The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1871-10-04

ei"i'J c"siei Piices' requiring some 70.
duction in our quotations for low MIA
ding and the higher grades.
Average.
Low Ordinary l3sf3I.,
Ordinary -------. l5SIe
Good Ordinary --------.--.. l7ials
Low Middiing--------.--..lsaale,
Middling -..-."--.---.
Strict Middling- .1eaaoa
Good Middling-
Low ordinary sold at I4lc. strict q,
binary at l5a to l6c, strict ordinarv 4
good ordinary at Use, strict good
ordinary to low middling at Issc. low
~middling at l9c, strict low middlinp .. !.
10 and l9lc, and midilling at 1914 to 10,
and l93c. An offer to l9c was refusad
for list of strict low middlins held az
| l9ac. At the close strict low m;dd,;nc
could have been bought at l9sc. b,t
we could hear OF no middling to be had
upder I9ac, and with increasing sun.
plies it could not be quoted higher
The sales as 19sc and I9ac must be re.
garded as exceptional. The demand
was fair and factors erinced a willinr.
ness to meet it freely.
I SUGAR--There were no receipts tn.
day. The supplies of the old crop ara
tpretty much exhausted and only IL.
cal business is doing at lie for fair
Louisiana, 1lac for fully fair, 12c for
prime, I2ic for choice, IL to- I2ac for
yellow clarified, Is to l3ic for white:
Cnba yellow clarified 111c per ID.
MoLAssEs-The small lots now com.
ing in from plantation are all poor in
quality, and are selling at Is to 2Oc for
inferior and % to 35c for common.
Refinery is selling at 35 to Coo for re.
boiled, and 81 for syrup.
FLoUR-The demand is only local
but the market is firm and round lota
are mostly held for better prices,
Treble extra and all the grades below
are scarce, and these are most in re.
quest. The sales to-day embrace 1000
bbls, of which SO superfiue at SIS 50.
100 and 100 double extra at Sc so, 40
and Is do at SO So, us treble extra at
81; aud so at 81 I21, aul $50 good
treble extra at 81 373s, 500 choice extra
on private terms and 100 90 at SO 81
per bbl., and 90 half bbls. choice extra
sold at 81 37} per half Dbl.
CoRN-Is in light supply and good
demand at firm prices. The sales to-
day embraced $4,000 sacks, Of which
2200 yellow mixed, TO arrive, at s2sc,
$50 white at Sac. $50 and 500 white,
300 and $500 yellow and 700 choice
yellow at S5c per busllel.
OATS Arein light supply and good
demand. 100 sacks were sold to-day,
of which 1900 sacks at SIC, 900 at Sc,
and 200 choice at Soc per bushel.
BRAN-Is in fair supply, but the de-
mand is slack. 300 sacks sold at 81 05
per ID. -
HAYS now in fair supply. 100
bales Western sold at s36, and 50 do
at s37 per ton.
PoRK-Holders have been enabled
to effect some sales, but and at de-
cline in prices. Yesterday afternoon,
not reported, 500 and 500 bbls mess
sold at sI4 25 per Dbl. To-day 10
bbls mess sold at sl4 so per Dbl. 1t il
now held at sl4 so per Dbl, and is re-
failing at SIS per bbl. 25 bbls rump
pork sold at $40 per Dbl.
BREAKFAST BACoN-The market is
bare. IS boxes Western just received
sold at 14c per ib.
LARD-The stock is light and the
market is firm. Yesterday, not re-
ported 100 tierces iron bound, sold on
the landing at 105c; and 100 kegs
prime leaf to arrive at 12c per ID. To-
day 25 kegs refined sold at I2ac.
Tierces are quoted at I03c to I0ac !;
kegs IL to 124c per ID.