Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-04-24
ONS IN ALEXANDRIA


Flour ia dull and unchanged. Wheat Is not 81
5rm and though small! lot sold at lo5. most
inc sales were made at $50, the prices ranging
from 10 to 1922 the offerings amounted to l4o>
hi hels. Corn ia also ls2c lower, and receipts
s,s light; but 222 bushels were offered, when
sold q. IS for white, and IS for yellow. NO Oats
reported, and so bushels of Rye brought 02.
Little doing in country produce
ALry,SDEIA CATTLE MARKET. April u -
Price. today ranged Us follows:
Cattle very best..... ....''....... ~
Good '''.'''' ''''''''''' "a
Medium .............. q! ~
Ordinary IS
Thin Steers and Oxen .......... ........
Calves. a3 .:
Sheep, sucarod.....'"' -
Wool . %
Lambs 25sS4 81 or 7soc per lb........," -
Hogs, live or dead. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. q
Cows and Calves $50 to S45.........".~
Tho market this week WAS very poorly sup
piled with cattle. No good ones being offered.
Butchers in want had to 20 TO GeorRetown
for supplies. Market dull Calves in good supply,
with very little demand. Sheep and Lambs dull
and lower. Hogs nominal ut quotations..
Cows and Calves in good supply, with SLOW
sales At quotations. Market very dull.
New YORK CATTLE MARKET, April D.
Beevcs-Buyers obtslned concessions from Inc
advance prices of last Friday, equal to nearly
c per h. ard the market was dull ut barely O
.hsle Improvement from current rates Week
$50. Best in market retailed st lu3allc per 10
ordinary to strictly prime do, including car
loads OF Cherokee cattle at inside prices, ranged
from SIC to 104c, ard fut bulls were sold st 2)a
- 10 per lC0 bs generally.
Mich Cows-Deslers report dull feeling and
and slow trade at 35sSGO for common to really
Cslves-TLe dsmanu was ~ Az - 49,,
to the supply and the market closed heavy Al
lower prices Not 8 few vesls Just haoo DeIler
than bobs had to be sold for less than DC per 10,
and lair TO good vesls wore freely offered and
std st GlAG!c per 10; highest price reported
was &c per 10.
sheep and Lsmbs-Amung the receipts to.
day were several lots Of ordinary to fair spring
lambs from Virgins and kentucky. and these
had to be sold at extremely low figures. or 6n9c
per ID, with few Of the best up to 9taal0 !c'
Good sheep were in fair demand. Unshorn
sheep ranged from 54c to 65c per ID; clipped 90
from Bic to SIC per 10.
Hogs-Ths market was weak st 3 SOaS3 SO pr
lOl lbs for live hogs. while 1872 Ono corn teed,
49, lbs average, and Il State do, 22l lbs. solo ut
s. - City dressed closed tame at 4Sa45 per ID
GE0RGETowN CATTLE MARKET. April ~ -
Only fifty Cattle were offered which sold at
i! to 8! por ID. About SEQ Lambs sold at u Sc
pei ID. There were light supply Of old Sheep
and scarcely any demand. Wool Sheep sod at
Ia, and sheared al 3la4tc per 10.
BALTIMORE. April 24.-Virginis Gs,, old. %
do. deferred a.; do. consolidated 81; do. "a 81
res 81. Cotton dull and nominal; middling lug
slU!. Flour continues quie! and unchanged,
with jobbing demand only. Wheat-South
crn steady and hrm; Western steady and hrm !;
Southern rod l20.l35; do amber l36sl97; Penno
red l34ala5; No 2 winter red Western spot and
April ltOtAl3C9; May 1alalal4 Corn-South'
cru dull and easier; Western dull and lower
Southern white 55s5S4 do yellow 52a; Western
mixed spot and April 5l3 50; May st ,52s
June t3Ia539 Oats frmer Southern 33a95
Western white 34435; do mixed 32a23; Penna3t
s35 Rye dull and unchanged. Hay dull
prime Penns and Maryland l3aSl5. Sugar
quiet and unchanged. Coffee dull Rio ca7goo!
l31sl7. Whiskey steady at CGl$l 06!
NEW YORK. April 24.-Stocks opened de-
clinlng, but towards noon recovery of lal4 po
cent took place Money 5s6. Gold lOO4 Fiou
unchanged. Wheat shade lrmer. Corn with
ont decided change. ...