The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-06-28


favor of the city butchers. The new Govern.
ment contract has been taken at 81, "a per cwt
hve weight, for good bullocks. The Live Hog
MARKET Is better for shippers, and the Sheer
market worse than . week ago.
NEW YORK CATTLE MARKET,
OPENING OF THE MARKET.
MONDAY, June 23-There are about $500
neao Oh ouiiocks on sale to-day in Forty fourth
street yards, and the state of the market is not
Is favorable tor drovers as it was this day week;
tue seiing rates will be quoted about the same.
put butchers will, as general thing, get better
We'sot and quality for the same price paid a
week ago The range of prices is 7t@S4 cents
pouna tor the net weight of meat, seller sink
ing ofal, and little higher for very few bull.
locks OF extra quality, but very large portion
OF the stock will sell at about an even rate of 8
cents pound-the quality being very even, and
such Is We rate good fair Illinois steers, which
we've iull corn fed last winter, and have been
corn-ted and grazed this spring and summer, and
are generally three or four years old, weighing
from ot to 81 cwt. each. About one in ten Of
the cattle brokers think the. marke. this week as
good as the last, and few rather better. Per-
maps two-tenths think it decidedly worse and
srehurryinsto get rid of their stock IS best they
can today. A few think the market will be
oestef tomorrow; some say they can see no diff
ference between this week and last, except that
traoe Is slower, and another portion do not ap.
pear to have any opinion of their own. We have
already gwen ours, that the market is not as
good for drovers, and this, we think, will be
proved by the sales of the closing day, as we
near that there will be some additions to the
stock already reported, which at these yards
numbers S,755, counting in some lots received
FRIDAY and Saturday. There were also sold on
the other side of the Hudson, Saturday, 1871
head; and 100 head arrived mostly Sunday
morning, for the butchers, which were detained
oy the police till late Sunday evening, not reach
ing the slaughter-houses in time for the usual
Sunday slaughter. These, with the expected ar.
rivals tomorrow, will make up weekly receipt
about as large as last week, go that it will be
surprising to see the market close as we'll, when
we consider how full the city is of strawberries
and fresh garden vegetables. 1t has been antici.
pated that, when the heavy run of dstillery fed
bullocks slackened, there would be marked
advance. That anticipation has not been real
lied this week. Neither has the point been
reached that Justihes drovers in paying Sic p ib
gross weight, for average lots of steers in Illinois
Perhaps it will be, but we don't see it. The
weather is favorable for business, but too cool
for growing crops. A large portion of the stock
will be sold tonight.
TIE CLOSING DAY
TUEsDAY, June 24.-The morning opens rainy
and customers are slow in coming into market,
SO that the business of the first part of the day
appears dull, but as the number of fresh bullock
is not as large as anticipated, the whole will be
sold without any decline upon yesterdays quo
tations, and at the same figures Of last week,
hsSn IN ~S 10
that they get better stock at the same rates this
week than last. Indeed the average quality of
the stock on sale is remarkably good for the
season.
The number of dstiery fed cattle is less this
week than it has been several previous ones, and
grass fed steers have not yet began to arrive,
except such as were corn fed last winter, and
intended for market after grazing few weeks
in n ~ and June. There is no occasion to COM
plain of quality, though butchers do Of lack
of rough tsllow, and that these partially grass
fed steers do not weigh according to appear.
ances, as we'll as they did before grass, and that
they are therefore constantly deceived in esti-
mating weights. They will not be so this week,
Judging from the general disposition to under
estimate. There appears to be general antici.
patton on the part Of drove:s and brokers that
the supply will be lighter next week, and if so
prices Will ADVANCE.
TIE NEW GOVERNMENT CONTRACT
Was let yesterday, agreeably to advertisement,
which specifies that the bulocks mist all be
frst class, free from tlenish. about l3s cws,
average, none less than IL II cwt, and none
over lSi cwt., aud the number to be deli. cred
just what the demand may be on two days no.
tice. The contract was taken at 81 "a, by Hen
~ Westheimer, one of the Jews " engaged in
buying and selling bullocks in .his market for
some years. 1t appears there was ono bid at
81 70, by some one from Auburn, G. w. ConRer
bid "a SO, A. N. Alerton a 80, JOS II. Viii.
liams "a ss-all cattle brokers, and pretty
sharp ones, who do not regret not having their
bids accepted. But Henry says he is all right
that he has an arrangement With some one at
the West to put IN 100 head a week at the price,
and allow him a commission, and that he will
accept more, if needed, from other parties, on
the same terms, making it a sort of general
partnership business, barely reserving to himself
a commission. We hope he may get it, and that
all the other partners will get profit, and that
no bullocks will be offered that are not fully az
good as those furnished by Messrs Starr l.
Reed.
A report in the yards to-day in regard to this
contract states an impossible thing, to say moth
ing Of its improbabity; 1t is that Geo. Starr,
who ia to inspect and receive the bullocks on
account of the Government, is partner in the
contract. We don't believe that the good repu.
:ation of George Starr can be bought 40 cheap
as this. We do believe that our soldiers will
still get good beef cattle, and that Government
will get them at a very low rate-that is, not
much over Sc u ID for the meat.
New York, June 25.
FL0UR-Reoeipts 2S,7Sl bbls. Market ten cents
better Sales bbis at 81 254 40 for super sste
81 6047 20 extra state 81 40 super WESTERN - 80
o. gu common to medium extra WESTERN IS 0505 Is
common to good shipping brands extra 10.
WHEAT-Receipts 03, S55 bush. Market unsettled aad
&c higher Sales 80 900 bush 96$l o6 Chicago spring.
81 00D1 0S NIL club; 81 99@1 10 amber Iowa. 81 1901
10 winter red western; 81 20O1 81 amber Mich.
RYE-quiet and firm.
BARLEY-nominal.
CORN-Recepts sO,O1s bush. Market &c higher
Sales 80 600 bush at Q53 old mixed western sound
041 unsound.
OATs-Martet steady. Sales at 4S@45e Canadian,
Western and state.
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