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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1890
Page
7
Wheat futures and cash bids move in Duluth Milwaukee and Minneapolis with cash No 1 hard at 97 for Duluth and 92 for Milwaukee on the day. Corn oats rye barley and millfeed prices and on track bids are listed with varied premiums while flour demand remains modest and firms resist lowering prices amid slow trade.
In Chicago trade is dull but market firmer on corn and hogs. The pork, lard, and beef sections show steady quotes with extensive price lists for nov, jan, and may futures, plus fresh meats and by products. Reports of quiet, well supplied markets include long cuts at 13.50, backs at 18.75, and various beef and mutton prices. New York tallow steady at 41 16. Receipts compare with last year.
Cincinnati hogs dull with 5 to 10 cent drop to 3.405. St Louis hogs slow and cheaper for Yorkers, 360 to 370, mixed packers 340 to 380, butchers to 290. Peoria hogs easy, 370 to 380. Kansas City cattle 6935 head, steers 310 to 440, cows 150 to 240, stockers 225 to 305, range 220 to 260. Hogs 12862, heavies 365 to 400, mixed 350 to 385, packers 370 to 396, Yorkers 590 to 595. Pies 220 to 356. Sheep 262, 370 to 385. Chicago cattle receipts 16000, steers 445 to 515, Texans 225 to 455, rangers 335 to 350. Hogs receipts 40000, primes 414 to 415, packers/mixed 364 to 396, light 380 to 390, pigs 275 to 340. Sheep receipts 6000, 6000 shipments 8000, mixed natives 440 to 440, Western 360 to 460, Texans 375 to 450.
The produce trade reports firm butter prices with little change from last period. Receipts today show larger butter volumes, with creamery and eastern quotations ranging from 18 to 28 cents for various grades. Western creamery prices strong, New York and Eastern market notes firm sentiments.
The market shows dull trade across Western dairy extras and Liverpool demand. Prices fall for several American grades while Chicago cheddar remains at 8 9c and New York steady. Eggs and beans show mixed activity with varied regional quotes, and poultry, game, seeds, and hay hold steady or soften slightly amid ample supplies.
A historical market list records steady quotations for vegetables. Onions range from 50 to 350 per barrel, with various regional prices. cucumbers arriving from Florida fetch limited pricing due to poor condition. Other items include beets, cabbage, squash, celery, beans, and eggplant with specific per unit or per crate figures.
The market for fruits is quiet and steady with brights at 3 4 per box and rus sets at 250 300. Lemons hold at 4 6 per box. Palermo and Malaga lemons quoted at 550 650 per box and 4 450. Jamaica fruit supply small but adequate for quiet trade with prices 450 50u 4 bbl and 25023 000 per box. Apples and pears show steady or limited activity with various regional lots and prices. berries, nuts, cranberries, grapes, and bananas follow similar quiet or steady trends with numerous specific nicks and box or basket prices.
The steamers Lavencore and Pawnee head for Boston with Messina oranges and lemons and fruit from the Mediterranean. The Savannah boat arrives Friday with Florida oranges while Norfolk boat brings sweet potatoes and peanuts. Ethelred and Ethelwold near in November carry Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
Snow and Co sold assorted fruits at auction including Concord grapes priced at 264296 for a and 23 26c for No 2s Florida oranges at 27 5 3 26 per box Almeria grapes at 2 87 2 7 25 per bushel shellbark nuts at 24 per bush Messina lemons at 3 16 4 05 per box.
Tokay grapes priced at 3.10 and 3.30 per unit Emperor grapes at 2.75 and 3.05 Muscat grapes 1.62 to 1.65 Florida oranges 1.37 to 4.12 percent Florida lemons 2.37 to 2.72 Tangerines 0.82, half-box Grapefruit 0.82 to 0.87 per box Pomegranates 2.50 per case.
The apple trade reports steady demand for quality fruit while lower grades lag. Maine Baldwins priced at 17s 6d to 18s 2d, greenings at 18s to 21s, with sundries 17s 2d to 32s 6d. Arrivals of American and Canadian apples totaled 9782 barrels per week, including Kings, Ribstone, pippin, Baldwins, greenings, Grassetts, Culverts, and sundries. Market volatility included a Monday peak, a midweek dip, and Friday softness with about 2s drop. imports expected heavier next week amid Continental crop exhaustion and stronger demand.
Sugar demand is quiet with varied quotes for different grades. Raw sugars show steady demand. wholesale prices list several granulated and powdered sugar rates. New York refined sugar trends lower except cut loaf. molasses demand remains quiet with Porto Rico, Barbados, and New Orleans quotes provided.
New York spot cotton holds steady with middling uplands at 9 5-16 cents and sales of 433 bales. Futures open steady and close firm with prices from about 9.15 to 10.01 cents for various contracts. Liverpool reports easy trading with good middlings at 54 1-16 d and total sales around 8,000 bales, including 6,500 American, with receipts of 15,400 bales all American.
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