Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-11-13
New York Cattle Market
CURRENT PRICES FOE THIS WEEK.

"WEDNESDAY, Nov 5, 1856,
WEEKLY REPORT of receipts and selling price:
OF BEEVES. MILK COWS. VEAL CALVES
SHf EP and LAM S, AMI SWINE: with care.
fully prepared account nf the number gu" hty
and price OF bEEF CATTLE, ri the grea
"Wednesday market at Washington Drove wards
4i'h-sr. Prepared every week. expressly for the
New York Tribune. by Scion Robinson.
BEEvEs- I hese are sold by the head at n price
equal to the value per,.pound of the estimated weight
of Beef in the quarters The hide tallov, or fifth
quarter, is counted in this market. as II Is in
Boston --.-.
The prices TO-DAY per lb will average over She
First quality, lOc; Extra l0tc; Medium. &c : Poor
est .eC0Sfc But few sales over Ice, or under &c
PRICE oF VEAL. CALvIs--Caves are usually sold
through the wear at 10 &c. p H. live weight. ex-
fpt those from one 10 six DAYS Old. known as
Kittens which bring l.25 10 s2CdSi each. In
Autumn good manv' Grass Calves" four 10 six
months old. sell for s2Ca7 each. good tat Veal
SELL often ~ nigh ~ S2ACdS30.
MILK COWS--The price Of Cows depends as
much upon lanry rs the D'ice of horses Ordinary
Cows s2=Oas3O: go d fair Cows, S356S40; extra
qua Iity. with call. sl=0s50.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Common Sheep. and
Lambs. average s2aSa: extra She"p. S1C0SS.
REMAKKs UPON B IF CATTLE -OUr report shows
the decrease OF receipts o: Beeves for the week in
the whole ciIy. upon the weekly average, at l3i
head, and 100 less an last week
The number at market to-day is 6T6 head.
which is 192 incrensf on the average, which " s
SIS for each market day last year, ,662 decrease
upon the number sold lasI Wedn' sday
With ever O00head less of bnllocks in market
today ihnn were here last week, il was hut notu-
raj ihot owners and statesmen should anticipate an
advance OF price. ana cons Quenly they put II on,
and II the morni G sales were mnde NJ about tc.
higher sb Than the same qun'ity sold tor a week
ago; but this as mostly NJ o. n Class heel, 10
tomtrs that must have cliile. ani will buy the
best nj whaiev-r may be the market p'lca And
this class nf buyers came early and IS this clHss
of beeves were not equal 10 the demand they
were ,akon early at prices equivalent ~ full ;0c.
fnr The the beef. Hri ruro ~ery "ioir'- once at
lt4C9 .Ofc: AM lew real extra gond at SUI higher
figures. To those who know this market best II
was evident enough before noon that prices OF me-
dunn grades had been pitched too high. The stock
did not SELL and for very gooi reason: there were
but very few buyers in the yards, and those that
were there shook their heads at the price and
wa lked off, Many suspected that the reason so
few buyers came in was because il was the day af-
Ter election, and waited patiently ill noon. Noon
came, and not one fourth Of ihe stock sold -
Atone O'Clock the company adjourned for dinner.
and then began TO compare notes and conclude TO
reduce prices.
Still was har work to effect sales &ganerally we
think the prices OF the afternoon were halt cent
below the forenoon; and still. from appearances
era hundred would remain over unsIid.
The weather was all that could be desired tor n
November market-clear dry and coo lenourh for
stout ovcrcoa;s. But the difficulty was, the civ
has been oversinrkel wi h ha"' md the wholesale
men have heen selling il AT 1CG7lr. ph for hind
quarters. and 5iOa6c. ior-qu7rler. 1T which they
lost SO much mon they We're not disposed TO re-
peat the opera hon.
The sales this week at Bmff,lo AMI Albany. Tor
Ro nd Iprr
head al Buffalo an $50 at Albany. Prices did
not warrant buy r Tor this n;; rk II competing. and
mos af the sio k to-day l. in dFovers hands: and
some u them, contrary 10 flni- hr 'kers' advice
ted their stock strong that itwou'd not sell al
morning prices.
One rentleman from Kentucky held one ot lis
druv,s out o. mar et all tie 10 eTnon. expecting
the price 10 advance for that cllss-a very fine ="
ia: Du ham S'e,rs. Our opinion Is they wou'd
have sold in The morning s. head more ;hnu
in the evening. 'ih.re has neen large increase
cE numbers from Kentucky and lntiana lately. oc-
cr~ion,d by the frcuih and nigh price ~ corn and
scarcity of feed O. win;eTIng cattle. The most ~
the stu, from Indiana is net such as Il great ict
Stale should te proud ~ send Iu market. There i:
no good reason WY thar State s. uud net -aise Y:
good cattle as kenluck. Probably tie best drove
oi Seeves. tar irIu"ss and cXceilaut quinti,y
is concerned. was brought from rnnam aud Dur
chess Counties 10y t.h Kelley: part ui Them fettp,
upon his farm. and parl 10y Iii neig' ho,s; ''ar
ct them natives. and prrr Of Them bought in these
yf1s las SpIinC. and taken up there 10 make f..
