OCR Text |
Show GRAIN MARKET WEAK, PR0VIS1DHS STRONGER Trading in Wheat Is Tame; Shorts on Corn Push Up Prices. CHICAGO. Feb. 11. Grain prices fell off. generally today, com and oats, however, how-ever, showing Initial firmness. Provisions had an upward trend, pork, touching a high point of $22.85 at the outset.' Trading In wheat wns tamo. Prices moved within narrow limits- May fell oft from SI.11R to $1.10Z. the other futures talcing a similar course. The closo .was steady at the low levels, with May" at 51.11 h, ISlc lower than the ilnal figures of yesterday. A rush of early buying by shorts crowded corn prices up about 1c, alter opening near yesterday's close. May sagged from G7jle to 66Rc. In tho final half of the day tho demand stiffened slightly and. brought the closing figures somewhat away from tho low point, fluctuations not exceeding 1c to 8c. At the close. May stood at 6Gi!c, a shade higher than the final quotations yesterday. yester-day. July finished unchanged, and September Sep-tember a shade oft -from yesterday's closo. Prices moved within narrow limits in oats. Tho fluctuations were closet- than In cither of tho other grains, being bounded by RtfDJc, May touching 471c and dragging to 4G3c. The closo was at nearly near-ly the low point, with May at -161c, unchanged, un-changed, Provisions showed great strength throughout, pork touching a top record price of $22.85 at tho outset and keeping close to the high figures to a finish of 22.80, a record close. Closing prices for May products were: Pork, S22.S0, 17c higher; lard. $12.405512.42i. 1012ic higher; high-er; ribs. S12-07J, 17Ju higher than final figures yesterday. There will be no trading on the Chicago Chica-go Board of Trade on Lincoln's birthday. RANGE OF THE LEADING FUTURES. Wheat Open. High. Low. Close. May 1.112 1.118 1.10X 1.1U July 1.024 1.024 1.012 1.0U September .. 971 075 97fc 97 Corn May G7 671 66J 66J July 67 67i 6SC 66 September 66 G7J 66J 6GJ Oat& May 461 471 463 4SI July 41 44 438 438 September .. 41 41 40g 402 Mess pork, per barrel May 22. S3 22. S5 22.75 22. SO July 22.50 22.60 22.421 22.00 Lard, per 100 pounds May 12.40 12-45 12.35 12.40 July 11.35 12.371 12.274 il2.35 Spare ribs, per 100 pounds May 12.021 12.07J 11.971 12.074 July 12.00 12.05 11.971 12.05 CASH QUOTATIONS. Cash quotations were as follows: Flour, steady; winter patents. So. 153)5.60; winter straights, $5.00()5.40; spring straights, $4.755)4.95; bakers'. $3.25ff?'5.25; No. 2 ryo, Sic; feed or mixing barley. 625j)6Sc; fair to cholco malting. 60(g)73c; flax seed, No. 1 southwestern, 52.06; No, 1 northwestern, $2.16; timothy seed, ?4.03; clover, f 13.85; mesa pork, per barrel. $22 75(22.87i; lard, per 100 pounds, $12.30 12.32i; short ribs, sides (loose), $11,621 (JM3.12; short clear sides (boxed), $12.25 5J12.50. GRAIN STATISTICS. Total clearance of wheat and flour wero equal to 59,000 bushels. Exports for tho week, as shown by Bradslrect's, were equal to 2,408.000 bushels. Primary receipts were 447.000 bushels, the corresponding corre-sponding day a year ago being a holiday. Estimated receipts for Monday: Wheal, 32 cars; corn, 472 cars: oats, 145 cars; hogs, tomorrow. 17,000 head. LIVESTOCK QUOTATIONS. Chicago. CHICAGO. Feb. 11. Cattle Receipts estimated at 4000: market steady. Beeves, $l.405'7.80; Texas steers. $4'5.10; western west-ern steers. 54. 