, 1864-05-09


The following are the closing prizes, Of the market
tals evening, and Compared with Iads weak.
CLOSING PRICES. ..-
Fsime. E1ts. qu.l!ae,. ass5 s7:asSs9
ceGmoa 10 Geaium Qualities. s:75sss5 zss;5o
SATURDAY. Evks1sa, Nay :, 1ss.-Ths receipts OF
Beet Cattle A. all the yards In The city during the
~eek amount to 8251 head, these the heaviest
weekly receipts since Nor H. 1851 The prospect for
droVe1s. after the Intelligence to hand from Albany On
TIC preceding Frtday and satur.ay, and from New
7c7k en- Monday ant Tue. lay last wss arous - IN
favorable as it well could be- especially tose who
had been epeculstns upon the strength oof tho re-
ports OF cur last week Market when prices rushed
up With rapidly quite unknown as unlocked for
The results Of the Teektfbumness have not aftSr all
been 50 unproplttous The e1horb!tant claims which
were conceded previously have fully been cat aside,
and although our quotations show 8 decline rpou
&hcee.of 1ast Saturday of 5li ordinary to prime
shpriog gradea. and q 1sssoc on extra qualities.
t:il1 IT is elear tina. Ut present far high
er In prices-than AZ Anye nntecedeat pe-Icd IN
the history Of the Chtcsgo market. And should
present prices be oven maintained. it is clt,- that
feeders Of ttock Will be getting far higher rates than
their Iaest ean9uine expectations had anticipated.
The stock received Crzug the week has been supplied
chiefly nom Illinois and Iowa, End the ba1ance from
Aissou1t- The proportion Of extra grades has been
large. but scarcely equal to the preceding week. Dis
tely cattle have bean IN limited supply, the princ
les Of Ecke1son and Wicker hs city. In poI1s Of
qualify they have not been e1cel!ed. and seldom
eQualed, By any dlstilley cattle ever broughtInto
this market. The demand throughout the week has
been fairly aative, principally however, On Govern
ent account and Ia probable that the 1asEes, nn
ber Of neef Cathe supplied during any week
for army use since the commencement Of
the rebellion, has been furnished this week,
and generally too Of better quality Shippers howev
er, have bought large quantity. and tome
II not all the choicest d1oyes, now On their way
either to Albany or New York. The receipts Of CON-
Cattle have fortunately been lighter than usual,
the cn1y demand in the market this kind Of stoc
IL smoc1 city butchers whose requirements at the ut
most nse small. II 1t Will not pay the fasmers to
mike the bekt Of their common Cattle BY extra feed
ing at loe Is quite clear inst In the present state
OF the market here. it ennnot par them to tend them
On Thursday the market opened with about 5000
head Of Beef Cattle IN tho various Yards shippers
seemed more cautious than usua and 1t ls olerab1y
ccrtain that ba it not been for tho wholesale wsy IN
which government contractors went to woFs, that a
heavy decline In prices would hava ensued, their
movaments sGstaIoed tho market. and ultimately led
clippers to see the necessity OF buying at once II they
INTENDED to. On Frlday there was more active com.
petition In tho market, and prices ruled conslder
ably nrneF although ndvauce could bs gaiued,but
the Etesptt were pretty generally closed ont at full
pt1ces. Till, Saturday, morning The receipts amount
ed to about tt0 head, but with the sbsence Of tho
principal Government buye4s and spacul8tors, In nd
best druves, there has consequently been little acy
ty visbIe In the MARKET This prices OF tle prevlous
day have fully sustained nnd the narkat co4ed
this evening buoyaut and With good demand for al
excepting common grades Of cattle. Tbs entered
sales during the day amount to 1,s72 head at ptce1
ranging from tJ1:98&o chiefly at a7sa881o per 100
Ds- The following are the principal sales made dur
Ing tho week w. III. Tildeo bought oi Groves 18
head Illinois steers averaging 1851 Ms at S7.3, OF
Brewer S. bend Illinois steers averaging Ills ns at
s175; Of Robinson 90 head Illinois Steers averaging
1851 MS at &aa9; off Bone ll heaa Illinois steers
ft m Enrgsmon county aycraeinG 21o ms ut S8.12x:
Mills old Taylor 60. head Missouri steeza hversenE
7,t56 Bs at sge1; G.Adans sold Hazlewood & Co., ~
ht nd very extra Illinois steers averaging 12t5 MS ut
ISIS! Dawson, Of MacLean county. Illinois, sold
Marks L G1eenwcll e head premium Steers, ayers-
1Eg 1915 ns at sss7X; Morris, Waxal =. &.Re.nnesnan
eold Mari and GEecnWe1 95 head Illinois Steers fon
Jacksonville, averaging 1898 ns ut s. 5 Baldwin sod
Rcsenthal i Co. 25s head Cattle, fed at Nlcke7oos
Distery, averaging 11s1 ns, ut $500; Mndstn TIL
den sold Gllehtst l. Co. It's hc1d Town Steers,
gng l:ei na, at ss.12k: Reinuenan = Co. sold New
Esss 1Cs head Iowa Steers, averaging 125t ns nt $500
]. 6E1dley sold Taylor 16 hesd nois Steers,
gng 1850 DE- at $so0: Geo. Bgh l. Co. sold Roseutha1
e. Co co he I'D Iowa steers, fed BY PriEc d Baxter OF
OakalooPa averaging 1900 bs At SaG0; Morris, Rein
ntmap Co. sold Lyman & Co. IS head extra Illinois
Steers, averaging 140o nt, at S8.io = 100 rs.
Norris, Waxal g. Reinne1an and u1 man, Ruble &
Co bought 5000 head of Deef Cattle on .. Of John
T. Alexander. faorgnn county, Illinois, to be dclIv
cred during the mo1ths Of May, J1ne and July. ut
Alexandria Station. This the largest sale Of Beef
Cattle one lot made In the United sates The
whole number have been fed By T. Alexander alone
ty Of Illinois farms, and Of resources Of Illinois fa
mel