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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1891
Page
7
Wool market shows ongoing strength with healthy demand and above average activity despite large Australian imports. Prices stay steady amid light domestic supply and potential future shifts as Oregon, California, and Maine wools trade at various levels.
At London wool sales 12,000 bales were offered with full prices, cross-breeds in strong demand and French buyers purchasing most of today's lots. US buyers also added to purchases as New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria New Zealand South Australia West Australia Cape of Good Hope and Natal bales varied in scoured greasy and lock-and-piece values.
Output covers multiple grains with prices and futures in Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis and New York. Reports show wheat led by fluctuating futures near 99 cents to $1 per bushel, corn and oats firm with local and shipping bids, rye and barley quiet, and millfeed demand steady with bran prices around 24 to 26 dollars per ton.
Middlings range from 23 to 27 dollars per ton, cottonseed meal in good demand at 25.75 to 26 dollars per ton, to arrive, and 27 dollars on spoke feed has been selling at 23.50 per ton.
Receipts show flour sacks oatmeal cornmeal and du goods with firm demand and steady to higher prices. Flour ranges from 3 4 25 to 5 75 per barrel with various grades and export options. rye flour limited to jobbing. cornmeal and oatmeal also quoted with firm market conditions.
The Chicago market shows firmer tone with hogs quiet and pork products steady. Farnum Reardon & Co list opening and closing pork prices, lard and beef prices hold steady amid modest demand. fresh beef and various cuts quote from 6 to 10 percent ranges, with treasuries of hams and tongues noted.
Kansas City and Cincinnati, St Louis and Chicago markets show cattle hogs and sheep trading firmly. Cattle receipts at KC 2730 steady to strong with steers around 4.45, cows 2.36, stockers up to 3.55. hog receipts 12,338 mixed 3.20 to 3.55, pork markets steady. sheep 956 up to 4.80. Chicago cattle 11,000 receipts steady with steers 4.90 to 5.30, hogs 35,000 active and higher 3.50 to 3.80, sheep 7,000 steady 3.75 to 5.25. Westerns and Texans noted in broader reports.
Receipts list includes butter eggs cheese and produce with numbers. Butter western creamery prices steady with quotes from 21 to 28 cents per pound. Egg prices firmer with regional variations. Chicago and New York markets steady or firm. Poultry game and ducks listed with per dozen or per pair quotes. numerous vegetables and seeds noted with market tone of dull or steady.
Prices for venison, ducks, beans, peas, grasses, hay, straw, potatoes, onions, carrots, beets, lettuce, squash, and other produce. Includes oddities like New York and Vermont beans, track notes, and regional variations. Prices listed per unit or per bushel, crate, or ton.
Florida receipts 1523 pkgs vs 9494 pkgs last year. Oranges steady with prices 2 75 box for navel, 5 6 bbl for grapefruit, mandarins 2 75 half box. Med market steady with Palermo and Messina fruit prices per box and case. Apples quiet. receipts 528 bbls with varied varieties and prices. Cranberries quiet. Cape Cod choice 12 bbl, others 9-11 bbl. Grapes and nuts quoted with multiple regional varieties and price ranges. Dried apples prices for evaporated, choice, prime, sun dried.
The Powhattan arrived after Gibraltar with 16 000 boxes oranges 8750 boxes lemons 7100 boxes Messina oranges 700 half boxes and 2500 boxes lemons destined for Boston. The Effective heads to Boston with 5500 boxes and 1600 half boxes Messina oranges and 3300 boxes Palermo lemons. The Savannah boat due next Saturday carries 5270 boxes Florida oranges. The Norfolk boat due today brings 900 bags peanuts 75 pigs track and 100 boxes Florida oranges.
The New York spot cotton market showed dull trading at 924 cents for middling uplands with 41 bales sold and 120,403 bales in stock. Futures opened steady and closed dull but steady as 48,900 bales were sold. the remainder notes stray text.
Sugar markets show higher refined sugar quotes with mixed grades listed by American Sugar Refining and Revere. Wholesale grocers on Friday price granulated at 6 60 and fine at 6 56 per pound, while raw sugar remains strong and molasses sales hold steady in New Orleans with varied regional prices.
Messrs Harris Co offer Florida oranges and navels at varied box prices, tangerines, mandelines and grapefruits with multiple box figures, Palermo and essina lemons, Valencia onions. Peoria whiskey market steady at 115. Cincinnati and Le Louis markets firm at 114. Miscellaneous notes: Turpentine and Petroleum in New York.
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