Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-06-24
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing

Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
quiet No. yellow corn. "A 3-4a25c. No. 2
wheat 63Q7oc.; No. 2 red. "a l-4a7S Lac
No. corn. "a 5-SG24 3-ic. No. oats, lSc. !:
No. 2 white. f. o. b.. % l-2a23 lie; No. 3
white. f. o. b., 20 1-2a22 Lac. No. 2 rye,
3ic. No. 2 barley. nominal: No. 3, +. o. b..
IS -2029c.; No. 4, f. 0. b.. PC. No. fax
275. Mess pork, per barrel, N50Gs755.
Lard. per 100 pounds, S390Ql392 1-2. Short
rib sides Qoose). si.S0GlA.55; dry-salted
shoulders boxed. st75nS5; short clear
tillers' finished goods. per gallon. Sl19
Sugar-Cut-loaf unchanged. Butter firm
creameries. 12ll4 1-2c. diaries. 9ll2c.
Cheese firm at SaS l-2c. Eggs firm fresh,
S 1-2c.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, June BIN cattle there was
a fairly active demand to-day but later
on buyers held back, and long before
neon prices were loo lower for most lots
and. In some cases. 15c. lower. Common
lots sold badly. Sales were on the basis
OF S3.SNS5.20 for common 10 prime native
beef steers with the bulk Of the transac-
tions at Si15MsiSJ. prime cattle being
scarce. Butchers and canning stuff shared
I'm the decline, and stockers and feeders
sold at a low range of prices, sales at
$350a%3.75 being numerous and some COM
mon lots going for 2.9OuS.25. Texas cat
tie were duIl ana lOc. lower.
In hogs the limited supply, In connec-
ton with a good demand. resulted in an
advance OF 2 l-2u5c. Sales were at an
extreme range of s310us350 for common
to prime hogs. with the bulk of the hogs
crossing the scales at 1891 l-2NSAi5. Heavy
packing lots sold at s3l0US3J, and prime
light and mixed lots at $780,
Trading in sheep and lambs was better,
and the best spring lambs advanced SOC.
Sheep advanced l0025c. Sales were on a
basis of $25Ods3.S5 for common 10 choice
sneep. the best selling at s3250S3.60.
Spring lambs sold at S4S.SO, and snorn
lambs brought si.25N$5
Receipts Cattle 15Oo0 head; hogs, 5000
head; sheep, 1900 head.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o., June 23.-Flour-
Wheat-Quiet and steady.
Confirm; No. 2 mixed, Is i-2c.
Oats-Dull: No. mixed, 10 l-2u20c.
Rye-Quiet: No. 2 35c
Iard-Actiye and higher at $3.50.
Bulk Meats-Steady at si.401;t50.
Bacon-Strong at s5.3Oas5Sj.
Whiskey-Steady 1T SLID.
Butter-Dull.
Sugar-Firm
Eggs-Easy at lie.
Cheese-Easy.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL. June 81 =. M.-Spot In
good demand and a fair business DONE
prices higher; American middling, fair.
9-l6d; coed middllng 9-32d.; american
middling, 5-32d.: low middling. 3I-Szd.
good ordinary, T-32d.; ordinary. . A-Szn'
The sales for the day were l2.oO Daies,
of which LOCO were for speculation ana
export. and included 200 American.
Futures opened quiet and steady. win
a moderate demand. and closed quiet al
the decline; American middling, low fnlu-
ding clause, June. 3-tifii i-bid.. buyers,
July and August. 3-5fd.. buyers; August
and September, i'd. sellers; September ana
December. 3 is-6i6S i9-Gid.. values; De-
cember and January, i1-6in3 4S-oid.. sell
ers; January and February, i'-5i9
3 4s-Gid., sellers; February and March,
3 4S-6id, buyers; March and April. i9-Sid.,
sellers.
NEW YORK. June 2s.-Cotton--Quieti
mlddling. Bile: net receipts, none
gross - bales; exports-to Great Britain,
1911 bales sales. 1.2sl bales; spinners. III
bales stock loslI0 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. l.loo baies,
exports-to Great Britain. l,5ll bales; 10
Continent. $50 bales; stock, 2l26s3 bales.
Consolidated net receipts 1855 bales; ex-
ports-to Great Britain. $500 bales "a
France. AIS bales; TO Continent, s.2o'
bales.
totals since September list: Net re-
ccipts 6,5Sg.632 bales: exports-to Great
Britain. 2,9So,076 bales: TO France. Sz. 5sI
bales; to Continent. 2.0ssss4 bales; tt
Channel. 5.4a bales.
Cotton futures opened quiet: sales. 2,0J
bales; January. $3.50; February. S.A
gust. T.S5; September. 100; October. $S&