The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-24
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Wheat Fairly Steady -ProvisfOns Firm
at an Advance.

at Advance.
CHICAGO. February 23.-Wheat opened at from
7sc to &C below the price il closed on Thursday.
The cables were steady, the receipts in the North
west were heavier than had been expected and
nothing else which might be calculated to cause
weakness was made public at the opening or had
occurred since the close Thursday. New York
placed selling orders in the hands of half dozen
commission houses here for execution at the opeu-
iu-. The placing OF these orders caused the May
price open al 55c for the most part with 2 few
sales az 81 So rs compared with 53l4c at the close
In New YORK and st. Louis, on the contrary,
prices showed lsc Improvement at the opening
Inc tendency mere during the hrst hour after
the opening was toward the picking IN OF the 1,r
dropped ar The start II was generally expected
Will be less than I00O,000 bushels. This was a
prominent factor in the market. The market had
d very mario" range, 81 sc a. o3c being the lower
edge Of ii, ana 5314c the upper, with the lower
price ruling II the close.
Inc Corn market was rather easy at the start
and decidedly weak toward The end. The conclud-
ing weakness was due TO the estimated receipt OF
go cars for Monday. The primary market re-
cepts were $4,000 bushels, against 4T5 GOO bush
els on the corresponding day of the year before.
The opening price Tor May was from 447sG45c
with the higher of these the most general trading
price There was some buying by local scalpers
when wheat made its temporary lac advance but
the estimated receipts Tor Monday 100 heavy
for any hope Of immediate Improvement, and early
buyers made very vigorous efforts to get rid of
their purchases After rising - &c, the ensuing
decline took the price down 10 441sdl445sc. which
was the closing quotation
For Saturday the Oats market was fairly active
Prices closed a shade under the last quotation on
Thursday in sympathy with Corn, but noUwith-
standing this the mardet relatively firm.
Higher prices were paid and only at the end did
any sign OF decline occur. May started at 2914c.
sold 10 291sc. and up TO 29$ Sc down to PC and
rested at 2962eIsc.
Provisions, helped by light Hog receipts, opened
and from unchanged to 21ac higher for Ribs. The
drop OF SIC in Corn had depressing effect and the
unchanged ana May Lard 21ac higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows:
Wheat No. = Highest. Lowest.
-a'y 23l4c 52Hsc
Corn 40. .
February. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 4314c 1910
9l@y sc 44L2c
Mess Pork per 60l-- 20
.-....................S Sc so s645
Short ribs per 100 lbs
ola1----.-.- ..-.--.--.........S5 30 IS %
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
steady. No. Spring Wheat, 54G57c; No 3
Spring Wheat, NOM: No. Red, 5O1s@51c: No.
52c: No. : Barley. 53o54c: No. 3. 5lG54c; No 4
Sic: No. ] Flax Seed. 81 80; Prime Timothy
seed, s. 1905 80; Mess Pork q bbl, S1OGlO IS:
Lard. 100 lbs. So 3712(E6 10: Short Ribs, sides
Nopsel. - LOG Is; Dry Salted Shoulders (boxed),
$3.50 41+ Short Clear sides (boxed), 50 45G5 so;
Whisky, dstillers' finished goods, z gal, 81 -.
on the Produce Exchange to-day the Butter mar
ke, was tair; creameries, 1l@2212c; dairy, go
2uc; Eggs, firm, 30e3lc.
Livestock
Receipts OF cattle to-day estimated at 500
head making 46,414 for this week. The market
was firm. steers sold from S. 80 to IS so; COWS
and bulls, 81 5oG4 10; Texas. 81 1904 40.
Hogs-Recetpts $4,000. The market opened
strong and closed weak The best heavy grades
81 30 and choice assorted light 81 05G4 10. The
Duli- ~ 81 S5t14 for averages OF less than 200
pounds and AT T4d4 % for heavier weights.
There was quiet and steady market for sheep at
So 5OF4 40 Tor very common TO choice. The lamb
market steady at So 25G5 40. Sheep and
lambs OF extra quality commanded an advance on
the above prices Receipts for the week amounted
10 $4,000 head, against 81 500 last week.
Receipts-Cattle, 500; calves, 40; hogs; $4,000;