, 1864-10-31


Total
The following arc the closing quotations OF the mar
ket this eveniI &. and compared with 1aat week:.
o1osIAa PR1uxs.
E1lme 70 e1trs sus!ties.:. s;?s@ "a 57:a e?s
%,ss Gess eoss.s ssSs 5ssn s:s ss Is Is @ 90
Cattle this evening. aud the corresponding per1od
Of laat year --
rn. to err. ou.ss ss's ~! Us tsss ssss a. i
Good medium topt,ma do...... a':sa So .5@As
eess ecs9.s os.a $ eS is s:S5
Fsom the preceding tAt1ss 1t will beEeen that with
decline Of Sssobead Ct Beef Cattle on the receips
Of lalt week prime to extrn auAlties have expert
enced no charge from the prlces then gYen. whilst
advance OF &c 1C0 ns Thlsreault IL owing to tho
increased dem2nd which has e1Ilted for packing
Cattle. Our Beef packers have all commended oper.
attcns ano the supply has only been adequate to the
tiesdy dentnd Of the market.
As compared With the corresponding prices paid
last year, 1t viii be that present range Of
quotations Indicates an advance OF 2s9s3 cent.
SATURDAY EVENING, Oct. 70 Tho a1irsordina.y
snd unprecedented supply Of Beef Cattle, to which
we alluded IN our weekly report Of this market last
Saturday. has somewhat kb1ted during thu present
week. On comparing 1t with the receipts Of the
lest VT had aver had. We md excess In favor OF
the present week Of 9l5 bead This IL significant Is
sustaining The opinion previously e1presseda to The
increasing resources ofthe Northwe9tern States for
tho supply Of live Stock. 1t may be that the ..1 dry
seAion. In some Of onr important csttleKrowius l1
tslcts has contderably eseenea the
thus stimulating our present receipts butntepend-
ent OF ah1a 1t qpite clear th4t It'll growing,
and every year viii md rs In better peAitlon TO
supply the incEea4iuR = arts Of the country,
T6 ~<f~A %o-A k.rA
Ct qualify tnlly equal to the average tor this sea,on
OF the year. There have boen no extra grades Of
stock In the market. neither have they been wanted
With the ductuattcns and Oppression which exist In
the Ea4tesn markets. shippers would scarcely be
tempted to speculate In thAt dlrectlon. although
qualities were very extra, and prices, according to
tic prttent estimates OF values. very fair. In tact
1t sy be well to state thag principal Eastern
shippers have for this time being directed their ef
forts INTO other caauuels and may have been found
actively engaged in catering for tho wants Of our
brave bo5s In the Armies OF the Cumberland and Po-
mac, or elsa specnlkttuR Little upon the 0uuero1s
Chances that are hourly Offering In the Why Of cheap
There has been lttt1e change In the demand TOR Ar
my Cattle. The contracts now In course OF being
filed ara iona Of them large. md embrace In thuir
requirements per week, between sco1 and tG0o head
Of Beef Cattle averaging from l.lSo 10 1,so ps live
weight OF ever. for which prices hays ranged from
81 so0s:o per 1ca Ms. Ths supply Of this class OF
stock haa not been excessive but fully dquA1 to the
demand We consequently note thAt prices have az
perencet ntt1e huctust onS during the week, and
that II compared With cur quotations Of lss: SAtus-
day evening thefe has heen no quotaole change.
BeefPacking Cattle have been in active re 1uest.
The receipts largely consisted ct this class Of stock
and - the test evidence Of marked improvement
the demand. We dn1 that the balances left over IN.
told last Saturday evening. which amounted to be-
tween seven Hnd eight thousand head, aud the gup-
Ely daring the presen. week, have bean nearly ali
cloled out; snd further, that compared with the
clotlug quotations Of the msrkat last weak
pt!ctB have advanced this week Csc per 1aD rs.
The market opanea thtA morning With about I, ,"eo
Of stockton aale In the various yards, lneud.
ing the ttiy receipts. In the ntsence OF one 1npo1.
tAnt Class OF buyers. who to thelr credit have not
Only learned the obligations which devo1Ye upon
them IN connection with their ob1ervante OF tho
ssbbAth but strictly carsy them out.the market has
~ usual been mora quiet than during the previous
days Ct the week. PTtcesIheve lu3tained no change
but the market hst beer du1 and Inactive with few
buyers In attendance. The entered sales amount
only to 1sss head, at saee95.o, shelly at tst9, 80
DIR lco Is.
There are In the yards this evening, unsold, over
s,ott htad OF Beet Cs.ue. among which are several
d1oves Of good medium grades Of stock These will
probably be disposed Of to.mo.rov. It IL, however,
amatter Of rtproSch to us that the business Of this
mstIet canrot Be eEansacted Within the working days
Of thA week, thus giving ehost period Of restto tho
numerous persons aged In our stock yards.
BHTY CATTLE PALEs TO-DAY.