Show I GRAIN GR A A VISIONS Wet Wient Market Is Fairly Fary Steady But ut Weakens at Close Cose Chicago Oct Oct 10 The wheat market held fairly fary steady during the forenoon n under the te Influence of firmness pool and the cash ch business yesterday when bushels were sold here her for tor export ep t cember December D opened at 77 H 7 touched touched 77 71 7 dropped cropped to 7 77 and a d then rallied to 77 7 Shorts were wee the t e best buyers buyer No particular cash support rt was Ws forthcoming however but In Its it stead there ther was selling by St St Louis interests interest This discouraged dis the tha early buyers buyer who unloaded December under this pressure presure e declined d d to T g 76 at which figure It closed t 1 t under yesterday Corn at a dull dul and though steady early eary finally in sympathy with wih the wheat weakness cember closed MW 14 down at 34 3 J Business Bunes in oats oat was flat lat December closed c lower at 22 2 Provisions were quiet and weak under the tho influence of heavy hog receipts receipt Jan January January uary ua pork closed lower and ad lard and ribs each ech down The he leading ledig ranged as a follows No 2 I Open Open I High HI h I Low J I Clo o Oct 75 76 75 1751 17 Nov ov 7 1175 77 Dec D c h 17 17 G Corn Cor No o 2 I Open I l High I t Low I Close Close Oct 4 40 46 7 Nov 37 37 7 Dec 33 35 3 13 34 Oata No 2 i Open Oen f l High I Low J I Close Close Oct 12 2 22 2 22 21 Nov Kov 2 22 1 2 21 18 12 2 2122 Dec D c 1221 22 2 22 m Mess Pork Per barrel l lI J I Open Open I High I Low 1 I Close Close Oct 1660 Nov Nov I 1140 ns 1125 1160 1127 Jan 1170 j J lW 1150 lor 10 pounds i Open ODen O en I High I Low Lo I Close Close Oct 4 J 1 72 I 72 a 72 Nov i 7 I iS 5 I 71 I 72 Jan In 1 j I 69 6 I 68 Short Per I I High I Low I Close Close Oct I 95 7 8 80 No Nov V I 70 70 I 70 I 10 J Jan an 62 I E I 61 S Hah sh quotations were were as a follows Flour FlourS Steady teady Spring ring Wheat No 3 77 No 2 red Corn No 2 No 2 yellow 40 Oats Oat No 2 2 22 No 2 white 2614 2 No 3 white 2325 Rye No 2 5 Fair fo to f choice malting Flax lla Seed No 1 No J i northwest 16 Timothy Seed Prime Mess Uess Pork Per barrel barre 1500 1550 I Lard Per pounds s I Short Ribs Sides 19 loose s f 3 Shoulders ShO s Dry sat led boxed 6 4 Clear Cler Sides Short boxed 30 o r Contract grade I tRee Rec IShin Flour barrels t V nuoi Wheat bushel I Corn c rn bushels b U Oats Olt bushels Ri m bus bushels I 1000 10 Barley bushels s 4 20 on Crop C p Conditions Washington Wahington Oct Oct 10 The following is s the monthly crop rop report issued by the thede de derailment of agriculture The monthly report of the th statistician of the he department of agriculture shows the average condition ot of corn cor Oct Oct 1 to have been ben as compared with wih last month 27 7 on on Oct 1 M i 82 at the te cor corresponding responding date in 1898 and 81 Si in the fo mean of the dl October r averages vera of oS the t last l ten ten years yeas v The preliminary estimate of qt the yield per acre of oats is 6 bushels bushe sa as com compared cor pared with wih 37 bushels last lat year 28 bushels in i 1838 1898 1 and a n average of 22 2 bushels The Th ea average for quality Is 18 1808 1804 W against 85 last lat year and in 1 Pacific Coast Cost Grain Gra Markets Ma ket San Francisco Frncisco Oct Oct 10 Wheat Easy December Dember 10 May OOS lOS Barley Easy December Ore Oct Oct 10 cents cent was ws paid for Walla Yala Walla Wala wheat whet today oday ad id at some Interior points pInt reports were in I circulation that was paid pad Blue Bluestem Blue stem m is easy esy at 57 There Tere is Dothy seth Doth ing doing y In i Valley v e for m export at the pres present r fn eu ant ent time as the mills are taking up all that thatis Is offering Tacoma Wash Wah Oct 10 Wheat Quiet and unchanged Bluestem club 6 c both bot for export export Chicago Livestock Livestock Chicago Oct 10 Cattle Receipts Including 2000 20 westerns and 2300 23 Texans Texas Native steers steer lower western feed feeders feeders feeders ers lOc ilk lO lower lowet Texans Pie lOc 30 lower Good Gd to prime steers 54 9 poor to medium 4 6 selected feeders 37 mixed J stockers heifers 26 3 heier 2754 75 canners bulls buls 34 calves calve 25 Texas fed steers j 4 20 o 9 grassers ga ser 3 bulls hUls 25 Hogs Receipts today 30 tomorrow 30 left over 80 lower top topo