, 1864-03-21
Receipts


There having been further dlirinuton In the sup
ply Of prime to extra hogs this week as compared
with the week pEeceecinss with but little II any
change in The activity Of tho market. prtces1hsve
been nrmer but With departure from the previous
high rates Of the market In medium aud even lower
grades, with comparatively Email receipts shppezs
have fought mere freelJ at an advance OF laD7oc
medium qualities, and at previous quotations for in
-fe,ior gradct, -.
at the close ct the market ts evening, anI also
compared with last week. 5000
prim, to extra quslities 80: .imG7@ S;laa7 Is
Ssan@ He$oa te e pniaH easu aua;; ss
SATURDAY EyKN1So, March l9.-In reviewing tho
Of this market for the week closing.
the special feature worthy Of prominent notice the
rm tone which has day after day, been ev1ucad, and
the STEADY activity which has existed for all descrp
tnns and that too In h: face OF conslderc-
bic decline In our Eastern markets. with daily repots
anything but favorable to the interests Of shippers
Not only hare the quotations Of last Saturday been
fully manta.nea but further on that class OF stock,
numely medium grades. which has for some weeks
past been selling the highest rates ever paid In Cil
csgo Of any other Western market, prices have actu-
a1ly advanced 159.oc = 1Do. Ds, and not = few in
stances have occurred in which even higher quota
tons have been given. There Is. however but little
difficulty In accounting for the eteldy character Of
our present demand, considcrins the numerous mar.
kets indeed s1 the principal ones, which depend
lsrgey upon for their preeentsupplies, a. om most
Of those districts which have hitherto contributed In
an important degree TO the resources Of the Eastern
markets, the supplies have 10 far diuo1shed as to
hare been fcr some weeks past almost nominal. The
nrm tone Of this market for tho past and indeed
cral previous Weeks has resulted mainly from our
diminishing receipts and IN addition, from the uc-
tuatiom OF other markets, So thss II the demand for
New YolK had for day two declined that Of Bal.
tmorc Philadelphia Pittsburgh would be greater,
aud rtte perad WesteTn farmers and droYsrs DO well
n1ppreciating they do, the Talua Of this market
as centre to which they can transmit their stock Mt
all times With greatest safety because OF It's general
activityand fteede N from those sudden changes to
which other markets are subject The present move.
menta In our live stock yards afford very favorable
confirmation OF these remarks. In cur report of last
week, reference was made to the largo number, for
this carly period ofthe year, OF disslery fed hogs
which were being sent Into the market. It
sppears that during the present week. a.
though adviccs from New York indicated an
overstocked market OF this class OF stock
thatthe receipts hare fallen of 10 very slight ex-
|, tent; and prices have not declined. The highest
price paid this market today for 1a9 dstilery
fed hoea Averaging Isl MS, namely, $7.47< and The
next highest price paid Was for very extra lot OF
corn fed, small boned md fat hogs averaging 20 ns
namely, III EroEs. FsoE this and other salea du-
ring tho week woud appear that dstillerY fed hogs
are estimated almost highly corn fed, although
the actual value under ordinary circumstances Is
much 1ess. ..,
The activity Of the rnarke. to-day has hecn fully
equal to, and only limited By the receipts. The pro-
cess Of buylrg AID selling Was got through without
loss OF time. This, however, Was principally due to
the cold, biting northwes.ly wind which has been
blowing since morning with sharpness anything but
congenial to out of door operations. Tho entered
GALES at the various yars amount to 1,s5 hogs, at
{6-se@7.s7H, but principally at $6H19727h gross.
There il little hock, II auy LETT unEold and the
market closed this evening with that activity and
hr1nness which has characterized it throughout the