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The Markets

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17
Month
November
Year
1899
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Public Domain
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THE MARKETS.

Chicago Grain and Produce.

Chicago, Nov. 15.

Following were the quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade today:

Wheat--                  Open.       High.          Low.        Close.
December .........$ .66 7/8   $ .67 1/2    $ .66 3/4   $ .67 1/4
May ...................   .70 7/8      .71 1/4       .70 5/8      .71 1/4

Corn--
December.........    .31 1/8     .31 1/4     .31          .31 1/4
January.........        .30 5/8     .30 5/8     .30 1/2    .30 5/8
May ...................  .32 3/8     .32 5/8      .32 1/4    .32 1/2

Oats-- 
December.........    .22 1/2     .22 5/8     .22 3/8    .22 1/2
May ...................   .23 3/4     .24           .23 1/4    .71 1/4

Pork--
December.........    8.10        8.10          8.05          8.05
January.........        9.47 1/2  9.50          9.45          9.47 1/2
May ...................  9.55         9.57 1/2    9.55          9.57 1/2

Lard--
December.........    4.87 1/2  4.87 1/2    4.85          4.87 1/2
January.........        5.07 1/2  5.10          5.05          5.07 1/2
May ...................  5.22 1/2   5.25          5.22 1/2    5.25

Short ribs--
December.........    4.77 3/4  4.77 1/2    4.75          4.75
January.........        4.90        4.90          4.87 1/2    4.90
May ...................   5.02 1/2  5.05          5.02 1/2    5.02 1/2

Produce: Butter - Extra creamery, 24 1/2c per lb: extra dairv. 20@21c; packing stock, 14@16c. Eggs- Fresh stock, 18c per doz. Live poultry- Turkeys, 8 1/2@9 1/2c per lb; chickens, 6 1/2c; springs : 7c; ducks, 7@7 1/2c; geese. $4.00@6.00 per doz. Potatoes - Burbanks, 32@37c per bu; Hebrons, 30@34c. Sweet potatoes- : Jerseys, $3.0O@3.50 per bbl. Apples- $1.25@3.00 per bbl. Cranberries- Cape Cod, $4.50@5.75 per bhl.

Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago. Nov. 15.
Hogs - Estimated receipts for the day, 39,000. Sales ranged at $3.50@4.00 for pigs, $3.85@4.05. for light, $3.75@3.85 for rough packing, $3.90@4.12 1/2 for mixed, and $3.90@4.15 for heavy packing and shipping lots.
Cattle - Estimated receipts for the day, 14,000. Quotations ranged at $6.30@6.70 for choice to extra steers. $5.50@6.10 for good to choice do., $4.90@5.30 for fair to good do., $4.40@4.75 common to medium do., $4.00@4.30 butchers' steers, $4.50@6.20 fed western steers, $3.25@4.80 feeding steers, $2.25@4.50 cows, $3.25@5.00 heifers, $2.80@4.50 bulls and oxen, $3.75@4.75 stags, $3.40@4.50 Texas steers, $3.75@5.00 grass western steers, $3.4@4.40 western cows and heifers, and $5.00@7.50 veal calves.
Sheep - Estimated receipts for the day, 15,000. Quotations ranged at $3.30@4.30 westerns. $2.90@4.40 natives and $4.00@5.60 lambs.

East Buffalo Live Stock.

East Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 15.
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Commission Merchants, East Buffalo. N. Y., quote as follows: Cattle- Receipts, 7 cars; market for good steady; common very dull and lower. Sheep- Receipts, 25 cars; lambs, $3.50@5.05; sheep, $1.70@4.10; wethers, $4.15@4.50. Hogs- Receipts, 40 cars; Yorkers and pigs, $4.00@5.00, few later more; other grades $4.10@4.15.

St. Louis Grain.

St. Louis, Nov. 15.
Wheat--Unsettled; No. 2 red cash elevator, 69c; track, 69 1/2@70 1/2c; December 68 7/8c; May, 73c; No. 2 hard, 66@67 1/2c. Corn- Lower; No. 2 cash, 30 1/2c; track, 31 1/2@31 3/4c; December, 30 1/8c; May, 30 7/8c. Oats- Weaker; No. 2 cash, 23 1/2c; track, 24c: December, 23 1/2c; May 24 3/4c; No. 2 white, 26c. Rye- Firmer; 51c.

Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee, Nov. 15.
Wheat- Steady; No. 1 northern, 66 1/2@67c; No. 2 northern, 64@66c. Rye- Steady; No. 1, 43@44c; Barley- Dull No. 2, 43@44c; sample, 33@43c. Oats- Steady; 24@25 1/2c.

Detroit Grain.

Detroit, Nov. 15.
Wheat- White cash. 69 3/8c; red, 69 3/8c; Cash, 33c. Oats- White, 27c. Rye- 57c. 33c. Oats- White, 27c. Rye- 57c.