, 1864-02-22

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WeeK ending fee1aaE5 e.......... .... 3!1 SsA
Week ending January 16............. i;14o r,Wt
Wses %ses sna,iRs snain :nasy saasEy
aArxs or YKx1aaT ON LIVE srocK IRON oncAuo 70 .
" c'stIsi 10, Egg g:
Mich. Cent and Mich. souta. large cnrs.. ses 8
Gess Ht ae GeatIs ma, e
TO BuFYALo OF SUSPENSION BH1p0a.~
Mich. Cent, and Mich. South, large carss1,e m e.
esin,n Sses ~ ceStIs small ss
Fost wayne cars, ~ IN q CT
... TO R1TTa1uRun-
E;ss E ss1ss4n CHI fsEs isEse ef 6
Rsss to Denkt.k ss per ssf ii; iasn 10 Bufal0f
Ssst@s @ 'as DE- les sa,a to Bua'lo'
The toialreceipts Of Liys Hogs fos tho week ending
today amount according to tho daiy returns passed
on Change to 1Ss4o head This 81 moro than were
last week. and ss2 less than the receipts Of
the corresponding week. Of LAST year.
The daily returns at the VARIOUS 1ards compare as
follows: ~.
.--1, s. Receipts.
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LIES
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With m active shipping demsnd for whish the sup
ply has been inadequate the market has throughout
the week beea extremely active and firm, With nd
vance On Wednesday Of 1sc which has been main-
tatned. -, - = -
The following arc the Questions Of the value Of
Hogs 1t The close Of the market this eran,ag.
Prime TO Extra qualities F64@75o
Common 10 Medium. 6i53s0o
SATURDAY EVENING, Feb. 2o.-The receipts Of Live
Hogs during the week now closed benf favorable
-comparison with The previous week owing slght
increase in number With no falling OF in quality: but
- compared with the receipts Of MTo and Dressed
Hogs for The previous aeaeoa, there tho char
acter1atIc decline which has been 80 prominent for
several weeks paA the decrease Tor the present week
amounting u no less thsn the corresponding
week at February, 1863 It s probable that The puu
bers the present week Would have been larger but
Tor the impassablc condition Of the Mississippi for the
greater part week 1tis however quite evident
that the supply is rapidly to the end. and
that d few weeks more will exhaust the remaining
atock in the couutry- The Important position aus
tain in providing for other markets is now very /
plainly secn in the active shipping denaad Of this
nnrket, which, day after dsy, Eoes uudinnnIshel
to anY noticeable ezteut 80 that whatever may be
the receipts during tho dag the Jerds cleared by
the evening" When the receipts wcre heavier, ship
pe.s had considerable difficulty In Obtaining railway
AtA~A42aoA~A
Tut, with lighter supply, this has nos now to be
complained Of, fair facilities being, afford
I'd on all the lines Of railway. Consider
able :1ncongertsnce has bean Sustained dur :
ing the week until yesterday morning by the extreme
severity Of the weather. the cold being anost as
tense as during the nrst days 0! the present year.
This hae now however changed TO pleasant and warm
sunshine, which It hoped will conslnue There has
been little change in the market; the arm active tone
which wns 50 marked during the previous week hay
Ing prevailed steadily throughout this. There were
In tho yards this morning nearly 20o0 hogs and the
entered snles for the day amount to 1891 head, at
prices ranging from s62s97So but principally =: 500
9s6 Ter 100 Ds. During the early Of tho day the
desnd was very brist md in few hours all oyai1a-
bic stock hands tthopre.ious auotatpns
OF the market. kilograms from New York wezo rc
ceyed early in the afternoon Indicating falling
of there with less rmness; this naturally created
little disrust and Is probable that had there been
stock unso!d TINT prices would have been = slade
lower Asitis. with the prospect Of nominal sup
ply until Tueaday, there may be reaction. In tho
receipts Of to-day We note large proportion
of EMAIL hogs, and Of two lots which
are rot Included In the auhtotned list OF s,1es Of
small ples,-2u head averaging liz Ms, which were
sod at $50. and second Of zig averaging i2s rs
sold at ~ 80 for 100 rs. 81 :,