, 1864-04-10

Total. a919
In nsequeucc OF yer, limited receips during the
carly part Of the week the Transactions various
yards em.ll prices continued dsua and showed
slight improvement On the cloens day Of tee pro
cediug wcek's dslly market Since Thursday the
supply has been much arser. mad With it theirs has
been corresponding Increase in the activity and
frmnets Of tho market, and We note As the result Of
the operations Of The week m advance o i592e cn
LAST Saturdays quotations. ...-.- ......
The following are the closing prices Of the narket
ths evening aud compared With last week;
o1os1HG Ph1cEs.
Prime to Ert.a qualities. Is 2e125 sSoa91@
Common e91a Il 10 idS Medum qaaiIc;: s6as ssss1
SA1CEpAY E7EStso. AFH11 9.-The extreme dnll-
neEs md Inactivity With which the market closed on
last Saturday seemed to indicate thai ths present
week would ba very unaFofablo to the interests Of
drovere and during the early part Of the week buyers
exercised an unusual amount Of caution. They Hern
evidently waiting for valid Instructions from the
East AZ to the probable qua1y stock that would
be prudent 70 send on. The receipts on Monday,
TueadAy and Wednesday were verJ Light, and liss's
business wAs consequently done. A. soon, however,
was ateertalned that tha receipts IN New York
market on Monday and Tuesday were Light, and be
low the demand, shippers we're looking for stock,
ard evidently prepared to buy pretty largely at
anything ike Reasonable prices. The receipts OF
Thursday and since have been liberal. amounting to
5E48 head and these have been a sold at advance
on the prices ofthe previous week of25c 2 100 MS. II
Eastern buyess had the impression List weef that IN
"chIcaSo crazy prizes wero being gtveo," thers Is
from all appearances every to believe that this
feeling viii eatn In force. AZ not only have vein he
few days intervening, gone step higher. but wchcsr
CT offerings being made Tor shipping cattle now 1t
their respective homes in Illinois, Iowa, &C., higher
prices than any yet given IN this market, whilst the
y1ews Of prime stock to be continually
advancing. Whether these Will be realised or not
depends upon The usual law Ct S1ppIy snd demand.
Prices in this aket will undoubtedly be reguktcd BY
tho prtcea paid In Eats1u markets. And ctay prizes
is help for their eItstonce here
During the last three days there has been fair de-
mand for shipping Cattle, with good supp1y*Asone
few droycs hRye been shipped through on ow1skASs-
count but the bu1k have been sold here Ut prices
ranging ffom ss-ooa6-sa g1oss. For GoreTnmcnt Cat
Tic there has peen notc aciye lnqulsy the puIchas
cs OF low medium qualities have been very limited
srmy contractors apparently needing better cAss Of
cattle. for which they have been paying Improved
prtces-1hc range OF prices being from 441ca3-5o
Ercss. There were In the yards today, iacl7d-
Ing the reoelrs, about 100 head, and the entered
sales arouut to III head at &ioo9dss. but uossy st
e5es@6so. About 500 head wcre purchased On army
account, aud the remainder were bought chlcay By
shIppeys. Ths following the best lots sold: A.
Fort Wayne Yards Jones said MACPHERSON 81 head III
inots Steers averaging 13to ms, at 8ao; Herb sold
Greenwood Co. % head Of very fAtr steefs asesas
ing 1,oo nj. at s59o- At the Southern Yards there
wcro several very prime droves Of Iowa ssee1s sold
among which are tbs following: Thnnp j. HAROLD
sold Heath 81 head. averaging 1,s4 ns, At seo ms
Is undoubtedly the best drove Of Iowa stecfs
10 Sul8 Iu1l1tt LUZ *oAe kltnes Itu~LFa"AoinfsN
county, sold Sinclair Ill head, weighing each
1t ear, choice lot. the1a wcfe eeTezsi usnt At
btccrs among them which uaada tho average n1osa
less; strayhoin sold Livingstone 70 head Iowa s,a9f
averaging 40 M. ut sass Al the CostA2e nsose
Yazds, Loouls Cossold Rankin Is head fstf Illinois
steers, averaging 1,s3 ps, 1t s95A. The market
closed this evening with ali THO stock Of ans mosns
cleared ont and p1tccs continuing hrm VIII lA1e DE-
| mand for good medium to extra shipping eAttlo'
HOGS.
\ The total receipts OF nys Hogs dutngsh no week cad
Ing to-day amount, according to tae daily feturn1
pp,sea o. ,Caange, to 90 head. This L. ae los
shan veTs received Last ueck. and ~ head less taa1
the resstpts Of tss eoHespoadsa& weak @ss 1ess II