Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-12-27


HAY per ton from the carz.....3O ~ ~ 20 ~
REMARKS We have no mat rial change t.
not. in the Flour market The large stocks that
had accumulated have been well worked OF, ana
the light receipts for the past week have some
what s!itencd prices. The ice blockade pre-
venting shipment, the demand Is confined toa
light city trade. The col? weather and the ho!-
iday season have operated unfavoraby on the
Wheat markc. At the opening OF the week
the tendency Of p-ices Was Downward, and the
market closes ~ decline %! 3 &c on high grades.
There were offerings Change today OF -
bushels white and 1874 ot red. with sales OF the
latter at l75, le2 and IS for f- 10 good, and
1877 and 100 FIR very good samples. C,rn opened
brisk at the baginang Of the week, bit in :ne
absence of shipping demand, and tac miller.
being out Of the nar!;et prices Declined a':d 81
its close may be quoted 4 &c Oft. All samples
th.t changed han Is 70 d,y were taken by Dis
tillers Offerings Of 1852 bushels mixed and -
Of yellow, with sale: o: Inc former NJ %. X"
is quiet and unchanged; sales Of ii bushes nj
100 Oats arc in moderate receipt, with an &C
tive demand. Cool Butter is wanted ut y de
cline of &c during the week. The active dcrs"i
for Eggs that prevailed before the holidays fas
fallen OFT, and price may be quoted BAD; low"7.
Poultry has also suffered decline OF 3alc dur
ing the week. Potatoes are still! IL good demand.
Seeds are inactive. Dressed -. are scarce
and wanted, and the cold weather has advanced
prices SOC during the week. Dried Fruit Is dull.
There is light demand for lump Plaster, but
the stock is exhausted. The stock of Salt i
light, but the season being nearly over, the de-
munu nas fallen OIL but prices keep up.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, Deer. II
The offerings OF Cattle, Sleep and Hogs tHl>
week have en considerably in excess Of IN"
demand owing principally to its being Christ
mas week and Tie extreme GOODNESS and inccln-
ency of the weather. Sales are lin ted, ut from
81 to SC for Cattle. At TO &: lor Sheep to u for
Hogs, and 25 t. so for Cows and Calves. Soy
eraI Cattl.. Sheep and Cows and Calves remain
unsoId, ard will have lay orcT until mex. wc"a.
BALTIMORE CATTLE, MARKET December ~.
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged rs fol-
lows: Best Becves At 6Wao1 % general
ly rated first quality at 5uAsSI0l medium
to good fair quality ut ! 0laS5 90; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at 3 00a.S4 90; inferior
and lowest grades of Cattle , o0as3 o)-geners
average of the market to-day ~ 70: cH.r"in"
range of prices 2Ooa.S7 30. Most of the stI"S
were from / Is to 50 - per 100 lbs. To-
til receipts for the week 81 head, against 2!1s
last week AN. 9.4 head same time .>t gear To-
tai sales for the week Al head against l"l5
last week and 790 hesd same time last year.
The marke. This week has been quite .c.iyc.
owing 10 the very few offerings and the demand
for them on the part of PiIiia!c|phia dealers.
The quality of he Bccvc> in the pens WAS gen
orally very good, and prices, according u qual-
ity, about 81 better, some few showing Il higher
advance. At the close there were n"nc left
over !; few CAT loads rcShlpped East with
out being offered here.
Shcep-I'he arrivals are quite limited ~ is
also the demand, which is usllai ut TINS season,
when poultry is most called for. There have
been q few choice lots of Sheep on the market
during the past week, Of which WAS dispoS"!
of ut fancy figures the terms of which have not
trans pircd ~ quote fair 10 god sheep at I;,'jc
per ID gross. There is no demand whatever tor
Stock Sheep. The Iurscr portl IN Of tie receipts
this week were Of a superior quality. Receipts
this week 1876 head.
Hogs-The market, under the heavier receipts
during the past week, has given way after hay
ing maintained its position since our last report
until Monday, the arrivals then having some
what increased and the demand being only
moderate, prices have rec"ded to 15nS5 per
100 los ct and under the rather limited demand
the tendency at the close seems to be towards n
shade further decline. Receipts IIT92 head.
GEoRGETows CATTLE MARKET, Deer. 2f
The offering. to-day amounted to 400 head Of
Cattle $50 Sheep and 10 Cows and Calves. The
market was very dull, with limited sales st II m
3 to &c for Cattle, to &c for Sheep, and - to ITO
for Cows and Calves The majority OF the Cat
tie offered to day remained over unso!d, md
were driven on TO Baltimore ana Philadelphia.
RICHMOND MARKET, December 2i.-Thcvn
were no transactions on 'ChanSc to-day, and
quotations for Grain are nominal. Navigation
on the Canal is closeI and the receipts BY IN
road are exceedingly limited.
LYNCHBCRG MARKET, Dec 2i.-The mar e.
is quiet and dull. Offerings Of Tobacco, Flour
and Grain are light and prices nominally with
out change.
mn KsskED.