Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1899-03-06
lin HUB MARKETS.
Easier Tendency In Butter,
With Trade Light.

Downward-Beef and Pork Not Much
Changed-0Iuttou Steady-Fair Demand
For PouItry-Easier Prices on Potatoes.
Boston, March $50 far this week the
butter trade has been light, and the ten
hency of prices is in favor of buyers,
Especially on all grades under the finest.
The proportion of really desirable quality
Continues small, and receivers Of this
kind can insist on getting pretty full
rates, but they have to make concessions
On the bulk of the offerings in order to
effect sales. In fact, any lots put on the
market for sale after regular customers
Ire supplied have to be shaded, and if
Receipts increase much accommodations
win be the result.
There is a moderate demand for strict
~ fine fresh creamery, with sales of lots
In assorted size tubs at 2112 cents. Some
Receivers ask p cents for the finest Yer
mont and New Hampshire with new
milk flavor, and refused to sell for less,
but sales are mostly in small way, and
no more than 2115 cents can be quoted as
d regular wholesale price, which is u
BENT lower than last week.
After passing these high grades, which
form bJA a small portion of the whole
supply, u cents is a full selling price.
THE best held creamery sells as high as
liz cents, but for the bulk of the cold
Storage stock Is cents is a full selling
price, and some ranges down to 16 and IL
cents In fact, the lower grades of held
butter are without any established value,
and buyers have the advantage.
The cheese market has taken a strong
er turn, and an advance of Il to u cent
&c ho haaY1 hpO11O6t
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
Dit will be maintained. Sales are prin-
Mcipally at liz to liz cents for the fine
northern, and 912 to 1912 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 to
u cents.
The egg market mas taken decided
downward turn, and is very unsettled
and uncertain. Sales were made at 80
to 80 cents, but when the New York and
western dispatches were received there
was a drop to % cents, and later to 26
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 171a to is
cents, a drop of cents. ST. Louis was
quoted at 1871 ceuts, a decline of nearly
10 cents from the day before.
Beans are f1rmer, with still stronger
reports from New York state and west
ern shippers. Here the market is also
frmer, with sales at better prices. Car
load lots, pea and medium, 81. 30@D1.35;
yellow eyes, $1.55Gp1.6O; red kidneys, $1.85
@19O; California small white, $4,000;
Lima, sc per Id; jobbing, 10c more.
Flour has been ruling rather quiet for
several days, with 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
1essened buying by the millers, and this
may depress the flour market. Mill
shipment prices on spring wheat pat
ents are at $4.10@4.50 Trade committee
prices are: Spring wheat, clears, $500
3.65; patents, $4.1O@475; winter wheat,
clears, $3.45039O; straights, So. 6O@4; pat
ents, $3.9O044O.
The meal and cereal markets are
steady and little changed.
Corn was stronger on the rally in
wheat, and the fact of a 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 a full sup
ply at hand, especially of the lower
grades. Straw rules dull, though offer
ings are only small. Millfeed is a shade
easier. Hay, $S@14; fancy jubbing lots,
$15@16; rye straw, $9@16; oat straw, SEQ
s.
The pork market is easier on barrel
pork, with leaf lard easier. Ordinary
lard is unchanged. Boston packers
have killed for the week a total of about
IS, 800 hogs; preceding week, SO, 500; same
week year ago, 10000. There is good
movement of Boston-pacl1ed pork pro-
visions into export, when there are
steamers to be had. The total value If
these exports for the week was about
S205,OOO, preceding week, $1S5.0OO; same
week a year ago, $4,000.
The supply of beef coming to Boston
has continued rather small, and it 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, 9@9Ac; good steers, 81
light and cows, 71a@81sc; extra hea7
kinds, 111sc; good binds, lie; light binds,
915@1O12c; heavy fores, SIC; good, SIC;
light, 5A@6c; backs, 7@Sc; rattles, 2a4@
SIC; chucks, 61z@7c; short ribs, 10@12c;
rounds, S@9c; rumps, 111a @13c; rumps
and loins, 12@15c; loins, 12@17c.
The mutton market is fully supplied,
though about steady. Trade has been
only fair, owing doubtless to the ex-