Show GRAIN A2ID PROVISIONS Wheat Opened Quiet and Prices Steadily Dropped Chicago Jan 2S Wheat opened without with-out excitement to Uc higher at 7559 78 but after a little backing and filling at starting 1gures it began to yield a little to selling by local speculators Tho latter were influenced to toko tho course they did owing to the absence of any heavy buying orders from the outside and the Indifference that Liverpool traders appeared ap-peared to have for tho strength prevailing prevail-ing on this side quotations from there showing a decline of 1541140 About this time corn began to show sucji decided de-cided strength that May recovered from 77 to 7S POlo bulls derived some comfort com-fort for a time from a London cablegram which told ot severe frost prevailing throughout southern Russia without any snow to protect the fall wheat During the latter part of the session longs Iquldatcd freely and as the demand dropped off the selling Increased In volume becoming very large near the close May sold down to 7tBi a break of 1 from the lop price of the day The bears did not dispute the rally that set in on buying to even up over Sunday In the last five minutes May rose to 77 buyers where It closed Corn opened firm but yielded quickly on account of local soiling Wall street was buying heavily and the price recovered In a lively fashion toa point within a snuUUractlon ofthe highest figure it had previously sold at this season but was onco moro trampled down by local selling sell-ing Maycloseo with a loss of Oats were treated to heavy selling while tho market shaded In the general nervousness which attended the trade In the other grains and prices eventually settled upon a downward course May closed Hfrti lower Provisions were firm with the volume of speculation large Packers did considerable con-siderable selling at the start but the ofroringe were soon put out of the way by commission house buying and an advance set in all around Toward the cndn when the grain markets developed decided weakness the Improvement was all lost The range In lard and ribs was small The close was practicsll unchanged from yesterday I t The leading futures ranged as follows Wheat No 2 I Open J High I Low I Close May I7SL iflsI 7Sl 76 77 July 75t 74 1 74 Corn Xo 2 1 Open HlgoTfLow I CioieT Janl 37 3W 26I E May I31I 39 iSn5015i5Istt July i50 ½ tJs 43 ISl15stin Oats Xo 2 iOiTHighIoEClose May J 2ST 2S July lj 27 62 Mesa Pork Per bbl I Open I High I Low I Close May 1010 I 10775 I 106011060 Lard Per 100 Ibs fOpen I High Ijow IIose May 1 597W COO 592VM 593 July 1 C12fcj CU G05 605 Short RlbsPerlOO lbs Thpen I High I Low I Gloss May I 527l 52214i 523 j 1 523 July 537fc 627fe 537I 531 Cash quotations were as follows Flour Steady winter straights 3IGZS 370 patents 39JS41W spring specials tIe 440 hard patents 36UIO soft patents 348S3CU stralgts 3106329 Wheat No 2 spring 73S75 No 3 spring CS673 No J red 7Gfc77 Corn No 2 29 Oats No 2 2S No 2 white 30J4831 No 3 white 3680 Rye No 2 o fc joS Barley No 2 4353 Flax Seed No 1 116 Timothy Seed Prime 242 4 Mess Pork Per barrel 10851040 Lard Per 100 pounds 57Q6frv > Short Ribs Sides loose 493 523 Shoulders Dry salted boxed 425w 43734 Sleies Short clear boxed 51020 Whisky Distillers finished goods per gallon 127 Articles IEee I Ship Flour barrels 144HI 32000 Wheat bushels G4000 79000 Corn bushels 5000101124500 Oats bushels 3060001S1000 Rye bushels I 10000122000 Barley bushels j 53001 8000 Chicago Live Stock Chicago Jan 2S Cattle Barely enough cattle were offered today to make quotations quo-tations Prices ruled unchanged fancy cattle would bring CW630 choice steers 5iA > a5L5 medium steers 500 < g525 beef steers 390440 bulls 203325 cows and heifers a3W5400 western ted steers 410i 583 Texas steers 37o50a calves 330tf 700 Hogs Were active at 5c higher fair to choice 3S2V4ftOO packing lots 365tr3SO mixed S6S3S7V butchers 363S < 395 lights 3GO5JS5 pigs 33533GO Sheep Were about unchanged inferior to prime sheep 2004T430 yearlings 410 455 export heavy sheep 410g425 lambs 375350 Receipts Cattle 200 hogs 15000 sheep 2000 Omaha Live Stock Omaha Jan 2S Receipts SOO Market active and firm natho beef steers 400 550 western steers S994 SO Texas steers 370JJ410 cows and heifers 3256413 stockers and feeders 37 j4SG calves 400 feG 59 bulls and stags 2SO40O IlogsIteceinis 6700 Market Sc higher heavy 36734tj3i5 mixed 3655370 light z51aei pigs 30O1350 bulk of sales 365 370 Sheep Receipts SSO Market steady native na-tive muttons 3SJ425 westerns 3Gt > 400 lambs 406500 Kansas City Live Stock Kansas City Jan 23 Cattle Receipts 100 Market unchanged Hogs Receipts 4 OuO Market strong to 5c higher dosed slow and weak bulk of sales 355375 heavy 362Sv2 packers pack-ers 355 < SJ373 mixed 311037234 lights 32360 yorkers 3500300 pigs 31oi350 faheep Rescripts 300 Market unchanged lambs 425S50U muttons 300 425 Coffea and Sugar New York Jan 28 Coffee Options to day closed steady 5 to 10 paints net lower Sales 1750 bags includIng February 5511 Marci 5eli575 April 5S04j5S5 July tee Spot coffee steady No 7 invoice Ct0017 No 7 jobbing 74 mild steady Cordova 734i4 Sugar Raw stead refining 3 centrifugal cen-trifugal 96test 4Vs molasses sugar 3 916 refined firm mould A SU standard A 434 confectioners 4 cutloaf 5V crushed crush-ed 534 powdered 56 granuFated 5 cubes 314 |