FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

Office of The Prairie Farmer, Chicago. Jan 15, 1884.

There is an increased financial activity over last week. Bankers, on Monday, felt quite certain of a brisk week and were correspondingly cheerful. Interest rates are unchanged, being 6 and 7 per cent.

Eastern exchange sold between banks at 60@70c per $1,000 premium, and closed firm.

There is no change in Government securities.

The New York stock market was weak, and it is reported that the New York millionaires such as Gould, Vanderbilt, Sage, etc., have suffered to the extent of several millions each by the late general shrinkage in the value of stocks. Nevertheless, it is in such times as these that the Vanderbilts of the country reap their richest harvests. They have money to buy depressed stock with, and when the wheel turns their investments again add to their wealth. The little fellows have to sacrifice all their cash and then go to the wall.

Government securities are as follows:

4's coupons, 1907Q. Apr.123¼

4's reg., 1907Q. Apr.123¼

4½'s coupon, 1891Q. Mar.114¹/₈

4½'s registered, 1891Q. Mar.114¹/₈

3's registeredQ. Mar.100

GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

There was more of a speculative feeling in the Chicago grain and provision markets yesterday than for some time. There was something of a recovery from the panicky feeling of Saturday, when the bulls had complete charge of the prices, but there was no advance.

Flour was unchanged, the article not yet feeling the uncertain condition of the wheat market.

Choice to favorite white winters$5 25@5 50

Fair to good brands of white winters4 75@5 00

Good to choice red winters5 00@5 50

Prime to choice springs4 75@5 00

Good to choice export stock, in sacks, extras4 25@4 50

Good to choice export stock, double extras4 50@4 65

Fair to good Minnesota springs4 50@4 75

Choice to fancy Minnesota springs5 25@5 75

Patent springs6 00@6 50

Low grades2 25@3 50

Wheat.—Red winter, No. 2, 97@99c; car lots of spring. No. 2, sold at 89@90½c; No. 3, do. 84½ @85c.

Corn.—Moderately active. Car lots No 2, 53@53⁷/₈c; rejected, 46½; new mixed, 49c.

Oats.—No. 2 in store, closed 32½@32¾.

Rye.—May, in store 58@58½.

Barley.—No. 2, 59 in store; No. 3, 52½c.

Flax.—Closed at $1 45 on track.

Timothy.—$1 28@1 35 per bushel. Little doing.

Clover.—Quiet at $6 15@6 35 for prime.

Provisions.—Mess pork, February, $14 75@ 14 78 per bbl; Green hams, 9½c per lb. Short ribs, $7 47½ per cwt.

Lard.—January, $9 20; February, $9 75.

Lumber.

Lumber unchanged. Quotations for green are as follows:

Short dimension, per M$ 9 50@10 00

Long dimension, per M10 00@11 50

Boards and strips, No. 211 00@13 00

Boards and strips, medium13 00@16 00

Boards and strips, No. 1 choice16 00@20 00

Shingles, standard2 10@ 2 20

Shingles, choice2 25@ 2 30

Shingles, extra2 40@ 2 60

Lath1 65@ 1 70

COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Note.—The quotations for the articles named in the following list are generally for commission lots of goods and from first hands. While our prices are based as near as may be on the landing or wholesale rates, allowance must be made for selections and the sorting up for store distribution.

Beans.—Hand picked mediums $2 00@2 10. Hand picked navies, $2 15@2 20.

Butter.—Dull and without change. Choice to extra creamery, 32@35c per lb.; fair to good do 25@32c; fair to choice dairy, 23@28c; common to choice packing stock fresh and sweet, 18@22c; ladle packed 10@13c; fresh made, streaked butter, 9@11c.

Bran.—Quoted at $11 87½@13 50 per ton; extra choice $13.

Broom-corn—Good to choice hurl 6½@7½c per lb; green self-working 5@6c; red-tipped and pale do 4@5c; inside and covers 3@4c; common short corn 2½@3½c; crooked, and damaged, 2@4c, according to quality.

Cheese.—Choice full-cream cheddars 13@13½c per lb; medium quality do 9@10c; good to prime full cream flats 13@13¾c; skimmed cheddars 9@10c; good skimmed flats 6@7c; hard-skimmed and common stock 3@4c.

Eggs.—In a small way the best brands are quotable at 25@26c per dozen; 20@23c for good ice house stock; 18@19c per pickled.

Hay.—No 1 timothy $10@10 50 per ton; No 2 do $8 50@9 50; mixed do $7@8; upland prairie $8 00@10 75; No 1 prairie $6@7; No 2 do $4 50@5 50. Small bales sell at 25@50c per ton more than large bales.

