, 1864-04-11


In consequence Of very limited receipts during the
curly part Of the week the transactions va,ious
yards ere small; prices continued ntn and showed
slight improvement on the closing day Of t1e pre-
cedlnE *eek'e daily market Since Thurs,lay tho
supply has been much larger AID with II there has
been corresponding increase in the activity and
nrnnesa Of the market. and note the result Of
the operations Of the week advance o. 13@25c on
last Saturdays quotations.
The following are the closing prices OF the market
this evening aud compared With last week.
CLOSING PRICES.
...........- ThlB wreck. Last week.
Prime to E E1tra qualities ssoo@!99
Common Il to MEDIUM Gaaities.. so0Sss.7s S.7s5,so
SATURDAY EvExrap, APR11 9.-Tha e1tIs dull
ness and inactivity with which the market closed on
Inst Saturday seemed to- indicate thas this present
week would be- vesY unfavorable to the interests
d.oveIs and during the early part OF the week buyers
exercised an unusual amount OF caution. They were
evidently waiting for valid Instructions from the
East TO the probable quantity OF stock that It woud
be p udent to send on. The receipts on Monsfay
TuetdaF and Wednesday were very Light, and little
business WIS consequently done. As soon, however,
1t asctrtancd that thn receipts In New Yorz
market s.onday aad Tuesday were light, and be-
low the demand, shippers were looking for stock,
and we're evidently prepared to buy pretty largely
anything like reasonable prtce1- The receipts on
Thursday and Rnca have been liberal, amounting to
t,8 head, aud these hava been all sold advance
on the prices cfthe previous week &c q 100 ms. II
Eastern buyers had the Impression sst week that lu
"C1lcaEo crazy prizes we.e being giFe1," there ia
from all appearances every to believe that this
feeling Will gain In force. As not only have wcln the
few days Intervening, gone step higher hut Eche1r
Of offerings being INSIDE for shipping cattle now ut
their respective homes In Illinois, Iowa, &C., higher
prices than any yet given IN this murket whilst tho
views Of Of prime stock to be continually
advancing. Whether these will be realised or not
depends upon tho usual law Of supply and acman1.
Prices In this maket will undoubtedly be regulated by
the prices paid In 4attern markets. aod cfazy prizes
prevail there there s help for their existence here
During the last three days there has been fair de-
maid for shipping Cattle, with good supply: Soma
few dsoyes have been shipped through ownsrs ae-
count, but tic bnls have hccu sold here at psices
ringing from s:.00@6A5 gross. For Government Cat
tic there has feen more active tnquIy the pu.chas-
es Of low medium qualities hare bc.n very limited,
a1ny contractors apparently needing better class OF
cattle, for which they havc been paying improved
pz1ces-she range Of prices being from $l.019550
Rrces. There were In the yards today, includ-
Ing the receips, about 1,s0 head, md the entered
sales amount to i'll head 1t $40o8a8 but mostly ut
$5a5@660. About 800 hend were purchased on army
account, aud the remainder were bought chiefly by
shippers Tia following are the best lots sold: At
Fort Wayne Yards Jones sold MACPHERSON 81 head Ill
inols Steers, averaging 1910 rs at $tio Herb sold
Greenwood Co. 96 head Of veI1 hiF SteeEa. avszag-
ing lso0 ne ut $3.50. At tbs Southern Yards there
were several very prime droves Of Iowa Steers sold,
among which are the following: Thump 4 Harold
sold Heath 81 head, averaging $a MS, at $5B, this
s the best drove Of Iowa Steers brought
10 this market fol time Geo. Crawford Of Polk
county, sold Sinclair Ill head, Weighing each 81 ns,
at $65o, choice lot, theso were several light Int
6teers among them which made the average much
less Etrsyhorn sold Livingstone 20 head Iowa stcers,
averaging 30 tes, ut 1885, At the Cottage Grove
Yards, LoomIs Il Co lsold Rankin IS head fair Illinois
Steers, averaging 1r57s ms, At sd5o. The market
closed this evening with all the stock OF any moment
cleared ont, and prices continuing nrm With fair
mand for good medium to extra shlpptn. Cattle.
On the hrst page publish telegraphlc dispatches
OF the Albany Cattle market Of Friday md aturdAy
last, from which 1t appears that large amount OF
uyity m. nddtiona1 drnncss prevailed.