, 1874-01-04
CHICAGO LIVESTOCK MARKET.
Review for the Week Ending Satur-
day, Jan. :.
SATURDAY EVENING. Jan. 3.
The receipts Of live stock during the week have been

CATTLE-Erorn the opening to the CLOSE falr Actlv-
tv has pteYael Ia this department Of the Hre-stock
market and firm rrices have ruled. Moderate re-
ceipt higher ut the seaboard gavc shippers
coudde.ee, ai, although receipts were somewhat
larger than Ia former at like period. there
Via net 4" hoot " too H7uJ, everything seAlng nad
1t generally reuneEative prices. In point Of quality
portion Of low grades being noceably small, while the
unquestionaby the best seen in the yards
for many weeks. Medium TO choice beeTes Of from
100 to 400 us average comprised the buk and for
these tho ruling prices we're Extra grSasd
steers of hcavier average sold Ut $8oeS6.25 while
two fancy droves averaging over 200 ss found pur-
chasers 1T g. 7UJ5. 50. Te1as cattle and rough thin
natives, heretofore forming prominent part OF tbs
weekly supplies. have been consp:cuous5 In the MI
transfers at prices ranging downward from $40 has
teen snail Old COTS, Light tLin neife:s s:ags bulls
and inferior steers and oxen sod down as low as S1a
piled ut 90 for common to choice cows and At
$J75@i5o for conlsno1 to fair steers and oxen and
good TO extra cove. oniya Ignt demand for stock
cattle has existed feeders being III attendance but
under small euppy former quotations we're esstly
Us for poor to $5 .00,.5.45 for choice
To-day there reasonable degree Of activity in
the demand from the different classes Of buyers. and
usuuy liberal for the Last day Of the week, there
no soeuing of pri-a, Gales being readily effected At
the quotations prevalent earlier in the wee2 Among
the arrivals drove Of graded steers, for which
81 % was offered by IN Eastern buyer. They were
held ut higher figure. The present sNa'!on OF our
eatu: End It's G = m onr 13T
BE- Kept down to reasonable dimensions, we see no
reason why the market should not rstan its present
healthy tone Below are the closing quotas'ona:
Extra aBeeyes-Graded steers, averaging 400
chotcs ae Seevss-Fine ,Sss iat, well formed sye:r
to year old steers, averaging 1900 70
cooa ~ Observation-Disclosures, ss dney formed
'sa s:eers averaging 1850 to $50 It's .. 49o@5.1s
Medium Gradss-steers in fair hesh, aver
aSpg 1lS to l3so Us; to f,ir steers t''
aperssne apa geH% sc et to iioo ibs H. s2a44o
Stock Catte-common cattle, in decent =.
flesh. averaging $50 to 050 tbs. 275S5.e5
1nfcrior-Light aud thin cows, heifers,
stags bulls, and scnlaw1g steers..- 115@2O
Catte-Tcxa8, choice corn-fed. 4rGf.5
Catte-Yexaz. suinme1ed North .......... 3.oaG3.75
Cattle-Texas. through droves-. L75<d2'
HOGS-Under light receipts, and IN sympathy with
cidcdy feeling has taken possession Of the hog
market since our lsst weekly review. Trade opened
hry sharp avancs over The the pFaies
daily supply Of only about IT. 600 head tho mnrxet
1natntatned firm tano till near the close, when II
showed signs Ct wea1ness- No considerable portion
Of the avaoce established carly In the week has been
lost however, closing salea being effected 1t Ag}R
$50, or at prices fully 80; Per loo lhs hgher than
during; the past hatdozen days. though somewhas IN,
ferior to those sent forward during the fist ha Of
oyes lass week. she proeo2on q eom1non coarse
uneven, aud mixed lots being much
les prominent Alvices from the principal hog
growing districts in representing that the mar
fcsable hogs have now about all bccn acnt for
ward aud it in conceded that tho packing season must
from Necessity. soon draw to close. Duians me
week shippers have taken about 1,31J Aead Leaving
90 for lackezs and city butchers. The bulk Of the
weeks buaineas doue within the range OF $5.ooa
GAO.
vailed on tho preceding days Of the week. and without
Icing quosxhy lower, prices favored buyers The
"soft weather tended to retard operations On the
part Of packers and although shippers bought with
fair berality 1t dragging trsde from the open
ing to the close. Sales reported :. gAa3lo Tor
poor to common, at s5.1SSs.5 Tor nsdlua1, anu AZ
$530a5.50 Tor good to really CHOICE