GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
More was done on the Board of Trade in corn and hog products at the close of the week than in wheat and other grains. The bears had decidedly the best of it on Saturday. Wheat receipts were liberal and everybody seemed willing to sell. Outside orders to purchase were exceedingly light. There were many transactions in corn but prices showed a gradual decline.
Flour was quiet at about the following rates.
| Choice to favorite white winters | $5 25@5 50 |
| Fair to good brands of white winters | 4 75@5 00 |
| Good to choice red winters | 5 00@5 50 |
| Prime to choice springs | 4 75@5 00 |
| Good to choice export stock, in sacks, extras | 4 25@4 50 |
| Good to choice export stock, double extras | 4 50@4 65 |
| Fair to good Minnesota springs | 4 75@5 25 |
| Choice to fancy Minnesota springs | 5 50@5 75 |
| Patent springs | 6 50@7 00 |
| Low grades | 2 25@3 50 |
Wheat.—Red winter, No. 2 99@95c: car lots of spring, No. 2, sold at 93¾@97¾c; No. 3, do, 77½@81c.
Corn.—Fluctuating but active. Car lots No 2, 57¾@58c; rejected, 46½; new mixed, 48@48¼c.
Oats.—No. 2 in store, closed 32@33.
Rye.—May, in store 54@59.
Barley.—No. 2, 66@67c; No. 3, 44c.
Flax.—Closed at $1 41.
Timothy.—$1 23 per bushel. Little doing.
Clover.—Quiet at $5 90@6 15 for prime.
Provisions.—Mess pork, January $14 02½ per bbl; May, $14 52. Green hams, 83/8c. per lb. Short ribs, $7 40 per cwt.
Lard.—January, $8 75; February, $9 07½.
LUMBER.
Lumber unchanged. Quotations for green are as follows:
| Short dimension per M | $ 9 50@10 00 |
| Long dimension, per M | 10 00@11 50 |
| Boards and strips, No. 2 | 11 00@13 00 |
| Boards and strips, medium | 13 00@16 00 |
| Boards and strips, No. 1 choice | 16 00@20 00 |
| Shingles, standard | 2 10@ 2 20 |
| Shingles, choice | 2 25@ 2 30 |
| Shingles, extra | 2 40@ 2 60 |
| Lath | 1 65@ 1 70 |