20576; stockors and feeders, feed-ers, $3.15i5)5.50 ; cows and heifers, $2.255j) 5.S5; calves, $7ff?9.40. Hogs Receipts estimated at 22.000; market 10c higher. Light. S9.45tfPS.S0; mixed, $8.45tf5i8.90; heavy, $8.508.05; rough. $S.50(5S.65: good to cholco heavy, SS.65(ffiS.05; pigs, $7.50S.C0; bulk of sales, 5S.755jS.85. Sheep Receipts estimated at 6000; market steady. Native, $4.506.75: western, west-ern, $4.505?6.S5; yearlings. $7.2557)8.40; Iambs, native, $G.755J'9; western, $6.755j)9. Omaha. OMAHA, Feb. 11. Cattle Receipts, 1200. Market strong to 10c higher. Native Na-tive steers, $4.755i7.2u: cows and heifers, $3.505.50: western steers, $3.255j)6.00; tows and heifers, $2.S04.40, canners, $2.505J'3.25; stockcrs and feeders. $3.00 5.G0; calves, $4.00ffj)S.25; bulls, stags, etc., $3.0055)5.00. Hogs Receipts. 3000. Market 10c higher. high-er. Heavy, $8.60(?S.75; mixed. $S.25tf 8.60; light. $8.405?18.70; pigs, $7.70(8.25 ; bulk of sales. $8.55tff5.70. Sheep Receipts, 2400. Market strong to 10c higher. Yearlings, $6.905P7.00; wethers. $5.75tf77.65; ewes, $5.25tfj6.25; lambs, S7.90G?S.90. Kansas City. KANSAS CITY, Feb. II Cattle Receipts, Re-ceipts, 1000; market steady; native steers. $5.2557)7 25; nativo cows and heifers. $2.80 ffx'6.00; stockors and feeders. $3.7!i5?5.75; b'ulls, $4.00fj)5.25; calves. $4,0050.00; wostcrn steers, $4.755j)6.50; western cows, $3. 0057)4. 95. Hogs Receipts. 10,000; 10c higher; bulk Of hhIcs. $S.455jS.75. heavy. $8.70tfP8.S5; packers and butchers. $S.555JS.80; light. $8,355)18.65: pigs. $7.5057S.00. Slicep Receipts. 3000; market strong; muttons, $5.005716.20; lambs. $7,0058 25; fed western wethers and yearlings. $5.25 JS.ID; fed western ewes, $5.00tfj6.25. St, Joseph. Special to Tho Tribune. SOUTH ST. JOSEPH. Feb. 11, Cattle Receipts. 800; mnrkct steady; calves, $5. 0055.25; Texas and westerns. $4,305? 6 50; cows and heifers, $2.505j)5.75; bulls and stags, $3.00$ji5.50; veals. $1.005jS.50; yearlings and calves. $3.25 175; stockors stock-ors and feeders, $3.505j)5.50. Sheep Recolpts, 1000; market steady: lambn. $8.2557)8.65; yearlings. SS.005iS.i0; wethers. $6.0051)6.50; ewes. $5.00fl)6.10. New York Monoy. NEW YORK, Feb. 11. Closo: Prlmo mercantile paper, 4155)5 per cent. Sterling exchange steady, with actual business In bankers' bills at $4.S3.905j 1,8 1 for sixty-day bills and at $4.86.10 for demand. Commercial bills, 4.S315M.S3J. Bar silver. 5U- Mexican dollars, 44c. Government bonds steady; railroad bonds firm, Monev on call easy at 215?3 por cent; ruling fate, 21: ofTered. 3. ' Time loans firm; sixty days, 3i per cent and ninety days, 33; six months, 4. Boston Wool, BOSTON, Fob. 11. The Commercial Bulletin will say of the wool market Sat- U't?ic' trading Is still at a comparative standotlll. carded woolen mills continuing continu-ing to lako the bulk of the limited purchases. pur-chases. Shipments of wool from BoBton to February 10. Inclusive, were 26,871. 23S pounds, against 28.701.702 pounds for the same lime last year. Receipts to I-ebruary 10, Inclusive, wore 33.933.S90 pounds against 20.415.122 pounds for the name period last year. Dairy Produce. CHICAGO. Feb. 11. Butter Steady ; creameries. 255?'28c; dairies, 2 3 572Gc. ' Eggs Easy at mark: recolpts. 4641; cases Included, 1715J'231c: flrats, 241c; prlmo firsts. 25ic Cheese Steady; daisies. 16?G2il7c: twins" 1615j)163c; young Americas, 1G15j 16Jc:'long horns, 16i5j'lC3c. New York Sugar, NEW YORK. Feb. 11. Raw Sugar, firm muscovado, .89 test. 3.6ic; centrifugal. centri-fugal. .06 test. 4.11c; molasses sugar. -SU test, 3"-36. refined, quiet; cruuhed, o.SSc; granulated, 5 15c; powdered, 5.25c. i |