, 1864-03-14

With tho limited receipts Of sho wcos, and the DE-
creas!ns proportion Of heavy bacon Hogs. there has
beer no dtmlnnttun In the activity Of the market.
Really primo Hogs have been wanted. especially
for the baltimore and Philadelphia markets, andpricea
have advanced 2.9:9c upon our quotations Of last
Saturday. Medium qualities and light Hogs generally
having declined in our principal Eastern and other
marEt from 30@stc during the week, have sold
so freely, and have declined In previous quotations
from 2Gssoc z 100 MS.
NcEa the close Of the market this evening" and also
compared With the pEeyionsweek:
Prime 70 Eztss qualities. .sS99sS9 ssssS:3
Common % to Medium qualities. ss5@5!s s.;sSam
SATURDAY EVENING. March 1:.-Tnc market for the
hast week has presented few features OF chsngc be
yond tle regular Elimination of the supply for which
wenatusa1iY look at this period Of the year. Tho re.
ccips for the current week Of live and dressed Hogs
amount to II e67 head, showing decline Of 1,'s3 hnt
the receipts Of ve and dressed hogs for the cosres
rondtnE week Of last year were 9o,G head or 4c7
head orcr tho present week Tho supply Of the past
and several previous weeks has almost entirely CON
ststed oflRht hogs Ehch, In the absence Of better
Qualities shippers have been compelled to purchase
1t has, however, turned out T. the suppy to our
Eastern markets. from all sourccs, has eonsated
mainly Of the samc class stoc and re CONSEQUENT.
ly make during the week. in New York and other
markets. depression and decline in prices upon ali
c1certing prime qna3ltIes Of se5a50c with heavy
L
further stimulated by the heavy receipts Of distery.
fed hogs which, oWi1g to the high prices gfycn.
hare been sent IN from Pennsylvania Ohio |
and Illinois at least month earlier than
than usual. With tho small receipts OF this market
We have not experienced anr corresponding depress
on or decline; II buyers have not been a. numerous
On ore day, the succeeding has fully made up for
the deficiency, and 20 the receipts have bean cleared
opt, generally to the satisfaction Of all concerned
The demand for really choice qualities has steadily
continued considerably IN excess Of the supply, for
the best Of all reasons namely that herc arc 90 few
Of them to be had. Prime qualities OF corn-fed fatted
hogs Weighing from 40 to 10 ns, arc worth to tay
from e15037.60 2 100 ns, and lighter hogs, If fat |
from 2u0 Ds and upwards arc In large demand and st
high prces but poor hogs II In larger supply than st
present can only be sold at low prices. Thers has
been very trihng demand for stock hogs tho season
not having advanced sufficiently Tor any active ope-a.
ions, besides which, feeders anticipate that In few
weeks this class Of stock will bo selling much lower
Rates. There hss baen far amount OF activity In te
yards to-iay. The entered sales amount
to 1910 logs at ssDo@7.s0 but principally
1t s6.157a5 2 100 Ds. There has been a marked |
decline In the demand for light and inferior stock
Shippers generally are more causlons. fearing from
Tho lhtest Advlees, indicating demand cxcept for
prime qualities. tint prices will austaln further de-.
e}fne; We consequently note that several purchases
aye been made OF in'eror Hogs fully lower than
he previous quotation Of the market but on better
sEades there is no decline either In the activity OF
armness Of the market.