, 1866-12-24

81 comparing receipts for this week and LAST We
Ind the following;
shipments less than Last IA
They compare with the receipts for the corresponding
week Of 1895, ~ follows:
KapS Kep to4 %s 1:ef of iS. s3
Receipts more this aa
For the sane period In The year lass, We End:
KesPfs ies 81 @ssf oi
Receipts more ths wcek. II
Greatest number recesVed for any weak .lnee 1ann'
AT L l&&57, Smallest number recelFed, A1SA
Received week ending March s..........-.-..--tssH "
Received week e1dnE july y9.........-.....-... Aiaa
TEE MARKlT.
The week lust closed has not been distinguished ot
it, activity though for good 70 prime shipping HeeTes
thcie has b . steady fxs demand, and under uode1
ate a1vals Of this order OF stock, prices hare been
thoroughly 1ustalEed and hAre ruled nsm
throughout Eastern aaStces, though not Of
particularly stimulating character, have
not been peAtiyey untayorablesor tho shipping Inter
csts, AID tsr proportion Of the offerings have been
t4ktn up BY tt3ppe1H for the New YorS, Pittsburgh
and Buffalo markets. The aEhvals have been consid
ersby mlxed," ranging perhaps from the poorest to
the choicest Of the While grea bulk Of The
offerings have been made mp Of medium. common and
inferior grades, there have been received several
droyes Of perhaps the nctr stock offered In this
ket dufinEHhn year 1s68 Among the drorea especially
worthy Of note, Is head full boodoi Dcyons aver
aging Lss6 ~. They were owned and fel By ". H.
Webb. BY whom they were sold at $as1x = 100 Ms.
The supply M common End Inferior descriptions,
though by lueans extrAyagan has been largely In
excess ot The Demand and hoders Of such have found
1t extremely difficult to effect sales 1t anything 1ke
remuDetayt priccs Indeed towards the close Of the
weak With lxrge accumulation Of this clkxs Of stock
In The ysfdS owners seeing nothing In the immediate
fhtufu TO WSrrant them In anticipating any decided
improvement were anxious to ftaltz1 and nfEtt their
"scalaw ags" upon The MARKET reduction Of 75@Hc
loo ns- At tAls cec1ne they Euceoeded IN dspo4ng
Of portion Of their Otherwise unaaab!e sock though
1t the close there were still IN ths pens uusod, and
uns1tabee-tItept A& 4 further redpcton-0om SD to
l,1m head. That droEe1s who have handled thls CON-
mon ~kcalawsg" three eosnc1ed STOCK have realized
little margn Is certain; md that for this result
they under obligations to one but themselves u
equally true thfy hare been fully advised from day
TO dxy through the columns Of the dAllJ pape4
the quality of stock be.t sute6 to the wknts Of the
tzsdt he1e 1t td present ume- Good prime ship
ping beerea and tair 10 good fst butchers cows
about the oLy Eades 1nQustd for. anddroTers will Do
Ee to make thelr puIchascs with tits fAct IN view.
Tho demand for stock Cattle IL Almost entirely
pended nor a1e packers doing anything a yct~ The
wea{hef hAs been favorable fot optato and the gen.
eral attendance good.
c1o61a0 or TIE xAExKr.
The market to-day waa fairly active for Saturday.
- head changing hands carly In the d4y. These
takcn principally local sceount, 1t $l1aas5p for
common ni1ed lots to Iair. heshy steers. We quota
good grades. but dnll sod 2sc lower for common DE-.
sc1tpuers:
Inc following notice has been 1ssued:
uHloA bIoI TAzps AID TKtam1 Co..}
ASSISTANT hncxETAKk@a OfYEG, I
Cn1uAso. December Is lsSa}
ny order OF P. 4 chsodis1. President, the se.efa,
sG1es VII he closed on Tuesday. December = 1854
y ss s =; = sh.pDed on any Of the Eastern raj.
stotk vii be delivered 10 packer1 Mdes.red.
AL stock received on that dAT viii b ted az p<usf
Ut CaFud foE- 4 l.. UAKlaj AAs't 6ocsetaEY,
AErtrn B.eres-E,ne, a. "eiL1s1ned. 4tos
- Year. old HteeF1, and averaging l,zoQ ~ ..
And uPEafds. .Soza31t5H
Prime R<eres-Good. Well.fARed+ fairly
formed htec11, averaging from 1410o 70
1&Q0 es, 3.t1Se6W
Futr hFGd<e-FAif 6tcert, In Gls de4h. ~.
erAnnE lMnE1r 20 nR. .AS...-....-......... An4al
Atdiuya E71a4-Medfum Hteet1 and good
CoEs, 1t for city slaughter, and AyerAg-
ing 6n41 n1o nk. tI3&.s3
Sfrel Cdstlt-Con1non Cattle In decent
6e>h. averaging h691te 20 A9, At...-...... S.s5Gi1
{HfeTd0t-liEat and thin Cows and steerk>
ropEh md EoAfAe. NJ efaElng aAx8a1 "a
1H41W
cATTII AAIK8 TO-DAY.
ke!1 bought 81 head fstr 6tcer1 averaging le1a lbs.
Tie board sold II resd and stock Steers aver
aging 1olD Lbs, 1t &S5o,
BOGs.
The following The recepA and ship ncnts for tie
current week and Tor The corresponding period Last