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The follov/ing- table mIiov.-.s the ran,tfQof prices per cental at the begin- 

 ning of eac!) mouth lor the iast six yuara : 



Months. 



January 



February 



Marqh 



April 



May 



Juno 



July 



August 



SeiJtember . . . 



October 



November . . . 

 December . . . 



1871. 



:82 50 

 2 50 

 2 75 

 2 75 

 2 62J 

 .3 00 

 2 00 

 1 75 

 1 ii5 



1 50 



2 i25 

 1 50 



toSG; 

 to '■ 

 to (5 

 to fi 

 to fi 

 to (i 



25 to 



25 to 



50 to 



50 to 



:ni to 



50 to 



75 to 



75 to 



75 to 



25 to 



.50 t) 

 37 i to 



§5 50 

 5 75 

 (i 75 

 t) 75 

 G50 

 50 

 50 

 25 

 5 75 

 G 00 

 CO) 

 550 



f.l 50 to 

 1 50 to 

 1 50 to 



1 75 to 



2 00 to 

 1 75 to 

 1 75 to 

 1 7 5 to 

 1 50 to 

 1 40 to 

 1 25 to 

 1 25 to 



5GO0 

 6 00 

 6 37i 

 G02i 

 6 I2i 

 GOO 

 5 60 

 G.'iO 

 5 30 

 5 00 

 5 00 

 5 00 



«l 50 to$G 50 



1 50 to 

 J 75 to 



2 OJ to 

 2 75 to 

 2 00 to 



1 'J5 to 



2 00 to 

 I SO to 

 t 75 to 

 1 00 to 



6 25 

 GOO 

 fi 25 

 6 00 

 G25 

 G25 

 GOO 

 5 75 

 5 75 

 5 50 



1 75 to 5 75 



i2 rO to : 

 2 00 to 

 2 00 to 

 1 75 to 

 t 50 to 

 1 50 to 

 1 50 to 

 1 ,50 to 



1 75 to 



2 CO to 

 2 i5 to 

 2 25 to 



■GOO 

 G 00 

 fi CO 

 6 25 

 G75 

 (i 75 

 fi75 

 fi75 

 G 25 

 6 25 



5 50 



6 12 



J2 "JO 

 2 CO 

 2 00 

 2 00 

 2 00 

 2 00 

 2 00 

 2 00 

 2 00 

 2 00 

 2 00 

 2 00 



to -Jo 25 



to 6 00 



to 5 5!) 



to 5 50 



to 4 50 



to 4 50 



to 4 75 



to 4 90 



to 4 90 



to 4 90 



to 4 90 



to 4 90 



Cattle products. — Baf. — The trade in barreled beef is small, the receipts 

 of 187G comprising only 12,869 barrels and tierces; shipments 17,202; 

 the excess of shipments shows that beef-packiugin the city about covers 

 home consumption, with a small surplus for export. 



Butter.— naceipts 125,309 packages, against 110,074 in 1875, 74,937 in 

 1874, 64,607 in 1S73, and 51,250 in 1872. It is still a matter of regret 

 to the general statistician that this unmeaning designation should be 

 used, rendering it impossible even to estimate the quantity of butter 

 marketed at Saint Louis. Supposing that these packages average from 

 year to year about the same weight, the rep®rt indicates a gradual 

 increase in the trade. The majority of the receipts, 67,725 packages, 

 come from the East, by the Vandalia and Terre Haute Eailway. A very 

 small jiortion comes from Missouri and the territory westward. The 

 shipments are too small fur notice in the city statistics, the receipts 

 being almost entirely absorbed by the home demand. 



The range of i)rices jier pound of butter of good to choice grades at 

 the beginning of each mouth of the iast six years was as follows : 



ilontbs. 



January .. 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



Juno 



July 



August... 

 September 

 October... 

 November 

 December 



Cents. 

 20 to 32 

 15 to 23 

 15 to 30 

 15 to 30 

 15 to 29 

 J 2 to 20 

 12 to 20 

 14 to 20 

 14 to 21 

 18 to 26 

 17 to 27 

 14 to 20 



Cents. 

 23 to 26 

 19 to 33 



19 to 37 



20 to 40 

 18 to 25 

 IG to 20 



15 to 19 



16 to 24 

 IG to 30 

 20 to 33 

 18 to 30 

 20 to 29 



Gents. 

 20 to 23 

 20 to 28 

 20 to 32 

 25 to 35 

 15 to 22 



15 to 22 

 14 to 20 



16 to 24 



19 to 27 



20 to 30 

 18 to 32 



21 to 30 



Cents. 

 25 to 32 

 27 to 37 

 27 to 37 

 27 to 31 

 20 to 30 

 20 to 30 

 18 to 28 

 20 to 28 

 20 to 28 

 25 to 36 

 20 to 36 

 2G to 36 



Cents. 

 25 to 33 

 23 to 33 

 23 to 33 

 18 to 33 

 J 5 to 28 

 15 to 23 

 14 to 23 

 IG to 28 

 18 to 23 

 20 to 28 

 20 to 30 

 20 to 30 



Cents. 

 20 to 30 

 IG to 30 

 18 to 30 

 25 to 35 

 22 to 26 

 13 to 20 

 13 to 18 

 13 to 20 

 13 to 20 

 20 to 30 

 18 to 30 

 17 to 28 



Cheese. — The receipts of cheese during 1876 amounted to 83,905 

 boxes, against 69,013 in 1876, 80,579 in 1874, 58,790 in 1873, and 84,345 

 in 1872 ; the shipments of 1876 were 24,536 boxes, against 52,045. 

 Allowing 65 pounds per box, the receipts amounted to nearly five and a 

 half million pounds. The great mass of these receipts was from the 

 States north of the Ohio River; a considerable share was from the 

 Middle States ; very little came from the region west of the Mississippi. 

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