Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-04


Sugars; cut-loaf unchanged. Butter quiet;
creamery. l2Ql6c.; dairy, lOalic. Eggs.
steady: fresh, lli2c. Cheese weak; creams,
! 1W2gllc.
THE COTTON MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, May 81 u. M.-CottOn-
Spot in fair demand; prices l-S2d. lower;
American middling. fair, sgd; good mid
ding 17-32d.: middling. 3 ll-32d. low
middlng, 3 sgd; good ordinary. Sl-32d. !;
ordinary. 3 25-32d. The sales of the day
were 1000 bales. OF which 1900 bales
were for speculation and export, and In
cluded $500 bales Of American; receipts
5000 bales, including 200 bales American
Futures opened quiet, with a poor de-
mand and closed quiet, but steady, at
the advance; American middling. low
middling clause, May, lsGiqS l9-Sid,
sellers; May and June, ls-6i@3 l9-6id.,
sellers: June and July. l9-64d., sellers,
July and August. 19-6id3 20-6id., sellers
August and September. l9-6id., buyers;
September and October. 3 l9-6id., sellers
October and November. 31S-6ip3 19-Gid.,
sellers: November and December, l9-6id.;
December and January ls-sid., sellers;
January and February, lS-64d.. buyers;
February and March, ls-64d3 19-64d.,
buyers March and April, l9-6ift3 2O-64d.,
sellers.
NEW YORK, May s.-Cotton-Quiet
mddling, 6isc.; net receipts, 54S bales;
gross receipts. 4256 bales sales, 42l bales:
stock. l66.54s bales; exports-to Great
Britain, 5li bales; to the Continent, Lao
bales.
Totals to-day: Net receipts. r. 4S2 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, 6,47s bales: TO
the Continent. 1l6.6i bales; stock, 1902
bales.
Consolidated: Net receipts 53l1,121 bales;
exports-to Great Britain, PISS bales: 10
France, 1884 bales; to the Continent. S6, iS9
bales.
Totals since September 1st: Net re-
ceipts. 1906. f95 bales; exports-to Great
Britain. 3,235,55S bales; 10 France. 6lo,SS0
bales; to the Continent, 2.i9l,O23 bales.
Speculative operations in cotton futures
continued upon a conservative scale. and
fluctuations were within narrow scope.
The market opened quiet. at an advance
OF 1G2 points, cables being better than
had been generally looked for resulting
I'm starting up a little demand from local
shorts. orders from outside sources
failed to come in, however, and the mar
ket soon became easier ana very dull.
by noon the little advance secured at
the opening call had about disappeared,
and for the rest Of the session the yaria-
tions were quite unimportant. An order
either way would disturb the market
point or so. but there was no general
trade at any time Few private cables
were I'm circulation. Such as reached
here indicated a disposition in Europe to
procra situation as to dealings In future
deliveries, pending further crop data. The
effect Of the weekly weather bureau re-
port was beIrlSn. Dul WIS Offset DJ SbF-
cial dispatches from New England cloth
markets indicating decided strength, with
prints coming sharply forward. The
iinal phases of the market were steadier,
on later bullish crop accounts. with IN
dicatiOns OF frost in the Southwest, nO-
tably in Texas. and also better late
cables. On light covering, the market
recovered rapidly, and returned to the
best prices Of the morning. The close
was steady and to points net higher.
of
$40: June. $5S2; July, $3.50; August. $3.50;
September s5.S; October S5S7; Novem-
Der SSS: December, S.s2; January, S5.s5;
February. S5.9s; March. S60l
Futures closed steady; May. S.7; June,
s5Sl: July, $3.50; August. S5.N; September
1854: October. $5S1; November, Gss; De-
cember. s592; January, 1915; February,
s59S; March. 500.
Spot cotton closed quiet: middling up
lands. exc; middling gulf, Csc; sales
42l bales.
NEW ORLEANS, May 3.-Cotton--Fu-
lures dull: May, $50 S5i; June. $3.50
S.6l: July, $5.62MS5.63: August $).60us5.6l;
September. s5.5saS5.60; October. s5.59Q $50;
November. s5.60ns5.6l; December. s5.6su
s5.G5. January, S5.6lHso.t9; February, S59q
SSH; March, s5.73aS.75.
PETERSBURG COTTON MARKET.
PETERSBURG, VA. May 3.-(Spe-
cial.) at 57sc. for good lots.
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
BALTIMORE, May 2-Calves-The mar
ket holds its own fairly well on the
better grades of veal calves. which are
in good demand at full quotations., Gene
raj receipts quite liberal, but included
therein is a large percentage OF heavy,
rough stock which is draggy and sala-
BILE only by the head. We quote: Strict
ly choice veals. per pound, GT64c.; good
veals, per pound. 5i4@5sic.; rough to good,
per head S4d$S50
Sheep and Lambs-The best grades of
spring lambs and mutton sheep are in
good request, but with receipts rather
freer values are slightly easier Poor,
small lambs and common rough sheep
very dull. We quote az followss Spring
lambs. good to choice. 7lJ7izc. per pound;
poor small stock. 6U6i2c. per pound
sheep. per pound. choice 40ilRc; good.
per head. s3.Jcqsi; inferior. per head, SlQ
81 so: old bucks. per head. sat-
CHICAGO, May 1.-The cattle market
was slow to-day, with prices on tho down
grade Fancy lots sold at S5.i0d$56o;
choice steers f5.05n SIS: mediums. A55a
X75: stockers and feeders, Ss.SOgS5. 10;
beer steers st4$i50: cows and heifers
81. 5pdA25: bulls s2.sgft4l0; western-fed
steers. NDGS.20: Texas steers, $500
$3.50; calves. Nqtd75. There was a fair
IN active demand for hogs at yesterdays |
decline. Fair TO choice. 300 $3.50: heavy |
packers. S355q 3.72iz; mixed ts.65TS3. 20; |
butchers, SseSdGS. light grades, $3.50 |
1856; pigs. s3.3oNS.7o. There was an ac-
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