Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-06

Mrf.no. washed. ................. 50 a. ~
HA \. ner ton from the ars......3O % Ia 81 ~
REMARKs.-1hc Flour market during the past
week has been quiet with limited transactions
to the local trade, The receipts though light,
are equal to the demand. Family brands arc
very dull Extras are in moderate request and
SuDers are quiet. We note sales during the
week of Extras at s, Us, 8 II and IS 25-latlcr
price for prime bakers Supers at i 81 to =,
and Family at to 50 30; choice $40 50-markcr
closing quiet, bat more steady. Wheat has
been active during the week, and has sustained
an advance Of 5 to lUc per buShel on the closing
quotations in our last review. The demand is
active for good grades but the market is que;
for medium and low grades. Offerings .o-day Of
35 bushels; sales Of white at TO 20 LIS for
prime samples, aud red at 80 and l52 for fair,
lG0, To-. lG3, l65 and 81 for good, 49, IT, Ia
and l76 for prime 70 choice samples. Corn is
steady and more active, at an advance of .o q
duriny the week; receipt are lighter; sales 10
day of 326 bushels mixed and white ut "A and -
Rye is quiet and steady; receipts are light, and
we quote small sales at 20 to IS. Oats sre more
active; offerings light, with sales to-day al =! 20
AZ. Plaster is in good demand; lump is very
scarce and wanted; ground is in fair supply =.
quotations. Salt is scarce and in active demand;
stock of Fine in first hands is exhausted: Ground
Alum is n moderate supply at quotations.
Wool is quie, and unchanged. Bacon is steady
at quotations. Prime Butter is in demand Ill
other grades are very dull and unsaleable Egg
are less active. Chickens are in fair dcma:I.
Green Apples are dull and neglected. Po:a;oo>
are scarce and firm. Onions are in good ic.
mand Hay is wanted at quotations.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, sop: o.
Offerings OF Cattle, Sheep, Hogs and Cows AZ!
Calves fully equal 10 the demand. MArhr, ~
tive, though no advance in prices. We quot"
Cattle at from to sic; Sheep to ~; Lamh>
81 to 81 .: Hogs 70 tic not, and Cows AL!
Calves Is to $50.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET September {
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged rs fol-
lows: Best BeeveS at 25aSG So; gcner.l
~ rated first quality at 5O0;tSG .5 ncGln
to good fair quality at )aS5 %; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at I DASH %; inferior
average of the market to-day 81 10; e1teme
range of prices 3 COAST sri. Most of the sales
ware from % to S. ~ per 100 lbs To-
tai receipts for the week 26C0 head, against 1890
last week, and $3.50 head same time last year To-
tai sales for the week .U19 head agains. 1883
last week, and 1886 head same time last year.
The market this week has been fairly active
throughout
Sheep and Lambs-The receipts of Sheep TIL.
week differ but little; in, number from those Q!
last week. The market hs: been quite sctlve,'!N
the week good Sheep being quite scarce and il
good demand, the supply in fact being insult
Gent for the demand. 4 full third Of the re-
ceipts have been reshipped to Phisdelphia and
New ork, and numbers of stockcrs have been
sold to go to the country. Lam" have been ana
ha in, .,,,S al a F,Ir
to good Sheep ut 45a5:c and good to extra At u
asa per ID gross. Stock SheeD at 5OaS3 - per
head. Lambs 2aS4 81 per hcac, AS to size and
quality
Hogs-The supply this week has been quite.
fair, nearly equal in number to the receipts of
last week. Prices have been maintained n: our
quotations throughout the whole week, and tn"
market fair, y active, demand about equal t. the
supply-a few extra Hogs sold ut our his ct
quotation; We quote eorn-ted Hogs NJ 7aS' -
and stlll-fed at 75sS7 % per 100 lbs net
GEoRGETowS CATTLE MARKET, Sept. 8
There were SUI Cattle, 500 tat and ~ stock
Sheep, and 80 Cows and Calves offered to-day.
All the Cattle and fat Sheep changed hands al
from 3 to SIC for Cattle 1 to SIC for Sheep, jn
81 20 for Lambs and ~ to so for Cows nn1
Calves. 90 stock Sheep remain unsold. We
quote the latter al from 10 TO 81 per head.
s1arket for Cattle and Sheep active, out no '.d-
vance on last weeks prices.
LrScnBURG MARKET Sept 5-The receipts
of Wheat are heavy, fully equal to the demand;
white l55al60, and red l45alj5. The market is
almost bare o: Corn, and prices are very still mt
at 60. 50 Tor white, and 70s72 for mixed and yell
low. Oats 45a5J. Rye SUao5.
RICHMOND MARKET, Sept 5-Oferings o.:
abcu. Il 70 bushels Wheat, with sales Of white a.
l40alS3 for common to choice, and l30al73 for
do red. Sales of lis bushels mixed Corn AT -.
Oats 53a55, an Rye IS, with very light offering.
FgEDEaIcKsBuRG MAkKEr Sept 5-Whcnt
white quoted at 541SO; r d l55alS5; Corr. ga
s.; Oats $3.50 and Rye G0a70
pURr OF y.7.>'ORy.s, SEPT. 8.
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