, 1864-03-27


the past week, a. compared with tho preceding one'
there has been fully Al much uc&iyty IN tho mhrkes
Prices have continued very 11m with IN sdvance On
last Saturdays QuotasloEs Of on pflnn 10 extra
Hoge and of20&2sc On commoner grades.
Tho following are The closing prices OF 1.-Two
HeHs at tho close Of tho market this evening. aod also
compared with the previous week:
CLos1HQ Prices.
Prime to extra Qualities. es........s7saS5 s5os5Ss5;
Common to MEDIUM ...:: ...::... :. s7Ss5o ss50o
SATURDAY EVENING. March es.-rho receipts OF
Hogs during the past week very plainly Indicate That
thu supply Is not yet exhausted and that probably VIC
not 70 peaE that consumustion many had sup
posed. OF Live Hogs the. receipts for the present
week 2.lfS more than for taa previous week, md
Of 1ive aud Dressed they are ass more. In point OF
quality there has been but little difference. any the
receipts this week were shade poorer. few lots
Of choice fat hcgs have arrived seemingly to remind
Is what really prime qualities mean, bat VIC taye a.
most entirt]y lost sight of the extra corn fed hogs
which were 50 plentiful few weeks snce 2Thcs-
evidently played out for this season. DsiJery hogs
arc coming In more freely, and many Of them show
good feeding being, for Ibis class Of stock In good
conf ttion they well be- and tho result thero
Is nuch less d1fennce between tho prices OF corn
fed and d1stt1lcU fed hogs Tbs essential
point being IS to the comparative yield of lard. Nc
dunn to common qualities have also been well rrpre
eented IN the Market OF tho later seemed
wretched1y poor that We could hardly help forming
the idea that the nan Who fed them had been trying
to ascestntn how small quantity offood was neces
ssry for the eustcntat.on Of life. II 49, be had got
down toerab1S cGar to tho smallest dose Such, how
ever, been the activity Of the market that stock
Of aE descriptions has sold, and freely st prcea far
attad OF my cger previous paid In thls market. In
taking Tho huls Of the transactions daily during tho
week We get thu following figures.
Monday bnlk OF salts 79ae7ss =
Wednes-ay :.:... .................. 4sHs:.a
Thursday . :. .................. !:ss
coauA1AJ ..A+ ..-.-..s-. 1-1o$3l-sU
The lowest price paid during tho week is s575 for
lot Of 2N PIES, averaging lbs rs. A class
be absurd to bring to this market with 1leH to
sell theai+ In tho daily Transactions OF the market
there has been steady trd active demand. wholly
for thtpr Ing. without those fluctuations Which our
live stock market IL At all times subject this, how
ever. need not excite surprise considering that the
etufe receipts foHm the base OF the supplies OF
Ave or six marketa two of which could tnke tho
whole without very materially affecting their values
With more liberal receipts for the present week,
prices have been nrue1. espcclally tho bSst
ofBtock, having advanced since Last Saturday E4oc,
and 209e5c on medium to common grades.
evening fall little shor. Of 5000 hogs
Tho entered sales at the ysrtous yards today
amount TO 81 head at t515a755, bnt principally at
f7I5974o 1 MS. At S7!73 bat ono lot was sold, at
The Fort Wayne yards, br Webb 8 Philllps,t Holmes
for PhiladclphIs, consisting Of 81 head averaging
-; ns, brought from Missouri. Hith larger daily re-
ee'pts than rsna there were some fears entertained
by few thht the market would be less xm, and one
two lots were sold Ut lower rate than would ave
been paid for them yesterdays but generally the pri
paid to-day ahow no decline on yesterdays quota
tous Frcm the appended list Of ssles 1t will be seen
any previous day Of the week. and at these the cnre
rcceEtS at all the yat7fs have been cleared ont.