The morning call., 1895-01-01
Chicago Markets.

j.. CHICAGo, Dec. 3l.-Wheat opened firm at Just d
fraction advance over Saturdays. closing price
There were sellers on Saturday at 576sc and that
price was bid at the opening this morning. "A
good many sellers succeeded in getting $3.50
5Za4c, and one at least got 57s4 c.: Partridge had
his brokers selling at the start; and they keptthai
upunttl the buyers appeared to have. had enough
and then the price sagged*a trif1e, one or two
sales being effected at :571ac. The receipts and
shipments since Satur day were light The figures
in the yisibles1pply were closely scanned as they
came In and the market waited without moving
much for the result, but gradually strengthened.
when II began to 1n1lcate decrease OF about
500 900 bushels the price gotup to. Tsc for May
ana stood at that for minute or two before turn
ing: down again. -:
: The visible supply showed q decrease of51O, 900
bushels. the burned wheat in Toledo being wiped
out:ofit The total is now SO, 65l. 900 bushels. A
year ago there was an increase OF 204 600 bushels
and the total then was 80 o2s, 900 bushels, The
price near the. close touched 571s05Sc and the
latest trading was at 675sc. -.
:'Ihe businessln corn was fairly good. The tone
was firm, but the fluctuations covered a very mar
row range. May opened at 4S1s9451 "a c, sold as
high as a S14 @14S3sc and as low as 4S1sc, and
when the riotous proceedings which characterized
th last half of.The session. commenced, the trad.
ing price was 4s 1ks94 Is C.. Brokers who usually
trade for Captain Phillips were fairly good buyers
during the day, and the selling for outside ac-
count appeared tocome principally from the West.
r During the early part or the session quite bust.
n ess was transacted in oats. Values were con-
fined TO a narrow range and closed steady. May
sold between 3lssc and 33lszc, closing at tn
~forme price. -. = :. =. -. -
= Provisions were hrmer on the receipts OF hogs
turnipg out TO De OF thans half of the mum.
ber estimated. Prices opened up from 21h G15c
all around and continued TO stffen up during the
close was strong at about the highest price OF the
day. 49,. -: -. 49,. =
!; The leading futures ranged as follows: -.:.,:
nea R nS 1o,s.t Mess P a,l, per Dbl
Dec ... 5sssc# 534c JAM II 521S $40 so'H :
Ss s Nay asla 81 9ss e ieo 50
Corn SIC sgorY F76 o.
May 1855 1856 May So o7ia SIS OH
: Cash quotations: Flour Easy No. q. Spring
NO. = Red. 6Ss4@645s: No: 2 Corn .45lSc: n o.
2 Oats 2sc@ 20 2 w hite. No. 8 white,
&c! 9 6sI@55o rye 10 4oe barley ad
llax< Seed, 81 80 Prime Timothy Seed SIS 2 3
Mess Pork = Dbl: Sll 50@ll So; Lard. @.l0c ms,
ST S275 95S5; Short Ribs; sides (roose), So $50
81; Dry Sailed Shoulders fpoIed), S5@51g;
Short Clear Sides fboxedl. S61slD8M; MhisKy
Loaf unchanged; Granulated, unchanged Stand
ON the Produce exchanges to-day the Butter mar.
ket was firm. Cream cry, 12@231xc G; dairy, loo
zoe. Eggs, firm, 10000: :: -: r.. Fl =:
=. -. LIVESTOCK. - :s:.t :::-,..*. :.
=" Cattle-Not many steers sold above IS % m ost
plain to fair beer steers around 81 so The few
sales of prime to fair young steers ranged chiefly
at S3 05@3 %: Good fat beef. cows sold around
SO 10, and fair to good butchers took largely at
81 6002 10. Il here was ready sale:.for all veal
calves at last weeks best prices. Prime yeals
sold around IS so, and most of the fair to good
calves at S40D5 70. ..s -: - :.
=. With almost s00ofewer hogs on sale than the
opening day last week, lard opened brisk at l6c
advance on Saturdays last price, Shippers and
packers entered into sharp competition and there
was lively trading. Prime heavy sold rarely; up
TO 81 80, and most of the good to choice heavy
hacking and shipping lots at 81 .60d4 70. Pain
to fair mixed lots sold around 81 SO, and choice
light sorts at 50 45@4 90. Fair to good light pigs
sold at ga 2O@4 3d. Nothing OF useful quality
went below $4 10. -: -: :. =. =
!: Sheep-No many lots OF choice mutton stock
were sold above So 25.:. Most of the good fat
mixed muttons sold at 81 1908 20. and rare lots
at So 500 so Thin mix red lots aud feeders sold
around 81 20, and cull-stuif at 81 25@2. Prime
lambs are quotable at 81 Most of the good lam bs
: Receipts : Cattle. 1000; Calves, 4OO: Hogs,
IL, 200; sheep, 1000. =.