Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-01-21
THE WASH aNe:,EON MARKETS.
Prices and Suppsies-Th Scarcity
Meats From tfae Wess-E'0tsitOes Froii,
Europe. &c.

Trade in and about the markets Of this Dis
trict has been more than usually quiet the past
week, owing to the unfavorabe weather which
has generally prevailed. Especially has this
been the case so far as meats and farm produce
are concerned
The beef consumed in this District is generally
supplied from the Virginia valley and is driven
to the stock yards Of Drover'srest, above George
town, and the yards at Queenstown, on the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad. few miles north Of
the city. This season. however. some of the
butchers are receiving considerable quantities
OF beef from Chicago and st. Louis. sent in re-
1rigerator cars. The beef coming this way is
principally the ribs and loins with some rounds.
aud Is sold in jobbing lots at from S10a512 per
hundred pounds. Most of this beef is of excel
lent quality. and, the butchers think, compares
favOrabiy with that slaughtered here. Quanti-
ties of mutton are also brought here i'm the same
way, and sells at IS per hundred by the carcass.
This trade, inaugurated last year. is becoming
quite successful for winter supplies, but does
not answer so well for the warm season.
Cattle are now selling On the hoof at the stock
yards from So, 5Oas6. 50 per hundred and when
dressed from $1O.5OaS12. So
Virginia sheep and lambs are now worth from
4a51a cents per pound live weight and from Sail
cents when dressed and quartered. Live calves
continue to arrive from Virginia and Maryland.
some of them OF poor quality yet the price
ranges at 7aS cents on the hoof, which is I'M
usually high. Good lambs are worth from 511a
81 cents alive, and choice ones are rather
scarce.
There were three car loads Of western stock,
mostly beeyes, at the Queenstown yards Wednes-
day, all of which sold at rather higher rates
than cattle brought from the Virginia valley
usually command
Most of the fresh pork sold in our markets
comes from the farmers of the adjacent states.
The ruling price for good dressed pork is S. per
hundred. Some very choice lots have sold for
more. 1t is stated that considerable pork of
rather poor grade is coming forward; the farmers
not having corn to feed their stock.
The same may be said of poultry Nearly all
the poultry now offered is from the country
hereabouts, very little arriving from the west
Turkeys worth from 1Oa1211 cts per pound.
and chickens Sal0 Cts. in jobbne lots The mar
ket ha s been well stocked with poultry and
game this season, and prices have generally been
low. Potomac river ducks and other game nave
been and continue to be abundant.
Butter has been uniformly high for the best
grades, and will probably continue so until new
spring grass appears. The best now received is
from the west, and known as Creamery" Some
excellent roll butter and in tubs comes here
from Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and other western
states. The wholesale price of the best grades
Is 30a35 cts. per pound, and the same is soldfro
market stalls and shop counters for 50a55 cents
The ordinary prime lots from Virginia, Ohio.
New York and Pennsylvania now sell in lots at
25a30 cents, and jobbing lots of cooking from
1Ga20 cents.
Eggs have been more than usually abundant
for the winter season, and the market is now
pretty well stocked. Fresh country eggs are
worth 90 cents per dozen jobbing prices Small
lots known as .'limed, are arriving from the
west and sell at 16a2O cents wholesale.
Lard is quoted at Gall cents for Baltimore and
western. Much of the lard consumed in this
District is put up by the pork butchers here,
and is generally regarded as the pluest, and
meets with more ready sale.
Flour continues to be high The highest
grades of Minnesota patent sells for So so per
barrel and for the winter wheat patent for
So 25as925; best grade Baker -four S8 extra.
Sc 25. and super. s. 81. Medium Virginia and
Maryland sells at :a7as7. 25 tor family; SGa$6 80.
extra; s5aa5. 80, superfne, and S4aS4 so for fine
and it is said holders are willing to sell at these
rates. The niildness of the winter is rather
against the high speculative rates which had
been anticipated early in the season. as the
pinch for breadstuffs has not been so keenly felt
as was feared. Some Of our largest dealers re-
ceive large quantities from the west and sell
only at iObbing rates. Other smaller dealers de-
pend largely upon the local mills for supplies.
considered q high figure, but higher figures are
anticipated before spring opens. Best quality
of rye is selling from 80 cents to 81 per bushel.
oaH, western, 81 cents, j0bbing rates; bran, S2S
per ton, and middlings $26 for white
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