, 1872-12-22

ard other grain we're quiet, and nouinally the
/ same as at the close Of Change. Provisions
| vere inactive.
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Review for the Week Ending Dec. FL.
/ SATURDAY EVENING, Dec. u.
| The receipts Of live a.ock since Saturday have
been as follows:
,,nna,r cdas a3s z 922$; 81; SEX: = e:
Wednesday, 1881 3511 1,268
IhnfHdaT- -......".~.-..... 1,lb1 ,5lU 3,6lS
tr1day.. y...|........-.*...--.- VII 13,I5o l,V44
SATURDAY. ~56 l6,5W
Gotal ....s.s-........... 6,oW 15l,413 9,b11
Week before last POS 147,312 4,4T4
| Week ending Nov. 3o....-.. 9,os6 12e,16s 5,4o5
Total; four weeks...- 81, 49, 640,15l 25,182
Shipments we're as follows:
Cattle. Hogs Sheep.
Monday. 1.042 1903 1853
Itesday.. ..-..........' .to $500 ou
Wednesday,. ~ 4'no2 l9a
Ihursday... "a b0H t53
Friday. .-.s....-....... 155 1h55 l,1i6
h1turoaS ..t:...........-.
Total.............t. 2,s1o 1896 s,4s7
LIVE STOCK FnEieHTs:
To Buffalo, Suspension Bridge, Pittsburgh, and
BelIaire, = 100 hs
To Dunkirk . 100 sSsc
To Cleveland
10 Toledo and Detroit,
MIEINUM WEIGHTS.
Cattle car ~ ~ m ios
Hogs double:dcck car, . car 200 ba
Hogs, sing1e-deck CIR, q car-....-......l4o0 eco lbs
Sheep, doube-deck car o car.. 600 hs
6ugle-deck car Il caf. hs
CATTLE-The changes IN this market during
the week just closed hayo not beon important.
In tho character Of the demand, very little IN
side buyers taking hold with any show of inter-
est, aud, while the supply was the lghtest for
many weeks, 1t proved more than sufficient to
satisfy the requirements Of tho trade. During
tho first half Of the week, prices we're unsettled,
and in buyers favor but later the market fImed
up . little,-a result Of the meagre receipts.
The condition Of the market below has not
changed for the better, which accounts Tor the
apathy Of shippers; while the extreme dulness
Of the retail meat trade is the cause of the sb-
from local butchers. Nor are stock steers in
more than fair request, nearly all the larger
the % season: TRo receipts of deasablo
stGsk ss tt stsers b.ns ne ,bfse hSTevr ana
the ts market ' remaipng n conpa1stivey sseady It
S2.75@3.00 for common lots averaging from 100
to $50 Tbs. and st 325@S.75 for medium to
prime droves, averaging from $50 to 1,050 tts
The receipts were Of 8 better average quality
than those Of last week, or the preceding one,
there being very perceptihle falling of in the
supply Of poor cows and Bcrauny steers, and q
corresponding increase in the offerings Of fair
to choice grades. Only a few Christmas beeves
arrived, and most Of them went through in first
hands, there being very little inquiry for such 5
below tho views Of holders. Texas and Chero-
kee cattle have compriPed considerable portion
OF the weeks supply. For these the ruling rates
we're s2,25@2.75 for common to medium, and
Ao on -. A~ Fs& Fa5 Ton
calves remain comparatively steady at $500
3.76 for thin coarse heavy, and at $4.50@5.50
for good to choice. Mich coWs have met with
some inquiry at s2o.00@45.o0 per head, accord
ing to quality.
remain nominal1y the same as On the previous
days OF the week.
E1tr.-azzded steers, averaging 1,4oo HI
Choice s Bss7esGFne, fat, xel.iorned syear ~
to year old steers, and averaging 1,2ooto
GOOD d Observation-Disclosures n:iyiofmsd ''''9''''
steers, averaging 100 to $50 ha-...... 47595.25
Medium Gzadea-steezs in fair feah, sver-
agiDg LOG TO 1,25e - 3:i,: +e%so
steers, aud good TO extra COVE, for city
slaughter, averaging 800 to 100 tbs.... 27594oo
Stock Cattle-Commou cattle, in decent
aosh, averaging from TOO to i,o5o ns..... 2759a7s
1nferior-Light and thin cows, heiferB,
Btags, bulls and scalawag steers 1.5o@2.50
Texas Catt1oNorthern suname1td. 3.00@3.50
Texas Cattle -Corn-fed d..-.............. 3.75@4oo
HoGs-The week oponed active in this de-
psrtment Of the market, With prices fair at
Wednesday, when, under the excessive receipts
decline Of 15c WAS suffered, prices falling of
to 93.60@385. Thursdays receipts we're also
heavy, and sellers we're obliged to grant further
the class Of trade on Thursday, but under tho
lighter receipts Of yesterday and to-day, there
vas favorable reaction, and prices have worked
back 10 93.55@3.85. Only small proportion Of
the supply fell into the hands Of shippers, their
purchases reaching only about 22,000 head.
to the close, but their wants did not prove sufh-
eient to absorb the enormous supply, and seVe-
raj thousand remain in the pens unsold. Sellers
are looking for Lighter receipts noxt week, and
some are looking for an advance to $3.50
100, but the present surroundings Of the
market are decidedly against any material up
ward movement Of prices, md, with anything
like IS large receipts as during the past week,
even present rates cannot be sustained.
To-day there WAS Light demand from ship
pers and packers ut S3,55@3.6o for common at
S3.65@3.70 for medium, and at $3.75@3.85 for
good to really choice. The market closed dull
at the abovo quotations.
sHEEP-The Bhoep trade has been quiet, with
but slight fuctuation IN prices. The supply was
somewhat larger than usual, but, with local and
Eastern buyers both engaged, the offerings were
we'll taken up, and at prices not materially lower
than prevailed last week. Good to choice grades
qualities at S3.00@400. 4 few extra we're picked
up at S5.50@5.75, while q bunch of Christmas
sheep found buyer at $3.50. They averaged
127 Tbs. The market closed quiet and steady.
FIRE EYT1NGUIsHER.
THE GHA AMp10K1