Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-06-12

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CURRENT PRICES FOR THE WEEk.
"WEDNESDAY, June a. 1886,
BEEyEs-These are sold by the head At price
equal 10 the value per pound of the estimated weight
OF Beet in tie quarters The hide tallow, or fifth
quarter is not counted in this market, as II Is III
Boston.
The prices today per ID will average over l0tc.,
probably lie. First quality, llCd ac.; Medium.
lOIo9llc.; Poorest lCCd lO.c; most OF the sales
lie; but few at less
PRICE OF VEAL CALvEs--Calves are usually sold
ihrouph the wear at to 1c 2 h. live weight, ex-
cept those from one to six days DID, known
s.Kittens which bring 81 p to S3CaS4 each. Iii
Autumn a good many Grass Calves" four to six
months old. sell for seas each 4 good fat Veal
seIIs often as hioh AS s2u(a so
MILK COWE--The price of Cows depands as
much uoon fancy as the mice of horses Ordinary
Cows. s25oa $50: good fair Cows, S3JOl5iO: extra
oua Iitv with calf e45CQs5o
SHEEP AND LAMBS Common Sleep, So
5OCq -; extra Sheep, nonc: Lambs, s3qs7.
SWINE-Westeru Hogs, corn fed large first
ouoIi,v live weIrbt 6l(a;gc sead weu,tt SCGS1c: ::
emn n size do live W. pht. 6soa6Ic: dead weight
SI0aSI. sill fed live weipht 6.Cd65: dead weight
7E0o7Ec. NevYork St.tr small size. priuo for
,,,orko, ro,,iii,T 1.-Two =, airh,. 6lr. toad wp;pht
s. w., III, oil Uocc -ICo-Ir.
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ktMAhhS tf"N bEEf oAl l.
Our report shows The decrease olrece?ts OF Bceves
for the week. in the whole city, upon the week y
average at 522 head, and Il2 Iess than last werk.
The number AT market Today Is about 22ou.
including sa'es Yesterday. 25iS head, which is
go increase on the average, which l,s73 for
each market day last year, and lf5 decrease upon
the number sold last Wednesday and the day pre-
vious
Notwithstanding the droves appear to be notify
in the hands Of brokers or s1Iesmen. they are, with
but few exceptions. in the hands of ow .ers who
have bought them of the feeders drnvers who
brought them 10 market upon speculation, aud by
" ell arranged com inaIIon OF interested parties,
the price to-day has been advanced upon all average
iu j one cent pound over the average OF last
week.
This. we assert, is sci Is speculative price, and
c1nnct be dep nied upon by ouf country friends as
permanent advance indeed. mere Is noIliI Ia
warrant il, The number of Bui'ocks offered is
not greatly less than lisi week, or below tie wan $
OF the city, while the general quality Is very god,
with an ayelage weight 100 POM Is net.
ltis p1ssioi that The same management may
keep up the price mkt week, but II can my longer
we are fIithless- Owners ot b"et cattle dTcrers-
butchers and Spe ;uiato'S VIII please take nolce
that strawberry time is at had. aHi that ahoEe all
9th causes vii. less en- the demand Tor butcher :
r--e reduce -'ss-'f' -f,- f'ri-.e @ m i''rs4z
The sellers 'o-day conveyed the impression To
buyers that the supply was much less tnan IL rea ~
was. and as the number actual IN market or 10 ne
Ii during the day Is Got easily ascertalned before
noon. p ices Were malntlined until that tue, wien
The yards began 10 nave an empty appeara hce thl'
gave late cnmers an impression mat the supply WAS
| really very short.
We noriced however. that butchers bought
sparingiy, being influenced, doubtless, by the ad
vance, and by the cX REM heat OF the Weather. rs
well rs The approachi g fruit season, all OF Which
will lend to re luce their sales.
Anoihe: thing that ms hai is eirct uPoa INC
marker to-day is the small number sold dur ing the
week at Boston being only one-tenth as many as
the week previous. The facts Is, tn at the specula
ting and munOpozin movement d. veloped ltsel
early in the week. so thai drovers sold al wholesale
| higher thon retail last Wednesday, and severa
of the soeculators mot droves as FIR ButiIlC
with tempting offers. Most ot the tr,ves changed
owners at Bergen or Albany. Al the latter pl ac'
the demand was very strong for the Boston marke'
and 6uO went that way.
i We know one individual who bought n drove
few weeks since, in Illinois, to sell here. whi
/ sold out Monday at Albany to go to Boston, a
/ 81 700 advance Unless they sell there at l2c.
pound the buyer will lose money. Another drove
sold at A albany at $50. or full l0c., for Boston
were reso!i at s92 and came here, and will sell al
a profit.
/ John Harris bought to-day Cf E. {. Kelly q
head at $780, which H.. bought here three weeks ag
at Ss5, and took them up to his farm In Putnenl
County at 81 head freight. 1t wi cos the SAM
to return them and keeping and other expense sa.
one dollar more, leaving clear profit OF Sl2 h al
and still giving good cl ance TO the buyer, the
| I,lI ocut The courSe is omen for