, 1873-12-15

OATTLE-Bo far ~ tue bottor grades ii stock woro
ooncerca thu mat week waH one OF fate ac!ivits md
thrro has boon Gnt slight depreciation III Values "a
ruverng tho docno III good TO primo sLinntug gradea.
relatively low p1iees 1t wlich tic warm woathur
narka ave seriously tnterfercd With tho retail meat
trade, mud tho demand for tho dissertations Of stock
s soaS x h'' s I
Inquiry tha! during Inst week or the previous one,
an Ieng in moderate supply ays sn1,la
s9ov@a whio common to fair quao. were wanted
at $3Uu32.75 with ealea principally ut s3.76@3:oo:
and woak. Tcsnns an1 uharokccs woro especially 80
comprising. "a they did, yory considerable portion
sf"s
tcd sola slowly q sSS5o T. aud St Saso re.
ches sSE hers
very lttlo inquiry for that claBs OF stock, au tho
pricos reaizeu wero much below those obtalnabio iu
former seaaons. balcs worn ropot ted ut *015@800,
with one or two transactions at higher figure Wa.
calvea continue plenty, anil selling Cheap; QUOTA
ble ut &. .75t11.09 for poor to choice.
To.day the raarket was dull and nominal. The fcw
salcs repo7teG did not dlcato any material change
e e. as sss e pss
week.
QUOTATIONS.,
Extra Graded steers, averaging 400
oholea I noeves@riuo tat, weii formed Syesr
to year old steers, averaging 1,3oo to
eoo. nessos.wSiisitsne asey formed ''0''S'
ateers averaging 200 10 ], $50 ts..... 4a0@475
aging 115O 10 $50 na na................. a.75a4.16
BatcIsrs ,stoek.-common 10 fair steers.
aud good to extra cows, for city slaughter, ~,
asssraaiag ss 10 1o0 s.t,;s i, ;:c, 'oo@4oo
ilosh, averaging 100 to 1o;o ls. asu@o.e5
staga, bulis and scalavag Steers. 1.6o@2.23
CattIe-Texus, choice corn-fed 4.00Gtl 10
Oattlc-Texas, anm1nerod North.. 2.75t13.50
Iatt.r-Texaa, through aroyes. 1.75tB?.e 90
HoGs-To-nght closes. mother week OF great actlv-
ity III this lranch Of the market, mud. despite tho
heavy receipts aud the prevalence Of exceedingly un.
favorable weather for puckrg operations, buoyant
tnle haa peryaed Tho market, aud, with the exception
Of slightly depressed feeling OF wednesday, sha
cotrsc Of prices has been steadilr UPWARD Ine hish
Haippere thor purchases embracing only ABOUT Y
ittlo more thnn one-baf tbs nanher shipped ous
during lat week. but trade does not nppear to hare
suffered auy seruua drawback on that account. 90 tht
legitimate wxs Of packers proved sufficient to absort
tlls supply, and at highly ronuncEntivo nrees. It +
now conceded On NIL hands that tho = RUSH
is over, and THAT from this time forwart
aseady falling OF IN the receipts. Tho arrivals duriut
Tho past four weeks nude tho enor,oua aggregate
150 loo, wltla tbs total Number received snce Jan. Il
4.Oi0 O0O, 1,029 900 moro thun during tue cdrre
apondtug period last yoar.
To-day lilo market was active and higher. The re-
ccIpts liberal for Saturday amounting to abou
s1G sso a sxeset
advance of iuc per l0o ibp. No sales reported
der 34.70 whlo tito mnJor portion changed lands q
5.l5 and In two Instances ut = 20. eomrasa
son Of to-ayd prices with those current nt tho CLOS
Of last week slowa advance Of 45Ga5Qc. The mnrke
| closel firm. -...- -. !.
The closit,g d ccs Of this week. compared with thos
current tucorrosponding dao lass year. ire aa fo
| lows: SOW,