Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1882 — THE MARKETS. [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS.

Chlca g« Flour—Quiet and unchanged. | Grain—Wheat active and higher; regular, (1 01% August; No 2red winter, slo3@l 03%; No spring, old, (1 33; new. (t 32; No 3 Chicagospriug, 99%c. Corn, di-mand fair and prices higner, 77%c August. Oats active, firm and higher; old, 53c; new, 48% c. Rye firmer, 66c. Barley strong and higher, 87c. Flaxseed—Easier, (1 25. Butter—Dull and drooping; creamery. 19@23%c; dairy, 14@20c. Eggs—Demand fair and prices higher, 20@20%c. Provisions—Pork unsettled but generally higher; (20 76@20 80 October; (19 25@19 30 the year. Lard fairly active and a shade higher; (12 25 cash; (12 82%@12 35 September; (1245& 12 47% October; (12 25 the year. Bulk meats fairly active and a shade higher; shoulders, (9 75; short ribs, (12 80; short clear, (18 25. Whisky—Steady and unchanged, (117. Freights—Upm to Buffalo, 2%0. Call—Wheat, regular, lower (1 Off August; No 2 red winter, (1 03; No 2 Chicago spring (1 01%. Cora active but lower, 79%e August. Oats, active but lower, 89%c August. Pork In fair demand but at lower rates, (20 70 September; (20 82% October; (19 20 year. Lard in fair demand but at lower rates, (12 32% September; (12 42% October; (1237% November; (12 20 year. Hogs—Receipts, 15,000 head; shipments, 3,900 head; market weak. sto 10c lower and in poor demand; light mixed (7 30@8 00; heavy (8 00@8 70; light, (7 35@8 00; skips, (4 76@7 00; market closed weak with a large number of grassers and roughs unsold. Cattle—Receipts, 14,500 -.ead; shipments, 2,600 head. Market more active and generally stronger on account of smaller supply. Better demandand Improved quality of offerngs; exports, (7 10@7 60; good to choice shipping, (6 30@6 95; common to fair,(4 25@5 75; butchers steadier, (2 25 @4 00; stockers and feeders, (2 90(3.4 25; range 10c biger; Texaus, (3 35@4 50; half breeds (4 00@4 75. Sheep -Receipts, 3,000; shipments, 2,0; market dull and 15 to 25c lower on common natives and Texans, (2 50 @3 50; medium to good sheep, (3 75@ 4 25; choice shipping sheep steady, (4 30@4 75.

Baltimore. Flour—Quiet and steady. Grain—Wheat, western higher; No 2 winter red spot, $1 14% @115%; August, $1 14% @1 16%; September, slls@l 16%; October, $116%; November, $117% bid. Corn, western higher: mixed spot, 86@86c; August, 85%@85%c; September, 86%@8fi%c; October, 86@86%c. Oats steady; western white, 63@65c; mixed, 61® 62c; Pennsylvania, 62@65c. Rye steady, 6o@7uc. Hay—Steady, sl7 00@18 00. Provisions—Firmer; mess pork,g $22 26@23 25. Bulk meats, shoulders and clear rib sides packed, sll 09® 18 75. Bacon, shoulders. sl2 00; clear rib sides, sls 25. Hams, sl2 00® 16 25. Lard, Defined, sl4 00. Butter—Quiet. Eggs—Steady, 16c. Petroleum—Dull. Coffee—Firm.. Sugar—Strong; A soft, 9%c. Whisky—Quiet, $1 18. Cincinnati. Flour—Quiet and unchanged; family, $4 75@5 00; fancy $5 75@6 75. Grain—Wheat active, firm higher; No. 2 red, $1 00@1 02 Corn sronger, 76%c. Oats irregular, 47@48c. « By© firm, 71c. Provisions—Pork quiet and firm; $2150. Lard stronger, sl2 25. Bulk meats firmer, $9 75@13 00. Bacon firmer $lO 60@14 00@14 60. Whisky—Dull and lower, $114; combination sales of finished goods, 404 barrels on a basis of sll4. Butter—Dull and unchanged; choice western reserve, 19c; choice central Ohio, 18c. Hogs—Quiet; common and light, $6 50@8 25; packing and butchers’, $7 80®8 80. Receipts, 765; shipments, none.

New York Dry Goods. Although . the general demand Is less active, the movement of goods shows large distribution in process. In faot, the face of the market gives a very incorrect idea of the volume of business in daily completion. Prints, dress goods, ginghams, soft wool dress goods, in staples and fancies, skirts, shawls, silks and general department goods, are sharing the large attention and selection, and in connection with a large number of small assortments of staples and much larger distribution of cottons, in execution of orders, there is a large business completed each day. Eut Liberty, # Cattle—Receipts, 544; market slow; prime, $6 50@7 00; good, $5 50® 6 00; common, $3 76@4 50. Hogs—Reoeipts, 1,400; market slow; Philadelphia, $8 65 @8 80; Baltimores, $8 40@8 50; Yorkers, $7 76@8 15. Sheep Receipts, 1,200; market _Iow; prime, $4 50@4 76; good, $4 25@ | 40; common, $2 50@3 00. Detroit, Flour—Unchanged. Grain—Wheat, nothing done; No. I white, old, $1 I2>£; new, $1 05: August, September and October, $1 04; year, $1 03; No 2 red, $1 04>£; No 2 white, old, $1 07; new, $1 01. Receipts, wheat, 29.350 bushels; shipments, 10,000 bush*.-is. ' . Toledo, Grain—Wheat firmer; No. 2 red spot, $1 05 x 4. Coru steady high mixed, 81c; No. 2 spot, 80c. Oats quiet and unchanged. Closed—Wheat higher and firm; No. 2 red spot, new,. $1 06. Com firmer; No 2 spot, ‘Boc asked. Oata firmer; No 2 August, 41^c, . t V*; * ' *