, 1873-02-23
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
Review for the Week Ending Satur.
day Evening, Feb. %.
The receipts Of liye stock during the week

Total $500 4o,oo3 asa
CATrLE-The cattls market opened active
| and higher this week. The receipts during
! Monday and Tuesday wero large, but the ship
I ping facilities were ample, and, with encourag-
! ing ad7ices from the seaboard markets, outside
buyers took hold with confidence, and during tho
| first three days OF the week, q large business
was transacted at . strong 11$c advance On the
| closing prices Of the preceding week. 6ubse-
| qently,-owiug partly to the unfavorable rcac-
ton OF prices at the East and partly to the fact
| that the supply Of stock cars we're not kept up
| to the requirements Of the trade-there Was
| diminished demand, and the market weakened.
| Since Wednesday there has been very little ami
| nation in trade, aud whatever advance may have
been gained during the opening days has been lost
| the closing rates showing but slight variation
| improvement was noticeable in the quality Of
tbs stock offered for sale, but the offerings we're
not as good as in former years at . correspond
ing period, and are BY no means up to tho stand
ard Of excellence that Gn view OF the abundance
and choapness OF coEn) might reasonably be
looked for. A few sales were effected early in
the week at SC 25@6.50, but since Wednesday
nothing has sold above s61215, while sales at
over $5 so have been rnre. review OF the
weeks sales show that the great bulk Of the
transfers wcre at tho comparatively low range
OF S300@5.25. Stock steers continue IN steadily
fair demand and remain firm at about former
quotations, or st 53.25@23.75 for common to
medium grades Of from 7o9 to $50 ms average,
ing from 900 to 1850 lbs. New milch cows have
sold Ill the way from $4,000 to $500 per head,
and veal calves from $3.50 to 95.75.
!. TODAY the market w8s inactive and weak.
Buyers were few and hardly enough was accomp-
lahed in the wayB of sales to establish market
values. We give the following as the closing
QUOTATIONS.
Extra-Graded steers averaging 1.4oo lbs
Choice ne BPseSes.fine, fst, wen formed year '
to S year old steers, and averaging 800
seers, averaging 1,2co to 1900 ibs 5.25@5.so
Medium Grades-Steers in fair flesh, aver-
aging LOO to 1.2so rbs................ 475@5.oo
Rutchers5 Stock-Common to medium
eteczs. and good to extra GOVT, for city
slaughter, averaging 800 to 100 ns;...: s.5o94-5o
flesh, averaging 10 to 1850 a.25@425
stass. bulls aad sca1iasag steers 175@2-75
Cattls-Te1aa, Northern summcred. 2.5093.50
Cattle-Corn-fed Texas ....--..-....+.. 3.75@425
HOGS-The past week has been fairly active
one in this branch Of the live stock market, and
although prices have been somewhat unsettled,
and variable, at the close they show no material
change from those current q week ago. Ship
pers, though at times encountering considerable
difficulty in obtaining froight-room, have been
active competitors from day to day, and of the
81 900 hogs received, fully Is 900 fell into their
hands. Some of our city packers hare already
Withdrawn from tho market. and the ensuing
week will Witness the virtual closing of the pack
ing season OF 1872 and 1873. There is q very
noticeable falling of in tho quality Of the hogs
those now coming forward consisting largely Of
common to fair uneven and mixed lots, Of from
It's to $50 lbs average.
To-day the marke. was active both on local