Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-03-03

Spring lambs, good 10 choice. 50jl2c. per
pound; poor. rough stock, 4ha5c; sheep,
per pound. choice, iQlizc. good. per head,
SJ0dA. inferior. per head. 2HS2.0; Old
bucks, per head S3.50gSi5o
CHICAGO. March There was a good
demand for heavy export and shipping
cattle to-day. and such descriptions were
firm. while other kinds which made up
most OF the offerings were slow ana
about l0c. lower Fancy cattle brought
$3.50 $50: choice steers. S35a@7o; me
dunn steers S65ds495: beef steers, $500
N.60: stOckers and feeders, S.3JWSL63;
bulls $t.e0DS420: cows and hcifers. $500
81; western-fed steers, Al5uSJ1O, Texas
steers, S.50HSi7j. calves. Si0aS'. The
large receipts ~ hogs started prices at
decline of about Sc. Later however.
the buying became quite animated and
prices firmed up. the decline being largely
regained. Fair 10 choice, S.72i4dS}S0;
packing lots. S.50dS70. mixed. f50M
$50; butchers. $5jfiS3.S0; light, $500
S17i5: pigs. g 20N43.6O. There was a
fairly active Iceland for sheep at yester-
days advance. Inferior TO choice sheep
brought S2.50GSiG0: yearings. Si6Gd$fS0.
lambs, A0 3. largely $LSoQSl9o Receipts
Cattle, 1900 head; hogs, 37000 head;
sheep. 1900 head.
NEW YORK. March 1.-Beeves-R
ceipts. 2.j7i head: demand fair: prices
steady for steers and COWS; bulls weak,
steers medium to choice. Al5dSj.G): eX-
ira. S5.75: oxen and stays. Sl0q $3.50: bulls
S150Al0; choice fat do. $3.50; cows
$2.300$l. Gable weak, exports. 595 cattle
% sheep. and 4,l9i quarters OF beef.
Calves-Receipts. 1875 head. Market
opened slow and lower; closed 50c lower
than Mondays closing quotations; veals
common to prime. SiHS; choice and eN
ira early. T25Q@.j0; little calves $500
$50; fed do. 8dS50. no southern an,
western calves. Sheep and Lambs-Re
ceipts. INA head sheep steady and ir
light supply; lambs opened steady 10 lOc
lower: whole market closed weak Com
mon TO prime sheep. Sa$L95; selecte,
wethers. s.: lambs &MS6O. mainly s.. 2Ja
$3.50. Hogs-Receipts. 5.i33 head. Marke
lower at Sll0qsi30; inferior southern pigs
sold at 1915.
THE COTTON MARKETS
LIVERPOOL. March 2-Cotton-Spot In
fair demand with prices l3-32d. higher
American middling. fair. l5-l6d.; gooc
middling, 39-32d; middling. l-32d. low
mddling. 7-32d.; good ordinary. l-32d.
ordinary. N-32d The sales of the day
were 1900 bales. OF which 500 were fOi
speculation and export. and included 9.3A
American Receipts, 1900 bales-al
American.
Futures opened steady, with a fair de-
mand. and closed quiet at the advance
American mddling, low middling clause
March. 3 2l-6id., buyers; March and April
3 2l-Gid., buyers; April and May. 3 2l-6id
3 22-Gid.. buyers; May and June. 22-6iu
3 23-6id sellers: June and July. 3 Bid
sellers; July and August &-din3 2i-6id.
sellers; August and september, 2}-6i0
2l-6id. sellers; September and October
3 22-6iH3 8-64d.. buyers, October and No
vember. 22-6id., sellers; November am,
December. 3 22-G4d., sellers, December ant
January. 3 22-Gid.. sellers. January ant
February. 3 22-sid.. sellers.
NEW YORK. March 2-Cotton-Quiet
Dol aN...
gross receipts, 1874 bales, sales. ~ bales
exports-to Great Britain. $50 bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts SiOi bales
eXpOrts-tO Great Britain. l5.h53 bales. q
the Continent, 20312 bales; stock 1922
bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts. $3.50 bales
eXpOrts-to Great Britain j3.0S2 bales; q
France, 1881 bales; TO the Continent, 6l9'
9l2 bales
Totals since September lst: Net re
ceipts. 717q al bales. eXp0rts-tO Grcd
Britain 29S73Ti bales 10 France. 6i0l
bales. to the Continent. 2l9l.99S bales
The cotton market made steady star
at an advance of 2Gi points cables bein'
encouraging and receipts small, but the
early demand appeared TO come Amos
entirely from shorts. and aa soon AS thel
were filed up the market began 10 drol
Off. and continued easy until there was
decline Of 3H6 points from the openin'
call, on the more active options. Iher
was an entire let-up I'm the demand IRON
outsiders. but while the local contingen
had the market pretty much 10 them
selves they did not know what 10 do witt
IT, and most Of them let IL severely alone
Business was the slOwcst for rece "a
times The market was finally steady
with q net change Of points lower
Rises in wages at many factories re
hected the Improvement I'm business 81
this country In the COttOn-spinuing IN
dustry while Manchester reported
slight Improvement in TIE English mar
ket Southern Spot markets were stead
at firm and UNCHANGED prices
Cotton futures opened steady Marcn
S62S; April, $3.50; May. 1881: June So
July $500: August. S63l, September, Sll
October. 1913 November. SOFA; December
S6lG: January. 1913
Futures closed steady; March, 81. %
April and May 1926: June. $50: july
1921; August S.2f; September and Octo
Der. B13, November, S61l. December
&l8: January. S6lG
Spot closed quiet and unchanged. sales
s. bales
NEW ORLEANS. March Cotton IN
lures steady: March. $50 April. &.Nl
S5SS; May 3js00$j.92; June, S5.930$j9
| July. Sj9iQE95: August. $500 {5.9l; SCI
TENDER j.s0MS5Sl. October 8 sO0SJbl
November, $5.M0$I.s2; December, S.S2'
tJSi.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERsBURG. VA. March 2.-CSpe
cial) -Cotton-Strong at Lie. for goo
| lots.
NAVAL-STORE MARKETS.
CHARLESTON. 5. c., March 2.-Tu
pentine-Firm at 4ic.; sales. none.
Rosin-Steady and unchanged, sale
| none.
WILMINGTON. y. C.. March 2
| Spirits Of ,Turpentine-F1rm az 4ia ilac
! receipts. Z casks.
Rosin-Flrm at 9OQe5c.; receipts 1
! barrels. .
/ Cr,lLn TllrnDnfine- Firm ~ 81 3lnN I