Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-05-29
Commercial Mattrrs.
NeW-YOrk Cattle Market.


CURRENT PRICES FOR TIE WEEK.
WEDNESDAY, May 81, 1856,
BEEvEs-These are sold by the head at price
equal the value per pound of the estimated weight
OF Beef in TIE quarters The hide taIlow, or fifth
gu arter, is counted in this murket as it is in
Boston.
The prices to-day per lb will average about &c,
or say &C. below last week; First quality, lGc.
Medium, 9sc: Poorest, g.; with few sales below;
Nearly all between ga l0c.
PRICE OF VEAL CALvEs--Calves are usually sold
through the year at 10 &c. q h. live weight, ex-
cept those from one 10 six days old, known as
Kittens which bring 81 ,25 TO S3Casi EACH In
Autumn good many '-Grass Calves" four to six
mon tbs old, sell tor S2CaS each. A good fat Veal
sells often as high as S2OCoS30.
MILK COWS--The price of Cows depends as
much upon fancy as the price OF horses. Ordinary
Cows, S25C0S $50; good fair Cows, S35CaSi0; extra
qua lily, with calf, Si5od5650S6j.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Common Sleep, S3
5GCo5S; extra Sheep. Sl0CaSl2. Lambs SO 5UC07
SWlNE.--WesternH Hogs. corn fed, large, first
quality live weight, 6C06sc; dead weight 7sC074c
sma II size do, live weight 6tOa6.c dead weight
7sCd5c sill led live weight, 53oajE: dead weight
5sCGjsc.; New Y ork Stae, small size. Prime for
market etailing, live weight; 6soa6!c.; Gead
weight 7sC05c. Verv light Stock Hogs 7iGa7ac;
Medium Stock, .2o97c.
Beef Cattle in Market to-day, 1000 head; inc lud-
ing yesterday, 2.55S head.
REMARKS UPON BEEF cArTiE.
OuI report shows the decrease receipts of Beeves
Tor the week, IN the Whole city, upon the week ly
average. at 357 head, and ,04l less than the last
week.
yesterday, z,JJo huuJ, Which IS 65V increase on
The average, which was | ,S73 for each market day
last year, and 1o7 decrease upon the number sud
last Wednesday
Notwithstanding shat over COO head less OF
beef cattle were c ived in the city during the
week than in the preceding one, and not vlths tan
ing there are about 800 less on sa lie to-day than
this day week, the price ls not rs good ior the
drover as 1t was week ago. The v.ry top price
to-day must be set down ut iOc. and the concurrent
opinion Oi all the SlieSmen that II l. the dueSt
market This Spring.
Il W i'll certainly strike the observer with force,
that over three-iourths OF all he cattle in market
are from Ohio and Illinois, and only es hit head from
the State OF New York; while there are 1873 head
from beyond the Mississippi. Scven-tights OF ali
The bee: cattle, sheep and hogs in tie city hi week,
come from northwest OF the Ohio River.
Nothing could be more favorable than the wsa-
ther to-day Il is clear, dry and cool thai is cool
enough 10 make woulen garments cUm!ortable.--
Every thing looks cheerful excert that portion Of
The owners OF bulockS vino bough. them at the
West at prices equal TO 4 or 4.c pound gross or
those who bought here anticipating an improve
ment In prices as compared with last week. Such
specu lators dsappointed in the way things have
turned--not TO their benefit The simple fact Is
Just lllS. DSeI Cdluc nave Oeen neQ III the cUun-
Try for months above what the demand of this mar
ket wou warran, while packers, beei and saited
meats have been continually declining AMI butcher
have found anincre aSing difficulty in getting rid oi
their coarse meats at paying price.
Packers a re willing TO pay only &C.; and, as for
retail customers buying anything but rib roasis and
sirlon. steaks that is out of the question Ii is Of
iensive TO the dignity OF family THAT have lived
through the winter upon charity to suggest to them
that would better suit their circumstances 10 buy
some low-priced piece Object.
Afirst-cIass butchers complain of their inability
to sell the coarse meat atsuch prices as they mus,
| seli.t TO save themselves when they pay lOc or
over for The beef on foot; and The present ;ow
price OF allow and hices makes against them-
| Rough tat is worth &c. q h. and tries out about
S1Cas0 p cent OF tallow, end hides sell for TIC
Another thing that affects the price ofmeat is the
pestnt low price OF fish and eggs.
Fish have been sold in the streets this week for
shilling or two bushel, and eggs are wo:th &c.
| pound, which Is 9ecidedly cheaper than beef
| Then potatoes and breadstuffs are reduced, and
| fresh vegetable begin to come in so that with the
ample supply Of cattle in the country, of a quality
surpassed heie is no reason to expect an i'm
mediate retnr" to the high prices that have pre-
vailed year or two past.
Corn, too, is so abundant at the West that it is
actually in h " of the preparation of the ground
tor the next crop. Col Elias tiorance OF Pickawav
County, OHIO, who is in market to-day with on9 OF
the best if not the very best drove in lie yard, and
who is one of the Oldest and best large cattle iced
in that great beef fattIng country SAYS corn is
not worth over l5c. bushel in the field or 2oc
and dull at Circleville.
i Col thinks that he should h ave made money
if he had given away his corn and sold his cattle
in March. The 100 head in the yards to-day lie
thinks will average 9 cwt.. and Thos. White
who is selling them, estimates the average price al
49, The best sold at S9j, and none oy ;r IOc
| p b. They are mostly four and fiye-year-o lc
steers that have always been kept in first rate or
der, and OF course ore now very healthy and ricl
beef
The Colonel has another hundred on the road t,
be here next week. This drove left Columbus last
Monday week and rested at Campyille, VIII cl
COL F. speaks of as most decidedly good place
and valuable adjunct to the Erie Road
Several owners were named to day as losing iron
$500 to 81 coo each and unless the after paIt OF n
day proved very much better than the morning los
> seS will be greater than were counted upon.
seems TO be the determination of Spectators t
W ind mp their business, il theS not previOuSl
wound up, and let feeders try the Jun awhile {
, bringing their own cattle to market. Ii is wis
conclusion.
+ Several country buyers were in the yards to-day
ready 10 take out anything cheap, but since tn
prices have fallen SO much it is difficult to detel
e mine what is cheap OF, rather, what will be sal
price 10 pay for eeding and future sales. We be
lieve that the price of beef cattle is permanent
I lower, and cannot be made to equal that of OH
b year ago by any possible combination of circum
> stances in 1856.
SWiNE-A good drove OF hogs would sell quic
to day at &c gross " hich is &c. advance III
demand is principally for city cured hams and lart
with small supply 10 satisfy the morbid appetiI
OF that class that continue TO eat fresh pork, II
matter how hot the weather. The demand fo