Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-19
Alexandria Market, June 10, 1874.

'Hlucs... " lp@ d v liz
Shoulders ............. 80. ...... 0 81 u 0
LARD Observation-Disclosures. ia IL
PLASTER, ground, per tull... { 5O ~
Ground, in bags or barrels. > 81 w
Ground, in bags returned. 8 81 On
Lump OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 80 Il 5 "
SALT, q. A (Liycrpool ...... ! 20 l 40
Fine ................. .............. 20 Il 2 40
Turks Island .................. U 3o 40
WOOL, common unwashcd.. U 30 BIZ
w aShed. ................. U III y 81
McrlEO, unWasheu........... U 81 81
NJ erno washed............. q Az 43
REM iEKs-Rcceipts of Flour have been very
| light all the week, and the market is extremely
dull some grades quoted Use off; there is q mod
critic demal1 for choice Ex:ras, while other
grades are neglected. Wheat opened Ill, and
prices declined to the close If the week, when
We quote the market fairly active, owing to light
receipts, ut decline of SC; all offerings are
taken, the bulk by shippers; sales to-day of
good ard choice samples at l4) and 49, Corn
has been active ull the week, with moder ate re-
cepts to the close, when we quote the market
| dali the bulk Of the offerings being Withdrawn ;
offerings today Of 1890 bu heels, with sales of
mia ed ut 81, 81 and SO Small sales of Rye at s..
Receipts of Oats are fair and prices are oil
sales %, l7j bushels to-;:ay at O.. Butter is in
| lib raj receipt, with quota ions unchanged.
Eggs are scarce and waited Po.atoe; in
good demand for large, while small Potatoes
neglected tho demand for Seed Potatoes is
abuu. over. b icon is steady. Lard is firm.
| Plaster, s;ai: a..d VOL unchan sed.
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE MARKET, June 10 -
The offerings Of Beef Cattle were fully equal to
tn" demand, winch Is just now light; Sales at
|
demand. Sheep and Lamb in fair sup
ply and tolcr@b'y active request; sheep la
SIC per Id gross; Lambs 5JaS4 81 per head.
| hogs quiet, with fair receipts gu tations from
;OaSo Is Cows and Calves 23aS6O. with y
fair supply
| BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. June Is, 1874
Prices to-day for Beef Cattle ranged as fol-
lows: Best Beeves at l2aSi 50; general
| ly rated first quality at 25a$G u; medium
to good fair quality at 50aS5 rs; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows at OOuS4 90; inferior
and lowest grades of Cattle 0 OUaSU OO-general
| average of the market to-day SIS s. extreme
range of prices 0Ju$6 10 Most of the sales
W re from 5 81 to ST 30 per 100 lbs. To-
| tai receipts for the week l5l7 head, against 1886
| last week, and 1913 head same time last year.
Total sn.es for the week 1874 head, against 953
last week, and l222 head same time last year.
| The market this week, until abou! half through,
was quite slow, and dec inei 81 per ID on last
weeks prices Some time before the close OF
| operations Philadelphia and other buyers came
| on tn" market, which become more active
Cows-We qnote Mich Cows at 3OaS5J per
head, and very dull common Cows in best de-
mAnd
| SHEEP and Lambs-The supply rs fallen off
| slightly but is more than equal TO the demand,
which has been limited during the week to sup
ply the wants of home butchers Prices have
ia en OF slightly in consequence, and top fig
urts are Obtained III very lew case: where the
elk is prime most of the receipts being of
medium and common rider. Prices are stI
tending duwurd We now quote Sheep nj 4.5lc
per 10 gross. Stock Sheep z 25sS3 70 per head
Lambs 2a54 So pr head, as to quality. Re
ceipts this week 1854 head.
Hogs-There has been very heavy falling
oft in the receipts this week us compared with
last week, but the supply m vcrtheiess has been
so nearly up to the demand that there has been
| q comparatively slight advance, and now tn, ugh
:.dvices from the West show higher prices, the
ospccts do not mediate any advance here, ow-
ing to the ia Of the butchers generally being
fairly supp lied and working on lighter numbers
during the warm weather. We quoe at 90,
s. Is per lOu ID net, few selling at the outside
rate Receipts this week 5O2O head.
New 70 X CATTLE MARKET, June Is. 1874
Bccvcs-1'U day receipts were 1916 head III
Guiding rs cars of ordinary to good Texans. Part
stil-frd. The market was fair the Texas Cattle
selling at lO4al1c per b, dressed, and the native
Steers III ll3al23c per h. dressed
fairly steady at 4! SC per ID for buttcrmIik
Calves, and 6s7!c for milk-fed Veals.
Sheen and Lambs Fresh offerings 2651 head
Sheep we're slow at 4! ,Gic per ID with Il few
fancy weLhars selling at &c. Lambs were dull
and weaker at 6alGc per ID.
Hugs-kcrei t. $3.50 Dressed Hogs were IN
light r~quest at 7sa73c per b.
CHICAGO CATTLE MARKET. Jun" Is, l814.-
Cattle receipts $500; market fairly active Tor
good AIDES dull for others; prices un. hanged;
good t, extra native steers selling at D oOaSb 40;
fair to medium 5 So 35; stockers oOas4 p
shipments 2DI0. hogs-receipts IL U0J; active
ard firm for b.st grades; prices shade higher
5aS5 10 for common to good % o0 Tor choice 20
extu; shipments II ,0J0 sheep quiet and weak J
receipts l7oJi sales oi fair shorn at dash oo.
GEoRGErowS CATTLE MARKET. June IS
Offerings OF 26U head OF Beef Cattle, most of
which were sold at 3! 6tc per 10 There were
about 25W Sheep and Lambs "tf,red, with sales
of Sheep nj 4!a6c per ID; Lambs at 20 to - ~
300 left over. Forty Cows and Calves were sold
al % $50 The market generally was dull.
BALTIMORE HORSE AND MULE MARKET.-As
has been the case for several weeks past, the
horse and mule market remains exceedingly
quiet, Silu tne Sa &c iol tne p'SI 'H "'J' i'"'e
been very few. The ma ority of the horses now
uron the market arc not hrst-clsss. The prices
"t riding driving and general utility horses are
moderately good, and the stock i; at once large
and excellent The sales have. however, been
few and far between. Firs. class animals of
this grade are held ut from $50 to $500 per head
Ordinary work horses, from middlng to go' a.
IRE scarce and bring from 10 to $500 per head
The mule market greatly resembles the horse
market in dullness as the sales have been very |
few, and the prizes realized have been lower
than for several months. Mules are held atlrom
800 to $500 per span.
BALTIMORE SUGAR AND COFFEE MARKET
We are agaiu without transactions t" note III |
Coffee no sales whatever beng reported to- day, |
and the marke: may again be wrtteE dull and
nominal. For ordinary csrgoes Kio l7Saloc;
fnrdo. le3 49,; good do. 1920; prime do. 203 |
a2lc, and Tor jobbing lots loa22tc, but to effect
s.Ias to MY extent lower fQures would have TO |