Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-28

Wheat-No. 2.
s %f$ 3is F;}:o4 IL II: # e.:
Corn-No. ?.
May .......32z 32% 1928 327s
July .......32as 92la7s S2AQ7s S2NG%
Sept. ......33H 1898 5Ztsg55 1913
Oats-No. 2.
May .......2 POS 2iA 2iA
July .......R1s03 22i2pas rs 22l2
Sept. ......l91s lye4G9s l9'2 l9sW1s
ssiS ::s;S 's5l: Sc Sc 81 ST.
Lard-per 100 lbs.
s ssS;. Sc. 81 44 Sc &fa:
snort Ribs-per 100 lbs.
July ......siG2ia sie7i5 1921 ste7ls
Sept. .....A.75 $3.50 $L75 $3.50
Cash quotations were as follows:
No. yellow corn. 33Md33Hc. Flour firm;
winter patents, $3.G5qs3.75; straights, $}.S5
ass; clears, s315G$325; spring specials,
1876: spring straights. $2.S0ns3.2O; spring
patents. S3.40ds3.S0. No. spring wheat,
73&Q7i%c.; No spring wheat, 69473lzc.;
2 oats, 25a25hc. No. Q white, &c; No. 3
white, 25laG26l9c. No. 2 rye. &c. No. 2
barley, 97a4lc. No. 1 faxseed, s1.04asl0e.
Prime timothy seed. s2.25. Mess pork.
per barrel. &.O5asS,1O. Lard. per 100
A45q;475. Dry-salted shoulders (boxed),
42sG45sc. Short clear sides (boxed), 1850
$5O5 Whiskey distillers finished goods,
per gallon. 1925. Butter steady; creams.
l2Ql7lRc; diaries. l0Gfl6c. Eggs steady;
fresh, 1Sc. Cheese easy; creams, SAq9Ac.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK, May 27.-Cotton-Steady;
middling. 6Ac.; net receipts 15o bales;
gross receipts. 7J6 bales; sales. 81 bales;
stock. III bales; exports-to Great Bril-
tain, AT bales; to France, 300 bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts 3447 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, 1891 bales; 10
France. 300 bales: TO the Continent, IL, la
bales; stock, 67i,9l2 bales.
Totals since September LIST; Net re-
ceipts. l.924 bales; eXpOrts-tO Great
Britain 3,326,2H bales; to France, 1890
bales; to the Continent. 1881 .924 bales.
Trading, even for professional account
was very tame to-day. Overnight ac-
emulation Of orders Included demand
for the summer months for Liverpool and
for the January position for southern in
terosts Local shorts purchased the old
and new crop months in a scattering way
This cotton was supplied almost entirely
by disheartened longs, local and outside
The market opened quiet and steady,
with prices unchanged 10 one point high
er, and for the rest of the session how
cred within a point or two OF this basis
The continued holiday at Liverpool, the
nearneSS or n local nOuudy, anu the dD-
sence Of important changes in the South,
acted as a wet blanket on speculative en-
thusiasm.
Cotton futures opened quiet and steady;
May. s5.S; June B.S5; July. S.SS; August
$50; September, s5.s5; October, $50;
November. $50: December, 1914: Janu-
airy. 1913; February. 500; March, s6.o5;
April. sos.
Spot cotton closed steady; middling up
lands, &c; mlddling Gulf. 6I2c.; sales. 81
bales.
Futures closed quiet: May. $3.50; June.
s5.s4; July. s5.6: August. S.sS: Septem-
Der. 81 "a: October $50; November. $780,
December, $5.9i: January, s. ~; Febru-
airy. 1901; March. 5.05; April. sos.
NEW ORLEANS. LA. May 27-Cot.
ton-Futures quiet and steady; MAY. $o.e7
gust. s5e5as5 S. September. s5.62Qs5 SO;
9ctober IS .62as56 So; November, $3.50
* "a. december. 8. ssfDs5 SO: January.
sSHd8.72: February, s5.74qs5.75 March,
$5.7SQs5.7s.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET
PETERSBURG. VA. May N.-tSpecial)
at 57sc. for good lots. Fancy
might bring &c.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE. May 26.-Calves-Desira-
BILE, smooth veals are always In demand.
and OF this grade OF calves the receipts
are not excessive. Large. rough stock.
only By the head. Market strong. We
ouote as follows: Strictly choice veals.
per pound, 7Q-c.; good veal. per pound,