Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-13

A.ID, IN WOOD. no. Z sptluB wheat ~ L--W
ne: No. red, 81 lease. No. corn
. l-Sd23 Csc. No. oats l6c. Mess pork,
IS ;0qsg a. Lard, SAP l-1UAl5. ShOrt-rlb
side~. 3i15GAG5 Dry-salted shoulders.
SlJOTsi.7j; short-clear sides, $i.62 l-24$4.15.
Whisky, Sl.lL
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
UNION STOCK-YARDs, ILL, March y.
Cattle-Receipts. 1900 head; market
steady: common TO extra steers, S3.1On
$3.50: stockers and feeders. 840dS f25; COWS
and bulls $l.99N$3S0; Texans, $25g9A25.
Hors-Recelpts, 1900 head; market iirm
and &c. higher: heavy packing and snip
ping OTIS. SGJlSS5; common TO choice
mixed. S82JGs3.90; choice assorted, $500
So s.; light ;3.fJus3.sO; pigs, N.5VdS5'S5.
Sheep-Receipts, 500 head; market tirm;
inferior to choice, $3Q'L3O; lambs, SfgSlz'.
CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI o.. March 12.-Flour-
Quiet. winter patent. Si6Jn Nl9; 90. Fancy,
$Ll50sL20; do. family, 8iJ18l5 %; do extra,
g 750sS.20: low grades S25943zlige :; spring
do. family S.400S7
Wheat-Steady: No. red soc.
Corn-Moderately active; No. mixed
Oets-Ouiet: No. 2 mixed. 10 1-2alsc
Lard-Steady; kettle, $40; prime steam
Dry-salted Realistically; short rib
sides. s4.62 10; short clear sides, shoulders,
and clear bellies, A.75.
Bacon-Steady: loose shoulders. s.; loose
short rib sides. 4T -: loose short clear
sides. s.: loose clear bellies. 1915.
Whlskey-Steady at $l17
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, MO-, March i2.-Flour-un-
Wheat-Hlgher; May, Sc; July, O5-se.
May p 7-Sc., bid; July, q l-SazJ Lie
asked.
oats-Easy; March. II he, nominaIiy;
May lsc., bid; July, II l-fc., bid.
Pork-Standard mess nominal and dull.
Lard-Prime steam, 1886; choice, siV2 IL.
Racon-Shoulders, 47-oc. extra snort
clear 1-sc.; clear ribs, 3-Sc.; clear sides
lie.
ira short clear, &c. Gear flbs, '-oc''
clear sides. Sc.
other articles unchanged.
THE COTTON MARKETS
LIVERPOOL. March 12-l2:9O p. NJ
Cotton-Demand moderate; prices easier
American middling, 3l-S2d.; sales. 5000
bales: American, 1900 bales; speculation
and EXPORT 800 bales; receipts, 1000 bales;
American, LOO bales.
Futures opened easy; demand poor
American mlddlng, low mlddling clause
May and June, June and July, July ana
August. 3 57-6id. August and September
8 5i-eld.; september and 0ctoee,e1r' i,,ota.i
Der and December. December and jan
"a Futures Suiet. Tenders. 800 bales, new
docket. and 800 bales old docket
l2:45 =. M.-American SPOT grades,
93d' lower; American middling fair
4 S-sd.; good middling. l-lsd.; middling
Z bid; low middling. Gid; good ordi-
nary. 3 5-Sd.; ordinary, 1-lCd.
4. p. M.--ALnerican mlddlng, low
middlIng clause; March and April; April
and Nav. 57-6id, bid; May and June.
A5-clTS 56-e4d., sellers; June and July,
Jufy and August. 5j-6tQ5 56-5+d. August
and September, sod, buyers; Septem-
her and October. 3 47Si45 4s-eid., buyers
October and November, 4S-6+g3 $i-6id.,
sellers: November and December. $3.50
q fS-std. December and January, 42-6td
Futures closed quiet.
Veeklv cotton statistics; Total sales OF
tha week. 800 bales; American, o5,Ve0
baies. trade takings. including forwarded
from ships' sides 5000 bales; actual ex-
norts 600 bales: total Imports, lo.Vv0
boies. American. 5000 bales; total stock,
! SsS 900 bales: American. l,aloo bales;
total afioat. ll2,00G bales American lG.oD
haies. speculators took 300 bales; export
ers took 800 bales.
NEW YORK, March l2-Cotton-Quiet;
n1iidling. i-tc. net receipts, 59o bales;
gross. 2.6s2 bales exports-to Great
Britain. l,Ia bales; TO the Continent,