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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1891
Page
7
The market notes quiet trading in salt fish with prices firm for many items, egg and poultry sectors steady, and canning goods rising due to higher tin costs. Receipts total about 893,400 pounds with cod, haddock, and mackerel featuring prominently. salt and canned fish prices hold firm though belt-tightening across shells and vegetables.
Receipts today include corn oats and cotton seed meal with totals of 24 100 bushels of corn 9 050 bushels of oats and 1 760 bushels of rye and other grains. Inspections show 41 cars moved including 28 cars of corn and 13 cars of oats. May wheat opened at 93 14c and closed at 94c amid firmer Chicago markets.
Receipts show flour quantities and prices, including 2 975 barrels and 1 675 sacks, with cornmeal and oatmeal figures. Flour prices range from 2 90 to 6 70 per barrel, various grades noted. rye flour limited to jobbing lots with patents at 4 75 to 5 and straight 4 50 to 4 75. Meal sales include bag meal at 1 22 1 24 and barrel meal at 2 65 2 70 per barrel. oatmeal steady at 6 45 to 6 75 for cut and rolled and 6 25 for ground.
Kansas City reports mixed cattle and hog prices with steady to firm tones across regions. Hogs total 42,000 receipts with weak to lower trading. steers up to 6.25, cows to 2.85. Cincinnati and Peoria show steady to easy trading. St. Louis and Caricao note firm hogs with varied packers bids. sheep receipts around 7,000 with natives and Westerns under pressure.
The produce receipts show butter steady with moderate Western creamery extras at 25 2s8d and Northern at 28 2 3/4d. Cheese is firm with good Northern and Western offerings, New York and Chicago markets firm for cheddars, eggs in light supply with trades moderate and quotes around 27 28c per dozen, poultry prices steady and Western turkeys improving to 14 15c per lb.
Rabbits are lower at 10 15c per pair. Beans are firm with moderate demand at yesterday's quotations. Peas are steady but very quiet. Potatoes demand is anset with prices barely steady. Arrivals exceed demand with buyers able to secure concessions. Sweets dull. Hay quiet with large receipts. choice prime at 14 165 and fair to good 12 13 per ton. Rye straw steady at 18 18.50. eat dull at 9 10 per ton. Truck trade fairly good at steady prices. Spinach 90c bush. Southern at 1 75 2 bbl. Onions varied: native 4 25 4 75 per case, Va fencia 3.75 per case, Denial crate, Ohio 4 47 per bbl, 76c bush. Lettuce 50 6c, yellow and white celery etc. Caulflower 1 60 2.00 per dot, cucumbers hot house 10 16c each. Florida string beans 50 per crate. Hot-bed dandelions 2 bush.
Florida fruit trade remains fair with firm prices as receipts total 316 boxes versus 6387 last year. Oranges and mandarins command several dollar-per-box ranges, while Mediterranean fruits show steady demand. Apples hold firm amid quiet demand. cranberries slow with 20 crates sold. Nuts and dried fruits list varied price points across multiple varieties.
The steamer Alexandria passed Gibraltar with 4400 cases Valencia oranges for Boston. The Norfolk boat arrived with 1100 bags peanuts 250 boxes oranges and 250 boxes truck. Powhatan sailed from Palermo with 16000 boxes oranges and 8750 boxes lemons for Boston. The Savannah steamer due Sunday has 4330 boxes Florida oranges. The New York boat due today has 4400 boxes oranges. Messrs Harris & Co sold fruit: Barenee 150 3 06 Havels 262 3 37a grape fruit 2 3 25 tangerines 6242 box and 225 8 12% for half boxes mandelins half boxes 1 650.
The New York spot market for middling uplands was dull at 9 5 16 cents, with sales of 105 bales and stock at 118 293 bales. Futures opened and closed steady. total U.S. sales 110 000 bales. Liverpool market dull with buyers favored, prices around 93 16d, 7 000 bales sold, 5 900 American. receipts 20 000 bales, 11 200 American. Consolidated seven day receipts 176 773 bales. exports to Great Britain 124 582, France 22 626, Continent 23 515. stock 906 576. Week ending Jan 28 1891 compares: net receipts 176 773. exports 171 128. stocks at ports 906 576. inland 218 704. Liverpool stocks 946 000.
Sugar market steady with varied quotations from American Sugar Refining, Revere, and Belmont A. Raw sugar steady with fair demand. London beet and Java futures noted. Molasses prices range across Porto Rico, Ponce, Cienfuegos, Barbados, Mayaguez, Arroyo, and P gal regions. Savannah Jan 23 records sugar and centrifugal sales at Matanzas with gold quintal pricing.
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