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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1890
Page
7
Prices for wheat rose with outside buying while shorts held lines. Corn advanced with firm oats and steady flour demand. reports show heavy receipts yet buyers cautious awaiting spring wheat flour quality signals.
Hog receipts in the West ran under estimates yesterday and today, lending support to a firm market. Short buyers and varied pork trading shaped the session with prices quoted for bacon, pork products, and varied cuts. beef and dressed hogs also quoted, with demand steady and prices largely unchanged.
Western lambs bring 10 to 12 cents with Eastern and choice lots near 9 to 12 cents. Veal and Brighton meats hold firm prices while tallow remains steady. Receipts include 64 tallow pkgs, 167 pork barrels, 1681 lard pkgs, 77 hams and 90 tierces, 1075 preserved cases, 55 grease barrels, and 1600 bacon boxes. Last year figures for tallow, lard, hams, grease, and bacon are listed for comparison.
Cincinnati hogs slow with prices steady at 3 460. Receipts 2891 today, 3564 yesterday. Pork steady to firmer at 11 to 11 60. Kansas City reports cattle 9862 good and steady, others weak. steers 3 25 to 4 60, cows 1 50 to 2 25, stockers 2 65 to 8 00. hogs 6973, heavies 4 20 to 4 42. Sheep 3538 steady at 3 26 each. Chicago cattle receipts 10 000, shipments 5000, steady with steers 4 50 to 4 505, Texas steers 2 25, cows 1 25 to 1 80. Hogs receipts 15 000, shipments 7500, firm to higher. primes 4 30 to 4 50, light weights 4 50 to 4 65. Sheep receipts 10 000, dull. natives 4 90, Westerns 4, Texans 3 75 to 4 24, lambs 5 50 to 6 20.
Receipts and prices for butter eggs cheese beans potatoes and fruits across Western Eastern markets. Butter prices firm with creameries showing limited supply and varied quotes. cheese and eggs steady. beans and peas demand modest but prices firm. potatoes sweet potatoes and various fruits quoted with regional distinctions and daily receipts. Continuous reports of market activity, demand, and regional price ranges across multiple commodities.
The market shows ample supply and quiet demand at steady prices. Prices include onions at 38 dollars per barrel, Malta onions 2.60 per basket, Ohio onions 250 per barrel, white pickles 250 per bush, carrots 0.75 per bush, beets 4 to 60 cents per bush, lettuce 0.25 per dot, turnips 0.90 per 81 barrel, and numerous items such as cabbage, cucumbers, peppers, celery, and beans with varied unit pricing across baskets, boxes, and dozens.
The Fruit Trade notes demand is quiet with limited fruit availability. Florida fruits show a small supply of lemons, and sales are subdued.
The Yamuri has arrived carrying Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Korg Frode is due Thursday with Jamaica bananas for the same firm.
H Harris and Co auctioned California fruits at varied prices including Peaches 120 150 and Yokay grapes 125 250. Snow and Co followed with prices for Peaches 125 1 6242 Tokay grapes 120 300 and Rose de Peru 75c.
Sugar prices remain firm and active with a range of grades quoted including cut loaf at 7.44 cents and powdered at 7.0 cents. wholesale prices for Oct 1 show large granulated at 6.88 to 6.94 cents and small granulated at 6.94 cents. Molasses market steady with fair demand. Porto Rico grades cited from 25 to 40 cents and New Orleans at 42 to 50 cents for various qualities.
Receipts at Boston for the month ending Sept 30 totaled 24 074 bales, with 264 834 bales since Jan 1. Exports for September reached 6071 bales, 84 086 bales year to date. New York prices ranged 7 ? to 10 9-16 cents, with 246 sales and 35 201 bales on hand. Liverpool market steady with 8000 bales sold, 11 000 received, futures mixed. Consolidated four day totals show net receipts 140 872 with major destinations including Great Britain and the Continent.
The wool sales today offered 9273 bales with a bulk of medium quality. Demand was solid, notably for New Zealand merinos and cross breds and Tasmania merinos, with prices held firm. Low grade scoureds saw reduced interest as buyers favored lighter supplies.
Cape wool offerings reported across Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia New Zealand Vasmania and other regions with prices and bale counts for scoured greasy and locks and pieces. Figures include Victoria 500 bales scoured at 11d 1s 72d and greasy at 10d 1s 65d, New South Wales 100 bales, Queensland 1700 bales, and Falkland and Natal contributions with varying rates.
The Fall River market for 80 print cloth is quiet as printers have not yet entered the market after many 64s. Fair sales of odds occur on a basis of 35 16e for 64s.
The report lists oil market activity with PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES closing at 3 pm Sept 29 and opening at 10 am Sept 30 1889, notes on Dow Jones levels, and weekly averages. It cites refined price 7.40 cents, cotton runs and shipments figures, crude certificate data, and wine market notes. Western markets show St Louis at 118, Cincinnati at 113, Chicago at 115.
Turpentine closed at 3914c with resin at 140 145 and tar at 250. Petroleum closed at 7.25c with ASW at 7.40c and cases at 9.45c.
The Boston Post notes September week ending Sept 26 1890 with live stock totals Sheep Cattle and lambs Swine. Prices for beef and store cattle listed along with hides tallow and skins. Union Market Watertown report cites September difficulty obtaining stock due to rerouted northern trains and mixed prices for cattle sheep and lambs with several auctions and buyers named.
Liverpool cargoes include 49 casks bleaching powder 200 drums caustic soda and 325 boxes tin plates. Numerous firms like Stedman Fuller Mig Co Cobb Jutes Yerxa and Baring Bros & Co appear with cargos of hides soap oil wine silk ware and textiles. Havana Gallego and Buenos Ayres Leto lines report sugar hides iron ore and dry goods for shipment home and abroad.
Listed items include patent medicines Do soap Do wax butter beef cheese lard and pork products, various leather goods habits, machinery organs type writers and furniture, instruments and hardware such as drills belting and shoe tips, bulk commodities like beef and pork tierces, and miscellaneous items including beef hams and lard leaf. Quantities and packing units accompany each entry in a dense ledger style.
London and Liverpool report wheat and corn activity with slow demand and steady to easy prices. Cargo movements include two wheat cargoes arrived and four sold, with two awaiting sales. corn arrivals two cargoes with two sold. Receipts at Liverpool show 246 000 centals wheat and 6 100 centals corn. prices cited for winter and spring wheat, mixed American corn, and other staples like pork bacon lard and cheese.
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