, 1874-07-12

The rates Of freight now charged between Chicago
and tho points uamed ara IS fo1ows:
To New York, per 100 lbs SIS
To Philadelphia, Per 100 It's. 500
TO Est Liberty, tseS 100 hs. $40
cATILE-Ins wee opened extremely duh in IL this
receipts little than h1 tie recent average,
but, de1nozalize1 were tho Eastern markets, that
shippers coald not be prevailed upon to engage In
tive operations and up to Thursday the supply, email
it was, exceeded al 1citimase demands anu prices
Of shipping grades eased of good 25' rer 10o ns.
The OF $50 90 Per In the rates OF to
New York, which went into effect on Monday JULY =,
also exer1ed del rcsslng influence, and a things
side1ed, The nar1st opensd soou. as M inanspconsly
frightened Up little Under greatly diminished supplies,
there como improvement in the state Of trade u
the East and under an increased inquiry from ahtp-
pers our market assumed fr1ner, healthcr tone
The yards cleared Of stock, and the prospects
go FAR Ct least the better grades Of cattle
cerned-seeEa rather more favorable for the selling
terest. The extreme range Of prices was t50l6-70
The LITTER price obtained by S:zader, WadJwurth
Hall for % head Stock cattle in light request
onl5 1t s325@4.5o Calves sell chiefly at $l5as5.25
for common to really good qualities Inferior Laws
sold low $500, and extra Us high s6.C0 To-day
the market was iuactre owing to scarcity Of stoc1,
the fresh receipts am ouning TO only DO head-
QUOTATIONS..
Extra Bee7es-Graded sseecs, averaging 400
lbs and over. $6ln9t&9
Choice Deeyes-Fine, fat, well formed year
to 5ear cid steers~ averaging J, $50 to
Good Observation-Disclosures dnely formed
steers, areraging 1850 to $40 rbs .., 5.4o95.so
Medium Gradee-Steers in falt Eesh aver
aging ,051 to l.150 Es. Observation-Disclosures. 47595.a
Butchers Ssoek-Common to fair steers,
and good to extra cove, for clty sLugaler.
averaging $50 to l. 100 lis. a7594@
Stock C2tte-Coaiuo1 CATTLE, In decent
flesh, Averaging 700 10 1,050 ts... 3.2a3A19
1nferior-Light aud thin cows, he3crs,
Btags, bulls. and scalawag steers. 10o930
Cztt1e-Tex.s choice corn-1td. 5.0hs5a
Cattle-Texas w;utercd North :. 3-50at4
Cs.t1c-Texas. through drorcs. 115a3.ta
uOGS-Tu. supply has oeen the Eshtsft fur many
weeks the total arrivals being only 47,624 z92inEt
60 U63 Last week and 63,Sol week before last. Ths
market opened firm en- Monday and has continues. -
the clo.e prices creeping up little from day to dJ
until m aggsegate advance Of o5Uc haa been esAo-
lish+d. The high prices now prevalent will re7
likely result in Increased supply but, ss farmers
are in the midst Of their harvesting there to
probability Of the receipts being increased sufficiently
during the next week or two to any very Fro
nounced decline. Tne quality Was improved some
bu the arecogc Is still low fer this Of ths
year. whcc excellence is not lcoked for. With ~
exception OF about TO- 90 ed. taken On local account
the offerings were chiefly tukeu for the uarken ol
New York and Boston. To-day trade was active y
firmly maintained prices. Tina supply reached only
about COCO head, and these picked up about =
fast unlo4ded from the At 79o for PCT
at SC. .0o@0.l0fo- medium ani, at $GlSa
$50 for good to choice Following are s3Ua OK us
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