, 1861-12-10

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dnf1ng the past week compared with those Of III,
previous week, were as follows:
/ Resfc.+.,o ~ Past week Prev. week
| To ea49t1t' 80 No-. 22u 2fgJ
ShG5a,, ~. ''.--.---.....---....48e9 e93 AlIU;
Es.'. .:.'--.:....'-.. 40 Is;
From the above it Wil be seen that there ;s On
increase In the receipts Of Hogs dnrns the week q,
upwards Of 1900: but decrease in that Of Ree,
Cattle Of 500 head. -'ee'
Dell CAITLE-A variety Of circumstances
eo1nolned 10 render the market buoyant turinp the
! p0sl "eeh. Inc receipts were comparatiyely
u5n.' auu tnele was more active demand By both
sA4ppsis aAo paeSefs-the latter to put up tiefcc
oee1-Whlle there Tas also some INQUIRY hr f,or-
~"n.en1 eonIlaetore, and prices advanced towards
tne close sGAc 2 h-sa1es varying from ~ sl9
90 ios gooa 10 choice shipping. There was also
some inquiry by Pennsylvania feeders for cood
feeding steers. and the market for rned;nn s7oc,
"as better-with sales at s2.01aa q Th;,
sealaWass. however. did not share in tho imnror.o
ment, and they were Glow sale at 81 .5f.a1 r-s,ma
selling even lower
at Sherman yards yesterday and today there
Tas considerable movement in Beef rs+,,o a.s
anu the sales we're liberal. at ranre Of e1 n7e e5
1of Inferior to prime. Mr.. Andrew Gart.n ba5 4
premium steers, which he brought from cfa,,
county, Ao-the1ot weighing 1850 ns-and rb;c1,
were purchased by J. j. Gibbs for c. Alhes cir1
outehcr to supply his customers with Christmas
oee4. They were well fattcd, and brought 81 IN
per 1o0 bs. Mr. Garten also sold q head NJ mime
steers to Mr. Hancock. at $500; 1a5 head uoo5
packlDs cattle at 32.58 and IS feeders tn ~
stevens, OF ofPennsylvania. at 42,15, Meesrs Nor.
fis q Relnneman purchased 10 prime Knox ca
steers from Ferris, at 1926 20 good Southern MI
nols steers from Mclean. at $500, &C head OF eood
eeaffal Illinois steers from Wilson at - .8s. and
~ head OF prime Illinois steers at $3,o4the whole
lo1 Shipment TO New York. MesErs, N. & R. a1so
purchased about 200 head Of their cattle at II 5n7
soo' and 23 scallawags at $500 per head Ill. John
was II the market for good tierce beef cat
lie, and purchased abont Is head yesterday and r.
day at $25c@25.
At the other yards very few csttle were sold. and
the market was quiet,
AT the close Of the market the yards were pretty
well cleaned ont OF all the desirable stock and there
was very firm feeling
HoGs-Ihe heavy receipts Of Hogs during the |
week, in connection with the unusually mia |
weather. operated rcry untaeorably on the market |
which suffered decline within the week Of s1a4oc
q loo ns- Almost every day during the week 4,
decline was experienced, the market touchiup hot
tolo On saturday-when the sales ruled priucipallE
III $2otes'ao-some selling as low ~ s920. Yes /
tetoas there Was steady and an active market,
"ah good demand both by packers and shippers:
and to-day prices advanced fully 1oc above those Of
transactions ranging from s. 3o@e.57x
closing hrm at s2,45@2.55 for good qualities,
with only about LOCO head left over The market
today was stimulated somewhat bv demand
which took place BY Canadian shippers. as well as
Ihlcaso and Milwaukee packcra-all OF whom were
alfala fnat the soft weather Of the past few days
Sil stop off receipts. which is not at all in,prob
ible.
sHEEf-Iherc is fair demand for good sheep
II S2.7o@2.5o. and the market is steady, Thin
Sheep arc neglected.
SALES
The following are the salcs yesterday fSuuday,
md to day, at the various yards: