The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-17
THE PRODUCE MARKETS


Philadelphia. May 16.-Flour nominal;
winter superiine, $t5OdA75; Pennsylvania
roller, clear $5.7506. Rye flour sold in 4
small way at 81 per barrel for choice
Pennsylvania. Wheat strong; No. 2 red,
spot, $l.32 Corn higher: No. 2 mixed,
May, $l03ld41c, No. yellow, for local
trade. Hike. oats steady; No white,
3Sc.; No. white clipped, 3Sc. Hay firm;
choice timothy, 12.5O0l3 for large bales
Beef firm: beef hams S23.5Oa24. Pork
stronger; mess, Il50u12; short clear, $12
Q14; family, $l3.50u14. Lard strong; west
tern steamed, S715. Butter steady; west
ern creamery, 14d15iAc.; do. factory, l2D
13G1412c.; New York dairy, 13lAd15iac.; do.
creamery, 14dl5l2c.; fancy Pennsylvania
prints jobbing at 1Sd21c. do, Wholesale
lie. Cheese quiet: large, white 7Ac.;
small do, 7@7lc.; large, colored, Sc. :;
small do, 7A@5l2c.; light skins, 6qG1ac.;
part skins, 5h16l4c.; full skins, 2d3c.
Eggs steady; New York and Pennsylva-
mia, 1O14M11c.; western, fresh, 1O1ac. SOUTH
ern, 9d1Oc.. Potatoes firm: New York,
So; new, S3.50d5 Tallow steady; city,
37s44c.; country 3Am4c. Cottonseed oil
firm; prime crude, 2Olad21c.; do. yellow,
25q2Gc. Rosin steady; strained. common
to good, $l.42l2H145, Turpentine steady
at 30I5c. Cabbage quiet; southern, 9Oc. q
SIPS.
Baltimore, May 16.-Flour quiet; west
ern superline. S3.75ui: do. extra. $4,000
525; do family, $5.S5uG.35; winter wheat,
patent, $6.504G.S5; spring do, $6.75a7;
spring wheat straight, SG.5Od6.75. Wheat
strong and higher spot and month, $1.3G@
1.S7; June, $1.35; July, $.13; August, SIP;
steamer No. red, $l3lM132; southern, by
sample, $l3OGti.36 do. on grade. H.3ll9U
1.35ls. Corn inactive and firmer; spot,
4lAm4ll&c.; month, HA44l9sc.; June, 4lGD
4lAc.; July, ili2c.; steamer mixed, 1910
4Oiac. southern. white, 42c.; do. yellow,
41042c. Oats dull No. 2 white, western,
SSl2M&9c. No. mixed do, 34l 2435c. Rye
firmer; No. ? nearby, 70d7Olac.; No. 2
western, 72c. Hay firm; choice timothy,
Sl3. Grain freights, very little doing; de-
mand slow; steam to Liverpool, per
bushel, 414d., June; Cork, for orders, per
quarter Is, June. Sugar strong; granu
lated. 5.45la Butter steady; fancy cream
cry, 17c.; do. imitation, 16c.; do. ladle, 15c. 4;
good ladlc, 1ic.: store packed, 120l3c.
Eggs weak: fresh. 10c. Cheese steady;
fancy New York large, 94@91ac.; do.
medium, 1O@1OAc.; do. small, 1Ola@11c.
Lettuce, $l.50G175 per basket. Whisky,
$L27Q1.2S per gallon for finished goods
in carloads, Sl.29@13O per gallon for job
lots.
Live stock Markets.
New York. May 16.-Beeves generally
steady; all sold; steers $,5Od51212; tops,
So.2o; oxen ana stays, &.t1dIoO; bulls, 500
GALS; COWS S2.15M3.75. Calves closed fully
5Oc. off; all sold; veals, Sld4.50 mainly,
&.75d5.25; choice, $500; buttermilks, $3.50
m41O. Sheep and spring lambs firm; win
ter lambs 1O0l5c. higher; one car unsold;
clipped sheep, $3.5OaA35; culls 50; clipped
lambs S4.90M5.4O spring lambs, $607. Hogs
slow and lower at $i.35d4.GO.
East Liberty, Pa, May 16 - Cattle
strong; extra. S51Od515; prime. Sl.95a5.
lower; heavy hogs, $40; best mediums,
S4SOQf.95; best Workers, $4.25a4.3O; light
Workers. A15d42O; pigs, as to quality,
S3.90aL1O; roughs, $2.5Oa4. Sheep steady;
choice clipped, $i15Q425 common, $Sl59
S65; choice clipped, lambs, $49O45; com
mon to good, Si.25I4,SO; spring lambs, $50
Z. Veal calves, S5.50Q5.75.