The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-08-16

OPENING DAT OF TH4 ~ HAIKU
Monday, Aug. 1.-THE market opsas CHS
abont 1000 head II bullocks on sale, composed
almost entirely ct three, TO Eve years old sWes-
tsru corn-fed stsers, ofgood fair quality some
of them good enough for any city butcher, and
!, the best. are selling at nothing over 8 cents .
spound for the net~eight Of beef, and no drove
On sale viii average cent? net while some Very
flair ones brought hardly Z eentats On the svsrage
~ we'll upen III the grades az quality ranging
sfrom 70 ! cents with . very email proportion.
g. the price 10 lover than it We his day week.
Indeed. taking the price and quality into account
isbsllocks are ealing lower this day than st. any
cine we can cslito mind In ten ysass. The hard
/, state Of the market and the. OYER supply was
y developed very early in she day and the brokers
pushed sales ssEfast - poedblsss % that the
business had rather i lively look during the
morning houre, but as the severe hot weather
increased toward q Don the trade decreased to .
!, state of great dizziness, and the large wholesale
butchers conld not be induced to- talk about
prices to exceed 7c, ret, and many of them said
they meant 10 stand OF for So. - Yet, with these
prices and prospects, those who have cattle
!, bought on speculation u iAlbanyado not CON-
plain a. much a. they have done when prices
ranged cent pound higher. = OF course they
bought their stock very low; they are certainly
IRE cLosr on rHr xARKrr
Tuesday, August l2,-The prospect Of fsvo.
Gle. close Of the market IL better this morning
than was expected yesterday. Many Of the
owners and salesmen yesterday anticipating .
> lard time today, pushed sales vigorously, and
very large number of bnllocks were sold just
oefore the fading light numbed business, This
iefs such small number on sale today that
taey were held With confidence at the full rates
OF the opening, and buyers say higher than sun
gown Yesterday The weather today ID more
favorable, and the price has now run 90 low that
/ sae consumption will DO very largely increased
tneFe are great many people in this city who
Guy cheap beet, Who never indulge in it when
! very dear. AZ present prices too butchers are
not afraid Of surplus, because they can turn
all the plates and nayels ct the packing
houses.
will the price 60 still lower l"2 ThiS oues-
ton is very: anxiously asked: Who can answer,
We cannot, Int will give an opinion, that With
= continual receipt of 1000 bead and inward
per week Of such heavy bullocks that il heavv
ior August, the price will run lower We do
not anticipate seeing first rats1 bullocks sell
higher than &c. D, h net, till cold weather.
cold enough for the great Western packing
houses TO open and then We do anticipate q
rise; beeause the class Of ordinary packing cat
vel not abundant at the West, nor 10 . class
suitable for Winter feeding. A great many
.aousandof these classes have been taken for
tae Western army, and there. will be great
demand for cattle to eat and the biggest corn
crop ever grown in Illinois This will check
tas now OF grass.fedscattle from the West, and
give tne grazisrs OF this and other States chan.
W" pas IN their store before the great mass Of