New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-04-27
HxniREs ABouT BrrT CATTLE

The total member this week siV bead, cop,rrs With sc
heed weos with 5Oio head a,risrr per week Hs
yesr uud with t2G for the .poudns r-oa
The number sold yesterday and today TIE PrhcP+ MAJ.
ke, 81 head. compare. with JGl bead last week snl With
4o3 head tie avetge I week lest year. aud Nih fS he1d
| 81 EaIkft one yer 40.
THK OPENING OR PRINCIPAL DAY or TIE MARKET.
U0HdaV huril 25.-Thr Beef Cattle market
opened this morning al Fofy fourth IIe, with just about
tie supply la; week though not o. soodH sveIsg'
9gS1a'6 ne sI'es IaISt SPo 'a &c, No.
yaI3 ~ 81 "hch "'Ie -~'o on ana ou' %
the Government have taken about 20 bet the operations u
Mesls. Star Reed quietly conducted that It WA
not generally known thai they were buying to any eIte
and therefore Their chasc did not Influence the naAet
they sometimes have done They estimate tho svcrtge cost
ls tic lat Monday, that is 49, y n upon tho net
weight Of bcoL We estIte the market to ayei--" J1~,
about sd last week. the best stock "ling a, MI good
price, ard not quite as good quality tasi T. at lSGlle 10
net seller sinking ohsl aud medium guilty u and The
81. Of GItass declare that ,hoy have pay higher
lsS; week. and that they have paid l1ic u net Tire
sellers Of lie POOREST stock al declare that the market nt
good may be all owing to the weather which has been
steadily rainy and has tended 70 make tho market look dun
many prtsons have Kept within doors, aud has cered
good deal OF the Trade Into the last end Of tho day There
trouble, though abou. selling IAe stock wen ou' To-
night yet the mafiet may coo without any decline, unoss
peeed reinforcement come. In some hrs Taio IN
aud Iowa dTovo sold Wholesale " lbc n upon
oer the business wts better - AZ cas-. appeared better
THAI did In the foTeEoon sad thoe who had ordinary qusy
tto * held Il little sitter There no difficulty about se
Ing out 1t u prices III the good stock because Ne supply Is
too small for the demand 49,
The above remarks need little modification TO sult the
condition Of things night when there slight panic
among holders q The pootes, tade, q cattle ieans to "a,
them, except their terms The oGeEs FOR some OF ibis
class lower than have heard before In several wreE
that Is, only Hale = 10 A. this few wore nson Tor
grsIng The trade f0 frrJr sorts aud indeed for medium
slow ell dsy and extremely dull night. IL also
found by 0f those who had held their beet stock II
high Ggres tsat they had held II TOO high. Considering t.
small number Of ctic sale TO day and Notwithstanding the
frcsss butchers paid fully much and VA moro
than last weck, must report the general Of the market
table OF quotations which b.,ed upon tho opening days
saIes.
CLOSING DAY SlRKET.
TISffGu -, q llyer lsrd ID
this morning and find ths; good many much more than
usual VI late Of oe sded yesterday still hand and
sellers are Obliged n beg buyers or custom aud the buye
are not plenty nor are they willing 10 pay within half een
pound much yesterday snd believe that the sales Of
to-day viii nearly cent pound lee. than yesterday
count For tsiuy In favor the butch
era For Certainty, also. the supply Of cattle IN fIuIe,
The present high rates will not require TO be large The
consumption o. beef growing less and less people begin 10
realize the excessive cost and they consuming and
more every day Of the beef that butchers NOS
obhsed they have been send It 10 the packing houses
There appy Of other food cheaper than beef whom cattle
sell present quotations Flour not DEAR and potatoes
decidedly good and cheap Pretty the gerdas will begin
then some day with large supply Of cattle and uns7orb
weohsr we shall rot be surprised 10 the biggest break
o0"hi me market that operators for nee Witnessed
BROKERS' SALES OF bULLOCkS.
David H. Benedict, Harrison, Westchester Co., sod pair
OF Iyesr old OIen OF his feeding t35 estimating
tho prcs iI!c ~. lilo was offered l7tc. to weigh.
itaae budonE ~ Illinois due for A. LestoI estimated
10 sverige c~t at liUl6c Mr Budong sold for the
saDe ewn last week, Of the kad Of cattle not GOOD