Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-07-19

Merino unwashed .......... 0 40 o. 40
Merino washed ................ 0 50 g 62
HAY. per ton from the cars......3O w a. 80 w
REMARr s.-Thc Flour market during the past
week has been quiet but firm. The stock of old
Flour is light, and holde are firm. New Flour
is coming in more freely and may be quoted in
active. Low grades are very dull, quotations in
the absence of sales being nominal. We revise
quotati ms as follows: Family 10 rs to $40 70,
choice II so; Extra old, % to 50 SO; do. new
to 50 25 Supe"s I Is to s. so; Fine E Is to
So so. Wheat has Teen active during the week,
and the offerings which continue light have
been taken at full figures, prime and choice
samples being in active request To-day the
market is less active at 4 decline Of 5 to sc on
the outside figures Of the week. Offerings to-
day $40 bushels, with sales of good white vt l6I,
and of fair red at lac; good ut 1853, 16l and l65 !;
prime at 10; no choice offered. Corn is quiet
and unchanged the receipts are light, but fair
stocks are held in store; offerings to-day of 800
bushels but no sales reported. Oats are dull )
no offerings of old, and small sales Of new at ~
to lG Rye is dull and unchanged Plaster is
in full suppl, and the demand is light; dealers
are accommodating their fall supplies Salt is
steady; the stock of fine is light, and the market
may be fairly quoted l0c higher; Ground Alum
is in full supply. Wool is unchanged. Bocon
is firm and active Prime Butter is in good de-
mand, but medium and low grades arevery dull.
Eggs are dull at quotations. Chickens are in
demand. Potatoes are dull. Onions arc in fair
demand.
I BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET, July IS, 1872.
Beef Cattle-The market this week show
cd considerable activity, more In fact than
was anticipated, owing to the presence and
operati ms Of number Of Eastern DEALERS
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged AS fol-
lows Best Beeves at 75aS6 IS; general
ly rated first quality ut 75aS5 Is; medium
to good fair quality at 0OaS4 IS; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at 5Oa$4 %; inferior
and lowest grades of Cattle 3 OOaS3 5o-general
average of the market to-day, s. l2!; extreme
range of prices COAST IS. Most of the sales
W. re from 4 rs to So 80 per 100 lbs To
tai receipts for tho week 1905 head, against loss
last week an 1905 head same time last year To- o.
tai sales for the week 1869 head, against ITO
last week, and 1864 bead same time last year.
Sheep and Lambs-The supply of Sheep this
week differed but little in Numbers from last
week, though there is a mar ked difference IN the
quality Of the receipts, which consist largely OF
Sheep of an inferior order, while good fat quail
ties are scarce and in demand There is no
change, however, in quotations The demand
for common stock is limited, while that for good
Sheep is quite active as they are absorbed pref
ty much as they arrive. We quote fair to good
Sheep at 4p4ic, and good to extra at 43ao4c per
10 gross Stock Sheep are in fair demand at "a
So Is per head. Lambs we quote at to "a per
head, rs to size and quality. Receipts this week
3542 head.
Hog:-We remarked last week that at the
close there was an upward tendency in prices;
the anticipation then recorded has been realized
prices having advanced 9asc, owing to the con
tnued limited supply without any dlmlnution
in the demand The moderate receipts of last
week exceeded by several hundred those of this
week. We quote good smooth light corn-fed
Hogs in good demand at 6 25aS6 rs; Shoppers in
light SIMPLY but about equal to the demand,
though in sympathy with the rise in corn-fed
Hogs they command somewhat advanced prices.
We quote at 6,S6 Is per 100 lbs net. Receipts
this week 81 head.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, July 10, 1872
The offerings of all kinds Of stock this week was
fully equal to the demand with an active mar
ket but no advance in prices. IS Cattle and 100
Sheep were taken by the butchers here at from
8 to SC for the former, and 2 80 to 81 so for the
latter Cows and Calves are in full supply, and
only active for No. l. at from 40 to $50, while
ordinary are dull and neglected at Is to S23 =
Hogs are needed at from TT 81 net.
There were 4OO Cattle, 50 Cows and Calves and
1890 Sheep and Lambs ofe ed to-day. 80 Cat
tie and ~ Cows and Calves were left over un-
sold We quite Cattle at from 3 to 6tci Sheep
Z Oh to ~ oo, ana COWS ana CaiFeS from ~ 10
500 the market for Cattle and Sheep showed
more activity but no advance in prices.
RICHMOND GRAIN MARKET, July 18-Ofer-
ngs Of abou: 80 bushels Wheat, with sales CT
few lots strictly prime viii at $50; lower
grades ut from l7Oal75 for white and red. Sa' es
Of Corn at 78,s0 W tn offerings of $50 bushel Is
Nothing doing in Rye or Oats, and offerings
very light.
LYScnBURG MARKET, July 18.-TEe demand
for Flour is confined to the home trade Re-
eeipts of Wheat light, market active and prices
advar ccd; white and red l50al7O for good to
prime Corn, Rye and Oats inactive-Corn 8Sa
90 for white; Oats 4Sa50; Rye 75a18.
FREpER1 KsBuee MARKET, July ls-Wheat
l55alSu for fair to choice red and l5Oa115 for do
white Corn 13a15. Oats 5Oa55 and Rye 70aS0