Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-06
COMMERCIAL.


The receipts of Wheat are ,od and to day Al
| bushels were offered and sold at Ill for white,
and lob. 100. Ito. III, l13 and lii Tor Fu:,z ard
Lancaster; these prices sh, " slight ad snce.
Corn is dull; one small lot of yellow sold q. 81,
and 1900 bushels Of white were wiihdrs wn. Sc
being refused. No Rye or Oats reported.
Country produce dull and quiet.
| BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET july g.
Prices this week for Beef Cattle ranged ss fol-
lows:-
Best Beeves. .";::.":....-.:..........".4 81 545
Generally rated first quality..-....4 90 a d 81
Medium or good fair quality. ........3 90 a 81
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows2 so a 2 IS
Extreme range OF prices. .............2 80 q 4 So
Most Of the sales were from ........4 % a On
Receipts for the week 2lG7 head ssleo 1901.
There was more activity to-day th an last week
but at decline Of a full quarter ut on nearly
oil grades. The falling OFT WAS almost. if not
quite imperceptble on the e1trem tops, which
but much less numerous. Other grades, down
to the lowest d, lined q full quarter cent, os
above noted-comparing with last weeks fig
ures: The bulk Of the offerings consisted of cst-
tie OF middle grades.
Mich CowS-All kinds are dull and nrices on
from $40 to $40 per head.
Sheep and Lambs-Wnh a lighter run of
sheep and lambs than last week. and fewer offer
ing in this m ,rket, good demand for home and
Eastern m .rkets was observable. and the bsst
grades OF oil kinds we're disposed of early. Ths
quality generally was not IS good as last week.
We quote common sheep q. 3s3ic per Id and
better grades st "a d.. Lambs at 4 ,53, for
home use and 6a5tc for shipment. Good stock
sheep are in fair demand at l 5Oa$2 Is per head.
Arrivals this week 5773 head.
Hogs-There is some increase in the REGENTS
over last wsek. blu; tn quality is about the sauna
as it was then. Trade is fair without beiIg
aclVe, at the rates gu ted last Monday, prices
holding we'll up. the most sales being ct or nesr
soWs at 5ast3e and 6"6s; per 10 Tor the better
grades. most sales being at and above etc. Ar
rivals this week 5g48 head
PHILADELPHIA. Juy 5-Cattle dull; re-
ceipts 20J; .ass of prime at 53stS; good oa51;
fair demand; receipts 5000; sales Of prime AZ Ala
&c; good 4a4tci mediu % 81 81 aud common 3s
3tc per ID; scalawsgs 2a2i:. Hogs in fair de-
maud ; receipts 5000; sales Of prime at &c; good
63s; m, dunn t.; and Common 81: per 10.
BALr1MoRs, July e-virsini. 6, old -; Go
deferred 81; do corsos 58i; do I'd series -:
past due coupons e52; new 10 Os All; 10 80
coupons 81 bid TO- day. Cotton dull; micdlipg
noninslly liz Flour steady and dr~es; How.
75aS4 20; Family 5.$5 Is; City M.lls super 8
AS3 so; Extra 4 ST 81; Family 25 sc is; Rio
brands 6,$6 Is; fatspsco Family ST 10 Wheat
Southern easier; Western lopec, dull and
o,osed easy; Southern red l05.ll0; do srbsr
Il2all7; NJ Maryland nominal; No2 West
ern winter red spot 1l4s.ll5; July ll9all5;
Aug l0I3.l08; sept l07i..05 Coin-eouthern
easier; Western higher, but dull; Southern
white IS; do yellow 81; Western mixed spot4as
t44; July 40 .49t; August 40; steamer 44ts4l3.
Oat. higher and firm Southern 3 .39; Western
white S6e37i; d. mixed 35.35; PenDs 81 3la.
kye lower 60 Bay steady; prime TO choice
Penna and Maryland l9sS2l per ton. t.a
strong; Bio careoes ordinary to prime 13Al6.
sugar very firm; A soft lCs. Whskey sIesdy
at l13a$l IL
NEW YORK, July Stocks strong. Money
2e3 Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat
spring nominal; winter red heavy. Uorn essler.