National Republican., 1886-03-27
WASHINGTON CITY MARKETS.
Collatcd From the Official Reports of
Washington Produce Exchange.

Flonr-MarKet steady, under usual demand.
Grain - The receipts of wheat light at
present but ample for current wants. Oats
and corn are steady.
Hay and straw-RcccIpts Of hay very large,
and market dull. Straw quiet.
Butter-There isl scarcity of fine butter, and
generally held ut higher price. White, chalky.
color, near; nearby roll, as old stock, in no
Eggs-Receipts are not SO large, and market
firm aud active today, and is likely TO further
advance by next week.
Poultry-The weather is growing almost too
warm for dressed. Shippers had better send it
in alive.
Potatoes-Receipts fair and market steady.
Green Fruit-No Improvement In apples;
supply large and best varieties of northern
apples go out slowly at inside quotations.
Plenty OF Virginia and Maryland fruit here
still, and very difficult to place.
Seed-Clover and Timothy quiet.
Pork-0wing to the lateness of the season,
demand is limited at quotations.
Live Stock-Receipts Of cattle at Queenstown
Wednesday, 2T0 head. All sold from 3 to 5M
cents per pound, with good demand. Sheep
and lambs in light receipt. Good demand at
full prices for choice sheep and spring lambs,
but common grades are dull. Calves steady
and unchanged.
BUTTER.
Creamery, fancy, 3S to 35c.; New, York tubs,
new, 30 to 32c; Virginia, Maryland, and Penn
sylyania dairy packed, choice, 13 to l5c.; good
TO prime, II to 12c.; roll butter, choice, II to
lic.; good, OTTO lie.
EGGS.
Nearby fresh, 12c.: western, 12c.
POULTRY AND GAME
Turkeys, drawn, per pound, choice. 10 to 13c.;
large, 10 to PC; undrawn, 10 to llc; live, to
1lc.; Chickens, drawn, per pound, TO l0c.;
nndrawn per pound: @ gto lOc @ ola fowls live
2jc.; winter, per pound, l5c,; ducks, old, live,
per pound, o to lOc:: dressed, per pound, 10 to
l2c,; geese, dressed, per pound, to loc.; hVe'
each, 40 to 75c
Wheat, choice, 95 to 97c.; fair to good, 90 to
9S;rye, 70 to 72c corn, yellow, 40 to i7e: white,
western white, No. and new, Al to 42c;
mixed, No. 81 TO 3S.
| HAY AND STRAW.
Hay, clover, s!8 to sl4i timothy $40 to sl6.Ooo;
| mixed, Sl3 TO Sl5; straw, rye, SIS TO Sl9; oat,
| $40 to Sll; wheat, 00c to Sl,O5.
| DRIED FRUITS.
Evaporated apples, to sc; apples, sliced,
| fancy, . to &c; quarters, bright, &c; peaches,
| choice, TO l0c evaporated, IL to 10; cherries,
pitted, to &c; blackberries, to Oci rasp-
| CURED MEATS, ETC.
Hams, sugar cured, 10 to loHc; sugar.cured
shoulders to &c; sides, western, 1laci shout,
dcrs, western, 5T TO &c; bulk, shoulders, ~
smoked, 10 10 lie; ard,:country lots q to 7c;
hogs, small, sh shSS 10 10 $500; @ dressed hogs,
rough, $3.50 to $500.
Potatoes, choice per bushel 55 to 60c; pota-
toes common per bushel 80 to i0c: sweet pota-
toes, nearby, per barrel, sl.50 to $500;
yams and haymans, per barrel, Sl.2l to Sl.5O
cabbage, per hundred, IS to u; black
eyed peas, per bushel 81 to Sl.l0.
suNDRIEs.
Beeswax, % to 23c. ;tallow, to sc; honey in
small boxes, 1910 l2c.; rags, white, ~ to 20
| rags, mixed, 115c feathers, live geese, prime
| 40 10 50c. feathers common, 20 to 25c; clover
seed, per lb., lll1 TO l21ac.; timothy seed, pei
bush, $500 to $40.
| WOOL AND HIDES,
Wooi, washed 2Sc.; wool, unwashed, 2)c,
wool, bury, IA to l7c.; hides, green, &C.; hide
dry, IL to l6c.
LIVE STOCK.
Cattle, extra, per cwt si.75 to S5.25; com
mon per owt,, SO TO s3.75; rough, per cwt
S2to $40, sheep, prime, per ,cwt,, $500 tc
sG;common, percMt., go 70 sl2. Lambs, spring
choice, per cwt., So TO $685. common, per cwt
So to $500. Calves, PRIME per owt., $40 to $500
common a5 to $3.50 Cows, prime, each, $50 Il
$50; common, each, Sl5 to S2O old and dry
each, IS to Sl5.
FLOUR AND MEAL,
Minnesota, patent process, $3.50 to S5.75
bakers brands, So to S525: family, patent pro
cess, 60 to 1925; standard brands $3.50; extra
Sl; super, 9200 to SO; fine, SO to S325; middling
| $3.50; rye flour, $3.50 TO 1915. Buekwheat
. New York, per cwt,, SO toS2,l0 Virginia, Mary
land, and Pennsylvania, S2. Corn meal, bolted
white, AZ to 4sc,; unbolted, yellow, i6 to 47c.