, 1864-11-14


MeeE eha!nK gct. t.15...........-.......l0yS9 99155
%ssk saaDf saa1s Sss 81 s s9 5l
EA7zs OF FREIGHT ON LIVE srocx Frox CHICAGO 70
... Cattle. 4s55s: 80 y.
Mich. Gent aqd Mich. S.. large cara. .ssaoo 50
Snelisan Sael r e Central small sa@ SS 6
TO HUy1AIo ea suaFzasioN aaroox.
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2st S1ss %seas SsRs s,gSl ss4a s! ne ne
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a n!sn. sS%.asa g - sss + $
nstss i Rs5aT sSs TO Ms less than to Buffalo.
BEEF CATTLE.
The total receipts Of Beef Cattle at the various yards
In the city durng the week ending to-day according
to the daily returns posed on Change. amount to s1
head.
This s 5,2 head less than were received last week.
and head less than the receipts OF the correspond
ing week Of last year. .=
Tho daily receipts al the 7az.ous yasds compare a.
follows:
Receipts.
Tuesdsy and Wednesday.
Thursday. S
satu1dsy les
The following the closing quotations Of the mar
ket thla evening. and compared With last week:
: CLosN0 PKICxs.
Prime to ert.s Qualities. fs!s SIS lss ;ss xssz
sssn% sssS @sSasn sas1i.s.p!. e pstn: do S sS @
The following the comparative prices Of Beef
Cattle this evening, and the corresponding period OF
last year: .-
oood medium g prime do.... soe@3:4 $9949 s9s9a
Cows, a coafse oxen; Gc...:.:.. a50ss1 i.6o3ss
SATURDAY EsKytxa. Nov. l2.-The week now closed
has been an unsatisfactory one 80 far "a buyers were
concerned owing to the sma!lnc Of the supply. and
the lnslgpncaut proportion it contained Of anything
approaching to good grades Of stock That the re-
ceipa should In the course Of fortnight have fallen
oil nearly o1e:haM, would under oTdlnaEy clscuz0-
stances have excited suEpse but taking into conaide
ration the stirring and important political events
which have tanspired. and to which tha best at.en
Of every man In the country has been directed it
almost an unavoidable result that business should for
the time be suspended as far as possible, and give
place to the more pressing demand Of national
terests and honor.
ntshed by the trng supply Of Beef Cattle throughout
the week there has been difficulty In disposlng OF
stock very much to the advautsse OF droVers and ar
ers Inferior ersdes that would, two or three weeks
since, hare been kept over for days without pur-
csgeIs were readily taken, and in many Instances at
nrices considerably higher than any general quota-
lions given could recognize Better grades Of stock
have been scatce and the receipts almost nominal II
would be well irpvefs, and cattle feeders In the
COUNTRY would recognize the fact that whilst the pfn-
ejpa operators In own Market namely city pack
r1s arc uslrg moderate QuantJ Of common cattle,
for which the ayerage supply Is more than adequate.
and prices consequence more Irregular and liable
to epresson that they arc constantly needing better
grades Of stock. averaging ssy from to or
henrier and which from the present restricted supply,
they arc unable to obtain In regard to the compar
tye nces pad for the different grades Of Beef Cattle
It worthy Of note that whilst upon 1aat years. prices
Ia at advance Of but about 70 per cent
On common CATTLE TINT good to exrn grades prices
fto 10 per cent higher, thus furnishing the
beat possibe inducement to stock feeders to furnish
GOOD cattle as fsr "a possible for the market.
There were In the yards tha morning about 500 head
AZ Beef Cattle which includes the daily receipts The
entered sa,es amount to 21o6 heaa ut $3aa70o, but
chiefly at 100 ms. The previous activity
and rmness OF the market have been fully sustained,
and but for the restricted receipts, especially OF good
cattle much larger amount Of business would have
been done. ..........
There has been no demand for Army Cattle The
nrlucipal operators were city packers tho remain
der consstiu9 Of specutators and city butchers The
following were the best droyc9 sold: Flanagan to
Mnyues is head good Illinois Steers. averaging 166
na at t61ek; Cragin 4 Co. bonght OF G. Adams 9
head faf grade Steers, averaging LII De- at $500; OF
Brown. 1l9 head very prime small Steers, averaging
toe3 Ns ut t6s aud of Rankin 81 head prime Steers
averaging 1,ls4 ms, at 1900; and Fiaek eod Cain s.
head exta grade Illinois steef averaging 1A nsi ut