, 1864-11-21


Sunday and Monday.
Weunt s6s3
The following The closing quotstlons Of the mar,
ket this evening" and compared with last week:
cIoa1aR RE1CHa,
Prime to eztr. qp,,.s.e.. e. IL ,sss IT, siss
S5iI@s4, S9@ms1 e isd ns1a s:,sS ss: e sos Is
RThe following are the comparative prices Of Hogs
this evening" and for tho corresponding period OF as
yesss
Prime to sutr, qualities. .1s1 IL 1tsF e. ,szgs zsss
eemon Gsan% e e R1laafi; sls sSSa se sssst S
From the above tables 1t will be seen that as
pared with the clostng quotations Of last Saturdays
market. medium to extra grades arc sc 100 NJ high
er and that on Inferior grades s greater difference
ezIats Throughout the week to LAST evening prices
WeHr nEtn and buoyant. To-day We nots decline Of
1aQ2oc 100 ns medium hogs. with moro limited
demand; but on heavy hogs the market coutinuesd1m
and active.
AArunDAY EVKsIsa, Nov. fs.-Tha predominant
features in our Hog market during tho week ending
this evening hare been good supply; an active de-
mand and q considerable amount OF confidence In
present high and unprecedented prices.
From nearly al the Hog growing dstrca We are st
length getting fair reuus- Our receipts per BurltnG
ton Railroad have been large, and might hare been
much larger but for the want Of stock ca1s west Of
the Mississippi, the Burlington and Missouri line
through which district, at nearly NIL the depots We
hear Of hogs being detained for want Of transport f.
c1ities.
occasloned, by recent snow storms blocking up tho
roads, and rendering them inpassabls 9t with these
and othez drawbacks Of similar kind, tho receipts
haze been LIBERAL and about equal to the demand.
Although the daily returns Of our market have er'
hibted no OF activity 1t hns been almost exclu
Mrely ID the hands Of our Chicago Pork Packers. The
shipments In all directions for ths entire week const
tute but about 12 per cent OF the total receipts In
the character Of this demand hess has been an mpo
tant change. For seVeral weeh past pack
ers have been using little besldes
Rogs suitable for Prirfe Mess Pork; this demand ap-
pears to have been somewhat met low We md that
heavier hogs are In chief request suitable for Mesa
Pork, for which the demand continues active. and
prtces toe1ably nrm whilst On lighter hogs prtces to-
day hare declined s92oc 1oo 0s. with more limit.
ed request;
Te list week noted the market decline IN the usual
demand for cur Eastern markets: the present week
shows but little improvement. Yesterday and today
wo or three shippers hare been buying, not largely
nor the best clAss of hogs. They can scarcely
do 70, when the extreme quotations we get
nom New York, Albany, &C., are 1a912Ac r n. For
such Hogs pE1cea here sre ruling ftem uo5a91123
1c0 ns. =
The decline IN gold on Thursday and elnce has to
somo extent though very slight degree, disturbed
previous confidence. One or two packers hare been
doEg lefs and the demand for Hog product bag been
checked But as look over the transactions Of the
market to-day We cannot help feeling that the cona
tcncc which has existed, ofa stronger character
tau many Of u had been disposed 10 give credit foE.
Prices range ss50a11.6o, whilst the chief part OF
the Hogs sold have been from slo:n91o'7s