% the butchers ara Money Ior the feeders. ,;ix o
'his tot had been previously sold TO ,,s-"ald q
brock " 10 be- weighed at ilc. The owner eSri
MA ed them 1T 1t c"t. \ lnt D II sold t. Georg
laws At $50 h. says at lOtc. 4 lot OF 10 extra
ordinary handsome tat steers 10 VIM. Moore a
Se3. we average at s cwt. Others sold III Zoe -
Culver of Culver Ifurd ,a ca i selling nj l1c
lot ot lat putrhess county oxen that viii dress L
cwt. each. MYERS s iiufman are irving 10 81 81
head OF common stock Indiana cattle for Patterson
d NcCiurr, from the vicinity OF Lafayette AT al
average OF Sic.
Mr.. Tiurd has an0'her drove OF Indiana stock
ownrd by Ca dwell & Co. srme OF which are ver
light, thin steers, and will ro' probably arerag
over &C. upon the weights OF the owners estimate
NJ Il. & Co sold SU head at BerGen This wsel
tr I. Williams. lhio common stock A. SCa9c--
. The sales theIe wer, v,ry lrghi since last mar
day.
Henry flust sold 60 Kentucky Durhams on hi
own account at eColCc. mostly before noon.
Iheo. Whee Ter SO id our The bHlk Of a drove q
66 eiore noon for g. B. Richardson. medium
quality KENTUCKY DGrhams al an avera ge of Glr
p sold 10 VIM. Cornell at S17---9ac sellers. lOc
buyer.
Charles G. Teed is selling a very good drove 70
Harris, Illinois stock. pretty dula l0c
s Sherman has so steers and q drv cows from
NHIHnrldHC, lEuldUd lhSl I9tliludt "tth bV NctJOI
lem & Co. The steers are estimated 10 average
cwt., and some OF them are pretty good, but the
will not average l0C.
Captain Vail sold Isaac Anderson 9picked steer
at l0c. and heiiers at lC!c.. TO he weighed O
Kentucky Durhams, average al Scwt.
John A. Meredith has ll2, Virginia stock, own
ed by Stewart McClurg, that came on foot, wh icl
will average 7s cwt and perhaps SIS, whicl
would have sold for over $50 if they had come b.
railroad.
Thomas White & Son have go head owned b,
Cardwell & Co.. from Wayne County, Ind. las
Saturday week which Mr.. White thinks are sci
ling al half n cent better than last week for SAM
quality This was all fore noon Opin ion, however
The owner gives the price OF corn-35a4G cents
bushels the reason why so many small, badly
fed cattle are leaving III part of The State.
Mead & Holconlb have a drove of E. W
Gwynne's cattle. tair quality Of common Chi,
sto' k, average 6! cwt that will average about &c
The price Of cars from Cincinnati TO Buffalo hn
lately l.een advanced .rm SS5 10 e99. II ia uroha
BILE that other roads will follow snit There is ;
fair prospect of fill supply of beever next week
SHEEP AND LAMBS "A stormy, uncomfor
table day on Monday. and election day on Tues
day. rather inrerlered with business in shee;
market tIis week Fortunately, il also ken
back snme that otherwise would have nrriv
I'd and allowed the stock left over on Saturday tc
worked off. Several droves came in this morning
at Bruwnngs while we were present. So thai there
seemed TO be quite enoush for The demand. whic!
was not very acIive. TIE state OF the market tn,
past W, elk may by Judged by the
SHEEP BROKERS sALEs.
At Browning's Samuel McGraw sold 7?7 com
pri-ing rine droves, Tor S,,990 so making an ave
rage Of 81 09vhead raj gimg from So 25 to s..
McCariy's sa'es ct LOIS do not very MATERIAL,
from TIE above.
MILK COWS--The is considerable complain
among ulI, Cow merchants that trade is ,iu l. an
| from what we can sec. inclined to thin
that prices are not as good as they were tw
| weeks ago.
| SWlNE--Some OF the DAYS Of the past wee
| have been very M favorable Tor ih- hug-drovers
| The warm, damp weuth, had a teniencv t, s,o
killing except for immediate use. and only d sn,a
;,crrlun oi iIi W. ST, rn Hgs#re -uinb'e tor mirk.
| rernililng. Plices have given way lar ti,at 20
have hern sold cn'i>i ,iahe below the quotation
o lasl week aud the market Tor to-day NAV be 81
down a very much Gepre-s,d. rnr"ugh the weah
Is lar more iav.ranle. AT 9rcInck in the evenir
| /. is quite clear. which, if nnythng can. will IN