Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-12
inged as follows
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing

firm. No. yellow corn. "a 7-sa25Ac. No.
spring wheat. 7ia.c.; No. spring wheat,
NE; No. 2 red, 92Aq93&c. No. corn
2istc. No. oats, 1salsAc.; No. white,
!! acds =; &C. No. 3 rye, Si.zas5c. 10. bar
ley, nominal; No. 3, T. o. b.. HG33c. NO.
fiaxseed. 77IzG19c. Prime timothy seed,
$3.50 Mess pork, per barrel. $s.eoG$Sco.
Ind per 100 pounds s, sh9rt sbnni s,ees
boxed. s5Gs12ls whiskey. distillers'
finished goods, per gallon. N.1s sugars
Cut-loaf : unchanged. Butter-Stezdy;
creameries. llQ15c.; diaries, l2Gl5c. Cheese
weak at 9kal0c. Eggs steady; fresh, SAC.
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
CHICAGO, May 1l.-Prices for cattle
ruled steady at Mondays quotations.
With the exception Of an occasional SAFE
of some fancy beeves at $3.50 or soio. peer
steers sold at SS90iS5.25 for the poorest
TO the best. the bulk OF the cattle selling
between $40 and S. Stockers and feeders
sold we'll at S65 for best. Bulls sold from
S2.50d$2.75 for ordinary to S.75uA Tor
good to choice exporters. The calf supply
to-day reached heavy proportions proportions out
trade was lively at steady prices.
Prices for hogs showed more strength,
without being Quotably higher. sales were
at an extreme range OF $5.oOqS.T ~ lor
coarse heavy to prime light, Weighs elsa Is
pigs were again rather numerous. ana
sold at s2.5emS.e.
Trade in sheep was slow. at barely
steady prices. with sales on a basis or
s2Gs2.75 for inferior sheep; S2.Nd$3.s5 Tor
TEXANS. and s3.90M$4.50 for fair TO good
fat sheep. A few prime woolled sheep
sold at as5aA75. Lambs sold at S3a$5.S0
for the poorest to the best fiocks. Spring
lambs brought s6aN.50 ,
Receipts: Cattle, 800 head; hogs, l5Wv
head: sheep, 1900 head.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, o., May n.-Fiour--
Steidy.
Wheat-Quiet and firm; No. red, 9lc.
Corn-Firm; No 2 mixed, 26 l-4m25c.
Oats-Quiet and firm; No. 2 mixed, 2lc.
Rye-Steady; No. 2. S6c.
Iard-Steady at $3.50.
Bulk Meats-Dull at AS04A90.
Bacon-Dull at $500 $500.
Whiskey-Steady at sl.l9.
Butter-Easy; fancy Elgin creamery.
Ice: Ohio. 12dlic.; dairy. Sc.
Sugar-Quiet; hard, refined, $.4iq$5.H.
Eggs-Quiet at 1-2c
Cheese-Firm; good to prime Ohio fiat,
10Ql0 1-2c.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK. May .-Cotton--Steady:
middling INC; net receipts. 100 bales;
gross, $40 bales; exports-to the Conti-
nent. 952 bales; forwarded, S6s bales;
sales, Z'V Ddies' an 'Pi"SiS' oeoen' io-,ro
bales.
exports-to Great Britain, 20i bales: to
France. LOO bales; to the Continent, $3.50
bales; stock. 1876 bales.
Consolidated net receipts, 1900 bales:
exports-to Great Britain. 10,444 bales TO
France. 2.27S bales; to the Continent,
Totals since September ist: Net receipts
6.5O7. 253 bales exports-to Great Britain.
20 L>t1V mo ha IAos 81,
the Continent. 1915. 4l6 bales; to the Chan
Cotton futures opened dull: sales. L. 100
bales: January, 1886; February. $500:
May. $3.50; June. T:s5; July. 1913: August.
$7.s6. September, T0o: October, %.S2; No
Cotton-Futures closed steady: sales,
81. 100 bales: January. .%.s2: February,
ss'97: March, 800: April and May. N.42:
June. N.4i September. $40; October.
ss.S7: November, 1851; December. $3.50;
SPOT cotton s closed n, s,esay midd''ns
LIVERPOOL May ILL., p. Moot
ton-Spot quiet; prices lower; American
middling fair. 2l-32d.; good mid
ding. ll-s2d.: American mIddlIng.
nary lSa ! ss-sad.: ordinary. s-ssd. The sales
OF the day were 5000 bales. OF which 500
were for speculation and export and I'M
cluded 7.to American; receipts. 200
bales. all American.
mand, and closed quiet at the decline;
American middling, low middiing clause.
1 SID. sellers; May and June. SID.
sellers; June and July. 7.eid.. sellers:
July and Ausust. = sd: sellers; Angus!
and September. z-S4@s S-<sa, sellers;
OcSnber and Nnvsmher 8 Si-si6S 62-s>d..
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