The slippery slope on which cash prices started sliding earlierthis week got steeper Thursday. As on Wednesday, the softness wasbeing felt in both the late-February incremental and March bidweekmarkets.
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Prices Sliding in Both February, March Markets
Maybe it was the urge to converge that had quotes droppingWednesday for both late-February and March bidweek deals. Theincremental softness remained on the mild side as a few pointsmanaged flat showings and most of the others were down by about anickel or less. Once again the bigger declines of 15 cents or morecame at Northeast citygates as they continued to retreat fromMonday’s cold weather-related price spikes.
February 25, 1999