Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-08-28

corded declines this morning. Sugar fell .
lily. Later there was an advance to
1924. The railway list declined I, to IL
per cent. At II o'clock the selling having
sbated, the market dispayed more steadincss
Alexandria Market. August 2S.
Very little that is new can be reported from
the Alexandria or any other wholesale mar
ket. Values generally are said to be firmer
but there is no active movement any leading
commodities Flour is selling slowly as
neither jobbers nor retsil houses seem willing
to anticipate their wants Wheat is in only
fair demand but is stesdier; sales 40 to 3D.
latter for lancaster milling samples. Corn is
easier at 81 to 81. Oats 80 to 80. Rye 40
to 43. Eggs are scarce and higher at IS to
10. Butter, Potatoes and other Produce are
wanted at full prices. Bacon and Provisions
of all kinds continue strong Poultry is quiet.
Millfeed and Hay are still in light receipt.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 2S.-Flour dull and un-
changed. Wheat easy No 2 red spot 557sa
Sc; Aug 553.a56; Sept 56a56ls; Dec 59t.
a593s; steamer No. 2 red 523ia53 milling
wheat by sample 56a57. Corn dull mixed
spo, and Aug 81 bid ; southern white corn 80
$50; do yellow 59a60. Oats quiet and steady;
No white Western 36a36l9; No , mixed
do 34a341h. Rye steady and firm No . ~
a50. Hay easy good to choice timothy
$13 so to $14 80.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET. Aug. 81
Swine.-'The receipts are some 1000 head
- a.. Iao hntt ln,,o
about equal to moderate demand generally
prevailing Fair to best Western hogs sell at
Sc. 2Oa6.30 per 100 lbs, others are quoted at
$5.75a6 10 per 100 lbs gross Roughs $4a5
per 100 lbs gross. Heavy hogs are not in
very active demand.
Sheep and Lambs-There is an over-supply
of sheep on the market, and the trade is very
dull. Sheep are quoted at 1l5a23ic per ID
gross; ambs 2l2a3iac per ID, and few ex
ira Mt 3as,c per Id gross.
Veal Calves.-There is but a light offering
and trade is down. Quotations 2i2a43! per
lb, and S3a5 per head.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET. Aug. 81
Beeves-market active; 10a15 cents per 100
lbs higher; good to prime native steers $3.50
as. 10, medium to fair $4.45a4 50, inferior
to ordinary 81 15a4. 40 common So. 60a4.10.
fair to good Colorado, $4.15a4 80, stays and
oxen S325a4 Is. bulls 81 90a2 so dry cows
81 50a2 % per 100 lbs. No exports to-day.
alves-market opened firm, and closed
trile weak poor to prime veals S5a1 per
100 lbs buttermilk calves 50. 12a3.25 per
100 lbs, grassers S2.25a3, Western calves
$3a35O per 100 lbs. Sheep and Lambs
sheep dull and barely steady; lambs t,c per
ID lower; $500 head unsold ; poor to prime
sheep 5 .5Oa3 per 100 lbs; common to choice
lambs S2.25a4 so per 100 lbs. Hogs-mar
ket active and higher; ordinary to choice
hogs $5.85a6. Is per 100 lbs.
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET. Aug. q.
Beef Cattle were in good demand and lac
per lb higher, but tho grades were so much
poorer that the increase of rate is hardly vsi-
BILE. Quotations were as follows: Good 43ia
sc, medium 43sa49sc and common 3a4a4 lic
per h. Sheep were in fair demand, but prices
,los,d weak. The quotations were as fol-
lows: Good 3s3l4c, medium 24.a3a,c, aud
common 1a2c per Id; lambs 2lba4 lbc per
lb. Hogs were firm with fair demand st
size for all grades in sympathy with the
West. Dressed beeves were in fair request at
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