Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-06-05
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CURRENT PRICES FOR THE WEEK.
WEDNESDAY, May %, 1856,
BEEvES-These are sold by the head mt price
equal the value per pound of the estimated weight
quarter ''is counted in this market, as it is in
Boston.
The prices to-day per ID Twill average over 9ac
or nearly ac. higher than last week; First quality
100 lUsc Medium, 9.oaloc; Poorest, &c. Bu'
few ales over l0c or under 9ic.
PRICE oP Veal. CALvEs--Calves are usually sold
through the year at 10 &c. ID, live weight, ex.
cept those from one 10 siX days old, known as
'kittens," which bring Sl,25 to S30S4 each. In
Autumn good many Grass Calves four TO siA
months old, sell for S3Cd8 each. A good fat Yea
sells often as high as S2UC0S30.
MILK COWS--The price OF Cows depends as
much upon fancy as the price Of horses. Ordinary
Cows, S23oaS3O; good fair Cows, S35CoS40; extra
qua lity, with calf, S45C0SCo50S65.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Common Sheep, s.
| 5o0S9; extra Sheep Sl0CaSl2 Lambs, So 5uCG7
SWINE.-Western Hogs, corn fed, large, frs
quality live weight, 6Cd6ic. dead weight, 7so073c
| sma II size do, live weight 6fC064c; dead weight
75oaSc.: sill fed live weight 52Ca55.: dead weight
5eoa55c.; ;New:York Stae, small size. prime fol
m arket reta ling, live weight: 6soG6!c: dead
weight 73CaSc. Verv light Stock Hogs, 73C074c.
| Medium Stock, .iCa1c.
Beef Cattle in Market to-day, 1000 head; includ
| ing yesterday, 2,55S head.
| REMARKS UPON BEEF Cattle
Our report shows the increase ofreceipts Of Beeve
for the week in the whole city, upon the week ly
average at 100 head, and SAT over last week.
The number at market to-day including sale.
yesterday, Is 1888 head, which is SIS increase or
the average, which was 1913 for each market DAY
last year, and 735 increase upon the number sclC
| last Wednesday.
Ii was evident at an early hour this morning
that this would prove better market day for drO
| vers than this day week not so much from an ad
vance in the rate per pound asked for Cattle, in
the lively state of the market, and consequent
ly better estimates OF weight. A few of the sales
men contended that the prices were no better thai
last week, but very large majority were OF
contrary opinion, and all the buyers of stclas
Cattle agreed that prices for Bullocks of SAM
quality were half a cen: higher to day.
And, although some good Beeves were sold a
rates only equal to 10 cen.s considerable mum
Der were sold at full l0Hc., a very few of goot
quality below 9ic., nd some, if not all the YER
poorest at &C., and certainly very good drove
were so Id at that last Wednesday. he qua!ii
to-day Is, upon an average very tar interior 10 tn
average two OF three weeks past, though, by n
means, rs general thing, of the genus scallawag
We hope that race Is extinct
Joseph ii. Williams is selling three droves--Dn
OF his own and one ON ned by David Selson, goo
Ohio common stock, well fed, at Zoe. average; an
one owned by Jas NJ. Robertson of Coles County
H.; rather mixed lot, ranging from S60Cd90, an
Averaging l0c. This drove came on foot 50 mile
TO Terre Haute, cars here at Sl4 expense, via lr
dianapcls, Bellefontaine, Lake Shore, md Erie, a
, o which are highly spoken OF except the manage
menI at lerre Heute.
SWiNE--The late cool weather tended TO tt
advantage of sellers Something over 1000 hay
been received, and ubout one third of them wei
direct to the slaughter houses. being owned b
parties here. The sales ranged from Sc Is to Sc 4
q cwt, gross.
The following sales are reported by Miles
t Bartlett, No 292 Washington street: For J.
Robertson, Putnam county la, 365 Illinois Hog
av VT. gro. 1863 b, price Sc AZ. ForJ. A. Rusl
, Terre Haute, Ia, l67 hogs, av. VT. gro POT \
price Sc 80.
Stock Hogs continue to be in good demand, an
sell freely a, from 10 Tic. Sill, led Hogs &c
not many coming forward in consequence of ii
n scarcity of Stock Hogs TO fill up with. We hes
ofsalcs of Stock Hogs at Brighton al lOC0l2c. pH