Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-05-08


SWlNE-Western Hogs, corn fed, large,
first quality live weight, 53a6c.; dead weight
7sa8c.; small size do, live weight. 6a6Bc.'
dead weight, 7Ia75c.; still fed, live weight,
58a5sc.; dead weight, 7a74c.: New York
State, small size, prime for market retailing
live weight. 64a64c.; dead weight Sa84c.-
Stock Hogs, very light, -47Ic.
REMARKS UPON BEEF-cATTLE.
Our report shows the increase of receipts
OF Beeves, for the week, in the whole city,
upon the weekly average, at Cos head, and
l,64S over last week.
The number at market to-day is 1922
head, which is S44 increase on the average,
which was ! ,S78 for each market day last
year, and ! 23S increase upon the number
sold last Wednesday.
To those VITO understand the way things
work in this market it will be useless 10 say
a word TO show how much prices are de-
pressed, when they see that the number Of
bullocks in the yards today is over 1900
more than it was last week, or nearly double
the number sold that day, and $50 over the
average of the sales last year. The numb
er in the yards one yeaf: ago to-day was l.
27l and the price al (which they sold was
I2aI3c. The previous week 1870 sold at
I0al2c. All through May last year the
prices ranged llal5c. They vii not range
as high this May, and they will range better
in quality. To-day ihere is no: single
yard of mean Cattle, and but very small
proportion of the Whole are below fair
quality for city use. The selling prices we
have quoted just as we did two weeks ago.
except the poorest 4 little lower, but the
opinion of the best brokers is that sales will
not average those of that day by cent a
pound. The number TO dly is 800 more than
this day two weeks, and, though the asking
price is the same, the extreme dullress of
the market and general disposition of buy
ers to underrate the weights viii make the
result to owners what we have stated. The
weather to-day is extremely favorable to a
good market for owners of cattle; it is
cloudy and moderately cool; but the buyers
are not present, or, if they are, they are dis
posed to wait till the approach of evening
may tempt owners to accept whatever gheyI
offer. A good many cattle will probably
remain unsold. a good many owners will
probably wish Their cattle had remained un-
bought. We hear of one heavy failure, that
of Hays & Brock, very large Ohio drovers,
and several others have lost heavily, and in
several instances the feeders of cattle have
to send them forward on their own account
Buyers are getting shy Of the prices asked
by these who make the beef, and we think
it is full time, for they have ruled higher
than the market would justify, and at the
same time the cost OF butchers meat of
good quality is constantly above the poor
mans means. and hence he is driven to eat
scallawag beef and kitten veal. We are
willing that the farmer should be paid well,
but we DO contend that Cxtravagant prices
are not for his interest. Neither dc we un-
derstand the necessity of such prices as have
lately prevailed, while corn is so plenty that
it is now only worth l6c. bushel in the
fields of Central Ohio, where it is still stand
ing in shocks, in the way of blowing for the
crop now planting. Among the droves that
give evidence Of plenty Of corn in the Buck
eye State, is one owned and fed by Z. Vesey
of Franklin County, which they left last
Friday, coming by way OF Buffalo and the
Erie Road, arriving at Bergen this morning
They are estimated by the owner to average
over acwt, and full $500 a head, judging
from the sales already made. This drove
of 80 head are all white Kentucky Durhams
selected by the feeder with great care last
Summer in Bourbon County. S. Sherman,
tie broker who is selling them, thinks they
will not sell for anything over lie. The
objection is that they are too fat, that peace
has depressed tallow, and at this season city
beef eaters prefer leaner meats
SHEEP AND LAMBS-The quality of
stock in general is abominably bad now-a-
days. 1t seems as though the high prices
have started everything that weafs wool
and has strength enough to get here, and
the consequence is that we find one-half the
sheep in market too poor for dog-meat.-
These low-priced sheep are not generally
reported, but an idea may be formed of their
quality when we state that carcasses called
mutton were sold last week at Washington
market at Sc. pound.
MILK COWS-The only motto cable
feature in the COW market is that none but
such as farmers are unwilling to keep at
home are offered for sale in the city. We
have been two months looking for snug
nice family COW, gentle and a fair mixer,
and commissioned broker to buy one al
any reasonable price in the country, and yet
have been unable to procure one to suit in
any respect. Our conclusion is chat good
COWS would sell a any price, but that they
are not sold in this city except at rare in
tervals.
VEALs.-We heard dealer say to-day
that he thought no calves would be sold at
over &c. per h., and that the most that are
not worth mills. He said he had never
seen SO great proportion Of miserable little
kittens in market.
SwINE.-The only noticeable feature this
week in the hog market is an increased de-
mand for stock hogs, at almost fabulous
prices. Seven cents pound is freely of
fered, and we heard of eight being paid fol
small choice lots. There is not much diff
ference between live and dead weight,