Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-21
ALEXANDRIA CATTLE i'll aRKE Ell. NO! r. u

Mo1lum or falr. =, -
Ordinary %
Thin Steers and Oxen. ................... - -
Ch:Vcs.."'......... .'.''..''..'.'''' ..'''''''''
Shoe y ..'..'''. /"
Lambs = l0aSl - per head, or 5s6c per III
Hogs. live or dead ...... D! 4 u
Cows end Calves S.1 10 SlO....."........
Tho marke. for Beet Cattle opn:c! SLOW, Hi,,i
clntlnuUd so until tho c.uso; tho supply MAS
limited but, very f"w bnlnr. wanted, WAS / !i'E
equal to tho domand; catr enc range c! prices .
TO 4i most of tho sale; BON; ilom - to 4!c
VeAl Calves in very little demand; pr.c3i 49,
main about the Same is last wtok. with down-
ward tendency. Sheen and Lambs in good sap
ply, but most OF the tllNings arc Ct III interior
quality, and sell very slowly ut qu6t+ti;ns.
Hogs (both 1.-Two and drc:soG) =:C III g 300 supply,
with slow sales and lower msrkes.. Cows anti
Calves arc tho only stock hat is in demand,
and sell readily vt good prices. MSrko! dull
NEW York CATTLE MARKET. Nnv'r %
Beeves-Receipts $40 head. A l5~ aA!Fa .nu
premium Kentucky and Ohio steers were sci vt
llall!c; strictly prime do at l0lslCSc; medium
to good natives ut S! alO. and common to ordinary
do At 73>Si ard common to fair Texas, Shero'
kee and Colorado steers at 7tsst sltught"r"fs
for foreign markets took 40 smooth natiru
steers ut 9a9!c per 10. Exports ;or The week
were 200 quarters OF heel
Mich Cuws-Good and choice cows were IN
domsnd at high figures, somo of the best gc!ng
up to S0aSS3 each, calf lHcudot, but lnl,rlor aAd
wanted except vt lower prices. Ioer to lar
COWS may DO quoted ri atl0aSl0.
Calvc,-Receipt5 800 FCAIs wore about stead
at Gs9c per 10 for coarse to prime. ana graSsc7s
were moro readily sold, and changed hands ~
PHASE 20 per 100 lbs and . 81 % per head.
Sheep and Lsnlbs-Receiuts S,436 Ordinary
to very good sheep sold at 4a5le Fer ID. and or
binary to choice lambs At 81 .6t per lb
Hogs-Rece;p!s 1881 hesd. Tho market
was irmer, and prices woTo advanced, but tradn
hnfy oil 81 i
SIS u per lO) lbs; city dressed ut 5SaGic, thu
latter figures for pigs.
GEORGETOWN CATTLE MARKET, Nov'r 70 -
The market To-Day YVES dull. Ne quote: 4uJ
head of cattle Offering, 375 Of which sold lr1a,
sass 81 per 100 pounds, gross lOCJ sheep nMd
lambs il markct 100 OF which sod as follows ::
Old sheep, lsS5 por ICO pounds; lambs, !sS6 per
head; 80 cows and calves cold from 2oss1O oac;
BALTIMORE. Nov II .-Yirain!a Gs. Old, -, do.
deferred 81 do consolidated 80; do. u series 3t.
Cotton stosdy; middling 1O3 Flour dull, heavv
and unchauped Wheat-Southocn firm aud
higher; " estern lirm higher and quiet; South
ern red good to prime ll)al47; 90. amber loo'
l55; No. Western winter red spo. and :Io7'r
l43 Dec Iil1 Corn-Southern active And tlr!t!
or; Western quiet, firm and higher, Southern
white jGaGO; do. yellow 57sG2; old Western
mixed spot and Nov 6l! Dec G33; steamer 81 ;
new Western mixed spot and Nov Is; Dee G,3
jan Gj3sGl. Oats quiet and uncl 'ngod' Eye
quiet s. t3aG5. Hay steady; Msryi@ad and
Penns prime ltsSlG. Coffee unch&nsad' sugar
steady at9ta9l. Whiskey nominal; held 81 ~ ~
New York, Nov'r. 2l--sLocka attysncod &c
|. and rescted to !! Money S. Gold l03a
Flour dull and declining. Wheat sh:d: liza
or. Corn trihe better.
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Sun rises .......... ii Moon rises 5
Sun sets............. 4 45 High watac...... il IT
ARRIVED.
Str Lady of tho Lake, Norfolk TO + !. Feed
Str WThompson, Loonardtow - e. Seed
Schr Twilight, Now HaVon, to American Goa
Company.