half the number
estimated. Prices opened up from lie to
Sc all around and continued to stiffen dur
ing the time that business was permitted
to proceed. The close was strong at about
the highest price OF the day.
Closing: Wheat-Deeember s. Csc: May
81 s-ia57 1-sc.
Live steck.
Cattie-Not many steers sold above $3.50.
most of the fairly good going at a5-21.
and plain to fair beef steers around $3.50.
The few sales OF prime to fair young
steers chiefly at s3.esgs3.25: good fat beef
cows sold around $40 and fair to good
butchers took largely at $i.60xi2.3s; there
was ready sale for all veal calves at last
weeks best prices. Prime yeais $500 and
most of the fair 10 good calves Sae,5.25.
With almost 5000 fewer hogs on sale
than the opening day last week. lard
opened brisk at 5sf15c advance on Satur-
days sales, last price. Shippers and pack
ers entered into sharp competition AMI
there was lively trading Prime heavy
sold rarely up to $3.50 and most of the
good to choice heavy packing and ship
ping lots at s46sqli7 TO- Plain to fair mixed
lots sold around $40 and choice light sorts
at si.45sti.5o. Fair to good light pigs sold
at st30ai.s5; nothing OF useful quality
went below Sil5.
Sheep-Not many lots of choice mutton
stock were sold above SIS. Most of the
good fat mixed muttons sold at 81 9oEiS. 20
and fair lots at se.5o42sO. Thin mixed
lots and feeders sold around sa.75 and Gull
stuff All si.250e. Prime lambs quntable at
81. Most of the good lambs sell at $3.5ose
$50 and thin light lambs at SIS.
Receipts-Cattie, l,eo0; calves. 400; hogs.
1900; sheep. h,ooo.