Hides and Pelts.—Green-cured light hides 8¼c per lb; do heavy cows 8c; No 2 damaged green-salted hides 6c; green-salted calf 12@12½ cents; green-salted bull 6 c; dry-salted hides 11 cents; No. 2 two-thirds price; No. 1 dry flint 14@14½c. Sheep pelts salable at 28@32c for the estimated amount of wash wool on each pelt. All branded and scratched hides are discounted 15 per cent from the price of No. 1.

Hops.—Prime to choice New York State hops 25@26c per lb; Pacific coast of 23@26c; fair to good Wisconsin 15@20c.

Poultry.—Prices for good to choice dry picked and unfrozen lots are: Turkeys 13@14c per lb; chickens 9@10c; ducks 12@13c; geese 9@11c. Thin, undesirable, and frozen stock 2@3c per lb less than these figures; live offerings nominal.

Potatoes.—Good to choice 37@40c per bu. on track; common to fair 30@35c. Illinois sweet potatoes range at $3 50@4 per bbl for yellow. Baltimore stock at $2 25@2 75, and Jerseys at $5. Red are dull and nominal.

Tallow and grease.—No 1 country tallow 7@7¼c per lb; No 2 do 6¼@6½c. Prime white grease 6@6½c; yellow 5¼@5¾c; brown 4½@5.

Vegetables.—Cabbage, $8@12 per 100; celery, 25@35c per doz bunches; onions, $1 00@1 25 per bbl for yellow, and $1 for red; turnips, $1 35@1 50 per bbl for rutabagas, and $1 00 for white flat.

Wool.—from store range as follows for bright wools from Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, and Eastern Iowa—dark Western lots generally ranging at 1@2c per lb. less.

Coarse and dingy tub25@30

Good medium tub31@34

Unwashed bucks' fleeces14@15

Fine unwashed heavy fleeces18@22

Fine light unwashed heavy fleeces22@23

Coarse unwashed fleeces21@22

Low medium unwashed fleeces24@25

Fine medium unwashed fleeces26@27

Fine washed fleeces32@33

Coarse washed fleeces26@28

Low medium washed fleeces30@32

Fine medium washed fleeces34@35

Colorado and Territory wools range as follows:

Lowest grades14@16

Low medium18@22

Medium22@26

Fine16@24

Wools from New Mexico:

Lowest grades14@16

Part improved16@17

Best improved19@23

Burry from 2c to 10c off: black 2c to 5c off.

LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

The total receipts and shipments for last week were as follows:

Received.Shipped.

Cattle38,91318,801

Calves21637

Hogs169,07642,205

Sheep24,59514,225

Cattle.—Notwithstanding a reported advance in England, cattle did not improve in prices over Saturday. Indeed, there was a decline of a few cents per hundred. The supplies were large and the quality inferior. Indeed few really fat cattle came in during the week. Eastern markets were reported as over stocked. Shippers and dressed meat operators bought rather freely of common lots. We may quote as follows:

Fancy fat cattle$7 00@ 7 25

Choice to prime steers6 25@ 6 85

Fair to good shipping steers5 60@ 6 20

Common to medium steers4 65@ 5 55

Butcher's steers4 50@ 5 00

Cows and bulls, common to good3 25@ 4 50

Inferior cows and bulls2 30@ 3 20

Stockers3 50@ 4 50

Feeders4 25@ 4 75

Milch cows, per head25 00@55 00

Veal calves, per 100 lbs.4 00@ 7 25

Hogs.-There were fair receipts on Saturday and Monday—an aggregate of 21,000 head or some 7,000 more than for the same days last week. As city packers are at work again, the market was quite active. They bought about 15,000 head, and shippers took nearly all that were left. Prices advanced from 5 to 10 cents. It may be said in general that the quality of the hogs now coming in is poor. Heavy lots were sold at $5 15@6 25; light hogs brought $5@5 60. Skips and culls $3 25@5.

Note.—All sales of hogs are made subject to a shrinkage of 40 lbs for piggy sows and 80 lbs for stags. Dead hogs sell for 1½c per lb for weights of 200 and over and [Transcriber's Note: blank in original] for weights of less than 100 lbs.

Sheep.—The supply was sufficient to meet the demand, though considerably less than on Monday of last week. Really choice animals were scarce. Shippers and butchers bought freely. Common lots were dull, bringing $5 25@5 50, while fancy lots sold at $5.75@6. Very inferior sheep sold at $2 50.

COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

J.H. WHITE & CO., PRODUCE COMMISSION

106 S. Water St., Chicago.

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