Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-04-20
BEEF CATTLE.

Number reported for this market ut Forty. fourth
street, 1881. a-71 s-. 4Hl ~
p, The prices to-day are quoted as follows;
First Quality ...seeH Ordinary. =. "6h@D7
The general average OF the market at re
Ihe most OF the sales range from 7GgSc.
Ihe total number Of Beeyes received In the city this
week, 4,5IS, ta4t.. .t.. y e7 n
more than the average Of year. The average number
at each Wednesday market last year head while
me number to-day being s3 shows $40 head morehan
the average and 2Si head more than this day week 1
THE CLOSE OF TIE MARKET. 20
Wednesday, April lG.-The state OF the weather this
morning Is still more unpropious than yesterday and
makes the drovers feel that they are doomed to endure
the hardest market, from beginning to end, that they
have seen in ten years. The rain storm Of Yesterday
continued till morning, and then turned to a furious
sleet and snow storm, and II almost impossible 10
feed the cattle astnght and MANY of them have been
used TO Shelters they suffer badly and Ioo; To tbe
would In bright fine day, afera calm nights rest and
plenty OF food. As general thing. il is our opinion
that butchers have got their stock this week cheaper ac
cordpg to its value, than at any time within the last ten
years we have never seen the full good
lat bulocksas 1t was yesterday Out OF 1000 he ii
would have been difficult to pick 100 right buocks
and as for lot OF real scaawags there not such
thing In the market. some OF the Western bulOcks,
particularly atted work oxen are IN and of nanr
ally coarse breed of stock but generally loaded with
TAT and II Is avery rare thing to hear butcher complain
ing about cattle dying bad" The truth is as general
rule, all this Spring they have overrun the estimated
weights in some instances that we know Of more than
hundred pounds head and very often fifty. There s
no mistake about his fact that heeves have never aver
aged as great per cent Of beef to the live weight they
do THIS Spring, Since we have been familiar with the
rade' is equally true that this per cenage is much
more to the profit Of the butcher than it Is to the
farmer or drover. There s but one circumstance in
the prospective at all encouraging to any advance of
prices in this market-thatis is demand on the part of
Government for beef, either fresh salt consider
able extent 10 feed the gathering army Of 7j GOO men,
For the use off the city and surrounding country depend
ent upon this marke, the supply is great for the
consumption and If 1t continues large prices must 20
wer They would have gone lower to- day, but, fortu
nately, the storm ceaed about noon ana the market
place took more live ~ appearance and gave courage
to the brokers to hold little sitter prices than they did
early ia the morning. Some country buyers also came
in, and the appearance of train of Harlem cars loading
cattle to 80 up the road had Somewh favorable effect
that the sales to-day have not been lower tha yeSter
day, anticipated last evening. Really, we think
the sales have been generally better for owne.s. The
weather having cleared of the cattle look better and sell
for that account and will be all sold before
night,