The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-07-26
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET
oPEHINa DAY OF THE MARKET.

Monday, July 21.-The market for beef cattle
opened this morning unfavorably for drovers.-
The supply was not large enough to depress
prices-said to be not exceeding $500 head
but it soon became generally known that there
was q train of 80 odd cars on the Harlem road,
and another on the Hudson road, yet to come,
beside several lots over the river-in all, it was
said, enough to make up $500 head for to-day
and to morrow, not counting over 200 head sold
on Saturday and Sunday at Bergen ard Wee.
hawken. 1t is worthy OF note that the Sunday
trade was not by the Jews, but by some nominal
Christians whose acts would put to shame all
the meanest Jews in Christendom. Their man
ifest anxiety to sell on sundayssud forestall the
market here to-day, opened the eyes of
butchers, so that they began to inquire
morning as high as last Monday by half cent
a pound, and the. drovers had to concede that
much, either in price per pound or in the est.
nation Of weights. About noon some of the
delayed droves began to come in, and that had
still further depressing effect upon the market,
so that business dragged all day-all the know
ing ones trying hard to force sales, 80 that We
have no doubt butchers have generally made
their purchases at $3@s4 head better than
this day week, and the prospect, a. the day
draws toward close, is that the second day will
be still harder for drovers. The general average
quality of bullocks on sale is that of good fair
Western steers, corn-fed last winter, aud we'll
grazed this summer. There are not a. many
first class bullocks as last week, and but few
mean ones, and the great bulk will cell at rates
equivalent to 7}@sc. pound foe the net weight
of meat, seller sinking offal. Some Of the droves
that arrived late have been offered at very low
prices, and others have been turned out without
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is cloudy, and cool enough for wooden coats-
This is favorable for the market; the trouble is,
it is overstocked.
CLOSE OF THE HARK1r. go w2
Tuesday, July 22.-This will prove the hard.
est closing day this season. All the knowing
ones hurried off their cattle yesterday morning
as fast q possible, and realized very fair prices
for this season, and An average Of IS . head
more than the same stock could be sold ct this
morning. In some cases bullocks are bought
morning, and at this it Ii impossible to sell all
that have been yarded. Beside the late arrivals
yesterday, No have some more this morning,
| making up total for these yards of {, 149 head,
which IL 1888 more than last week. This sur.
plus would be enough to supply any other city
on the Continent fora week, and yet it could al
be taken up here if owners would accept
butchers offers, which would be less than 10.
per ID. net Some Of the butchers who bought
yesterday are very much dissatisfied to-day, and
charge that there was systematic deception
practiced a 70 the number in market and to ar.
rive. It does appear q though the number must
have been 500 head more than was at any time
reported. The only remedy for this sort of de-.
| ception, uncertainty and variation Of prices
from day to day, is municipal regulation Of
the market, which should require al the bullocks
to be entered before given hour in the morn
ing, and that the number should be posted, and
| that the market should not be opened in advance
of the hour. Stock arriving after that hour
should:bs entered for next day. In this way
buyers and sellers could know how to regulate
their business 90 % to avoid the present very
uncertain state of things which is more like 8
game Of chance than like any legitimate bust
ness. 1t is "guessed" to-day, though nobody
knows, that there will be 400 or 900 head left
over unsold, and that there are - many more
"Ling round loose" within easy reach Of the
city. There are enough 70 make it sure that the
market next week viii not be rising one.