, 1861-01-01

The following table shows the net prices
Beef Cattle for four ytarn;



The season Of lS.7y-GD, iu the midst OF which
we published our last a.luual re,:cW, was enc :
Of moderate prosperity for Chicago lElckers,
and tue pr,.iuc; was nearly all shipped ou oe,
fore summer. The seasons cutting consisted
Of 1G7,9lS Ao5s, against lso,ooo the pFe''ous
season.
The coursc Of the market for hog pEoo1ct
during the past year will bc toIad IN tnc 1oa' ;
living summary:
On the lst O! january the amount ot Aess
Pork in the city vas c>tlulated-t lo'Mo ~ ~,
900 b5ls but fully threc!onrtAs OF thls stock
was in second hands, ana the th11inss were
compar1tiycly light. At thc 'TcHas OF ine
month, salcs wcrr made 1t Sl4'1: oat owing
:, To 4 good demand hy Lnulstillt, W" cti~1us,
Scw York and Boston HOUSES. !: si'eea1iy oe-
famc buoyant aud advanced 10 sioov' Apout
4hc close uf the month Ill Ggdt ioT wv opls.
Tor Louisville account was li!r't - slo.'9 !o1
light aud SID " heavy, the l::atnt' t'toeln? WIN
hu upward Tendency. Bulk Nr-'s " ~ W
fcriptious were also in good l;q'llss uu1lnS
January and the market :Ava:e"d sis pr
il. In tie early part Of the m's.;a Shoulders
bud Sides were sold g: o'.>c@: :, uue us.oiS ';
4hc close Baltimore aad Ncw les~ buyers fatu
8lzGS,se. Lard advanced :::t-sises on 1he
I'd bein: made a; ?SE::c io. lt':Ae l'a'' anu On
$he 31st III 1oc.
In February tllc course nf the market was
: 3till upwar'. Mc*s Polk was iu sood demand
tor shipment to Boston aud NS" 1oIA. a1a "a
Under reduced stock. prices altaat "a ol.vO
per bbl-cEosing On the :sta 1T It INV un
The 14th, however. : lot OF i:a0 bols, extra
heavy was sold TO a New ! Yora house at S11.25.
Cut Meats Of Ill kinds were scarce auu &c
- bigher-Shoullcrs aud Sides being sold on the
elst at 6sssGs.c;c packed. Prime La!n was sold
at the beginning If February At lUc, bpt on
the 18th it Ind advanced 70 ~ agaeye'a II
!: which quotations there was t1r denand
On the 1st OF March the stock Of Mess FORK
YVES reduced TO HOO brl=--Eiost OF which vas
held eubjcc, 10 Lon sslle and easteEn honses;
hnt owine to m easier feeling In the leading
markets East amt West, tae market WAS
scsrcc1y so lir1u, and sales in the early part Of
the mouth were made ii SIG % 31G.!5, Before
u he close OF the month, however, the market
xEued again, and re ind thai "a the Sosh, boO
br1EcEau.cl L1ut!s a. Sl1Ca-tor delivery on
the l5u. of April. The market was very bare Of
Cut Meas during the en1ize month. and the
ee5 aa!s' ,,d efs s,g Iiitsd at tt ad sc for shoa
s2d a na ad 'hs =. eny ,A u,1"t9a ;1 w95thy Of
prime Leaf changed hands g! 10!c, and 100 tcs
at l0Ec-cioslny with sales Of small lots on
the 31ss at 1o:sc-which was only !@sc be-
low the quotations in New York
In the carly part Of AFri! heavy shirments
Of Mess Pork iuoa place, and On the 10Th the
stock was reduced to 1000 brls. Under this
light stock the market was 1ir1u, and the de-
mand was confined almost entirely to the
wants Of iuubcrme1, who were supplied at
&l6.5OGl1.O0. On the 1.th, however, m order
wv
closed firm at that f51re. There were no Cut
Meats offered in AI1i and tho market was
nominal. Smoked i4ams we're sold to the city
trade to q limited c1tsn. at 9:i:c for Plain and
1O!t3G lie Tor sugar cured. Lard was scarce
and firmly held at 1G!eI l0sc-
In May mess pork advanced 5oc-thc busi-
ness being limited to the local trade ut ST O0GE
1850. In June another advance Of ,l.00g 1.50
took plaee-openlng at sll ooIl'-5o aud clos
Ing st s1s.o0I19u0-whil. the price in New
Vr+E or1.- In ~1,-
part OF July the stock wes only 5000 trls but
the demand being triainc. holders were slight
II easier, aud sales were made at S1B5o; but
before the close Of the month, it a:,afn I'D
ranced to $19 90. IN Angus, the stock was
augmented by receipts from the Interior, and
the market was AGAIN rather easier, and several
lots were sold fur ship:acas to St. Louis and
New, Orleans at 1850; aat at The close Of the
month the market advanced to &l9 20, and
closed firm, with a sfoc. Of only 1900 brls
In September the tendency was still upward,
owing to gnod deiland Tor the Lake Supcri.
or and lumber trade, as well as some inquiry
from Dctroit-p1iecs ringing from S1?oo9
During the summer months the stock OF
1ard in the market was scarcely sufficient to
supply the local demand and prices steadily
advanced from 10::sc in May to l3c in August
= and September. At the close OF the latter
month, however, summer packers became sci
1ers, and several lots were purchased fur Dos-
In cut meats there WAS nothing done during
May, juno, July and August; bu: early III Sep
temoes . lot Of 5000 summer cured hams were
sold ut 10. loose, and sLonldsrs At SIC 1 lot
of 1900 i-tc4 bacon si!es IVES also SOLD to 20
] down tue Mississipri:lt 1l;5c.
!: In October oil mess pork was sold ut go. 20
6ut new and summer made mess were sold bc
fore the close AT :sls,00.@ 1880. Aooutt the 18th
OF this month several packers commenced op-
eratlonE, but owing to the high prices Of hogs
the cutting was light.
In November hogs ruled h!gh-yagyiDg from
249otIj.U gross, and the packing was light
several prominent houses only running as tlei,
contract hogs arrived Mess pork was in
good deuland in tho early part OF the 1non,t
TOT the Lake Superior aid lumber regions at
$500; hut before the end Of the mcuth it dc
clined to sl6.o5 Lard opened with sa1es al
lie, but closed on Tie o0th Of November a1
1oisI1o;:c.
Deceabrr opened With rather gloomy pros
poets for pork -rackes=, aud the market for al
kinds Of product WAS heavy, while hogs eti
ruled firm. AS the month advanced, however
there was m Improved demand for uleas !'1rl
By groccEy-u1cu end Others anxious tD lltak,
Eastern exchange, aud sales were freely 1r:ul.
atS1475G15.00. About the cnl Of the month
t1o, orders came from My Orleans, and mes:
pork closed trE1. L'rl Was dull in the early
part Of the month, :1:l prime Leaf fell to o. e
but during the las: two weeks it las Itecu it
fair demand 4: 9::,!10c. The high RATES II
Eastern exchange lGrins this month did 1a1,rl
towards streneihcniD, Tie .aaTk.t fer rrot!s
ions.
The following tab!e shows the Price Of In.
product in Chicago ard New Iork each wEel