The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-17
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CASH GRAIN.


Chicago, March 16.-Cash wheat-No. ?
! red 69lzd 701@c; No. 3. 64d69c; No. , hard
/ winter, 64c; No. g. s2Q63c; No. l northern
! spring, 65a70c; No. ?, 67q6Si2c; No. 3
/ spring. 62G67c.
Cash corn-No. ,. 2613G26zlc; No. 3. 25l.
/ Q8izc.
Cash fax-Northwest, 1913; southwest.
/ s1.l3; May. 81 2o1z
Burter-steady; creameries. 14q1sl2c;
/ diaries. 111zG1Tc.
/ Eggs-Steady; fresh, 1224c.
| Dressed p0ultry-Moderate demand: tur-
keys, 1012q112c; chickens, 1l32ql1c; ducks,
/ SdslSc
/ The thorough drenching OF California
where the winter wheat has suffered Sc
verely from a protracted dry spell, to-
gether woth lower cables, were bear fac
tors today, but crop damage claims be
came numerous as the session advanced.
Another helping factor was the Price
Current statement, which made the win
ter wheat condition only s. per cent, and
said the aggregate wheat supply was only
3 GO 600 bushels more than year ago.
Chicago receipts were Y cars Receipts
in the northwest were small. 279 cars,
compared with So last week. and 81 the
same day year ago. Corn receipts were
216 cars; oats. 140 cars.
KANSAS CITY.
Kansas City. March 16.-Wheat-Weak;
No. hard. 63Q64c; no. 3. 60d53c; No. ?
red. 73c; No. 3. 69G1c; No. , spring, 61G
63c; No. 3, 5SQ6lc.
Corn-One-fourth cent higher: No
mixed, 3312G33%Ic; No. , white, size; No.
8, 94c.
Oats-Higher: No. white, 30G3014c.
Rye-Steady; No. white. 3Gl3Jl.c.
Rye-Steady; No. 2, SIC.
Hay-Steady; unchanged.
Butter-Steady; creamery, 1870; dairy,
I6c
Eggs-Steady; fresh, 1014d11c.
ST. LOUIS.
St Louis March 16.-Vheat-Receipts
g cars; lower; No. red cash, elevator.
lie; track. 7lG72c; March. Tic: May. "a
soc
Oats-Lower; No. 3 cash. SAC: track. sc:
March. 53l2c; May, 32ssc bid; july, 81 2
335sc bid
Oats-Lower: No. . cash. sc; track. 2sl5
02yc; March, 2Sc; May. 2612c asked; July,
23c bid. No. ? white, 3Iu31lac.
Rye-Firm; 5S1zc.
Flaxseed-Lower; BIB.
Pork-Quiet; 1875.
Lard-Quiet: prime. s5.o5; choice. SIS
Butter-DuI; creamery, 1Sa22c; dairy,
13GI7i4c.
Eggs-Lower; 1024c
P0uItry-Scarce and firm: chickens. &C;
turkeys, sqloc; geese. 51zG6c; ducks, 81
qsc.
NEW YORK.
New York, March 16.-Favorable crop
news from California and the southwest /
started a landslide in wheat prices today. .
They broke two cents a bushel from the
highest point OF the session. and closed .
1Id12<c under the previous night Heavy /
liquidation. particularly from san Fran /
cisco and St. Louis sources. accompanied /
the decline and short sales as well were (
on large scale. The May options sold .
at noon at 1850. broke 70 712ic. and .
the curb TT 725s 672&.c- Foreign news vas
all very weak. indicating declines % : 10 /
I'D in the Liverpool and > points a.
Paris, Influenced partly by reported heavy
Argentine and Russian offerings
New York, March Receipts.
g. - bushels: exports 'Zl7.10o. Spot weak,
M. > red. 797sc. Z. o. b.. af1at % arrive:
No. / northern Duluth, 7s7sc I. O. b.
lfoat. Options closed I1e027tc net decline.
March closed 79ilc; April 73a.G55l.c.
slosed $3.50; May closed 727sc; July closed
Ifec: September closed 69iec
C0rn-Receirts. 65.03o bushels: exports.
D.. afoat new and Old Options closed "a
C decline; May closed 90: July, 2oi41io7sc,
,losed 5el4c
Oats-Receipts. ~ so bushels: exports.
Is rs. Spot, weaker; NJ. . &c; No.
white. Sc. track mixed western. S3li23tzc:
rack. white, s5E39c. Options duh
Bu-ter-ReceipJs. lbs packages: very
.rm; western creamery. 15Geoc; Z gins.
lc, factory 12cl4izC-
EEss-Receip,s. 1t.oei packages; steady;
western. 12l4c: southern. l9Eltc.
LIVERPOOL.
Liverpool. March I6-WLe8--CIose5
uist. = 70 sd lower, March. > sfz5.. May.
5 SD; July : SD FutureS closed
uiet. March, Is sd; MAY, s. "a. july
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