, 1864-03-20

There having been further timnuticn In the sup
pig Of prime to extra hogs this week compared
with the week preceding, with but little II any
change In the activity Of the market. psicea.haye
been nrner but vi! no departure from the previous
high rates Of the market. In medium and eren lower
grades, Nlth comparatively er1al receipts shippers
have bought moro freely ut advance Of 1a9a0c on
medium qualities and 1t previous quotations for in
fe1ior grades,
The following are tho closing prices OF Live Hogs
at the close Of The market shis evening. and also
compared with lastweek..
c1osrse Prices.
rrimt to extra qualittes .s:ooeSsG ssosaS sS {;
nsin% nsmSen tS g Pgs PmeanS aae11t'a; ss
SATURDAY EVENING. March t9--In revlewlug the
transactions Of this market for the week now closing,
tho special feature worthy prominent notice s the
firm tone Which has, day after dag, been evneed and
the steady activity which has existed for nil dcs~rIr
ons Of and that too In the face OF cousidesa-
bic decline in our Eastern markets. with daily reports
anything but favorable to th. intareste OF shippers
Not only have the quotations OF Iaat Saturday been
fully nnatntane but further, that class OF stock
namely medium grades, which has for some Feess
past been seIluz at The highest rates ever paid ii CHI
cago or any other Western MARKET prices hare acru
ally advancsd 15@20c F100 MS. and not few IN
stances have occurred In which even highe= quota
tons have been g1ven- There IS, however. but little
dlmcuty In accounting for the steady character Of
0u& p1EsEut AtHau0 COQ<1aGfln2 tnE numerous mar
kets Indeed all the principal ones which dtpend 50
largely upon US for the present supplies, from most
ofthosc districts which have hitherto contributed in
m important degree to the resources Of the Eastern
markets. tie supplies have so far diminished as to
hare been for soma weeks past almost nominal. The
firm tone Of this market for the past and indeed
eral previous weeks has resulted nninly from our
diminishing receipts, and addition from the Hue
tuatfons Of other markets. So that the demand for
New YorE had far day two declined. that Of nat.
tlmore, Philadelphia Pittsburgh would IL greater,
and rice Weatern farmers and drovers do we'll
App1ecistlng as they do, the Talne Of this msfxet
centre to which they can transmit taear stock at
all tImes with greatest safety because Of Its general
activity and ffeedcm from those sudden Changes TO
which other markets subject The present move
ments In our tvs stock yards afford very favorable
confirmation Of thess remarks. In our repor. Of last
week, reference was made to the large number, for
this early period Of tho year. OF dtstery fed hogs
which were being sent into the market It
appears that during the present week, al
though adyices from New Fort Indicated an
oYrrstocked market Of thi8 :clA.s Of stock
that the receipts have faTcn of to q very aght
tent;:eud prices h2ve not declined. Tho highest
prlca paid ia this market to-day for 193 sttllety
fed hogs Averaging Isl rs, namely, {7A73 and the
nsxs hRhelt price paid was for very extra lot Of 1
corn fed, sun1 tonnd and fAt hogs averaging 30 MS,
namely. u M :roas- Frog this ard ohes sa1es du.
ring tho week would appear that dsttcry fed hogs
nre estimated nnobt as highly corn fed, Although
much levi az,
The ACTIVITY Of the market to-day has bean fully
equal 10. and only limited bY tho receipts The pro-
cess Of bu1tEg and selling was got through without
loss Of lime. This. however, primo pnlJ due 10
the cold, biting northKessly Wtnd which has been