Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-07-24

$50. The market this week WAS only 1alrly acr
tive with downward tendency IN me ps ln, =,
ali kinds of stock except Hogs Wn,ch snow ne !"
marked frmness ut Nh advance oi -'' ''
lbs on last weeks quotations.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET July y, ~
| Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged us lo1-
lows Best Bcevcs at 31aSG -; genera,
" rated first quality at l2.S3 81 medium
to good fair quality ut 15aS4 Il; ordinary thin
! steers Oxen and Cows ut tOaS3 70; II error
and lowest grades of Cattle q UOaS', O)-schrri"
average of the market to-day 81 -; extreme
rance of prices 3 UJaS6 45 Most of the sales
were from 3 IS to So 20 per 100 lbs. To
tal receipts for the week 2 30 head, against 2293
lost week and 1910 head same time last year.
Total sales for the week 1861 head, against 1874
last week, and 1l49 head same time last year
Tho market was later this week before com
mencing than it has been for the psst SIX months,
and even when operations begun there was no
great activity, the situation bong IN laVor o.
| BUYERS As ;here were more Cattle on the market
than were needed Prices fell oft again from
| the quotations of last week, when 4asc lower
figures prevailed than the preceding week, the
decline now being Late PEI 10, the b.st suffering
least The quality OF the receipts this week WAS
| scarcely rs good on an average rs last week,
there being few superior tops, but less OF them
than last week. .
| Sheen and Lambs-As with Hogs so with
Sheep, there was 6 large increase in the receipts
since last week, and with the exception OF Il few
lots of extra TOPS the quality WAS scarcely as good
as last week. The market has shown but little
activity in the home demand, but has on the
part OF Eastern buyers, who have taken some
y or 1860 head. There is good demand for
rood open-wool stock Sheep We quote Sheep
az .5c, and u few extra at 5!a5ic per Id gross
for the West Indies. Stock Sheep 23aS3 %
per head Lambs 2aS4 30 per head, as to quail
| ty Receipts this week G2Il head.
| 1uu q m increase /
as compared with last week, but prices hav"
nevertheless advanced, the arrivals being sold
about as fast as they have come in. The market
has been firm, and closes at 9aS9 81 per lCO lbs
net, The quality generally was somewhat netIer
than it has been for several weeks past There
is fair prospect for the continuance OF present
quotations Receipts this week 1861 head.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET, July 2-
| Beeyes-To-days receipts were lo49 head The
demand WAS weak and dull for inferior and com
| mon Cattle, and very moderate for good to
prime Fair Texans sold at 94c dressed, and
medium to choice native Steers ranged from lOi
al23c per ID dressed. ,
were lrm at 4taG4c per ID, and Lambs were in
demand at Ga9!c FER 10.
Hogs-Receipts 46O7 head. None offered alive.
| Dressed Hogs were comparatively scarce ut S:a
SIC per ID, an advance Of &c per ID.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET, July %. lSIi.-
| Cattle weak; receipts 100; dull and democrat
lied prices entirely nominal through Texans
75as3 50; corn-fed Texans 4aS6; native butch
ors' 2 5yaS4 50; shipping grades 50aS6 80;
shipments l4C) Live Hogs active; receipts
5000; prices steady and firm; Case 30 for pc 1r
to common 35"sG Az for medium; ;.s!Sp '[ -
for good to extra; bulk of SAFES ut . 3oa9o oo
shipments 600. Sheep-receipts 300; more &C
tive, but lower sales at : HASH ~
GEoRGETowN CATTLE MARKET. July &-
| The offerings this week COMPRISED 3oO CHtIia,
15( Sheep and Lambs and 80 Cows ard Calves,
with sales of Cattle at 3! to 34c; Sheep at TO
SIC; Lambs at , so to 81 30, and Cows ard
| Calves &c to $50. All the Cattle and Cows and
| Calves were disposed Of 300 Sheep and Lambs
remained over unsold. The market for Cattle
and Lambs WAS fairly active. Old Sheep and
| Cows and Calves dull and dropping.
| BALTIMORE HORSE AND MULE MARKET:-
| The horse and mule market continues dull. lhn
stock on hand is large and good, but the saies
| continue moderate, and the prices may DC CLASS
| ed as low The prices OF horses vary greatly.
Fancy carriage horses arc valued at from 81 so
500 rer span The st ok of first class riding
and driving horses is much better than 1t has
heen for several weeks. Good animals bring
| from $3.50 to $500 The lower grade OF riding
and driving horses bring from 500 to 500.
| Dralght horses are held ut from s23J to S3'O
| per head Common work horses Sl5O TO So.
Mules we'll broken and sound bring from $500
| to $500 per span. Green mule are scarce, ana
sales have been made ut from ~ to SID per head
|
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET.
| There is better inquiry for Coffee, and firmcr
! feeling in the market, but there is nothing doing
worth mentioning, and in the absence of sales
| we still quote jubbing lots ordinary to choice at
| lS4a22!c-all gold. Stock here in FIR ha!id$ is
about $1,000 bags Rio, but the total stock is
nearly 40, 900 bags.
! We notice some further movement to-day in
grocery grades Sugars. Prices are, however
nomiually unchanged and we still quote rs fol-
lows: Cuba, grocery grades, eiaS!c; Porto
| Rico, grocery grades, s4aSic, and Denlerara
vacuum pan 9al0c. Stock to-day A. 78 hhds.
R1cHMoHD MARKET, July 23.-The receipts
| of Wheat are increasing, the offerings to-day
| reaching 49, } bushels, with sales OF prime white
ut l47al48, and red at 135al42 for good to prime.
white and mixed at o. Small sales OF Rye al 80
LYScuBURG MARKET. July 23-The re-
ceipls of Wheat are light, and the quality gen
| orally poor; white l35a1i0, and red l3)al33:
| Corn scarce and wanted ut 95al0O. The demand
tor Oats is good with very limited supply;
| quotations 6Ou65.
| FREDERICKSBURG MARKET, July 23.-Therc
| is but little change to note in the Grain market,
| and quotations are about AZ last week, VIZ l4l,a
l47 for prime Wheat S5aS7 for Corn; 15a6O for
| Rye. Oats 55a5O.
| MARINE NEWS.
PORT OF ALEXANDRIA, JULY "a 1874
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