, 1861-06-25

Inc ab0Tc lhple 6nOWs now our tFdua IN Dee1
Cattle has increased during the present year
there being an improvement Of 1000 heal iua
single month In 1860, and nearly 5000 OF an IN
creaee On tho supply during the corresponding Pc
riod in 1859.
BEEF CATTLE.-As will be seen in the table
given above, the supply Of cattle has increased
over those Of last week, by nearly 1000 head. To
this fact alone have to attribute the decline Of
fully Ac . d. which has taken place in the market
this week. All through the week the feeling both
among buyers and sellers WIS good, and even up
to Friday there was no expectation Of any dcpre-
ciationtn prices.
On Saturday tho receipts were larger than usual,
and good prime beeTes were sold readily at $3.50
Q315, but when the long trains OF Sunday morn
lug arrived, the market fairly broke down, ard
coed Cattle were not ealeable at ovcr s. 25-xhilc
prime barely touched $3.50. A few extra lots eold
b5 thf head will foet up $3621s Is per 100 a,
and one lot at $4.o0; but there were none sid ly
weight at over $3.50. The decline on medium
stock was more marked than IN prime cattlc-and
sales were made at $a.1aH@.2 75-a decline Of
nearly Keeper h on tho week.
The quality Of Cattle this week we.o better
tbtn for scme weeks past, and but for this fact,
the market wonad have bee much weaker.
In Sherman's yards sestcrday thero were 1000
head Of Cattle, and the ma1kc. was briAk at $50
o.25 for fair to good shipping bceyes; while primo
to extra brought $46@&55,0o 2 head-cqual to
g 5oGS4.00 . 10O lbs. In these yarls the stock
was Of better quality than anywhere else In the
city, ard prices rarged higher.
E. White had choice lot of % cattle, fed on his
own farm for tHo years. They were hcaEy-avcr-
aging 1910 lbs-fst, and round. They were
purchased By William Simcrson at SIS y head,
who shipped them through to New York. Air.
Eimerson, VIC would here remark, has taken tho
best lots out Of our market steadily for two or
three months past. lie il satisfied that there IL
ntthing to be made In shipping seallawags to New
York.
Jack Bone had 60 head Of very good steers from
saneamon County. Taey averaged only 1873 ns,
but they were small boued, fat and round, and were
purchased by Lang, at $500 . hesd, who
shipped them to New York.
Jes:c Funk, brought In lot Of s. head Of prime
cattle from Mclean county, sold at $53O 90 3 head.
They avenged 1450 Ms.
Ar. kaesey brought in Il lot Of lis very fair CIT
tie, on the Chicago, Alton 6 St. Louis Railroad
They were not prime, hut they run even, and we're
sold to Robbins, at 50 37h q 100 1os.
Stevens L heruey had 96 head very good bccves,
ftom Bureau County, which were sold to y. Nor
ris, at $5e00 2 head. They averaged 1900 Ds, and
we're shipped to New York.
ThIs morning all the Cattle were cleared out OF
sherman's Ya1ta-stippcd principally to New
York.
At the Michigan Southern Yards yesterday there
were ! $50 heaa-nost Of them Of fair quality ,and
they were nearly all sold st $30o93 .5o-amons
which were % head OF choice stillfed, averaging
1900 1os. sold at the outside quotation. Mr. Mad
ison Of Peoria had 50 choice steers averaging
leo ns, for which he was offered out' sath-
CT than cell at that price, he shipped then TO New
1o1k. J. Il. Wicker 6 60 nau u neao oI Gnolce
stillsrs, fed at Peoria. They averaged $50 MS.
snd, owing to the decline in the market here, he
shipped them 10 New York