Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-03-15
GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Demand for Wheat is Slow Be
cause of the Many Rumors
Which Are in the Air.
CORN IS IN BETTER DEMAND


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The local cash demand for wheat var
rather slow today and prices on this article
were quoted from nc 10 &c lower. The
better grades OF wheat, however. Id more
readily than the poorer samples. No. hard
being quoted at si.sGh, while the bulk OF
the No. hard brought si.s3. and No. 4
hard ranged In price from ,l.65 to $3.50.
The demand for corn very good and
with rather light offering the sellers had
very little trouble in disposing Of their sam
pies at prices ranging from unchanged 10
&c higher. The premium on white corn
over the yellow was rather narrow today.
tho better grades Of white being quoted at
tl.03x Tl,04, while the same grade of yell
low brought from f17o3h TO 500. and the
mixed variety sold at ti02H 61.03.
Oats receipts continued light. but there
was pretty fair inquiry for this cereal at
lower prices, No. white being at $40
b7hc. while No. white brought from 56S. C
to &c, and ono car OF standard sold at
size
The run OF rye and barley was as usual.
very light, but there was a good demand
for these cereals at fairly steady prices
Rye was quoted Ic lower and barley was
quoted unchanged, No. 3 rye selling at s1.4s
and No. barley at tt.0s.
On account Of continued wire trouble the
reports Of the primary receipts and ship
ments Of grain at the eastern and northern
InHTheth Wab NOT aFAldDle IOUay. Inc
local market report shows forty cars Of
wheat, forty-seven Of corn and twenty eight
cars Of oats received as compared with
shipments Of thirty weight cars OF wheat,
forty cars Of corn and nineteen cars of oats.
These sales were reported today:
Wheat-No 2 hard winter: cars, 1851.
No. hard winter: 2 cars, {is3; car, s1.sl.
No. hard winter; car, $3.50; 1 car sl.7s;
/ car. Ill: l car, f.75; / car, s174; l
car tpoor) sI.ej. Sample hard winter: 1
car. Si.7s; car. SLIT: | car, 1857; No. 4
spring: car 31,7o; No. durum ] car.
N.79h. No. mixed. l car. $3.50. No.
mixed: 5.s cars. Ill; is car, f1.70. No.
mixed durum: car. {175h
Hye-No. 3: car, slis. No. 4: ! car,
SLi7h.
Barley--No 4; car. 1LOsM; car. sI.OS;
1 car 'i.o7h W Sample: car, 800.
Corn-No. white: cars. 800. No.
white: cars, s1.oS%. No. white: l
cars, 'i.03%. No, yellow. cars,
si,O3h: 1 car, si.03. No. 4 yellow: car,
1902. No. 2 mixed: 2 cars, $i.0s: car,
fi,02h. No. mixed: 4 cars, si,63; 6
cars, s1.02h; 6 cars, S1.02h. No. 1 mixed;
2 cars. 3i.O2H; car, s1,O2; l car, ti,0lh.
oats-standard: car, S7hc. No. =
white car. 57kc: 4 cars. SIC. No 4
white car, Sic; cars, 56&c. Sample
white / car, b6%c.
Omaha Cash Prices--Wheat. No. 2 hard,
sisbh d1.s6ta No. 3 hard, Si.S2qi. No,
4 hard, N.73n1.s0; No. 2 durum. s1.7sh q
1.sOh; No. 3 durum, si77h@1.73h. Corn:
No. 2 white. s1.03% @1.O4; No . white,
fl.O3h @l.03A; No. I white, $l02h d1.03h ;
No. white. sI.o2E q1,O2h: No. G white.
sl.029 102k; No. yellow, $l.O3% @1.04;
No. yellow, s1.O3A @l,O3h; No. 4 yellow,
tio3@io3H; No. yellow. s1.02h a. .03:
No. yellow. sI.o2@1.o2h: No. mixed,
si.o2h Gl03: No. 3 mixed, N.02h % 90;
No. I mixed, t1.o291.o2h; No. 3 mixed,
sl,01N @1.02; No. Q mixed, sl.01h @1.0l%.
Oats: No. 2 white, SIN Gb7ac; standard,
b7@57hc No. . white. 56% @S7c; No.
white. b6h q SIC. Barley: Mailing, Sl.141
40; No. I feed. sl.0lN1.0s Rye: No. 2,
N.As9lAo; No. ., s1.47@IS.
Omaha Futures.
The threatened railroad strike is a source
| OF much uneasiness to the grain trade and
| while the strike would probably not be OF
| long duration the general feeling is that II
would be bearigh factor as long as II
| lasts, The situation today was decidedly
| bearish and while wheat opened steady
around yesterday closing prices, heav,
| selling pressure by shorts soon forced a sharI
| break In wheat which was followed by pric,
| losses In both corn and oats. The loca
trade was not very active and most Of tn,
local business was done by the local GROVE
In May wheat and May corn The closin'
price on May wheat was about &c lower
| corn closed at i Nc declin. and May oat
closed about Nc lower