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Show TRADING iS MODERATE, WITH MARKET STRONG ! Close Near High Point of Day Despite Heavy Movement of New Wheat. j CHICAGO, Oct. 1. Although trade In tho wheat pit was only of moderate volume, vol-ume, the market was firm all day and closed near the highest point of the Northwestern markets In the face of tho heavy movement of the new crop. Arrivals Ar-rivals today at Minneapolis nnd Duluth were 1355 cars, against 6S1 cars a year ago, and slocks at Minneapolis were reported re-ported to have Increased by 2,000,000 bushel9 In the past five days. This heavy movement to the Northwestern market was offset by brisk doniand for flour at Minneapolis, where sales of 125,000 barrels bar-rels were said to have been made over night. Export business hero wus practically prac-tically at a standstill, but seaboard reported re-ported sales of twelve boatloads, Clearances of wheat and flour wero equal to 1,490,000 bushels, which la almost al-most the record for a single day. Corn was strong all day. Prices at tho sample tables advanced c to 1c above yesterday's level. Tho October delivery advanced to 77c after opening at 741c. The close was strong, with prices up c to lc, compared with the previous close. Tho oats market was strong throughout through-out the day. Provisions were a trifle easier early in the day on renewed liquidation of October Oc-tober delivery, but rallied later on a brisk general demand. The markeUclosed steady, with prices 5c lower to" 121c higher. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open. High. Low. Qlose. Oct 99i 995 99i 998 Dec 99S 1.00S 993 l.OOi Mav 1.02 1.031 1.022 1.031 July 97 97i 97 97H Corn Oct 741 77 741 76S Dec 65S 061 65Q fi2 May 05' Coil 041 65 Julv 01 641 6!i OIK 0al3" ' iqa Oct " Dec 49S , 493 494 498 May 518 ' 515! 51', oli July 481 49 IS! 4SS Mess pork, per barrel .... Oct 14.60 14.671 14.521 II. oo Jan '. 10.65 16. 85 16.65 16.75 May 16.70 16.771 10.671 .16.671 Lard, per 100 pounds Oct ...10.25 10.30 10.221 10.271 Jan 9.07J 9.85 9.071 9.S71 Mav 9.65 9.80 9.65 9.0 Short ribs, per 100 pounds Oct 9. SO 9. SO 9.721 9.80 Jan 8.70 8.771 S.70 S.S. May S.80 S.S7S 8. SO S.SS CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, steady, No. 2 spring wheat, - SI. Ooffl.06; No. 3. 97cS1.05; No. 2 red, 99Jc51.008; No. 2 corn, 7Sl(Q7S3c: No. 2 yellow, i9 79c; No. 3 white, 475'51c: No. 2 rye. 6u; good feeding barley. 55356ic; fair to cholco malting. f7160c; No. 1 northwestern northwest-ern flaxseed, $1.25; prime timothy seed. S3.40; short ribs, sides (loose). SO-ioW 10: mess pork, per barrel, S14.5514.Uo: lard, per 100 pounds, S10.30fpl0.32! ; short clear sides (boxed), $10.50(gll: whiskey, basis of high wines, $1.37. RECEIPTS AND SHIPMENTS. Receipts. Shipments. Flour, barrels 24.000 47.800 Wheat, bushels 38,000 173.000 Corn, bushels 142.S0O 300 Oats, bushels 331,800 22,o00 Rye, bushels 3,000 Barley, bushels 159,500 12,00 PRODUCE EXCHANGE. On tho produce exchango today tho butter market was steady; creameries, 20 26c; dairies, 18tf?)22c. Eggs, steady at mark, cases Included, 16lSc; firsts, 22c; prime firsts, 23c; cheese firm, 13lic. LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO, Oct. 1. Cattle Receipts, about 6000; market weak to a shade lower. low-er. Beeves. 3.707.60; Texans, 53.5035; westerns. J3,50(Q)6; stockers and feeders, $2.70(3)4.85; cows and heifers, $1.755.60; calves. ?6.25?8.50. Hogs Rocelpts about 14.000; market steady to 5c lower. Light, $6.35(g!7; mixed, $6.407.15; heavy, S6.3337.15; rough. ?6.356.55; good to choice heavy. S6.55(g'7.15; pigs, $IQ;6.05. bulk of sales, $6.650.90. Sheep Receipts about 15,000. Maikct 6trong to 10c higher. Native. $2.30 4.30. western. S2.30iff'4.30; yearling. $4.30 $14.S0; lambs, S3.505.75; western, 53.50 5.85. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Oct. 1. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 5000: markot steady. Stockers and feeders. $2.S04.S0; bulls, ?2,40ft3.75; calves, $3.50(3)0.25; western steers, $3.35(3) 5.40; western cows. S2.40(Q)3.60. Hogs Receipts. 12,000; market steady to 5c lower; bulk .of sales, $6.35(g6.76; heavy. S6.75ig)6.S0; packers and butchers, S6.40d7)6.S0: light. $0.10fip6.65: pigs. $456. Sheep Receipts. 6000; market strong to 10c higher. Muttons, SS.604: lambs. S4.25(g.5.50; range wethers, $3.404; fed ewes, $3(5)1.10. South Omaha, SOUTH OMAHA. Oct. 1. Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 5500: market steady. Western steers, $3.50u5.60; Texas steers, S1CJ4.50; range cows and heifers. 2.50(3'4; canners, $2(0)2.80; Blockers and feeders, $2.75tp4.S5; calves, 52.755.75, bulls and stags, 2.25 3.15. Sheep Receipts, 23,000: market steady, weaker. Yearlings. $41.0; veihers, JS.OO; yearlings, ?33.60; lamb3 SILO'S' 5.23. Now York Money. NEW YORK. Oct. 1. Close; Money on call steady, Hi?)13 per cent: ruling rate, IS, closing bid, 11; offered at 11. TImo loans very dull and easy; sixty days. 21; ninety days, 3; six months. 31. Prime mercantile paper, 43141 per cent. Sterling exchango steady, with actual business In bankers' bills at 4.8504.35.10 for sixty-day bills and at 4.S6.30 for demand. Commercial bills, 4.841(g) 4.843. Mexican dollars. 45c, Government and railroad bonds steady. New York Sugar. NEW YORK. Oct. 1 Sugar Raw. quiet: fair refining, 3.48c; centrifugal, .96 test, 3. 9Sc; -molasses sugar, 3.23c. Refined, quiet: crushed, 5.90c; powdered, pow-dered, 5.30c; granulatod, 5.20c. New York Produce. NEW YORK, Oct. 1. Butter, firm. Creamery specials. 27c; extras, 2626jc, thirds to firsts. 1824c. and eggs, steady; unchanged |
