Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-03-30

me gram MARKET clOSeQ quiet Win 4kAt
offerings and few sales. bot prices AZ uI.
changed. Country Produce is also quiet
Baltimore, March 29.-FIour quiet sid
steady; unchanged. Whest dull; spot sit
March 73a4a737s; May 737ss7 4; steamCr no
red 69a691s southern wheat by sample 7Os
75is; do on grade 70As74a.. Corn ifTei
spot and March, 421sss42h; Apr. ~.
42as; May, 42las42as; steamer M xed q ist
41A; southern white and yellow corn 4lra
421a Oats steady; No 2 white 30s30ig; No
2 mixed 28IA sales. Rye dull: No 2 near
54s55; No 2 Western 5Ss59 Hay finn,
No 1 timothy, $16
Baltimore Cattle Market March 29. Pee
Cattle.-The arrivals during the week w,rc
2,376 head, against ,524 head last wesk.
Market strong at about last weeks prices Tie
quail ty OF best steers being somewh,t bette.
Prices of beef cattle ranged as follows: G
butchers, $4.76s6. 15; medium 81 25s4.oJ.
common to medium $3.5Oa4 %; ligh'se DO
30 5Oa4; sccor ing to quality good belt p,
$4a4.3O; medium $3.75a4; lisbt S{s3 IS
good COWS $3.1Os3 so; fair to good, $3.50 3;
common $2s2.25; good oxen SS.5Os4.-';
common 10 medium $2.5Oa3. so extra 90 ri
bulls $4s4.25: good. 90. 4Os3 rs; comm 10
medium 50 5Os3.25.
OF the Cattle received 265 came firm
Virginia.
Hogs-Market steady. Quotations as 'o'-
lows: Fer Western hogs, $3.50 per 100
lbs: far Western pigs $5. 4Os5.5O; from o. er
points, heavy, IS 4Os5.5O; lightwei &,
$5.3Oa5 35; light pigs, "a S0s5; r,ushs
sows, $4s4.6O. and stays So 1854 per 100 los.
sheep and Lambs.-MsrKet SOW; wethe,s,
$Sa6; ewes, common to sooi. 50 90 %
per 100 lbs. Lam oe-Msrket steady good
prime. STAT 40; common to good s6a7 per
100 lbs.
Fresh Cows.-Market slow on common TO
medium KIDD at from $50 to S40per head;
good cows IN demand at $40 to 500 PEI bed.
Cslves.-Market slow ct from 80 10 iOoO
per 100 lbs. for common to good ves'.
New York Cattle Market March 20 -
No trade. Feeling firm. Cslves-msik h
or; ell sold; common to good vesl' "a - 90
Sheep and Lambs-6heep steidy; smb. MN;
SO so; medium to choice lamb, u
S.12h; cliprsi sheep, $475; Spin smbs,
$3a5. so each Hogs-n, rket histe "a
Western hogs e5 so; good State hogs, $3.50
per 100 lbs.
Chicago Cattle Market. March 29.-Cattle
Market opened stronger, but close oseii
best on sale brought s. rs; good TO pr mo
native steers strong to shade low q. goa
80; poor to medium steady to To- over
1t $4a4.75; selected feeders firm II sls
4 85; mixed stockers steady at S3.4Os3 80;
COWS active and steady at $3s4.35; hc'leIs
,tesdy ut SO 2Os4. rs; Gamers slow At s2a
.. IS: bulls steady Si5Oa4 25: cslyrs sieldl
"a ,5Os5 Is. Texsns-Beat on sale . 10;
Texas fed steers opened strong and load
sssier ct e3.0Oa5.10; Texss bulls st'aoy at
B. 2Oat3 80 Hcgs.-Msrket average fly
l0c higher, top., $5.52h-hiehrt beg m.r-
ket since 1894; mixed and butcher, - l5s
5.47lh; good TO choice heavy, 50. 300 52R;
rough heavy, S5.10s5. rs; light, So. 16s5 4Oi
bulk Of sales, 5.35s5.45, Sheep end amos
sheep strong TO 10c higher; lambs strong
% . shade higher; good to choice wetheI',
Is. S5a6. 20; fair TO choice mixed, $4.S5a
100; Western sheer, IS 75a6. 2k; yesIlInes,
I6a6 76; nstive lambs, $5.6Os7.35; West