, 1864-11-28

The following arc the comparative prices Of Beef
cae MS evening. and tho corresponding period OF
conAnAr1vx pn1crs. a,
rrtme 70 e.tr. qualities Hs tass .y.s ysaa e
Sn Hediurn e prime do.. 5:Sse9 sas
Cows, cosfse Oxen. &c........ S$saas 3as5 ~
indicated bJ tho sbove tables there has hasn
oeems o1 s9oc per 100 ns during the past weak "a
Common and medium zrades Of Beef catlc. vh,i.t ~.
prne to extra Qnallt.esthera has been no e-ansIs1
change. 09 '"'o''a'
Ihs supply h.s been conpa,.sl,s,, 1,ry. h,..,,s
Considerable e1cee of interior Cattle for vhfch ia
demand, which limited during the e,,,sr -ss -.
tho week, has 5estcrdsJ and to-dsy besn s1most
nominal. leaving 1arge quantity unsold in the va-
tns evening The scarcity Of better grades hsa ntrr
additional armneas to the Market aud ouotstons co.
stlnue unchanged. !.
sA7rEoAx EyxaHa. Nor. aa.-The daily o..se,
opened this week with a bright aud yerxnro,nta,n.
nspect-the supply wasllnera but not In exce orthe
demand C1sJ packers nearly all iu actfye oper
t1on and Eastern shippers seemed more unxous TO no
cure dfsHaole lots ,7ha suhsequenk movement, Of
the market up TO- Thursday presented little casnco
with ArGe supply business acttronut prices vri
sustained Yesterday morning there Was conatdcr-
nble falling OF ID the dema1 the principal Operators
OF tic week contracted their transaction. 70 tho
smallest point Vyhto several wcro altogether ont o.
re market; and to-day there has been aE,ll creator
inactivity With heavy decline in the values Of com
mon and light medium stock, large quantity orvach
:, rematns IN the yards prsp1d- %,
has bs en- apparent Tor several days. that the ac
isty which existed in the yards could NOT be suata,n
cd without very decided Improvement In the charac.
ter OF the receipts. For the past re or nix weeks the
'upplY han been each succeeding week very pcscept
no deter1osa,lns In quality the unprecedented de-
mand which existed during the hitter part Of tho
Summer and autumn for good medium grades tCatt1o
snstable Tor the army had undoubtedly materially re-
duced the supply In the country. and 70 this may bo
mainly attributed the actual scarcity Of these grac
at the present time Our city packers have been al
most compelled to use lower qualities than they Wish
cd to do; and at length md that with
large Quantity OF product on hsnd,, for which
the demand has been for several DAYS
almost nominal. future operafonsmu be restricted.
There has been no dec,pt. or huetuntion in tho de-
mand 1ot good grades Of Beef Cattle Of which the ann
ply has been more than unusually limited Both p4ck
and shippers buying freely, their transactions
being wholly restricted BY inadequate and almost
nominal supply. -
There were Ii the yards this morning about 5000
head Object cattle including the daiy receipts The
entered sara at all tho yards amount to 1873 head,
leaving heavy balance Of uusod stock IN the yards
wholly consisting Of common grades. There has sell
dom been more gloomy market than that which this
week Closes In opposition TO- the counsala OF cattle
brokers' reportaEs &c, droverssec 10 have made IN
their minds to ms1ntan the supply Of class OF stock
not wanted, prices consequently weak and d.oop-