East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-18
GRAIN MARKET
AT STANDSTILL
(Wednesday's Market)

PORTLAND, Ofe.--Very quiet tone
is shown in the local grain situation
Trade Is almost at a standstill. This
Is due TO two reasons Country hold
ers are not willing TO accept prevail
ing bids for wheat and as tonnage Is
scarce on ocean carriers with freights
high. there is little tendency among
exporting interests 10 bid up.
There is a report that the govern
ment will soon call for bids for about
5000 or 10. 900 tons Of oats. II this
should materialize It would take much
Of the present surplus off the trades
hands and thereby directly aid the
situation.
Barley market r. quiet with no no.
ticeable change in either the price or
demand
Flour and millstuffs remain quiet
with general quotations unchanged.
Clover Seed-Buying price; Nomi-
nal No. I. uncleaned, 111-2G12c; or
binary, lie pound; alsike. lie.
Flour-Selling price: Patent, 1920;
Willamette valley. 1920; local
straight S6.40: export straight. $40;
cutoff. $40; bakers. 17O0@L4O.
Hay-New crop, buying price: Will
lamette valley timothy. fancy, 500
IA: eastern Oregon Idaho fancy tim
othy. $l5615.50; alfalfa, t13; vetch
and oats. 3991O; clover IS per ton.
Grain sacks-l915 nominal, No.
Calcutta, SO.
Millstuffs-selling price: Bran, $50
Q3l: shorts S32.
Rolled Barley-Selling price {3S0
80 per ton.
Sharp losses were shown In the bids
for wheat today on the Portland Mer-
chants Exchange in sympathy with
the losses in Chicago and the inabil-
ity to secure ocean tonnage at profit
able working basis. Today's bids for
spot on the Merchants Exchange
were 1-2c to &C a bushel below those
OF yesterday Sellers held their prices
fairly firm. No trades were closed on
the exchange today.
There was a further sharp loss Of
ti.25 a ton in the bids for spot oats,
although a sale OF 100 tons was made
at s35. or 75c below the previous bid
Feed barley bids were down 81 al
ton for spot today on the exchange
and no bids were made for brewing
Millstuffs were down soc a ton.
Merchants Exchange spot prices:
Wheat - Bluestem. Wednesday,
ti54hB, 31.5sA; Tuesday S1.s7B;
Monday 31.55hB.
Fortyfold - Wednesday. S1.53B;
sl5sA; Tuesday 31.56B; Monday,
{1.55B.
Club-wednesday s1.52kB. 155A;
Tuesday. s155B. Monday sl.54B.
r. Russian - Wednesday, s1.42B,
si.47A; Tuesday s1.46B. Monday,
SLAB.
Red Fife-wednesday. S147hB,
s15OA; Tuesday, s1.5OB. Monday,
SL51hB.
oats-Feed. Wed. sS4.5OB, s36A;
Tues. s35.75B; Mon, sSs.OOB.
Barley-Feed. Wed. s2sB, $S2A;
Tues. S3OB: Mon, $3O.5OB.
Brewing-Tues.. S30.0OB. Mon,
sSO.5OB.
Millstuffs-B Bran, We'd, s26.50B,
s275OA; Tues. s27B; Mon. s27.5OB,
Shorts Wed. s27.50B, s3OA; Tues,
S2SB Mon, S2S.50B.
Futures were quoted:
WHEAT.
March bluestem s1.56B, S1.57A.
April bluestem, s1.5SkB, S1.61A.
May Bluestem. $1.6OB. 31.63A.
March fortyfofold. $1.54hB. LISA.
April fortyfold. S1.57hB, S1.60A. |
March clu. s1.5SlkB. S1.55A.
April club. S1.56B. Sl59A.
March Red Russian. S1.45B. s1.4SA. !
April Red Russian, Sl.57hB. 1.51A
March Red Fife, $14SkB, S1.52A,
April Red Fife, S150B, $155A.
OATS.
March. s35.OOB. $S6.50A.
April. s3650B, SS750A.
May, $SS.0OB, 40.0OA
BARLEY.
March feed. &2925B, {33.00A.
April feed. SS0.OOB. $S450A.