Received. Shipped.

Cattle 25,594 13,722
Calves 353 166
Hogs 45,376 31,864
Sheep 14,206 8,903

The live stock receipts are increasing, and show a large gain over last
week.

CATTLE.--The receipts for Sunday and Monday were rather large, being
estimated at 6,800 head of cattle, as against 3,700 received in the
corresponding time last week. Shipping grades of cattle were active and
firm yesterday at $5 @ 6 67-1/2, exporters taking a fair number. Common
lots were lower, with sales to dressed-beef buyers as low as $4 25. A
good share of the day's trading was done at $5 70 @ 6 60. Quotations are
as follows:

Fancy fat cattle $ 6 75 @ 7 00
Choice to prime steers 6 05 @ 6 70
Fair to good shipping steers 5 55 @ 6 00
Common to medium steers 4 25 @ 5 50
Butcher's steers 4 50 @ 5 00
Cows and bulls, common to good 3 00 @ 4 25
Inferior cows and bulls 2 00 @ 2 95
Stockers 3 40 @ 4 40
Feeders 4 25 @ 4 75
Milch cows, per head 25 00 @55 00
Veal calves, per 100lbs 4 00 @ 7 25

HOGS.--The receipts Sunday and Monday were estimated at 18,000 hogs,
against only 6,700 received in the corresponding time last week.
Although the receipts have been increasing during the last few days,
supplies are still remarkably small for the first half of January. The
great bulk of the crop has undoubtedly been marketed, but there are
known to be a very good number still unmarketed, and it is believed that
farmers are unwilling to ship freely to this market while packers are so
largely inactive, fearing a decline in prices. Shippers have been taking
most of the hogs lately. Butchers took in the neighborhood of 1,900
hogs, leaving a few thousand still unsold. Sales were made of heavy at
$5 10 @ 6 25; light at $5 10 @ 5 75, and skips and culls at $3 50 @ 5.

Note.--All sales of hogs are made subject to a shrinkage of 40 lbs for
piggy sows and 80 lbs for stags. Dead hogs sell for 1-1/2c per lb for
weights of 200 and over and for weights of less than 100lbs.

SHEEP.--The market opened with a good supply, the