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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1889

Page

7

Market report shows weak to firm grain and rye prices

The report details receipts and prices for No 2 mixed and white oats, cornmeal, rye, and flour products across Peoria Chicago New York Milwaukee St Louis and Toledo. It notes weak oats futures, steady spot bids, and varied shipments with No 2 whites selling at 36 3 4c and futures dull.

Toledo Peoria Eoria Chicago Askeas New York Milwaukee St Louis Michigan Canada

Butter and dairy product market roundup today

Receipts for butter, eggs, cheese and beans show firm to steady demand across Western and Eastern markets. Western creamery prices hold at 18 19c, Northern at 20c for top lots, with outside prices around 15 17c. Eggs and cheese supply tight but steady, while beans and potatoes face buyer-favorable conditions amid varied regional quotes.

Southern and Bermuda potato market and poultry prices mix

Southern potatoes in fair supply with Bermuda offerings closing at 7 8 per barrel. Ten nessee lots sold around 30 percent of barrel price. southern lots around 260. Poultry markets show choice spring chickens at full prices, with mixed fowls and regional variations. Hay and straw receipts abundant. hay prices firm with full values. old hay weak. rye straw steady with demand. oats straw price listed.

Edward Island Bermudas Tennessee

Market report on vegetables and prices in trade

The market shows ample supply with light activity and steady pricing. Items include Bermuda onions at 90c per crate, Spanish onions 85c per crate, Egyptian onions $2.25 per crate, beets 25c per bush, hot house 150 per dot bunch, Bermuda beets 1 per crate, carrots 150 per basket, new carrots 75c per dozen bunches, lettuce 75c per box, turnips 65c per box and 3c per bunch, white French turnips 1, radishes 25c per dozen, long onions 25c per dozen, spinach 15-20c per bush, kale 25c per bush, cucumbers 6-7 per 100 count, Southern cucumbers 2 per crate 250, rhubarb 1c per tb, parsley 1.75 per bush, Norfolk peas 1 per crate 150, Southern beets 1.50 per crate, asparagus 1.50 per dot, string beans available, Florida produce 2.25-2.50 per crate, tomatoes 1.50-3.00 per crate, Southern cabbage 1 per crate 150, Norfolk beans 0.90 per 1.00, peas selling at 4 per barrel with half-barrels and baskets 1.75-2.00. The Norfolk boat line Friday brought 2000 pkgs cabbage, 1500 pkgs beans, 750 pkgs peas.

St Andrews Norfolk Florida Savannah

Fruit Prices and Auctions Report on City Market

Fruit receipts steady with quiet demand and stable prices across apples oranges lemons and pears. Harris & Co auctioned the Fitzroy cargo including Palermo Messina and Valencia fruit with multiple per case and per box prices. upcoming sale includes 483 cases Valencia oranges. Strawberries and bananas show large receipts, with Norfolks and New Jerseys trading at handful prices. dried apples and California fruits reflect dull to steady markets.

Maine Messina Sorrento Catania Palermo Palermo Orang H Harris & Co Fitzroy Michigan California

Fruit steamers and banana shipments to Boston firms

Boston merchants read of multiple steamers carrying bananas and citrus to local firms. Cola cleared for Samana returning with bananas for Snow & Co. Unita, Dana, Dumnarschen bound for various Boston companies with Jamaica and Baracoa fruit. Viking arrived from Banes with bananas for Seaverns & Co. Peconic and Victoria delivered oranges and lemons to Boston.

Cola Boston Samana Bay State Fruit Company Snow & Co Unita WW & CR Noyes Dana Seaverns & Co Dumnarschen Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Timor Palermo Viking Banes Kong Alf Peconic Gibraltar Victoria Valencia

Provisions and Meat Prices Across Cities and Markets

Market reports show receipts and prices for pork lard and bacon, with figures for tierces cases barrels and boxes. Prices quoted include long cuts and various pork products, lard, beef hams tongues and tripe, across New York Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati with steady or firmer tones and mixed supply for fresh beef and lambs.

