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to five years old, 1,300 to 1,400 pounds each, $5.80 to $6.15; good beeves, 
well-fattened and finely-formed steers, 1,200 to 1,300 pounds each, $5.30 
to $5.65; medium grades, $4.80 to $5.10; butchers’ stock, $3.75 to $4.75; 
stock cattle, $3.40 to $4.40; Texans, north-wintered, $3 to $3.75; do., 
corn-fed, $4 to $5. 
SHEEP.—Good to choice, $5 to $6 per cental; medium, $4.50 to $4.75; 
poor to common, $3.50 to $4.25. 
Hocs.—Good to choice, $5.60 to $5.70 per cental; medium, $5.50 to 
$5.60; poor, $5.25 to $5.35. 
NEW ORLEANS. 
CATTLE.— Western beeves, per cental, net, $11 to $18; Texas beeves, 
corn-fed, first quality, $8 to $11 per cental, gross; second quality, $40 
te $50 per head; Texans, not corn-fed, first quality, $35 to $45 per head; 
second quality, $20 to $28; third quality, $15 to $18; milch cows, $50 
to $80 per head ; choice, $80 to $100; calves, $8 to $12 per head; year- 
lings, $10 to $14 per head. 
SHEEP.—First quality, $5 to $7 per head; second quality, $3 to $4.05; 
third quality, $2 to $2.10. 
Ho«gs.—Seven dollars to seven dollars and fifty cents per cental, 
gross. : 
FOREIGN MARKETS. 
WHEAT.—The weekly average prices of wheat in London, as 
reported in the Mark Lane Express, during March, were as follows: 
55s. lld. per quarter on 3,478 quarters; 55s. 8d. on 2,738 quar- 
ters; 56s. on 4,592 quarters; 52s. 10d. on 2,638 quarters; and 
56s. 3d. on 4,983 quarters. The month opened with a heavy fall of 
snow, which, though favorable to the growing wheat. crop, arrested 
field-labor for the time being. A mild temperature succeeded, but wintry 
weather again appeared about the third week. The month closed up 
with a week of very beautiful weather, giving opportunity for the field- 
labor which crops so greatly needed, both in England and on the Conti- 
nent. British markets were dull, though prices were stationary at id. 
below those of the same period of the previous year. A heavy impor- 
tation of foreign wheat, to which California alone contributed a half 
million quarters, gave assurance of a full supply until harvest, but the 
condition of the market was by no means cheering to speculators. 
Russia and Germany were not forthcoming with their usual supplies, 
yet the export business at Odessa..was increasing. Stocks on hand in 
Europe and, America were not large enough to create any special fear of 
a fall in prices. The home crop of 1872, though under average, had 
somewhat improved. 
In Liverpool, American and European wheat was quite steady, at 
prices varying but little from those stated in our March report. The 
Paris market, at the close of March, was drooping, though some holders, 
in spite of the fine weather, maintained former values. The best white 
wheat had fallen to 59s. per quarter, from 63s. two weeks previous, 
Marseilles had also shown a strong downward tendency, with declining 
sales. Bordeaux was somewhat lower, (56s. 6d. per quarter for the best 
white wheat,) but the French country markets generally were unchanged. 
The Belgian markets had been firm, with some fluctuation in the middle 
of the month, but a rising tendency at its close. A decline of freights 
