Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-05-03

HAY. per ton from the caTS......N w 09 20 w
REMARKs.-The Flour market during the
past week has been active and prices may be
written on all grades fully soc higher than the
closing quotations in our last review. The re-
ccipts Of Virginia brands are very light, though
Pennsylvania and Western brands of Winter
and Spring Wheat are in good supply. The
transactions have been restricted in consequence
flight receipts. We quote the market firm at
the close, and revise quotations as follows
Family 10 5OaSll. choice Sll so; Extras 9os1
$40; Supcrs 25aSS so. Wheat is active; re-
c.p.s are very light, and prime and choic"
samples are in demand offerings to-day OF only
80 bushels, with sales Of fair red at $50, and
good ut 200. 203 and 2Q4; no prime or choice
samples offered Corn is fairly active; offerings
to-day Of 1862 bushels white and mixed and 6Z
Of yellow with sales of white ut 70, mixed at IS,
and yellow at 75 Oats are steady; sales to-day
OF 100 bushels at 60. Rye is quiet, bu: firm; n"
offerings on Change to-day, and we quote at
100 to IlU Plaster is in active enquiry but
stocks of Lump and Ground are exhausted, snd
arrivals are anxipusly locked for. salt is in
good supply and in moderate demand. Wool is
steady Bacon is more active for sides and
Shoulders, but country hams arc dull, and sales
difficult to effect the market being overstocked
Prime Butter is scarce. land in demand; inferior
is dull and nominal. Dried Fruit is in dctnsEd-
Eggs are dull. Chickens are firm anG IN de-
mand. Potatoes are fra. Onions are vary
dull Seeds are dull.
FISH MAkKET.-The receipts since yesterday
have been 5000 Herring and 1000 Shad-the
former selling at from 50 to S. 50per thousand.
and the latter ut from : to 50 per hundred.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, May q
Beet CATTLE he offerings were small this week,
and the sales limited Prices ranged from i to
&c Cows and Calves In large supply, with
sales at from 10 to SO for No l, AND ~ TO so
for ordinary.
and are selling readily ut from IT, &c gross for
the former, and from ~ to 50 ~ per head for
the latter
H"gs-Are in good supply, with sales at from
81 to DC net
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET May 2 1872.
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged as fol-
lows: Best Beeves at 75aS7 rs; general
ly rated first quality at G23aS6 10; medium
or good fair quality at 4 75aSo az; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at 5SaS4 % Inferior
average of The market to-day ST. ~; extreme
range of prices 4 5OaS7 IS. Most of the sales
were from IS to So 80 per 100 lbs. Of the re-
ceipts lob head came from Maryland ll8 from
Ohio, 4u3 from Pennsylvania, l67 from ILLINOIS,
and IL from Firginia-totut receipts for the week
SU9 head, against 958 last week, and l29 head
same time last year Total sales for the week
SOB head, against 935 last week, and 69l head
same time last year.
Sheep and Lam bs-There is but little varla-
ton this week in the number of Sheep Us COM
pared with our report last week, though there
has been large number proportiunatcly of gooc
Sheep and the demand for that kind has been
pood-a large nun. Der, if in the market, would
Be very readily absorbcd-there is no change
however in quotations, quality being consider
cd, since last week. We quote fair TO good
sheared at 63a7 cts, and wool Sheep at tn9t cts
"a lot of extra fat Sheep brought 8! cents per
ID gross Lambs we quote ut 81 80 to IS per
head, as TO size and quality.
crease AS compared with our last report, the fall
ing off being almost wholly in the ST. Louis
shipments, and we note among the arrivals but
fuw stilers. Notwithstanding the decreased re-
ccipts there is scarcely more than shade ad-
varcc in quotations, the butchers at the close
last week being pretty generally well fixed rs
to stock in their prices. The demand has been
fair, keeping pace with the supply We quote
corn fed Hogs at 6aS6 80, the sales being chiefly
at or near the highest figure and stll-fvd at b 81
aS6 per 100 lbs net
GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET, May g
There were 100 Beet Cattle, 80 Sheep and
Lambs and so Cows and Springers offered to-day,
with sales at from to SC for Cattle, ) to Sc Tor
Sheep 3 to SIS so for Lambs, and from 20 t.. $50
for Cows and Springers. $50 Sheep, Il Cattle
and 20 Cows and Springers were left over unsold.
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