, 1872-10-20

| CAITLE-During the opening days Of the
| week there Was an absence Of anything like ac-
and lower. Mondays and Tuesdays receipts
were light, asggregating only 1859 head. but the
lower prices prevalent at tho East, consequent
upon tho large receipts there, caused e tamporar
r, Withdrawal Of shippers, aud the inquiry from
| other SOURCES also being limited there was nom
ina1ly no market. Late in the week there was a
marked increase in the arrivals (Wednesday's,
Thursdays, and fridays receipts aggregate
] 12,53o), bat three Of our city packers (keRt &
60, Cqlbertson, Blair l. Co., Armour e Co..
IN in an N appearsnco ' nd uRR0F'y theiEy p1ess pas
ence operated to check the downward course
Of prices, The Northwestern Distilling Com
pany also had representative here, and the 600
ton to the 500 head taken by packers, relieved
the market Of the unusual strain upon it, and at
the cloeo the "out-look' is rather mora favor
| able. During the week few choice and two or
ttreo extra droves arrived, but tho average
quality was about the poorest Of the season, the
major portion consisting Of Texas cattle aid
rough half -fattened natives, for which the ruling
prices wero 9250@4.00. The total numbor
taken on Eastern account did not reach 5000,
thus leaving-aftor allowing 1000 :s the number
left over unsold-fully 8,e00 lead to DO divided
between feeders, packers, and city butchers. The
prices peid by shippers ranged from 3.5Q@4. 50
for Texans, to S6.50@6.75 for extra natives,
though most Of their purchases were made at
@550. Tho operations Of packers we're
confined to Texas cattle-chiedy at s300@s.5 50,
though higher, and lower, figures ware paid The
inquiry for etockers continues liberal. and, not
withstanding tho fluctuations in values Of other
descriptions Of stock, prices for these remain
songhsh st q fSF nsdn dnr tnd aaa
at S4.0o@425 fer good to primo. The wants Of
local butchers were, as usual, mainly supplied
from tue poorest qualities on sale, viz thin
COW cows old oxen, acraTny steers, and common
Texas and Cherokee cattle.
To-day the demand Tas small, and prices were
nominally unchanged. The offerings we're poor.
consisting almost exclusively Of thin natives
and common Texas cattle. On Monday there
Will be q general advance in tho rates OF freight.
Following arc tho closing
A1tra-aradsd Hteers averaging 1,4oo lbs
Choice it, well formed year
70 70 yeaT s Old steers, and averaging 1900
GOOD tinei;:fofmci ''''@''2'
ats.ess, ayelag!ng 100 to 200 ns.. 5.a5g565
aging l1oo to Esq 475@5oo
stee1a,. apd good to extra COWS, for city
81 saugh:er averaging 500 to 1,10o he: 325@A5o
Stock Cattle-Conlmon cattle, in decent
flesh, averaging TOO to 1,o50 lbs. soo@4.a5
1nferior-ldght and thin cows, heifers,
stags bnls, md acallawag steers......... ooo@275
Texas 0attle-Through droVes. a,0oS13. 90
Ie1aB Catte-Sorthe7n w1rtered. ..... 3,2514.5O
HOGs-The arrivals Of hogs during tho week
just closed reached 72,412; against ,154 last
week, and 51,279 week before last. The week
has been most disastrous ono to Western
shippers, prices, under the enormous RECEIPTS,
steadily receding from day to day until an aggre-
gate decline Of 35@45c was suffered. The ap-
pearance in the market last week Of two or three
Of M our city packers, appears to heye led to The
betet, among drovers, that the packing season
had fairly opened, and that hereafter there
would bo en- uninterrupted demand from thet
source, and that no danger need be approhended
Of overstocking the market, The course
Of trade during. the past few days has qulte
dispeIled this delusion, none Of the packing
houses Of the city having yet bcen opened foGf
the season. 4 few car 1oads have been taken
from day to day by two or three firms, but the
inquiry from that source had no visible effect
upon the market. As soon as the weather bo-
comes settled, and sufficiently cool to warrant It,
the work Of packing will, no doubt, begin il
good earnest, but until then the receipts should
bo kept down to the lowest possible point-in no
event exceeding 5000 head per day. The hogs
continue to improve in quality, and those now
coming forward are fully up to the average Of
former years at this season.
To-day the market was dull, with no percepti-
bic change in valnes. Tho difficulty Of obtaining
cars checked the demand, and good many hogs
remained unsold at tho close, No quote con-
mon at $40 25@4.35; medium at 34.4O6D4.45 and
good to choice at 94.50@4.60.