Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-04-01
liverpool COTTON Market.

Liverpool Cotton Market.
Liverpool. March 31.-12:30 p. m.-Cotton
American middling, 49sd sales, 5000 bales;
of which 1900 were American; for specula-
ton and exports 500 bales; receipts, 5000
lures opened steady; demand poor. March.
ls-64d; March and April Std 4 April !, and
May Ma ESQ., 4 Nay and Jnne ls,edd June
03-64d; November and December, 61-64d;
December and January, 8 6l-6id. Futures
Liverpool, March 81 p. m.-Cotton fu-
lures closed very steady; American spot
grades advanced 1-32d; American middling.
ding, 1S-32d; low-middling, 5-1ed; good or,
binary, S-l6d; ordinary. Id March and
April, 1s-6id sellers; April and d May, 17-6i
June and July, 15-64d buyers; July and
August, 14-64a4 15-6id sellers; August and
October 4 OS-6Ia4 04-64d buyers; October
and November 6S-64d buyers, November
and December, December and January,
8 61-64Gt3 62-64d sellers.
New York
New York March 31.-Flour was I'M
changed, duh and easy. Southern flour was
Wheat-Spot market fairly active and
firm; No. red. in store and elevator. 79c;
vanced Aa9sc. declined A@7sc,. closed firm
and unchanged with slow trade; No. red.
April, Zoe; May, zoe; June. 695sc; July, 69lac;
711ac.
Corn-spot scarce, firm and dull; No. 2.
S713c in elevator; sS1sc ahoat Options we. We're
May, 35ssc; July, 363sc; September. 371ac.
Oats-Spots were dull and weaker. OPP
lions were dull and easier; May. 2i1sc. Spot
prices-No. 2, 24Ac; No. 2 white. 26c; mixed
Hay-Prime was steadler; shipping. 62A@
721ac; good to choice, 90ca$1,00.
Beef was quiet and unchanged
Beef hams were duh at $14.5061500.
Tierced beef were inactive; city extra In
Cut meats were quiet; picked bellies, si75;
shoulders. $3.50; hams. $S50q9.0O.
$3.50; city f $50; May. s5's5. Refined was
slow; continent, $5.65; South American, $500;
compound, s4.621ka4.75..
S. 75a9.50.
TaIlow was quiet and barely steady; city,
3ssa5 Lice; country 3ssQo3a4c.
Cotton seed oil was quiet and steadier;
crude, 21c yellow prime. 25lac bid; yellow
prime off grade, 251d@25lkc.
mon to good, s1.75q1.77ls.
Turpentine was quiet and steady at 2sp
2s1sc.
Rice was firm and unchanged.
Molasses was firm. In moderate demand
and unchanged.
Peanuts were In moderate demand. fancy
hand-picked, 4%@5c.
Coffee options were steady and unchanged
to 10 points down: April, sl2 s5d12.sO: May,
December, $40 S5I1040; March, 5000. Spot
Rio was dull and steady; No Z FAC.
Sugar-Raw was firm and In fair demand;
more active; No. g. 9-16c; standard A,
s-l6c; cut-loaf and crushed. 13-16c; granu-
lated, Slice.
Freights to Liverpool were quiet: cotton.
by steam S-32d; grain, by steam. 1sd asked
New Orleans.
New Orleans, La, March 3I.--Sugar-Open
kettle was firm, at 2%@3Ac, according to
grade. Centrifugal was quiet. white 5-l6
"a 9-16c: yellow. a@4 5-16c; seconds. 2hsq
3 1876.
Moiasses was quiet; centrifugal accord
Ing to grade, 6g17c.
Refined sugar,,-Powdered and cut-loaf,
Rice was quiet and steady: prime, 40
Age; fair. 2An31sc; common. fHG2c.
Flour-Patents. sS.0a4.oo' extra fancy,
corn--No. 2 mixed and No. white. sack
ed, 35dl36c; yellow, SIC.
oats-No: 2 western, 27lac; choice. &c.
naya-P Srls' ils@@uoo; choice. slssoa
1900.
Dry sailed meats-shoulders $500; long
clear. short clear and short rib sides. $3.50
Bacon--shoulders, s5s7lk: long clear. short
clear sns snSss s9 s s pa re $500
> Hams ss.ooa1eoo
Coffee-Rio, fair, l6Ac;. good ordinary,
l4ssc; common; ~ ,2s4alsc; Mexican good. lsc;
Cotton seed oif-strictly prime crude, in
bulk, iidilsc; strictly prime crude. in bar
rels, 2OQ7o1sc Refined. 2aQ25c.
Cincinnati
ly active; winter patents. % .s0Q3.90; spring
patents, $3.50Q3.85.