| Show GRAIN AOT PROVISIONS 1 Increase I Visihle Supply Wrecked Wheat Market Chicago Jan IS Several commission I houses who had selling orders of a pressing character executed them on the curb before the opening and that together I to-gether with lower cables from Liverpool and the contlnent gave wheat a weak send off May opened t49s lower at 70 70 but there was a great deal of wheat wanted at tho decline and the market became firm with a slightly upward tendency during tho first hour Receipts northwest sufficiently here and in the nothwest were ficiently moderate to favor the bulls rather than the bears and early inflicts tlons were for a heavy total of seaboard clearances of wheat and flour Yesterdays Yester-days revelation in the case of Russian shlrments was still in the minds of the traders however which prevented any enthusiastic buying and the market ruled rather dull with May hanging around V 7Pi 7PiBradstreets Bradstreets statement of the < worlds visible made it 522000 bushels more than It was a week ago compared with a reduction of 1931000 bushels the same week of last year After a temporary decline from around 7514 to which May had slowly climbed the shortlived weakness weak-ness being Induced by Bradstreets statement state-ment the market became comparatIvely strong May reaching 70 about two minutes from the close At that price a demand sprang up from traders who had calls sold and May rose to 70g71 arid closed at 707j V Corn was easy and a shade lower to start with but the demand was good at the decline and the firmness that developed de-veloped In wheat helped corn to maintain itself against absence of shipping demand de-mand May closed 45ZU advance Selling by a prominent elevator concern con-cern weakened oats early After this lot was disposed of the offerings became light and after the other markets became stronger the demand Improved resulting In a sharp advance May closed Sti higher Higher prices for hogs and heavy shipments of meats started provisions strong There was a lot of selling early however and as the demand was scattered scat-tered prices eased on As sooti as the grain market began to show signs of strength this was all changed and buying became animated resulting in an advance all around Hay pork closed 7 cents higher The range in lard and ribs was narrow The leading futures ranged as follows Wheat No J I Open 1 High Low I Close May 70i70 10Q71 i70 i514 jS2 6914 J63 CornN2 I Open I High I Low I Close Jan 34 J34 3414 0l May fnPd 136 July I37IW463736 j37 OatsNe 2 i Open I High I Low t Close May 12752727 27 2714527 July 2152114 12552625 126 Mess PorkPer Barrel Open i High I Low i Close V Jan 987 May j 1007 l 1013 1000 I 101212 I Open i High I Low I Close Jan I I I i 552 4 May 5T2 I 577 570 I 575 Short Ribs Per 100 Pounds I Open i High I Low j close Jan j f 4674 1 475 i I 467t471 i May i 502 j 5U5 f 4if7i j I Stfi Cash quotations were as follows Flour Dull AVheattNo 2 spring lSNo 3 spring 6214067 No 2 red 70576 r CorrNo 2 33 OatsNo 2 2614527 No 2 white 9Q 31Ai No 3 white 25191r29 31AiRye Rye No 2 57 V Barley No 2 42S53 Flax Seed NO 1 113 Mess Pork Per bbl 9575092 Lard Per ICO lbs 552553 Short Ribs Sides loose 470 495 Shoulders Dry salted boxed 4yii4 Short Clear Sides boxed 510ol5 AVhisky Distillers finished goods per gallon 127 Articles I Rec I Ship Flour barrels 14OW 52000 i Wheat bushels I157COO nooo > Corn bushels J644CCOf272000 Oats bushels l404OOulst > Rye bushels 16000 50 Barley bushels i S5000 20000 I Chicago Live Stock Chicago Jan 18The greater part of todays offerings of cattle were of poor quality and prices showed a decline of 51 10c Fancy cattle 5505610 choice 350 G5S3 medium 4SOS510 beef steers 400 6tl75 stockers and feeders 325IC5 bulls 250R423 cows and heifers 330JJ 400 western fed steers 415ft5SO Texas I steers 3C094SO calves 375700 I Hogs There was a Rood demand for hogs Fair to choice iEJ575 t packing lots 343fI337 mixed 3501i3fributch ers 350t375 lights 345ff36i < pigs 300 350 Sheep There was a fairly active demand de-mand for sheep at yesterdays prices Inferior In-ferior to prime sheep 25042u western ewes 3jOK375 yearlings 410Q4GO heavy lambs 4r4 0 Receipts Cattle 15000 hogs 32000 sheep 18000 Denver Live Stock Denver Jan IS Cattle Receipts 500 Market active and steady Beef steers 3S3U325 cows 300U400 feeders freight paid to river 32542o stockers freight paid to river 3508160 bulls and stags 20W300 Hogs Receipts 400 Market active and 5c higher Light packers 3433350 mixed 3403345 heavy 3CO349 Sheep Receipts 250 Market steady Good fat muttons 320S375 lairibs 4GO 0500 Omaha Live Stock Omaha Jan IS Cattle Receipts 1100 Market steady Native beef steers 4255 540 western steers 3SOS450 Texas steers 320420 cows and heifers 3003 415 canners 2IOS300 stockers and feeders feed-ers 3730440 calves 450675 bulls and stags 2503400 Hogs Receipts 8600 Market 5c higher I Heavy 345fJ3CO mixed 3455330 light 345ft355 pigs 30ftg345 bulk of sales 350 0355 Sheep Receipts 6000 Market steady Native muttons 3KWr425 westerns 3SO 0400 stock 2COS350 Jambs 400ff5QO Kansas City Live Stock s Kansas City Jam IS Cattle Recelots 7000 Market strong to lOc higher Native Steers vleo03SO Texas steers S104 SO Tsas cows KOO3V70 native cows nd heiferp 2CQf473 stackersJand feeders 1255150 bulls 2SOijt50 HoSSRecelpts ISCTfAIarket strong to So higher active Bulk of sales 3 37 ST3GO heavies 345Q367 packers 3 4f 3CO mixed 333G353 lights 3155 YorKers 3 JO343 pigs SOOnsSOc Sheep Receipts 2000 Market steady Lambs 323tj300 muttons 250 < fila Coffee and Sugar New York Jan IS Coffee Ootions closed quiet net unchanged Sales f ooo bags Including MarchJ o53 May j yi July 575 September 570 October a 53 v Spot Coffee Rio dull and easy K0 7 Invoice 6 No 7 jobbing 7 mild que but about steady V Sugar Raw dull barely steady fair refining re-fining 31515 centrifugal PCtest 4Vi mo lusbtfa sugar 3 91C refined quiet Wool Market Review Boton Jai 1Sl7he American V v > t 5 Cotton Reporter will say tomorr w Vhlie the wool markets have b < i 4uleter during the past week than f r a hong time they have nor been with Home Interesting features One of ife most Important of these Is the pronounced pro-nounced inquiry for wools grading oiy quarter threeclahts and onehalf bland > bl-and this inquiry has extended to bc a domestic and foreign stocks of tb description Australlart cross > bred In p ticular having been well sought for firm In price In fact these wools quoted tully a cent per pound hir than thy were a month ago Oir breds had been depressed dispropor ateiy in comparison with merinos On pulled wools there Is a firmer tc Ing especially on Bs and combings 1 the same may be said about carpet w which the buyers have shown more c position to purchase Thesales of > week in the Boston market amount 1 > 224700 > pounds domestic and 4Ji pounds foreign making a tots of iuv COO against a total of 3210500 for t > previous week and a total of 377 < XX f r the corroscondlnc week last year Since Jan l 1SSO sales amounted t > 0ia2U pounds attaint 14333100 poutjj last year at this time |
