Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-05
Alexandria Market, June s, 1874

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| BACON, Hams, country..."... U ii ia
| Western ...................... y ii q 0 IL
Sides..... ...... D l03 a . III
| Shoulders ........... ... ..... 0 "a d D
| LARD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Oh D l3
| PLASTER, ground, per ton. so w
Ground, in bags or barrels. = 80 W
| Ground, in bags, returned. oO w
| Lump ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. so o.
SALT, q. A. liverpool. $685.. ~ a 40
| flne ".... Z ~ q Az
Turks Island ................ 0 IS a 0 40
| WOOL, common unWashed.... 0 30 81
| Washed ............ -....... D 40 43
| MerlnO, unwashed "...... U ~ III
Merlno, Washed.."...... U 4O As
| REMARKs.-Flours still continues dull though
not quotably lower, but TO effect sales concessions
will have to be made from our quoted prices !;
receipts are moderate, with choice Extra and
| Family grades in favor for local purposes.
Wheat is in light receipt with dull market all
the week, closing dull at a d cline of Be on all
qualities; offerings to- day of SIG bushels with
sales Of red at 120 and $50 for common to fair,
and 152, 1853 and l60 for prime to choice. The
market for Corn opened dull, with downward
tendency; we quote decline at the close OF
from to &c; the greater portion of yesterday 5
and to-day's offerings were withdrawn, the bulk
of the sales being for choice lots ofwhte offerings
to-day of 1872 bushels with sales of mixed at &c,
Is and 90 Rye is scarce, and prices have ad-
vanced; sales to day at 90. Oats are in light re-
ceipt, with good demand sales at G5. Butter
is plentiful, and prices have declined 10 Sc.
Eggs are scarce and in demand. Bacon is firm.
Ground Plaster is IN moderate enquiry, while
the demand for lump has fallen Oft, with u de-
cline in prices. Salt is unchanged. Wool is ac-
tive, with light recei pts.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, Juno g.
Tho market for Cattle Sheep and Hogs this
week has been quiet, and prices in coniormi'y
demand is only fair. with receipts fully up to
requirements Beef Cattle S 5OaS6 5 per 100
lbs; Sheep 4 50sS6 so; Lambs 5Oa$5 Hogs
lass 25, and Cows and Calves 25a$50
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. June q, 1874
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged rs fol-
lows; Bost Beeves at e 62aS7 76 general
to good fair quality at 25aS5 IS; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at 4 55aS5 rs; inferior
and lowest grades of Cattle 0 O0lS0 OO-general
average of the market to-day Sc 62; extreme
were from Goo to 81 20 per 100 lbs. To-
tai receipts for the week 1877 head against 1908
last week, and 1893 head same time last year
| Total sales for the week l, W head, against $50
last week, and l047 head same time last year.
Tie market this week has improved 4c per ID rs
| compared with last week, and showed more
tivity throughout its whole course, until towards
the Close wnen it dragged somewhat, and prices
generally receded to near the cures of last week.
Cows-We quote Mich Cows at 30..S65 per
head good Cows scarce and in demand; COM
mon in fair supply and dull.
the numbers falling off but slightly since last
week, but prices have given way full &c per ID
| since early in the week, and sales have been eff
fected very slowly since then. At that time
| there WAS little Eastern demand, and opera
tons were correspondingly active but prices
have slow and sure tendency down ward, and
| no higher figures areantlclpated as q permanency
| this season. We now quote Sheep 4a6c per ID
gross Lambs quoted at 2 50aS4 81 per head, as
to quality. Receipts this week 1893 head
hogs-The receipts are near y identical with
those of last week rs to numbers and quality,
and the demand has boon fair, the arrivals being
dispo.ed OF about rs fast as they arrived Prices
have fallen Oft about 4c since last week under
the continued full receipts, but at the close are
stationary, with fair prospect Of continuing TO-
| We now quote ut 5OaSo IS per lOJ lbs net. he
ceipts this week 9l3l head.
New YoaK CATTLE MARKET, June 3, 1874
Beeves-Reccipts to-day 1915 head, mainly fat
native Steers from Chicago. The demand Was
III gent and the market was strong and active At
about 4c Der ID advance in prices on I'll grades
| below strictly prime. Texas and Cherokee Cat
tie ranged from lOallic per ID, to dress So lbs to
81 lbs, and tho native Steers from lltsl2s per 10,
| TO dress 81 lbs to So lbs.
Calves Receipts 1877 head. The feeling was
a trhn frmer, and prices were nearly &c per ID
higher. Some of the best Veals sold At 17aoc
| per h. and common at 6abtc
Sheep and Lamts-Receipts to-day were 2l02
| head. There WIS little moro inquiry for fat
Sheep, but no Improvement in prices, while
Lambs were fraction higher. Sheep were
quoted al atnGic per ID; Lambs at 9al2tc with
| few sold at l3c.
Hogs-Keceipts $3.50 head None for sale
alive. Dressed Hogs were easier, and closed
at 74s74c per ID.
| GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET. June =
| There were $50 Cattle offered to-day, 20 of
| which sold ut from to &c per ID ~ head were
| driven on to Baltimore, and the residue left
| over About 1900 Sheep and Lambs were offer
| ed, and about 1909 sold ut t. &c per Id for old
Sheep, and to SIS per head for live Lambs. 30
Cows and Calves were offered, with sales at from
| 20 10 $50. The market was very dull.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET, June 4.-Cattle-
receipts 81 20 head; very quiet; prices weak few
sales of fair to extra native Steers at from 80 TO
So %, and choice Texans at So; shipments aI
head. Live Hogs dull; receipts l3.c-O head;
declined l0a16c; 3UsS5 60 for good to CHOICE
lOa$5 Is for medium TO fair; shipments ll,OO0
head Sheep active and firm.
BALTIMORE HORSE AND MULE MARKET-Ths
horse and mule market still continues dull,
and the sales have been confined almost entirely
to the higher grades of horses. Prices have
ranged from 200 to $3.50 per head. Common
work horses grade higher than midding bring
from 100 to $3.50 per head. The greater number
of work horses now on the market are held at
prices varying from IS to S75 The demand is
very light The mule market continues very
quiet and the arrivals have been smsll. Several
small lots of well broken Kentucky mules have
arrived during the week, and are held ut from
800 to $50 per spsn according to size and points
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET
Sugars-For Sugars there is good inquiry, and
the market is strong We still quote rs follows:
Cuba, grocery grades, SaStc; Brazil, in bags;
74.79c; Porto kico grocery grades, oaSsc, and
Uemerara vacuum pan esa93c.
Coffee-There Is good distribu.ive demand |
for Coffee at current figures, and we have re
ported to- day sales from second hands OF some
.pO0 h.oe Rio 70 Wasfarn huverS ut 1Sta141c J