, 1866-10-22
THE MARKET.


$@ THE MARKET.
II wouid be didcult 10 imagine ma.kct more thor.
ouEEly du1 and generally unsatisfactory in Its results
than the lust closed. There have becn wecla In
which the aggregate sales Showed much smalltr
business done weeks In which tho fs1ss Of the specn
latlons OF drorefs have terminated much more Gtr-
sstrously. hut week during the has the dis
satisfaction among all ciasse8 Of dealtsu
been 20 general, and intense
during the week closing tou1zst. There
has been fully average attendance Of the different
clasees Of buyers but they have generally exhibited
lacE ol lnerst, md maintained sto1lty of action
thai provoking In the extreme provoking least
to the uniucky holder Of stock. This morbid drowsi
not altogether attributable to excessive receipts
for the arrivals have not been exttavnEant, nor
yet wholly to the quality Of the offerings,
though isovcr6 bnt confess that they have
shown tncir Judgment to be shot kinE.y fault
the quality best suited to the wants Of the trade
p,rtcDt time. The Idea Of flooding the market with
common, raw.boned haltfascnsl C,ws, md thin
rough Steers. 1hcn good fat butchers Cows aad good
straight ehirpEg ccrs nre about the only grades In
lnEcd for. Is kheer nonsense, and can but result
In financial disaster to the holder. While
We would not be understood TINT the market has
ccn brisk Tor all e1rept the class stock objected to
alovc; We do nchu 10 say. that whe nearly all really
Desirable 1ets have By dut Of hard 1aor bpcn worked
III, there nrsrly 4eo0 head Ct the medium, com
MOD and 'eca1la~ss'' order. remaining In tho Pms
uNEold, mad Mnedlt1te. except NJ Eteatly resluce1
| rntcr.
The dropping and unsettled character nj the market
abroad very materially lcSsEncl Tic nhlrptn, demand
and tended not little 10 tic general depression. But
chief among lc causes tenng 10 this chronic dulln,s
Il tic fart that the conviction IL cach dag becoming
| more G8rd, and lroEe universal! too, that prict,
| 1ucst suffer a still further and very matcria!
Gr4.rcciaion.t must srtlc permanently, on much
| lower range. Packers enter ;aln this view, ana
are refusing 10 nUy II present rntes few small royes
only were taken their interests. Thai decline will
1ouw Is cs itnily the opinion of stock Crowers ho
rushing thciE stock forward before ted IN to
tail in rf.tvf
on every Thing Of tho "toy!nc "spc. es, lcio.e thu
downward tide saA hsyc fairly set in An improved
qualify ofetock and moderate receipts alone ssye
| The market t1tt a complete collapse.
Tho Arrivals the week have consisted for tho
! part 0fcominon md medium Erades. with now and
tier drove that might bc called passahy good, bat
embracing that were extra The principal inquI-
r. was for INIT and seconl class Steers and good at
butchers Cows for tho Eastern market Cho!cc Reeves
| were in demand aud nominal at $7.15M7-so Cool
stock Siec1s were held at 62H, with moderate
demand at 1cre figures. The weather has been Kcuer
ally favorable fur operations. and The attendance OF
buyers tais.
l CLOSING or TnE MAuKEr.
Thc7r was little doing 1t the yards today, as Ia psu
lilly the ca.e on Saturdays. The Same sposlon u
take he1d' that las characterized the opesat,oas
buyers throughout tic cntEr week wns apparent to
tAT OH the part ef ile few In attendance There Hexe
nearly ao0 head In the saic pens. only 80 OF which
ioubd purchasers. Thtsc taken by city butcher
AID yard spectators at prices ranging from $tpaa
E.h2H for cousnol4 CuEs, light hclfers and common
stock Cattle. good 10 tt Cows and medium seers ave
Raging from 100 to GU lhs.
The Market closes dull snd 1cayy.
The following arc the closing prices:
|. CLOSING fEtCEH.
Etfrd lsres-f1nts fat. well.torncd, {fo6
/ years old Stecrs, and NJ esaGinT Loo ns
L ana DPW4luS.- ArS1
| Frifaf E-srts-t;ood. we1l-tatted. fairly
FORMED Steers, averaging nom 1,lno 10
fhfr GT0drx-Faiv Steers il I'll. desh. Nv. W" S''1
srac1nE oat@l an -. .s..........;.....: s5o as.1
| CoEs. nj for city slaughter, xna nvctag-
Ing {osi oso ~. 4..s es.s;
fceh averaging t91@1 ol ns. at,-..... LIS 9s ).
| {HffTtur-ltIht md thtn Cows md cteocsN,
rough and coarse, averaging 6A$30 Is,
so GS.ot
Tie prevailing prices for Lie same period In the rear
| 1875 was rs follows:
Choice ltecres. asft1
tf ~ -. =. I *'''' 80 !
M!LH 10 AIR 5.3 ka6Il
Inferior 10 Common. SQ) GI73
Sales to-day Include the following dsoycs:
| CATTLE EALEs TODAY.
aen nSsd common Cows averaging 800 Ds fea ant
Esh'eca head Ts'lasn buschess' Cattle svesartns ~
Esl, hsa seek Steers, averaging l,oco NJ. fed ant
Twenty head good stock Steers averaging Loo ns
leti Ind watrf:d. Al $1.GeH. - ~
six head ecallaEasr avcragtnz .o ns At s4no
| E!eyFn head common mixed stock, averaging go IA
1 Al fl90. ~ ~
HOGS.
The following are the receipts and 6hIpcus for ,bt
current wccs7 and for the corresponding period ias
| year: -