The Somerset reporter., 1899-03-02
IN HUB MAunETS.
Easier Tendency In Butter,
With Trade Light.

| Changed Mutton stsady-Fair Demand
For Poultry easier Prices on Potatoes.
| Boston. March $50 far this week the
butter trade has been light, and the ten
! dency OF prices is in favor OF buyers.
especially on all grades under the fines /
The proportion of really desirable quality
continues small and receivers of TINS
| kind can insist on getting pretty full
rates. but they have to make concessions
on the bulk of the offerings in order 10
effect sales. In fact, any lots put on The
market for sale after regular customers
are supplied have to be shaded, and if
receipts increase much accumulationss
win be the result.
There Is a moderate demand for strict
| ly fine fresh creamery, with sales OF lots
| in assorted size tubs at Ply cents. Some
receivers ask 20 cents for the finest Yer
mont and New Hampshire, with new
milk flavor, and refused to sell for less
but sales are MOSTLY In q small way, and
no more than PIN cents can be quoted as
q regular wholesale price. which Ia X
cent lower than Last week.
After passing these high grades, which
form bIA a small portion of the whole
supply, u cents Ia a full selling price.
The best held creamery sells as high as
10 cents, but for the bulk Of the cold
storage stock 1S cents is q full selling
| price, and some ranges down to 16 and L
cents. In fact, the lower grades of held
butter are without any established value,
and buyers have the advantage.
The cheese market has taken strong
| turn and an advance of Il n Ia ppnt
is established. This has been brought
| about under the influence of the small
stocks and the rise in other places with
out any particular increase in the de-
mand. 1t is more than was expected,
| however, and the general opinion Is that
1t will be maintained. Sales are prin-
cipally at liza to 11A cents for the fine
northern, and 9l2 TO l0l2 cents for the fair
| to good Buyers do not want to pay
the top price freely, and take as much
of the lower grade as they can to get
along With but holders are not anxious
to make large sales at present, as they
feel that fine cheese will soon go up 10
IL cents.
The egg market mas taken a decide
downward turn. and is very unsettled
and uncertain. Sales were made at 81
to 33 cents, but when the New York and
western dispatches were received there
was a drop to rs cents, and later to 2G
cents. Since the high prices were es
tablished the demand has been very
light and dealers took only case or two
at a time. A large trade is expected
when prices touch steady basis.
The Chicago quotation was 1715 to IL
cents, drop of cents. ST. Louis was
quoted at 1917 ceuts. decline Of nearly
10 cents from the day before.
Beans are firmer. with still stronger
reports from New York state and west
ern shippers. Here the market is also
firmer. with sales at better prices. Car
load lots, pea and medium, 81. 30Q l.35
yellow eyes $155p1 go; red kidneys.$ s. rs
Q1.90; California small white, s190Q2;
Lima, SC per ID; jobbing, 10c more.
Flour has been ruling rather quiet for
several days. WITT prices rather in the
buyers favor Cash wheat dropped off
a fraction In some of the principal cash
wheat markets, said to be caused by
| lessened buying by the millers, and this
| may depress the flour market. Mill
shipment prices on spring wheat pat
ents are at $4.10Q4.50. Trade committee
prices are: Spring wheat, clears s3.10Q
3.65; patents, $4.1OQ475 winter wheat,
clears. $S.45Q3,90; straights. 50. G0Q4; pat
ents, SO. 90@4.40
The meal and cereal markets arr
steady and little changed
Corn was stronger on the rally In
wheat, and the fact of better export
demand. The market here is quiet but
fairly sustained.
Options on oats were fraction easier
while trade in this market was dull.
The supply on track here is small, but
doubtless fully up to the demand.
Hay continues quiet. with full sup
ply at hand especially of the lower
grades. Straw rules duh. though offer
ings are only small. Millfeed is a shade
easier. Hay. $Sd14, fancy jubbing lots,
$15Ql6; rye straw. $9Q16, cat straw, sea
s.
The pork market is easier on barrel
pork, with leaf lard easier. Ordinary
lard is unchanged. Boston packers
! have killed for the week total OF about
35, 500 hogs; preceding week. SO. 500; same
week year ago. 10000. There is good
movement of Boston packed pork pro
visions into export, when there are
steamers to be had. The total value of
.hese exports for the week was about
1905. 600 preceding week, $l35,0oO; same
week a year ago, $122,000.
The supply of beef coming to Boston
has continued rather small and il is
noted that best steers are positively
scarce, the arrivals running to only me-
dunn quality.
Quotations on beef are not much
changed. though the best Is firm: Very
choice steers, 9U9he; good steers, SIC
kinds, 11Mc; good kinds, lie; light kinds
91R@10kc; heavy fores, 613c: good 6Ac
light, So Q6c: backs 7Q8c: rattles. 2& q
SIC; chucks. 6hG7c; short ribs, l0Q12c.
rounds, 8G9c; rumps, 11k Q13c; rumps
and loins, 12@l5c; loins, 12017c
The mutton market is fully supplied
though about steady. Trade has been
emily fair. owing doubtless to the ex-
ceedingly bad condition of the roads, es-
pecially outside of the cities A few early
spring lambs have been In the market
and sold from 81 to $40 each. Veals are
more plenty and rather easy.
Poultry has not changed much. There
Is a fair demand for choice young tur-
. keys The best fowls are in good re
quest. with choice chickens doing gwell
! Turkeys, western. llQl4c; northern, y
j d1Sc; chickens. northern, 12GlSc; west
ern, 10Qlic; fowls. northern fresh, pa
15c: western. l0Nl3c; ducks. 9Q13C,
geese l0Ml3c live fowls. 11Ql2c.
The game supply is now mainly in the
hands of the dealers and johhers, with