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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1891
Page
7
The domestic wool market remains quiet and firm as Australian offers dominate trading. With fewer buyers, holiday effects and strong foreign supplies, prices hold, while outlook remains positive before the new clip arrives and stockpiles shrink across regions.
A quiet trade in rye persists with jobbing sales at 87 to 90 cents. Barley remains steady with six row and two row quotes for Canada and State origins. Malt is quiet with prices for six row and two row varying by grade. Millfeed markets stay steady with bran, middlings, and cottonseed meal priced per ton. rye feed trades at 23.50 per ton.
There is a quiet flour market with small lot sales. Prices quoted include fine to common at 3.25 to 4.40 per barrel or sack. Minnesota and Wisconsin brands command higher cash values for patent and winter varieties. Export grades show fob pricing for Canada and domestic demand remains firm for meal and oatmeal markets with bag meal around 128 to 130 per hundred and barrel meal about 270 to 275.
The report lists receipts of pork, beef, lard, hams, and other meats with prices and quantities. It notes live hog arrivals of 30,469 for the week ending Feb 26, firmer Chicago provisions with grain trends, and provides detailed quotations for pork products, lard, beef, tongues, veal, and related items, alongside New York market quietness at 45 cents.
Market reports from Kansas City and St Louis detail cattle and hog prices by class, with steers and butchers stock ranging in the low to mid fours, hogs steady to firm with mixed weights, and receipts and shipments reported for Chicago Peoria Cincinnati and Western markets. Fruit and vegetable quotes follow, listing quantities and prices for diverse items such as spinach onions cabbages and greens, with notable figures including Yorkers at $3 40 3 50 in St Louis and cattle steers at $5 40 5 90 in Chicago.
The produce market reports moderate receipts and steady to firm prices across dairy items. Butter remains firm as supplies shrink, with New York Eastern creamery at 27 to 31 cents and Western at 26 to 30. Cheddar and full size cheeses hold firm with steady demand, while eggs stay quiet amid receipts.
The New ark market remains steady at 17c and Chicago at 16c with light stocks and strong local demand. Baltimore 15c and Cincinnati 13c show steady levels as poultry remains firm with moderate fresh supply. frozen stock selling well. Beams of beans and peas steady with liberal supply. hay is unsettled with high stock. Butter and cheese prices mix across regions while meat and game demand holds, with hay and potatoes showing limited shifts.
Receipts for Florida fruits reached 1862 packages versus 5038 last year, with steady demand. Prices quoted cover Brights, russets, tangerines, mandarins, navels, and grapefruit, plus Mediterranean fruits, apples, cranberries, Almeria grapes, nuts, cocoanuts, dried apples, and strawberries, noting recent arrivals and prevailing quotations.
The steamer Effective passed Gibraltar Feb 5 for Boston carrying 6500 boxes and 1600 half boxes Messina oranges and 3300 boxes Pal ermolemons. Prior passed Gibraltar Feb 19 for Boston with 2300 boxes and 500 half boxes cee oranges and 1500 boxes Messina emons. Leon due today with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Company. Norfolk boat arrived yesterday with 800 bags peanuts 1650 bbls truck and 10 boxes oranges. Savannah boat due today has 6380 boxes Florida oranges.
Sugar prices remain strong with high demand. Refined sugars advance across grades from granulated to extra C, with quotes for March and April delivery. Raw sugar steady. molasses markets show New Orleans demand, Porto Rico and Ponce grades listed with per gallon ranges. London beet prices noted for February and March. Receipts total 2400 birds.
The New York spot cotton market remained dull at 9 cents for middling uplands with 133 bales sold and stock at 135,220. Futures opened steady and closed quiet with a total of 72,600 bales sold. Liverpool market showed buyers more disposed to operate at 4 percent for middling uplands. 10,000 bales traded, 9,800 American, 8,000 receipts, 7,700 American. Futures closed easy with quoted prices listed.
The report lists closing dates and market patterns from February through January across many months and regions. It details varied rates for Augusta and other ports, with statuses such as steady quiet and mid values. Consolidated six day net receipts total 102,520 bales with exports to Great Britain 96,000 France 19,434 and the Continent 23,042 stock 752,030.
At the London wool sale 14 400 bales were offered with active bidding and good selection. Good scoured wool sold at par while greasy merino and inferior grades difficult to obtain. Punta Arenas stock in first hands under 10 000 bales. Export buying strong at 62 percent, 16 000 bales to America. Prices varied by region with New South Wales, Queensland, Melbourne Victoria, New Zealand, South Australia, Good Hope and Natal detailed for scoured and greasy categories. Next series begins April 2.
The print cloth market in Fall River saw volatile trading with 5000 pieces sold at 8 cents in yesterday’s session, followed by 1000 pieces at 31 and a half to 16 cents. The market is quoted at the latter price, with 60x56s quoted at 29 and two thirds cents per yard.
Closing prices and shipments listed for pipeline certificates with Feb 25 26 1891 dates. Refined product price 7.50 cents per gallon. Cotton seed oil certificates opened. Whiskey markets show high wines at Peoria 115 and Cincinnati St Louis steady at 14.
Turpentine touched 40.2 cents with resin at 145,150 dollars and tar at 2 dollars 60 cents. Petroleum closed at 7.10 cents, with 5 W trading at 7.50 cents and cases at 9.65 cents.
The New York pig iron market held steady and quiet while copper showed neglect and nominal movement. Lead remained quiet and steady as tin stayed dull and heavy with straits at 1985. Tin plates showed fair demand and firm pricing, and spelter remained stagnant.
London reports wheat strong and corn firm with steady cargo flow. Market notes: one wheat cargo arrived, one waiting, one corn sold. continental demand for wheat remains strong while corn prices rise. Liverpool spot wheat weak, corn active and higher. Paris wheat and flour firm with February and March quotes. Antwerp spot wheat firm for No 2 red winter.
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