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Show WHEAT MARKET QUIET, BUT CLOSES STRONG Nothing in $cws of tho Day to Stimulate Buyers or Sellers Sell-ers to Activity. CHICAGO. Jan. 4.Asidc from the weather bureau foroenst the wheat market mar-ket lacked any news of sufficlont importance im-portance to inspire any great effect of either buying or selling, and consequently consequent-ly trading was quiet nearly all day. The election of officers of the board of trade, which occurred today, also dotractcd materially ma-terially from Interest In the prices. .According to the weather bureau, a cold wave will spread over a large section sec-tion of this country tonight and tomorrow, tomor-row, bringing with It tho coldest weather of the season. As large areas of seeded wheat are unprotected by snow tho drop In temperature, it was claimed, might result In considerable damage. This apprehension ap-prehension regarding the fall-sown crop caused fairly active buying during the final hour of the day. whieli carried prices to the highest point of the session. ses-sion. During the early part t( Ihe day acn-tlmont acn-tlmont wan quite bearish, owing to a decline de-cline of S'o'Sc in the Liverpool markot. resulting from Increased offerings of wheat from Argentine. The market closed strong at tho top, with May at $1,083 and July at 90 Re. The corn market was firm. Cash corn at the samplo table was steady to o higher. Tho bulge in wheat had somo nffect iati; in the day. The market closed ilrm, with prices up Eic. with May at 01 c and July at f.llc. An Improved demand for the cosh grain by eastern shippers caused firmness In oats. At tho closo prlco3 were Jo to i'Wic: higher, compared with previous eloso. Final quotations on May were filgiffolic, and on July 4625 t01c. Provisions were llrm. At tho closo prices were 5c to 15174c higher. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open High Low Close May 1.078 1.0S1 1.07! 1.08B Julv' 98 39H 98fi 99S Sept 358 35X 911 951 Corn Mav (ill 61! 603 61! Julv 61! 6l2 61 5 611 Sept 611 62 611 62 Oats May 518 513 511 513 Julv 46i 461 164 46 Scpt 394 36! 39i 39j Mess Pork, per barrel Jan 16.35 16.471 16.35 16.471 May 16.60 10.75 16.53 16.70 Lard, per 100 pounds Jan . 3.50 9.571 9.50 9.55 Mav 9.72 9. SO 9.70 3. SO Short Ribs, per 100 pounds Jan 8.40 S.471 8.40 S.47 May 8.70 S.75 8.67j S.75 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, firm; No. 2 spring wheat. $1,054(1.06: No. 3. ? 1. 00$? 1.06: No. 2 red. 51.0541.06 ; No. 2 corn. 5SK'5Se; No. 2 yellow, 5SiZ 5S2c; No. 2 while oats, 51 jc; No. 3 white, 4S!ft'51c: No. 2 rye. 74c; good feeding barlov. oOlf-OOc; fair to choice malting. eiGfe'lc; No. 1 northwestern llax seed. 51.541: prime timothy soed. $3 90; clover, contract gmdes. $9.20: nhort ribs, sides (loose). $S.OOi5?S.50; mess pork, per barrel. bar-rel. S16.458!16.50; lard, per 100 pounds, $9,571: short clear sides (boxed), s.fi 8.75. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Articles Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 10.400 11.500 Wheat, bushels S.000 4.000 Corn, bushels 366,300 235.100 Oats, bushels 2S9.700 161.300 Rye. bushels 3,000 10,000 Barley, huahola 104,500 3,400 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On the produce exchange today tho butter market was steady; crfnmerles, 22 ifi'32c; dairies. 2l!i5'27c. Eggs, weak; at mark. caea Included. 24'927c: firsts. 2Sc; prime firsts, 29c. Cheese, steady; ll 15c. LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO. Jan. 4. Cattle Receipts, estimated 37.000; market 10 lo 20c lower. Beeves. $3.90(ff'7.50; Tcxans, $3.75&'4.50; westerns, $3.755.60; stockors and feeders, feed-ers, $2.80ff'4.95: cows and heifers, 51.75(g! 5; calves. $7.50(5)9.25. Hops rtocelnts. estimated 4S.000. Steady to strong; light. $5.305.95; mixed, $5.60 (7'6.15; lieavv, $5 656.20; rough. $5.6 5.S0; Rood to choice heavy J5.S0(S:6.20; pigs. $1.25(5)5.30; bulk. $5.75?6.10. Shfep Receipts, estimated 20,000; sleadv to' 10c lower Native. ?2.75ii55.20; westerns, $2.90ffJ4.25; yearlings, $5.40(5) 6.75; lambs, natives, $4.50(JJi7.75; westerns, 5 1.75-3)7.75. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY. Jan. 4. Cottle Receipts Re-ceipts 11,000. Markot steady to 5c lower. Slnckers and feeders, $35.20; bulls, $3i0 4.75; calves. $4S; western steers, $3.S0j' 5.75; western cows, $2.754 50. Hogs Receipts, 16,000; steady. Bulk of salos, $5.50ff6; heavy, $5.S5(3)6.05; packonj and butchors. $5..70(30; light, $5.-f05.80; pigs, $4.50fl,.5.25. Sheop Receipts, S000: market steady. Muttons, $4.255.15; lambs. $6.25iQ7.50. range wethers, $4(5)6.50; fed cweo, $3J) 4.75. Omaha, OMAHA. Jan. 4. Cattle Receipts 6000; market slow lo 1015o lower. Western steers. $3.50(3)6; Texas steers, S3(y)5 ; cows and heifers. $2.50(f?4.10; canners. $22.70; Btoclters and feeders, $2.7505.4O; calves, $3'g)C,50; bulls and stags, $3.50(5i5. Hogs Receipts, 6600; market steady. Heavy. S5.75f?.6; mixed. $5.655.75. light, S5.40ft)5.80, pigs, $3.50i5'5; bulk of sales. $'.60&5.S0. Shoep Receipts. 3000; market steady. Yearlings. $536.25; wethers. $4.755. 10; cwoa, 53.D0GM.S0, lambs, $K.5027.10. St. Louis WooL ST. LOUIS. Jan. 4. Wool Nominal: medium grades combing and clothing, IS! Cj)23ac; light fine, 161f220c; heavy fine, 10 (216c; tub-washed, 230311c. Visible Grain Supply. NEW YORK, Jan. 4. Tho visible supply sup-ply of grain In tho United States Saturday, Satur-day, January 2, as compiled by the New York produce exchange, was as follows; Wheat, 51,760,000 hushols. Increase 83,-000 83,-000 bushels: corn, 7,165,000 bushels, Increase In-crease 171,000 bushels; oats, 10,023,000 bushels., Increase 381,000 bushels, rye. 1.022,000 bushels, docroasc 5S.000 bushel); barloy, 5,083,000 bushels, decrease 314,000 bushels. Tho visible Bupply of wheat In Canada Saturday. January 2, as compiled by the New York produce exchange, was 6,415,-000 6,415,-000 busholu, an Increase of 660,000 buuhela. Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. Today's statement state-ment of the treasury balances In the general gen-eral fund, exclusive of tho $150,000,000 gold reserve, shows: Available cash balance. $10B,357.716. Gold coin and bullion. $27,214,541. Gold rnrtiflcateH. $54.408,853 |