o 5 to Mixed and butchers 4 3 goot to choice heavy Mavy 30 rough rugh heavy gol i a 85 8 2 light 4 63 bulk bUl of sales sale Sheep Sh Receipts 20 Sheep and lambs feeders f steady others other slow Good to choice 3 80 wether fair lair to choice mixed western stern sheep shep 10 TexaS sheep shep native lambs 0 western lambs 47 20 2 42 Omaha Livestock Livestock Omaha Omaha Neb Oct OcL n Cattle Catt Receipts 52 Steady teedy Native beef be steers 4 western wester steers steer SO Texas steers steer 0 cows and heifers heier 3 canners canner 15 b stockers and feeders 3 40 0 calves calve 25 bulls buls stags etc 2 Hogs Receipts 70 lOc lower heavy 99 J mixed e 92 D light 4 t pigs 5 90 bulk of sales 49 Sheep Receipts 15 steady Western muttons stock sheep lambs 42 O 32 Denver Livestock Livestock Denver Colo Cob Oct 10 Cattle Receipts 1200 I market lower and slow Beef steers ster cows 2 00 feeders freight freigh paid to river 3 JS stockers freight freigh paid waid to river bulls buls stags stag etc Hogs Receipts 3 lower Light pack packers ers and mixed i O heavy 4 Sheep Receipts 2400 quiet and lower O Kansas Kaa City Cit Livestock Kansas Kansa City Mo Oct 10 Cattle Re Receipts steady to lower Native steers Texas steers steer 05 Texa steer I Texas cows 21 40 4 native cows an and heifers stockers and feeders 2142 2 bulls buns calves calve 60 Hogs Receipts HO market 57 5 lower I Bulk of sale sl heavy h packers 5 12 mixed 4 light 4 16 yorkers pigs o pig 4 10 Sheep Receipts steady Lambs muttons 26 l 00 O Boston Wool Boston Oct Oct 10 The American Wool Woo and Cotton Reporter will wi say fa of or the woo wool trade tomorrow There has ha been a fair demand for wool during the past week mostly from rota the mills pst outside week o of the combine comprising those making mens wear worsted and woolens dress dres goods boods and flannels Some of or the mills had it i is reported report been waiting for the larger consumers consumer to take the initia tive In the matter of purchasing wool inita j at t being very ver lightly stocked they have con cen concluded eluded clude to net act irrespectively of others other and ad have accordingly purchased some fair sized size lines of 01 wools especially territory California and Texas and fine fleece feece The wools were purchased to meet actual requirements there being still sUI no evidence of any speculative tendency Prices hold bold pretty steady stead and where the consumer really realy wants want the wool the holder can secure as us good prices as he h could a month ago ao The Lon 0 don wool wol sales sale on Tuesday of ot this week showed an average decline of 12 11 per cent centon on merinos fine being Ing quoted quote 10 per sent ent but coarse and ad low pr quoted unchanged Thc Th decIno decline has been een discounted some sm time before betor 1 The sales c of ot the week in Boston oston amount lid fid e to domestic sUc and pounds p foreign making a a total toI of ot O against a total tot of 26 for tor the te 28 pre J lou week and ad d total tota of for the Corresponding week last lat year ear Sales SaTe since Jan 1 l amount to pounds against agin pounds for the te corresponding time last year London Wo Wool l Market ket London Oct Oct 10 At the wool auction sales today bales were offered ses toay 1546 There wad was good competition for cross cros of which oo the bulk bu went to the te home trade Broken greasy wool sold and New South Wales were fairly competed for tor at steady t dY prices price fine grades gle realizing high rates Cape Cap of ot Good Hope and Natal wools were in good gd supply but dragged several s lots being withdrawn wi har wn Superior Sup snow whites were in better beter de demand demand demand mand at full tuU rates The attendance was good I 1 Butter i and Eggs Eg Chicago Oct Oct 10 On the produce ex cx exchange change today the butter buter market was steady seady creamery creamer dairy Cheese Chese firm l lc Eggs Egg firm fresh jOe IG Coffee and ad Sugar New York Oct Oct 10 Coffee Spot barely steady sted No 7 invoice Sc mild mid quiet Cordova Futures Future closed cloe barely steady with prices 15 points net lower ehi Total t sales salis bags including f In October 70 December zb 72 January Januar 7 February 10 March 70 45 May ay and July Sugar Raw steady fair f lr refining centrifugal SO 56 ei test c molasses sugar r tc refuted refitted steady s |