New York Chicago St.Louis

Market Prices for Brighton and New York Goods

Choice heavy Brighton at 8 812c for choice, poor to good at 5 1c, Fastern real common 4 5c, fair to good 7 8c, fancy 9c. Taliow receipts today 19 bbls 7 bags, last year 52 bbls 20 birds 8 bags. Market firm, trade quiet. City rendered 4%c country 40 rough 1422c grease 34c. New York market lower city 45s 411-16c sales 150 whirls 411-16 4%4c.

Vermont Baltimore New York Eastern Chicago Ohio Liverpool Western Choice Ichigan Choice Nova Scotias Islands Newark California Lima North Jersey Timothy Houston Hebrons Bush Houston Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Vermont Hebrons Burbanks Pro Brighton Taliow

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities

Stock Yards Kansas City receipts 1538 cattle steady to weak with natives 190–265 and stockers 180–315. hogs 9275 receipts strong with heavies 410–415 and pigs 420–425. sheep 1748 receipts steady at 340–375. St Louis hogs steady to 440. Peoria hogs 425–435. Cincinnati hogs 360–450. Chicago cattle 14,500 receipts ship 4500 with beeves 4425 and steers 340–415. hogs 22,000 receipts strong with mixed 430–450, heavy 425–445, light 480–465. sheep 3000 receipts strong natives 350–440 and lambs 45.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar receipts today total 50 barrels versus 322 barrels a year ago, with 2318 birds and 3908 bags recorded. Market remains firm for raw sugars. refined sugars in strong demand with small supply. Quotations include Cuba refining at 6 4 2 cents, centrifugals 96 test, and various Java and Manila grades. Molasses receipts today 27 barrels and 100 hhds, same day last year 13 barrels, 1672 hhds and 69 tierces. market firm and unchanged with noted regional prices for fancy Ponce Porto Rico and other grades.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas New York Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

New York Cotton Prices Firm in Opening Trade

Cotton markets across the United States show firm demand and steady closes. New York quotes range from low middling to middling with values near 9.35 to 11.00 cents, while Liverpool and regional ports report quiet to firm tones and varied middling prices.

New York Cyscadevcee Veee Ll O Assevecees Ees MSFON Icc Vesus Liverpool Mic c. Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Mid Lodge Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville United States

Market quotes and commodity prices in late session

The Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati markets show whiskey at 102 dollars. Coffee New York Rio remains quiet with fair car goods. Turpentine New York closes at 38 and 4 cents, resin 10744 110, tar 210. Petroleum closes 7.10 cents with ASW 6.90 and cases 8.80.

Chicago St Louis Cincinnati New York Rio

Cattle Market Report at Brighton and Watertown

The Boston Post summarizes weekly cattle market data for Brighton and Watertown, noting live stock totals, arrivals, beef and store cattle prices, sheep and lamb values, hides and tallow, plus remarks on weather and trade. Late arrivals include Western sheep, milch cows, and working oxen sales, with a generally steady to active tone in meat sales and cattle prices.

Brighton and Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox Sheen L M Dyer & Co Hollis & Co J D Hosmer

Export cattle trade and sheep market report

The week saw light export cattle out of this port with under 1000 head sent to sea and only two English steamers sailing with cattle. Prices held. several stewards shipped 417 cattle on the Steamer Austrian and 427 on the Milanese for London. many cattle still in yards awaiting shipment. Sheep and lamb trade showed steady demand with Northern flocks sought and prices expected to rise. Maine cattle and beef trade noted, with mixed milch cows, springers and veal calves sold. overall market cautious with minor rises anticipated.

England Hhese J A Hathaway Milanese London N Morris Canada Lambs Robert French Kreck & Wood George Wiley G Messer Aldrich & Johnson Maine CH Merrill R G Kimball Vermont Sue M G Flanders P W Thompson Chicago Watertown New England

London and Liverpool Market Report May 29 London and Paris markets steady to firmer

Foreign markets report cargoes off the coast with wheat firmer in passages and Liverpool spot wheat firm though corn slower. Paris wheat quiet, Paris flour firm, June wheat quoted around 40 3, Paris flour 34 9. Liverpool breadstuffs show steady wheat and quiet corn with mixed American corn at 3s 9d. Manchester notes subdued demand and cautious price advances amid slow business across India and China trade.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England California Manchester The Guardian India China

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