Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 August 1882 — THE MARKETS. [ARTICLE]

THE MARKETS.

Chluco. | Flour—Steady and unchanged. Grain—Wheat unsettled but generally lower: regular slOl @1 02; Nr 2 red winter,sl 03 dash and August ;No 2 Chicago spring, nominal; No. 3 do, 90c. Corn strong and ■ igher, 78%c; regular, 75c. Oats unsettled but generally higher, 51c. Rye steady, 68%c. Barley dull and drooping, 90%c Bep. tember. Flaxseed—Firmer, $1 26. Butter—Quiet and unchanged. Eggs—Easier at 18@19c. Provisions —Pork unsettled but generally higher ;s2l 30@2135cash; $2130 August; s2l 36@21 37% September; $2145@2147% October; sl9 75@19 80 January; sl9 45@19 50 year. Lard unsettled but generally higher; sl2 40 cash;sl242%@l2 45 September; $1250 @1252% October; sl2 35@12 37% November: sl2 30@12 35 year. Bulk meats stronger; shoulders $9 60; short ribs, sl3 75; short clear, sl3 35. Whisky—Fairly active and a shade higher, sll7. Freights—Corn to Buffalo 2%c. Call—Wheat strong; regular, slOl @lOl % August; No. 2 red winter declined Xto %c. Corn, active, firm and higher, 78% c August. Oats firmer but not quotably higher. Pork active, firmer and higher, s2l 40@ 21 42% August; s2l 42% @2l 45 September; $2150 October; sl9 50 year;. sl9 82%@18 85 January. Lard,moderately active and higher,sl7 47% September ;sl7 55 October ;sl7 37)$ @l7 42)6 year; sl2 37% January. Hogs—Receipts, 12,000; shipments, 3,000; market strong and 6to 10c higher and demand fair; poor mixed, $7 60@8 35; heavy, $8 35@8 80; light, $7 50@8 40; Skips, $460@7 50; closed weak. Cattle—Receipts, 5,600; shipments, 2,300; market firm; exports, $7 30@ 8 CO; good to choice shipping, $6 50@ 7 00; common to medium, $4 40@6 00; mixed butchers active and strong, $2 25 @4 50; desirable cows and heifers 10c higher ;stockers and feeders stronger and 10 to 20c higher, $3 00@4 20; range 10c higher; Texans, $4 50@4 75; half-breeds, $4 50@4 65. Sheep—Receipts, 1,700; shipments, 200; market active with strong rates: common to medium, $3 25@3 75; good to choice, $4 50@5 00.

New York Produce. Flour—Dull; superfine state and. western, $3 30@4 50; common to good extra, $4 50@5 20; good to choice, $5 25@8 50; white wheat extra, $7 Off @8 50; extra Ohio, $4 60@7 50; St. Louis, $4 60@8 50; Minnesota patents, $7 00@8 85. Grain—Wheat, cash lots, % to % c lower: options opened % to better ; afterwards lost advance declined %to %c, closing steady; No 2 spring, nominal; ungraded spring, 85e; ungraded red, •$1 05@l 15)6; No 3 do, $1 04%@l 15; steamer No 2 red. $115% @115%; No 2 red, $1 15% @1 15% certificates; $116% @116% delivered; old No 2 red, $117% delivered; No 1 red, $1 17; mixed winter, $114%@ 115; ungraded white, slls. Corn, cash %c better: options %@l%c higher; ungraded, 87%c; No 2, 87% @ 87%c in store, 88%@88%c elevator, 88%c delivered. Oats, 3to 6c lower and depressed; mixed western, 60@ 65c; white western, 68@75c. Eggs—Western fresh, quiet and firm; choice, 22%@23c. Provisions—Pork, strong and higher ; new mess, $22 00@22 50. Beef, dull and unchanged. Cut meats, dull and nominal; long clear middles, sl3 75. Lard, lower; prime steam, sl2 87%@12 92%. Butter—Quiet but firm; for choice, 14@24c. Cheese—Demand fair; market firm; western flat, 6@loc.

Baltimore. Flour—Quiet. Grain—Wheat, western, higher, closing easy; No 2 winter red spot, $1 14%@1 14%; August, $1 14% @ 1 14%; September, $113%@1 14; October, $114% @115; November, $116% @116%. Corn, western, higher, firm and quiet; mixed spot, 85%@86c; August, 85%@86c; September, 86%c; October, 85%@85%c; November, 813 asked. Oats, steady and quiet; western white, 66@68c; mixed, 65@68c. Rye, quiet, 70c. Hay—Firm, $lB 00@19 00. Provisions —Firm; mess pork, $22 25 @23 25. Bulk meats, shoulders and clear rib sides, packed, sl3 00@13 75. Bacon, shoulders, sl2 00; clear rib sides, sls 25. Hams, sls 25@16 25. Lard, refined, SI4OO. Butter—Quiet; western packed, 14@ 20c; creamery, 28@27c. Cincinnati. Flour—Dull and unchanged. Grain—Wheat firmer; No 2 red, $1 02@l 03. Com strong and higher at 78%@78%c. Oats strong and higher at 53c. Rye easier, 70%c. Provisions —Pork stronger at $22 00. Lard quiet at 112 25. Bulk meats quiet at $9 50@13 25. Bacon stronger, $lO 50@14 25@14 75. Whisky—ln fair demand and higher, $1 15; combination sales of finished goods, 690 barrels on a basis of $1 15. Butter—Quiet and unchanged. Hogs—Steady; common and light, $6 40@8 20; packing and butchers, $7 70@8 75. Receipts, 876; shipments, 133. _ Detroit. Flour—Unchanged. Grain—Wheat dull and heavy; No 1 white, old, $116%; new, $1 09; August, $1 07%; September and October, $1 04%; November, $1 05 nominal; year , $104; No 2 red $1 «6%; August, $106; No 2 white, nominal. Receipts, wheat, 10.834 bushel; shipments, 1,281 bushel. Eugene Kimball, billiard playei, died at Rochester.