The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-12-08
THE PRODUCE MARKETS
As Reflected by Dealings in Philade
phia and Baltimore

As heHeCleu DN dealings IN Pntladel-
phia and Baltimore.
Philadelphia Dec. Flour weak; win
ter superfne. $2.25d2.5O; Pennsylvania
roller, clear, s3,15a3.35; city mills, extra,
$2,65d2.9O. Rye flour quiet and steady at
$40 per barrel for choice Pennsylvania.
Wheat slow; No red, December, 71A@
119c. Corn steady No. mixed old,
December, 3Sa4M39c.; do. do, new, $50
3S1ac.; No. yellow for local trade. 4O1aq
Ale. Oats quiet No. white 33c. No. 2 do,
clipped, 3312c. Hay firm: choice timothy,
Slldll.5O for large bales. Beef quiet and
steady; beef hams, $1S.25a1S.5O. Pork
steady; family, $l2,25d12,5O. Lard barely
steady; western steamed, $5.9Od5.35. But
ter firm; western creamery, 1412a20c.; do.
factory, 12@141ac.; Elgins, 2Oc. imitation
creamery, Bale; New York dairy, 15@
lS12c; do. creamery, 141ad19hc; fancy
Pennsylvania prints jobbing at 23d26c.
do. wholesale, 22c. Cheese held higher;
large. white and colored l0c.; small do,
lOAa10lac; light Skins, 7aSc.; part do,
6laQ7c.; full do, 21aa3l9c Eggs firm;
New York and Pennsylvania, 26427c. ::
western. fresh, 26c.; southern, 22d25c. Po-
tatoes steady; Jersey, $1a1.37A; New
York. 81 25Gl1-5ol Long Isiund, $l.25I1.75;
| Jersey sweets. $l.25a2.25; southern do,
| 4Od65c. Tallow steady; city, 3 7-16c. !;
| country, Sssq35sc. Cottonseed oil quiet;
| prime crude, l7lad1Sc.; do. yellow, zig
| 22c. Cabbage steady at Sl.5Oa3 per 10O
Baltimore, Dec. Flour dull and un-
| changed. Wheat duh and lower; spot
and month, 7OlAq7OAc.; January, 71@nAc.;
May, 70AC. steamer No. 2 red, 67A0
67IRc southern wheat, by sample, 67GD
dee; do. on grade, 671a471c. Corn firm;
spot and month, 39d39hc.; December new
or old, 3SlaG3S%c.; January, 3S1s@3SAc.; I;
February, 3SAc. steamer mixed, 351s@
355sc.; southern, white, 35439c.; do. yellow,
S6qSs1sc. Oats dun and easy; No. white.
| 33c.; No. mixed, 32c. Rye firm; No. 2
nearby 5Glhc. No. 2 western 5S1Rc. Hay
firm; No. l timothy, aO.5O. Grain freights
dull rates steady; steam to Liverpool,
| per bushel 4d. January; Cork, for orders,
| per quarter, As. December; 3s. Sd. jan
uary; IS. Cd February. Butter firm;
fancy creamery 22c, do. imitation, l79
1Sc.; do ladle, 15c. good ladle, lSal4c.; !;
store packed, 12al3c. rolls, lSQl5c. Eggs,
fresh, 2la22c. Lettuce at Sl,25ql.5O per
| bushel box.
Live Stock Markets,
New York, Dec. 7.-Beeves opened ac-
| tive; steers and fat cows shade higher;
| bulls and medium cows steady; market
closed weak on Chicago advices com
mon to choice steers. $4.4Oq5.40; oxen and
stags. sSd4S5; bulls, $2.5O436O; choice and
fat do, So. 3.7OGl430; cows, 81. S0d3.65; choice
fat do, S4.10a415 Veals dull and weak,
except for choice; other calves steady
veals S4G7.50; choice and extra do, N75
as 25; barnyard calves, $3lf3.50; westerns
50. .l214M3.25. Sheep steady; prime stock
scarce and firm; lambs active and fully
15c. higher; sheep, poor to good, S25Oq
4,25; lambs ordinary to choice, $4,000
Canadian lambs, S5.55a6. Hogs steady
at $3,j5aS75 for fair to choice,
East Liberty, Pa, Dec. 7.-Cattle aLout
steady; extra, S525q5,4O; prime, S49Oa5.2O
common, S3.20a3.60. Hogs steady; heavy
,. Us pounds and up, $S.4OaS5O; mediums