The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-05-12
Domestic Markets.
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MAY IL, 1861 |
24,9o7 packages; exports l ,4U2 bbls and D.
sos sacks: sales 6lo0 packages; dull, easy.
Flour auola1ons-low extras at & 20G3 ooi
city mills extra at l0d4 20; city mills patents
30a4 30: winter wheat low grades at z cog
3 :fair to fancy at 36I3 So: patents at 3 10
"a 30 Minnesota clear 2 6OG3 1 5 straights
do at 00G3 so: do patents 4594 80: 10 rye
mixtures 5O43 80; superfine az O012 90 !;
fine at 2 O0@2 80. Southern -four Is easy and
unchanged; common to fair extra 4O(93 90;
good to choice at g 00@3 go. Rye flour dull,
easy at 2 1902 SO. Buckwheat flour at 20.
Buckwheat 4o@42. Cornmeal quiet and easy.
Wbeat-receipIs 23S,7oo bush: exports =
bush: sales 81, 900 bush moderately cti' e ana
weaker; 70 1888 to arrive: No Northern
bush: exports 1913, 1919 bush; sales = bush dull.
"a C lower, steady No 2 at 35ssc in elev, 36Ssc
aGoat. Oats-recelpt5 259, 800 bush, exports
lA.177 bush: sales 81 900 bush: quiet. steady;
No 2 at 25c; White do 26c; No 2 Chicago 26c;
No at 14c;do White 24s4 Mixed Western at
25(a26c; do White and White State 26M2s1hc.
Beef quiet, STEADY and unchanged; family 50 90
gSl1; extra mess at z O0GSS; beef hams are
active at Sl4 5OGl5 00; terced beef quiet; city
extra India mess S14dR15 so, cut meats slow,
weak pickle bellies II TBS 41a: do shoulders
AYE do hams at 9Q991a. Lard dull, easy; Wes-
tern teams closed q 80 ;city rs: refined slow;
Continent at 20; S A at 8 SO: compound Ala %
41s. Provisions-Pnrk dull. weak, old mess at
$9@9 6o;new mess $l1. Butter steady. with u
creamery 11@l6c; Western dairy, old 7td1lc:
do crm at 1Ila16c; do factory 1910: klgins
lsc. Cheese in moderate demand; State large,
old 5@9s4 c; do new ia @ss4 C. do small, old
at 41aai DC new s lsD5 Ia. Petroleum quiet
united 1 22ha. Coffee-lsio firm, quiet. Sugar
raw quiet and firm; refined fairly active, irm
No at 4s4c; MOI at 4 1l-l6c: No at 49scs
No at 412c; NO 10 at 41ac: No II at T.
Ice; No II at 4ssc: NO Ii at 5-l6c: off A
4 12-16ee6c; Mould A at 56sc: standard "A at
oSs ;Coniectioners' 4 5i4 cut loaf and crushed
&c: powdered at 558c; granulated 6Ss; Cubes
bssc.
Quotations are those made by refiners on the
oue-pucebasis uuder the plan OF October 10Th.
1896 which makes large dealers ana wholesale
grocers agents OF the Trust handling sugars on
consignment and who are at stated tunes OF
settlement allowed commission OF 3-l6c y Id.
There is also trade discount of per cent on
100 Dbl lots and per cent for casn ii paid With
in seven days. and no trade discount on smaller
quantities. No sales less than 20 barrels. For
sugar packed in bags there is no additional
charges on granulated or SoftS from tn "a III
elusive. and other grades lsc ~ fb ac11IClonal.
Fraights to Liverpool quiet firm-grain by
steam =.
CHICAGO-The Flour market to-day was
dull, steady; hard wheat spring patents :; 40
0S 50; soft wheat patents are UNCHANGED at
So 00G@3 10; hard wheat bakers at 5l12 81
in sacks: soft wheat bakers $2G2 20; Winter
wheat at 20g3 40 in wood. Wheat--No
spring at 6lzs W63ss C mo 9 Red 651s @67 5s c.
Corn No 2 at 251hg29i4. Casino at SsA
@lYl4c: NO 2 Rye at 36l4; No Barley at 81
nominal. No Flaxseed So; Mess pork 55G
60. Lard at 524ap4 SO; short rib sides at
4 00G4 10. Dry sailed meats-shoulders SO
e t'2aa short clear sides 2oa@4 3712.
Receipts-Flour, $500 hbls: wheat. 9.700
bush: corn $4,000 bush: oats. 10000 bush;
rye. 2,600Ibush barley. %, 900 Dnsh.
Shipmenls--Flour $500 Dbls: wheat no LOG
bush; corn. 223,OOO bush; oats nc, 600 bush
I'VE. 900 bush: barley 5000 bush.
ST. LUUIS-The Flour market to-day was
unchanged; patents 65(a3 rs, extra fancy al
1898 40; fancy at 2 1892 Sc: choice 2 5Oa
so. Wheat lower: May 57A. Corn steady
May at 261bc. oats easier. May at II se c.
observation-disclosures 671s ;old 80. Lard
prime steam 81 So; choice at 421e. Bacon
Shoulders and longs 4s4 ; clear ribs clear sides
as. Dry sailed meaCs-sAoulders at FAC
longs Az; clear ribs clear sides 4%s.
keceipIs-Flour 800 bblS; wheat 20, zoe
bush; corn $4,000 bush; oats 40 700 bush. rye
- bush.
Shiprnents-Flour 800 bbls: wheas 60 SOC
bush ;corn log 900 bush ;oats 1920 push, rye
bush.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Red at Csc, No I
White Toe. Corn-No 2 at 281z. Uats-No :
White 2234 G.