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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1891
Page
7
The weekly lumber market shows subdued activity across regions. Northern and Eastern markets are dull with low spruce arrivals and prices dipping to $12 a random, while Southern and Western markets report steady tones but ample stocks. Freight rates edge up slightly as mills seek orders for winter work and repair a cautious outlook ahead of spring.
Receipts list flour bbls 5159 530 and sacks 4585 1089, cornmeal 2500 bbl, oatmeal 240 604 sacks and 125 330 bbl. Prices quoted for various flour grades range from 2 90 to 5 85 per barrel or bag, with export options at 4 26 to 5 60 fob. Rye flour trades quietly at 5 per bbl, meal is firm, cornmeal bag sales 124 126 and barrel 270 275, oatmeal at 6 45 6 75 for cut and rolled and 6 25 bbl for ground.
Half-bbl tripe at 325 dollars and honeycomb at 5 dollars per half-bbl. Fresh beef quotes show choice prime steers at 742 8d, good to choice at 744d, light at 644d, extra heavy hinds at 104%%2 lle with good at 1010% and light at 9d. Heavy fares at 4%4 5d, common to good at 4 4'ec, rattles at 342 4c. Chucks 4 65 ec, backs 6 7c, jumps and joins 124%2 15c, short ribs 10 18c, joins 14 17c. In mutton sales Chicago and Brighton 642 8c, Eastern choice 7 2c, fair to good 6 7c. Lambs Western 7 9%%c, Eastern 7 912c, fancy 10 10'42c. Heavy fall lambs 6 8c, common to good 4 6c. In reals sales fancy to acme and poor to good 5 9c. Tallow: city rendered 4%c, country rendered 4 44c. New York market steady at 458c.
Special to the Post shows Kansas City prices for cattle and hogs with strong gains. Cattle range from 3.85 to 4.65 for shipping steers and 2.30 to 3.10 for cows, with stockers up to 3.40 and bulls at 1.75 to 3.00. hogs steady to higher, heavies 3.30 to 3.70, primes 3.55 to 3.75, Yorkers 3.25 to 3.30. sheep mixed around 3.30 to 3.60 with natives up to 4.80. Chicago reports dull to steady cattle, hogs active and higher, and sheep steady. Cincinnati, Peoria, and St. Louis show varied hog prices and receipts.
A column of market prices lists butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, hay, straw, and other produce. Western creamery butter at 27 28c, New York imports easing, Chicago weak, and London notes strong American butter. Cheese firm with higher demand. eggs quiet but improving on colder days. Poultry demand healthy with turkeys at 14c, chickens 14 16c. beans and peas steady. potatoes firm with good demand. rye straw firm at 17 50 per ton.
A steady trade in truck at prior prices noted with spinach at 90c bush and Southern at 260 dollars per barrel. Listings include onions at 475 and 450 to 475, Valencia onions at 1 per crate, natives at 5 525, carrots 75c bush, beets 60 70c per bush, lettuce 50 60c per dot, cabbage 125 per barrel, Savoy 1 per barrel, cucumbers 10 15c each, celery 3 4 per box, cauliflower 150 200 dot, leeks 76c, Florida string beans 250 per crate, hot-bed dandelions 2 bush, among others.
The Florida fruit trade shows heavy receipts with oranges at 2 25 to 3 75 per box, grapefruit at 5 to 6 per barrel and 2 50 to 3 50 per box, and Palermo lemons and Messina lemons priced around 1 76 to 3 75 per box. Apples remain steady with diverse varieties priced from 3 50 to 5 6 per barrel, while cranberries and grapes report quiet or mixed levels and nuts list assorted regional prices.
The Chicago market remained a shade stronger for pork while grain slack limited gains. Dressed hogs priced firmer with pork products listed: long and short cuts at 13, lean ends 12, backs 13 to 13.50, mess pork 12.50, extra prime 10.50 to 11, pork tongues 46.50, lard at 64.4 to 64.6 per tierce, various pail and case rates. Beef and tongues steady with extra family beef at 8.50 to 8.76, plate 8.26 to 8.50, extra mess 7.50, tongues 17 to 17.60 per barrel.
The New York spot market for middling uplands sold at 9 1/2 cents with 381 bales traded and 116,261 bales in stock. futures steady and barely higher. Liverpool spot market eased to 6 1/6 pence with 16,000 bales traded, 10,100 American. futures closed easy. Other markets show varied firmness, with many southern ports quoted firm or steady and regional receipts and stocks detailed. Consolidated six day receipts stand at 138,524 with exports to Britain 69,906 and stock at 926,190.
Fall River market reports show quiet steady cloth trading for 64x64s and 66x56s while refined sugar remains firm with varied grades quoted from cut loaf to confectioners standards. Raw sugar is strong with London cane steady, Havana bag prices cited, and Caribbean molasses ranges listed for multiple ports.
The St Louis and Chicago whiskey markets were firm at $1.15 and $1.14 in Cincinnati. Turpentine and petroleum data from New York show turpentine at 39.4 cents, resin 14.0 to 14.2 cents, tar 26 to 26.0 cents, petroleum closing at 7.05 cents, with RSW at 7.40 cents and cases at 9.45 cents. Closing times and certificates details for cf W Prescott & Co are noted with prices and dates in June.
The Edwin steamed past Gibraltar on Dec 23 bound for Boston carrying 2900 boxes Messina oranges 11200 boxes Palermo oranges 6300 boxes Palermo lemons and 1800 boxes Messina lemons. Alexandria bound here with 4400 Valencia cases. Norfolk steamer due today with 1200 bags peanuts 30 boxes oranges 300 boxes truck. Bowden arrived with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. H Harris & Co sold Valencia oranges 420 count 83 3 36 case 714 count 8742 4 25 case Florida oranges 160 3 37% box tangerines half-boxes.
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