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Show raumuHns METAL STOCKS ARE MOST DEPRESSED BY WEAK MARKET New York, Fob IS. Fractional declines de-clines were shown as a rule by opening open-ing prices for stocks today. The losses exceeded 1-2 in Unlcto Pacific, Great Northern preferred, Northern Pacific, I Chesapeake & Ohio, Southern Railway preferred, U. S. Steel prefcrrod. Colorado Colo-rado Fuel and Pacific Mall. A levy Industrials showed gains. - Trices began to harden after th"'"v opening, but only a fpw stocks mado full recoveries before the decline was resumed. Union Pacific, Reading and American Amer-ican Smelting rallied rviarply. On thtj reactlou the metal stocks were the most easily depressed. Amalgamated Copper falling 1 1-4 and United States Sieel ond American meltlng selling a fraction lower than at the start. The market was dull aud steady at 11 o'clock. Reading's aggressive rise to 171 gave tone to the general list. Bond3 were steady. Chicago Close. Chicago, Feb. IS. Close: Wheat May, Ji 2f 13 1-S: July, ?1.03 7-Sfi t 04; September. 99 34c ' Corn-May. 0C 3-8a GC 1 2c; July, j 671-2o; September. 67 l-2c. Oats May, 47 1-ic; July, 44c; Sep-j Sep-j tember, 40 l-2c. I Lard May, S12.S0; July, J12 77 1-2. Ribs May. $12 45; July, $12,421-2. Omaha. Omaha. Feb. 18. Cattle Receipts, 1.300 Market steady to strong. Native Na-tive steers, $5 Ji 7.25 ; western steers, $).5t$ 6.5-i; cows and heifers, $2.75 4.75; stockers and feeders. $37.75; calves, 543 S.23 Hogs Receipts, 6.000. Market 5c higher. Heavy. $7.25ff?7.50; light, $8 8508.95; pigs. $7.75ft'S.C0. Sheep Receipts, 5,000. Market is steady. Yearlings, 57 75-3S.50; wethers, weth-ers, $. 107i 7.10; ewes, $606.75; Iambs, $7.75j9. Chicago Livestock. Chicago, Feb. 18. Cattle Receipts estimated at 3.50O; market .strong. Beeves. SI 50(3 7.90; Texas steers. 54 15S5.25; Western steers. ?4 30'fJ) C.15; stockers and feeders. 53 25 5.C6; cows and heifers, $2,3565.90; calves. $7.80-39.75. Hogs Receipts estimated at 18.000; market strong and 5s higher. Ught, $8.85479.35; mixed, 59 30(5 9.40; heavy, $8,254? 9-42 1-2; rough, 58.95ft 4.10; good to choice heavv. 59.1 Off 9.42 1-2: pigs, 58.10$ 9.15; bulk of sales, 59-20 9 35. Sheep Receipts estimated at 5,000; market etrong and 10c higher. Native, 54.50i7.35; western. 5.00? 7.25; year, lings, 57.50g9 2o: lambs, native, .?7 50 9.25; western. 7 509.25. CH-cago Produce. Chicago, Feb. 18. Butter Steady; creameries. 25Z2Sc: dairies, 21 25c. Eggs Strong; fiirtrts, 23 l-2c; primo firsts. 26 l-2c; Choose St aedy; "dairies. 16 S-4fi2) 17c; twins, young Americas and long-horns, long-horns, 1C 1-216 3-1c. Sugar and Coffee. New York. Feb. 18. Sugar Raw, firm; Mimcavado. 89 test. $3.70; centrifugal, cen-trifugal, 90 test. ?4.20: molasses btigar. 89 tent, 53.45. Refined steady. Coffee Spot, quiet; No. 7. Rio, 8 8-4c; No. 4 Santos. 9 1-S?91-4c. |