Omaha daily bee., 1905-12-16
GRAIN AND PRODUCE MARkET
Feature Of the Trade is strsngt
in ORR.
NEW CROP SHIPMENTS GRADING LOW
American CIearnnces Last Two Days
Are Enormous-wheat Market
Unusually DuII-Oats Re-
fleets Feeling in Corn.
OMAHA, Dec. is, 1905.

OMAHA, Dec. is. 1905.
The feature of the market was the
strength in corn. Although the movement
Is fairly large, shipments are of low grade,
and this condition is beginning to have It's
eject DecemUer was &c higher and the
other months l.c higher. December closed
At 45ac, old December at &c, May at H5zc
and July at A9sc.
the export inquiry is falling off, though
at Liverpool there was a better feeling
toward american corn today. ArgentIna
shipments are lighter while American
clearances the last two days have been
The wheat market was unusually dull.
The opening was lower on favorable reports
from Argentina. There was a subsequent
later reaction which brought prices back
TO yesterdays close. May finished at SS5sc,
July at SIC, and December at SO1sc.
The oats market rehected the strength In
corn. December closed at S0stc, May at
321kGf32ssc, and July at 30b@31c.
Clearanccs were $4,000 bushels Of wheat,
oats and 1000 barrels of -four. Primary
wheat receipts were 10000 bushels and
shipments 5000 bushels, against receipts
last year OF 72s,OO0 bushels and shipments
of 2e,pO bushels. Primary corn receipts
were S21.O0V bushels and shipments 407, oOo
bushels and shipments of 63l,000 bushels.
Bradstreet,s weekly clearances of wheat
were 4.5OO0U0 bushels.
Liverpool closed I'D lower TO I'D higher
on wheat and sd higher on corn.
Broomhalis weekly Argentina cable says
the wheat market is steady In tone, with
a small demand. Arrivals from the interior
are small and the quality satisfactory
Reports from the interior state there has
been slight damage TO the wheat crop. In
districts where wheat was sown late rains
have been beneficial. Corn prospects con-
tinue TO show Improvement.
According to a message from the north
west, the elevator men in southern Mime
sofa who have for years mad contracts
with Minneapolis mills to furnish them
with wheat each day at the market price
are unable to snip their usual supplies A
letter. from Jamestown y. p says there
is not oyer e per cent Of the wheat crop
Argentina wheat shipments last week
were 1,l36,O0 bushels, against l,2+O,0o bush
els the previous week and S64,OOO bushels
last year. Corn shipments we're SOW
bushels bushels last week, against Col, O0t
bushels the week before and $4,000 bush
unofficiaiIy reported at 1,16o00O bushels
against 1,O48,000 bushels last year.
Watson of Minneapolis says: ANY one
who will take the trouble to look at the
wheat situation by states will soon learn
that all suggestions of the last crop re-
fully 100000 bushels too high. California
Texas and Oklahoma are away. below, the
government figures. Nebraska did not have
what the government says within several
million bushels Puget sound is under the
government estimate and so is the north
west Besides 1t is very doubtful If over
5OO0O,000 bushels were carried over from
last year"
Omaha Cash sales.
WHEAT-No. northern, l car S0hc
No 4 hard. 1 car, 76hc; 1 car, 751zc: No.
&C coRN-No. 8, I cars, Ss1ac No. 4, car
37Ikc; / car. SSc; No. white. / car, &c
no grade, / car. &c; l car. S61ac; 2 cars, 36c
OATS-No. 3 mixed, l car, 291ac; No.
white, car, l99sc; No. white, car, 2sc
No. 4, car, 29c.
Omaha Cash Prices.
WHEAT-No. 2 hard, S0@S3c; No. 3 hard
16Gfe0c; No. hard, IA &c; No. spring
77aS0c No spring, 74g77c.
CUnN-No. d, oo7aelosc; No. 4. 3slkG3Sc
no grade. 35a37c; NO. yellow. 39c; No.
white. 39c.
OATS-No. mixed. 29d29ikc; No. mixed
2Sq29c: No. white, 3Cq3ohc; No. white
291.Q19%c.