The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-06-13
Rev York Cattle Market

OPENING DAY or THR MARKET.
MONDAY, June S:-Ihe market opened this
| numbering about4, 0OOhead beside several droves
OF stale stock, which will not bring as much to-
gay as when tbey were driven out of market
class bullocks, which are not plenty, while it is
decidedly worse FOR all but the best and full hall
cent pound net lower, for all the inferior
Az O'Clock the number on hand unsold is grea-
yer than we have seen for q long time, showing a
market Is a bad market A few choice bulIocks
have sold to-day at l2c p D., upon nett weight OF
peel seller sinking oftal, but the great bulk OF
nrst Class sell at ll@Il1c, and some good 7-cwt.,
nett illinois Steers have sold on the scales at lie
upon 60 b net q cwt. of live weight; and an
unusuai number have been weighed, showing
tnaI tne butchers are making a clese fight with
all the spectators, and are determined to keep
down the price. 1t looks now as though they
not erect u this week, We do not see how they
can hereafter. The weather to-day is much in
Iavor OF droVeTs, being cool enough for stout
winter garments, and dry and windy-such at
mosphere as encourages butchers to buy freely.
II also keeps back the strawberry season during
winch less beef will be required for city con-
only about 100 head to-day for the army, and as
hrst class shipping cattle are scarce, they had to
pay equa TO liail14c 1, 70 net. The shipping of
Duiiocks 10 foreign ports is now prohibited rs a
military necessity. This will save good many
cattle 10 our own men, and decrease the rations
of fresh beet among blockade runners The COM
plete report OF the market, made Ilp on Tuesday.
will show how dependent we are upon Illinois
Tor beet The amount from that State every
includes a good many that should be credited to
Missouri. Iowa, Wisconsin, &c. Some from these
States are brought into Illinois and fed there
I'll they gain residence Others are brought to
Chicago. and buyers from here do not know
whether they really belong to Illinois or other
States. We do our best to ascertain and credit
each State. There is one drove in market, late
~ bought in Missouri by parties from here, and
brought through direct. They say that good cat
tie are scare in that State and must be for years
the farmers have been ruined. That first class
cattle are not plenty in the West, we believe
BY at about present rates. Medium and third
class cattle are not scarce and the strongest in
dications are in favor of a decline. The number
Is very great, and the cool weather is full half q
cent pound net in their favor 1t has favored
all the drovers, s. to SIS per head, but distillers
more than corn-fed, because they are more affec-
ted by hot weather; and when it is very warm
some butchers do not like to touch them, and
they are never taken by shippers. Owners do
badly.
THE CLOSE OF THE MARKET.
TUESDAY, June 9-After o'clock, yesterday
there was a remarkable change in the trade,
which had been dull for some hours though the
statesmen had endeavored to finish up, evidently
fearing the close of the market. 1t had moved
lively in the forenoon, because the brokers had
made up their minds that necessity demanded
concessions TO buyers, more in quality and esti-
mate Of weight, however, than In price p b. 1t
was this that caused so many bullocks to be
weighed. During the slack in the trade the dro-
vers prospects looked gloomy, and a few cattle
were sent out of market, and owners of others
began to fear that they should not be able to eff
feet sales, except at a ruinous loss. Towards
ming, the tide turned, and we never saw cattle
sell faster. Nearly all were sold, and two or
three fresh lots this morning, therefore, find as
good q market as yesterday, and ordinary sorts
may be said 10 sell best towards the close. We
only reduce the average quotations very slight
ly, yet, we think, butchers got their stock sever
al dollars head cheaper than last week, owing
ting lower estimates of weight from statesmen.
In conclusion we may say that the mark ct closed
firm, and all the bullocSs sold, leaving clear
field for next week.