, 1864-02-28

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Eeek ending Eettsag z;.....,..... e,asss e,as 1as1s
MeeE ending fe6fnary, s............ S5S ,SsS@3s
%sek $sek eaaaiiaE eaaiasE !!snnsfy !snas1y e. ::.:... @
%!sk sna|1s January 1o............. i:7sS 15M* 15s*
week ending Janusry ':s;... s..........:: ,sD s:o1
nA1xs OF TRz1onF OF LIVE srocx rnoA CHICAGO TO
Cattle; aog'.
Mich. Cent; and Mich. soush large cars. ss 3 e.s
slfsfH,n MI 2! nnt,r :;. - cs ~
TO guFFALAo o. SUPPRESSION BRIDGE.
Mich, Gent; and Mich. South, large ears. Mo 9cts
Meh'eIn Eef r z3S ceatfa sa1 .i,.s csis: i sis
Fort Wayne cars. ri feet. 1o cts
TO P1TTsnUaoH.
P1tts; F. y s s Ci cars ; of;s fces. { cts
nsIes to pg9ld1k 8 per car less than 70 Buffalo.
Kstes 1SPfS 100 ns lesa than TO Buffalo.
HOGS.
The total receipts Of Live Hogs for the week ending
todsy amount, according to the daily receipts post
cd on Change 10 SO head. ThIs Is 2,7ss more than
we're received last week. and 1 less than the re-
celrte Of the corresponding week Of last year.
The daily receipts At the various yards compare as
follows:
Receipts.
Monday ........ ia.
MeooeeoAy ''"'.. sS0
S
aesIt1ay. 49,
Total .,,,,,....... .n,S9
There has bcca active shipping demand through
tho week. especIAlly for heavy corn fed hogs, and
where these could not be obtained, buyers havehal
no heaatlon in purchasing such stock as Inns been Of
fered With larger receipts than during the previous
week, there hns been no dfminut1ou Ia prices. Our
quotations since last Saturday are unchanged. The
frHIn nrCfn n ga
HoRB ut tho close OF tho market this eycnng:
Prime 70 extra Qualities. .$8!59s51
9en1n eI FL s4 III pmeetTn $sS
SArrRDAg EVENING, Feb. e7.-1hc receipts OF Live
Hogs for the week now ended 21iS more than for
tho previous week. but sl less than the correspond
ing week Of 1867 and OF live and dressed hogs T.010
less The Increzac Of receipts the present
puzcd with the previous week. las been mainly caua
ed by the arrival of several Hntns OF hogs from tho
Missouri district that had from seyetal causes
been detained, and which should have been
here some weeks s1nce. Thesc Missouri hogs
probably the last importatons OF
any arge lots Of heavy bacon hogs ha cdurng
the br1ef remainder OF the present season. There ha
been change In the character of the business done
the present week from tho previous ono; tho demand
has been exclusively for shipping and although sono
fluctuations have from day to day been reported from
tie New York and other markets, unfavorabe to sci
lers. yet with our comparatively small supply Just
now, tAey have not weakened the prices of tho mar
krt to any visible dcg.ec. As It has 80 happened that
ifNew York was little down and sales triaa
heavier there, Philadelphia some ether
market, YES not SO affected, and thus our
entire receipts have been readily disposed o and the
prices OF the market each day fully sustained Is
compared with It's predecessor The usunl atons
Of the end Of the season being uear ut hand hare not
been wanting: the best hogs have evidently been
cciyed and every day they appear to be diminishing
ir ize and In quality In the present supply stl
have a1asge proportion OF small t hogs the demand
for which is the most active. but there Is also large
sdtni1ture Of tho fag ends. the -leau kine''
animals with hne skeletons, and but httte
else. The receipts at the various yards to
day were about 100 lead. aud the entered sales
amount to l,sss at prices ranging from S'leH@7s5.
but chiefly at per 100 rs. Tho .T has been
as unpropitlous for business 1t well could be.
heavy showers drzzDg rain, With any quantity OF
mud being its chiet accompanitnents, With atmos-
phereso close AZ to render oEercoat very unplea
ant although the absence OF might perhaps have
involved catching seyere cold The receipts were
hcwevettmall, and were chiefly taken IN lots varying
from 100 to 90 head that tho business Of the day
WAS early and readtly got through with dlruinu-
ti0n in previous quotations.