| Show GRAIN AND PROVISIONS General Trend ofthe Wheat Market Has Been Downward Chicago Sept 9 Wheat opened weak at a decline of about 24fc Receipts of wheat in the northwest were much heav ier than a week ago and Liverpool was lower The general trend of the market has been downward for several days and this sort of news easily put the balance of trading on the selling side The sell ing pressure at noon was quite heavy but the demand was so light that prices declined de-clined steadily weakness being especially marked in deferred futures The market soon got under puts and at that point became steady under fair buying against I those privileges but did not show signs of any reaction until late in the session when the report of the verdict in the Dreyfus case was posted and the excitement ex-citement In Paris caused covering by shorts Buying however was only suf ficient to bring prices back to abdut yes terdays closing point The market was affected in a bearish way by tho increase of 150000 bushels In the European visible for August compared with a decrease last year of 7800000 bushels The big Russian stocks 8819000 bushels also came as a surprise to traders and was respon re3on sible for some liquidation Toward the I close the market was practically at a standstill Bearish statistics were expected ex-pected Monday and with this belief traders trad-ers were disinclined to do much Decem I her opened ffiJe lower at 71jT71 It declined de-clined to 707t > ½ and rallied to 7114 hIt h-it close September sold a high as 70i gO and closed unchanged at 70 Corn was dull aria Heavy The market got to both daily and weekly puts and had some support on that account December De-cember closed 44 lower Oats were fairly active and irregular The close was about steady December closed unchanged ancl September lost 14 Provisions still showed the effects of the yellow fever news and ruled slightly lower all around Liquidation took place In all froducts biitthe good cash demand for meats caused some rally late in the session At the close October pork and lard were 2c lower and ribs a shade lower The leading futures ranged as follows Wheat No 2 I Open IHgh j I Low I Close SeptT70 < rJ70J4i70ffj702iI < 8y8 17014 Dec i i71Hl71Vi l7n4 < g70T6l71ii May 74 74KJ74 173 74Vi74 Cora No 2 1 Open 1 High I Low I Close Sept 3 Uif3131 1319SV4 3l1431 Dec 2S3ii2S ½ i2S ½ 9SV4 13l 8 May 2h 27 I29H 29Y Oats = N2 I I Open r f High I Low I Close itisi 21 21 2 Dec fcaH420tt 29i May 122 2 2l4l2l j2f2f Mess Pork Per barrel I Open HighJLoy Close Oct 80714 I 80714 8702V4 800 snr Dec 3 I 82214 815 820 Jan 347i 1 5 94714 95214 LardPer 100 pounds 1Olcn I hLov Close Oct 52714 I 527A 525 527V4 52 52 52 Dec 1 535 j 555 I 53214 I 53 Jan 54214 54 542 1 543 Short R Sre pOds I Open I High I Low I Close OTh27 I ½ tThS0 I 52521 j Jan 437te P J495 j97 ½ Cash quotations were as follows Flour Steady winter patents 26ij3C0 straights 210330 spring sp ° iaK 4sy > I I d I spring patents 3jo370 straights2SO 220 bakers 2202GO a f WheatNo 3 spring 65S68 No2 rca 7 t CornNo2 311 l q sNo 2 21C < 522 Jfo 2 white t2314i1 2 No3 white 29diiic i R eNo 2 5657tf l BarleyNo 2 36Mt42 I FlaxSeed No 1 111 ft Timothy Seed Prime 225S227 s 1 Mesa PorkPer T 725803 1 Lard Per lid lh 5053SO i 1 Short RibsSides loose 5255 3 Shoulders Dry salted < Boxed 5 ½ 1 c Short Clear Sides boxed 5605w Whisky Distillers finished Broods pert r < 1 gallon 122 I Sugar Cut loaf 5S3 granulated 5ol I f Re i SbIP Four barr ls H O10O Wheat bushel 125000t29tO Corn bushels 150I2W Oats bushels 460 tlO Oa1 bushels H8Ot6gI 10 Barley bushes 50 20 I Pacific Coast Grain Portland Ore Sept 9 Wheat Quiet I J Portand mIs being about the only buyers who can operate at present prices walla I Walla 59 valley U > g61 bluestem 62 t161 Tacoma Wash Sept 9The close of the week found wheat dull and unchanged unchang-ed local quotations ruling at 58 for club i G for bluestem I I Chicago Livestock I Chicago Sept 9There were not enough cattle offered today tp make a market and prices for all grades were practically nominal The Jew cattle offered of-fered were disposed of at yesterday ruling rul-ing prices The demand for the light run of hogs was brisk and prices were steady Heavy hogs 420470 mixed lots 435475 and light 435475 pigs 350450 and culls 200JJ415 20U5 There was a fair demand for sheep and lambs at the recent advance in prices Sheep sold at 200300 for culls up to I 425450 for choice flocks western rangers rang-ers selling at 350425 lambs 3256S0 for flocks natives and 450530 for western range 4000 f Receipts Cattle 300 hogs 12000 sheep I Denver Livestock Denver Sept 9 Cattle Receipts 1 Market strong Beef steers 37ooBO cows 250400 feeders freight paid to I river 335OT473 stOckers freight paid to river 375485 bulls stags etc 225400 Hogs Receipts 400 Market 5c higher Light packers 425430 mixed and heavy I I 4SOS440 No sheep Kansas City Livestock Ct Lvestock Kansas City Sept CattleReceipts 250 Market unchanged HogsReceipts 3500 Market steady to easy Bulk of salesM 3f440 heavy 430 0445 packers 430440 mixed 4311d1 437 ½ light 430440 yorkers 435440 pigs 420f440 Sh pNo market Omaha Livestock 9CattleReceipts 1000 Omaha Sept 10 Market steady Native beef steers 4SOijt Natve 62Q western steers 40004905 Texas steers 30Xg440 cows and heifers 350 425 steer canners 225350 stockers and feeders cnners 5o 2235 cves 400S25 bulls stags etc S06T425 Receipts i GCOO Market steady to HogsReceipts Malet i Heavy 415430 mixed 42430 light caler 4303440 pigs 42a440 bulk of sales 4254J460 SheepReceipts 1000 Market strong 10 Yearling 385 415 western muttons 370 S400 stock sheep 335390 lambs 40p gaOO I New York Wool Markst New York Sept 9WoolSteaay domestic I I do-mestic fleece lftg24 Texas 131G Coffee andSugar I New York Sept CoffeeOptions closed steady Sales 8000 bags including I October 430 November 435 December 450 January 460 Marphj 465470 May 475ff480 Spot Cof feeRio dull No 1 invoice 711 No 7 jobbing 6mild quiet Cpr dova 614f1114 i SugarRaw easy fair refining 3f centrifugal 96tet 4i molasses sugar 31116 refined unsettled No 6 4i No 311Grefined S 41 No 9 4716 No 10 4516 No 14316 No 12 414 No 13 4t No 14 4116 mould At 5916 standard A 1 116 confectioners A ollu cut loaf 51116 crushed 51316 powdered 51 granulated 51i i cubes 5716 I |
