Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-18
GRAIN AND PRODUCE HARRIET
Wheat Opens strOns, but Prices Fall
La.eL
HEAVY LIQUIDATION N OEctEstR
sales Of May Were Very Large-COrn
Closes Lower and Oats Practically
Unchaneed-Domestic and
Foreign News.


OMAHA, Nov. IL, 1906.
Liquidation in December wheat lowered
higher ana tue market was strong Liqui-
were large sales OF Nav ana that month
was on more than &c. December closed
a. a. SossgoO%o' May at srsqSSc ana July at
Corn opened KdAc higher and advanced
to NC above yesterday The subsequent
weakness brought prices down to about Lc
below yesterday. December closed al i5c,
old December at 46lSc, May az HJsd45c and
There was a big demand for> May oats
and the close. considerably below the high
point, was unchanged. December was un-
e eRsssea Ssd NAV STy & o awe December a
,Clearances were 100000 bushels Of corn,
$4,000 bushels OF oats, 10000 bushels OF
wheat receipts were l,205,0o0 bushels and
shipments $4,000 bushels, against receipts
last year Of l,049,OOO bushels and shipments
OF $4,000 bushels. Primary corn receipts
were $50 900 bushels and shipments $4,000
bushels. against receipts last year Of 617 900
bushels and shipments OF 10000 bushels.
A cable from st. Petersburg says the
Neya is blocked with Ice and navigation
Liverpool closed hassd higher on wheat
and h014d higher on corn.
Argentina wheat shipments for the week
were $4,000 bushels, against 600 bushels
the week before and $4,000 bushels last
year. Corn shipments were 2730,OoO bushels,
against 2,2o2; 900 bushels the week before
and 2s54. 600 bushels last year.
About 10000 bushels cash oats were
worked from Chicago today, OF which 100000
bushels were sold TO eastern exporters and
the rest Cor domestic consumption. Re-
ceipts of corn at St. Louis. Peoria and
Kansas City are running larger than, last
year. Bradstreets weekly clearances arc:
wheat and -four equal TO 100000 bushels
and 1,055.O00 bushels of corn.
Following from @. w. Patton at Chicago
II think the Russian situation has been
worked for all It Is worth as regards wheat
Believe we viii have big export demand
Tor corn, but we have got the largest croI
OF corn ever raised and we can give them
all they want and then have plenty left
On the oats situatiou-it is different. We
only raised fair crop Of oats. The cont.
nent is today buying more than England
Practically all our sales Of oats for the
past two weeks has been to the continent
Believe larger percentage Of oats have
ual We will have light receipts Of oatl
for the next three months with a good
demand. expect to see May oats anC
May corn sell within &c of each other
very possibly within SC. While I belev,
corn will go still lower 1t probably will b.
spring before we see iow-priced corn"
Omaha Cash sales.
wHEAT-.No. 2 hard, / car sic; No
hard. car, 7S1kc; car. &c; No 4 hard
] car, 72hc.
CoRN-No. 4. / car, SOC.
OATS-No grade, I car 26&c.
Omaha Cash Prices.
WHEAT-No 2 hard, 7s6Slc; No. hard
16fl7S1ac; No. 4 hard, 72d75c; No. spring
7Sq79c; No. spring, 7ed77lkc.
Ssc: No 3 new yellow, 401zc; No. oil
yellow, 4S5kc No. 3 new white, 4Ohdnc
No. old white, 4sikc.
oATs-No, mixed, 2I1kQ27Ae: No.
white 2slsQ2sc; No: white, 2Sq2Slkc.
RYE-No. 2 &C; No. 3, 6SGe4c.