Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-04-26

REMARKs.-The Flour market during the past
week has been firm and active The receipts Of
Virginia brands continue light and the demand
is steady. Pennsylvania and Western brands
are in fair supply, and held firm. The demand
for Family brands is moderate, but Extras and
Supers are active. We revise quotations, viz:
Family 10 to $40 so, choice Sll; Extra to 50 81;
Super Is to S. 81. Wheat has been very ac-
tive during the week; receipts are light, and the
demand for prime and choice samples is steady;
offerings to-day of only $40 bushels; sales OF
prime white ut POS, good red at 1876 and 1876,
and prime at 200 and 203; no choice offered
Corn is active; the receipts during the past week
have been in excess Of the preceding week, and
the market has buen steady; offerings to-day of
124S bushels River white; the only sale reported
at 49, sales of 1872 bushels yellow Corn at 72aI3.
Rye is in light receipt, and the market is firm at
SIS to 105 Oats are scarce and IN demand; no
offerings on Change to-day. The market Is
now bare of lump and ground Plaster; cargoes
of lump are expected and orders are brisk for
future delivery Salt is in fair supply, with
fair demand. Wool is wanted. Bacon contin-
ues very dull Lard is dull. Prime Butter is
scarce and wanted inferior is dull. Dried Fruit
ing. Chickens nre in demand. Green Apples
are wanted. Potatoes firm. Onions are
dull. Seeds are very dull. The receipts of
Fish daring the past week have been light At
the opening of the week prices of green Fish
gave way, but the market again rallied, and at
the close is firm and active under heavy de-
mand. The stock of sailed Fish is light, and the
indications are that the season will be short one.
FISH MARKET.-The receipts sinceyesterday's
report have been 100000 Herring and l5,CO0
Shad; the former selling at from 2 to "a so per
thousand and the latter at from to $40 per 100
Beef Cattle-The offerings were light this week.
sales were limited, and prices we'll sustained
We quote at from to TIC gross for from ordl-
nary to prime Cattle; few superior brought
Sc gross. Cows and Calves are in good supply,
with sales at from 25 tc $50 per head
Sheep and Lambs-The supply was short and
demand good. We quote wool Sheep at to Sc;
clipped at 5 to &c, and Lamb at from to 81 80
Hogs-Are arriving freely, with tolerable
brisk sales at from 6 to 64c net.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. April %, 1872.
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged rs fol-
Iowa 10 rated Best t B Bssty at 5as IS gg snf5n
or good fair quality at 4 37aS5 81; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at OOaS0 90; inferior
and lowest grades of Cattle 0 00aS0 09-general
average of the market to-day ST l23; extreme
range of prices 4 37aS7 IS. Most of the sales
were from IS to Sc so per 100 lbs Total re-
cepts for the week 959 head, against Se8 last
week and 1850 head the same time last year.
Total sales for the week 935 head against $50
last week, and 1904 head same time last year.
Sheep and Lambs-The receipts of Sheep con-
tinue light, there being but a slight increase
over last week. The ma orty of the arrivals are
not of the best quality, and there is quite good
enquiry for fat Sheep no advance in prices
since last week. We quote sheared at 5sa1c,
and wool Sheep at 64a94c per ID gross Lambs
supply fully equal to the demand; we quote Mt
to S. per head, rs to size and quality.
Hogs-There is respectable increase in the
number of Hogs received this week as compared
with last week, and the demand has kept pace
with the supply the market at the close not be-
ing over-crOwded with stock-quotatons, how
ever, show some sympathy with the increased
receipts, and prices have receded ba1c on corn
fed and ic per ID on still-fed Hogs. We quote
corn-fed at 6aS6 62i, and still-fed at 5OaS6 per
100 pounds net.
GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET, April Is -
There were l40 Beef Cattle, $50 Sheep and
Lambs and 80 Cows, Calves and Springers offer
ed to-day. All the Cattle and Sheep and 20
Cows and Springers were sold at from Al to Sc
for Cattle 5 to sc for Sheep, 8 to SIS per head for
Lambs and from rs to $50 per head for Cows