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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1890
Page
7
The market remains steady for flour and grain with solid demand and mixed regional receipts. Prices span fine to patent flours, Minnesota and Wisconsin goods, export grades to Canada, and steady wheat and corn quotes across New York, Chicago, St Louis, and local mills.
Receipts today list butter 638 pkgs and 34 boxes, oleo 440 pkgs, cheese 1192 boxes, eggs 20 bbls 300 cases, beans 28u bbls, potatoes 26 cars, sweet potatoes 16 bbls, hay 27 cars, straw 2 cars. Compared to last year, butter and cheese volumes differ. markets show quiet trading with buyers’ slight preference, prices mostly unchanged though some higher for select lots. Quoted prices cover butter, cheese, eggs, beans, and poultry across Chicago New York and Eastern regions with varying grades and wholesale versus jobbing levels.
The market shows quiet steady demand for chickens fowls ducks geese and game with quoted prices for grouse snipe mallard ducks teal pin tail common and quail alongside pigeons rabbits venison and various potato onion beet carrot and cabbage lines. Fresh fruit and vegetables like apples Med fruits and citrus show firm to slow demand with assorted wholesale price points across many regional varieties.
Messrs A Lombard's Sons report apple exports for the week ending January 4 to Boston New York Portland and other ports with totals 2,086 1,681 6505 and 150 barrels respectively. Exports this week amount to 10,001 barrels, season total 546,614 barrels, last season 1,048,746 barrels.
H Harris and Company will auction 565 cases Valencia oranges and 1350 boxes Florida oranges on Tuesday.
The Napier and Howick steamer cargoes include Messina and Palermo oranges and lemons bound for Boston, with Cephalonia due Jan 6 carrying Valencia oranges to Snow & Co and C Lawrence & Co. Receipts list pork and hams among items. beef, lard, and other provisions show subdued activity. fresh beef outlook improves as shipments shift away from local producers. Domestic markets note mixed prices for pork and lard across New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati, with steady or dull trade in various meats and related products.
Cattle and hog markets across St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago and New York report varied moves. Heavies and mediums push higher in Chicago while New York cotton bids ease. receipts and shipments outlined, with several cities posting firm or steady tone on cattle and sheep markets.
Today’s market reports raw sugar receipts at 85 barrels and 510 bags with last year’s figures. Cuba refined sugar at 4% b yec and various grades quoted. refined sugars firm amid steady demand. Molasses receipts 26 barrels, small New Orleans sales at 40 48c, and several Caribbean grades listed. Oil certificates and pipe line data included with opening and closing prices.
Peoria reports a steady whiskey market at 103 and spirits at 105. Chicago notes a quiet market at 102. St Louis whiskey at 102. Dllars says retine market steady for whiskey at 102.
Coffee steady on fair cargos noted between New York and Rio with 19 percent yield. Turpentine closes at 44 4544 cents, rosin at 120 to 122 percent, tar at 210, petroleum at 7.80 cents with RSW 7.50 cents and cases at 9.70 cents.
Shipping report from Halifax Nova Scotia notes the steamer Halifax cleared January 4 with two additional tobacco cases. From Buenos Ayres Argentina the bark Don Enrique delivered 1 043 793 feet pine lumber and two packages plug tobacco.
Spot wheat in Antwerp and Liverpool remains firm while London cargoes show quiet demand for wheat and corn. January futures edge firmer as mixed American corn holds around 4s 7d, with multiple price quotes across January to June contracts and ongoing weather impacts in England.
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