1870.J 
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Commercial Matters— Market Prices. 
The following condensed, comprehensive tables, care- 
fully prepared specially for the Amei'ican Agriculturist, 
show at a glance the transactions for the month ending 
Jan. 14, 1S70, and for the corresponding month last year ; 
also for the year ending Dec. 31. 
1. TRANSACTIONS AT THE HEW YORK 3IAREETS. 
Receipts. Flour. Wieat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
8-1 days <7ii.1 m'th.247,500 185,000 141,000 178,000 237,000 
24 days;<ls«m'tli.519,000 3,173,000 729,000 56,5001,558,000 2,147,000 
Sales. Flour. Wieat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
24 days«kism'tli314,O00 1.756,000 995,000 32,000 133,000 7GS.O0O 
24daystaslm'th.336,000 3,018,0001,009,000 47,000 703,000 1,656,500 
2. Comparison with same period at this time last year. 
Receipts. Flour. Wieat. Corn. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
24davslS70 247,500 185,000 141,000 178.000 237,000 
20 days 1809 179,000 324,000 373,500 3,900 27,000 36,000 
Sales. Flour. Wieat. Com. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
24dayslS70 214,000 1,756,000 095,000 32,000 133,000 768.000 
20 days 1809 241,000 1,052,500 1,497,000 163,000 1S5.000 910,000 
3. Exports from New Tori, Jan. 1 to Dec. 31: 
Flour. Wieat. Com. Rye. Barley. Oats. 
1S69 1,582,211 18,240,5SG 1,637,586142,542 40,393 
186S 1,020,522 5,775,109 6,002,825 153,093 94,310 
4. Exports from New York, Jan. 1 to Jan. 14: 
Flour, Wheat, Corn, Rye. Barley, Oats. 
1870 61,497 419,228 10,646 880 
1869 36,914 131,992 214,250 7,300 
— 1,074 
.29,860 59,070 300,987 
5. 
1869. 
Jan. 12 
Dec. 11 
Stock of gr 
Wheat, 
bush. 
....4,423,028 
....3,S1U.562 
Nov. 10 1,610,030 
Oct. 11 978,27! 
Sept. 6 745,121 
An;. 9 634.202 
July 10 531,057 
June 7 637,877 
May 11 1.056.0 IS 
Apr. 10 1,684,633 
March 12 1,990.416 
Feb. 10 2,70s,00'J 
Jan. 13 3,524,172 
1868. 
Dec. 14 3,475,541 
ain in store at New 
Com, 
bush. 
591,903 
833,909 
6113.085 31,700 
445,008 34,467 
127,736 56,0.81 
253.155 75,797 
328.613 71.41S 
385.241 107,546 
394.156 107,502 
1,080,769 165,005 
1,301,167 211,880 
1. 107.616 225.181 
Rye, Barley, 
bush. bush. 
33,2S9 34,900 
59,043 285,906 
" 31.5S4 
5,948 
801 
2,965 
333 
17.684 
48.281 
81,616 
91,331 
1,509,233 203,260 54,740 
York : 
Oats, 
bush. 
1,310,935 
1,3S6,594 
2S1.5S1 
120,950 
183,920 
50,219 
259.985 
555.993 
613.166 
1,178,740 
2,000,457 
2,390,529 
2,S64,354 
Malt. 
bush. 
85,405 
77,097 
00,782 
67,094 
131.870 
11)5,158 
97,177 
109,746 
77,677 
66.661 
511,095 
58.081 
230,001 
2,005,819 2S7 101 312,921 3,044,591 99,520 
G. 
186S.. 
1807.. 
1806. 
1S05. , 
1801. 
1S63. . 
Heceipts Of Breadetuffs in New TorTe In cooli. of 
the last seven years : 
Flour- W?ieat. Com. Rye. Barley. 
..3,535,716 23.S13.652 11,666,7S4 357,803 3,007,958 
..2,360,726 12,988,147 19,053,615 778,351 2,S53,043 
..2,602,892 9,640,131 14,979,277 705,376 2,669,724 
.2,720,835 5,729,1112 22,180.532 1,314,943 5,695,485 
..3,62.8,526 8,768.920 15.935,2:7 890,679 3,239,054 
..3,967.717 13,453,136 7,164.895 491,915 2,544,891 
.4,574,059 19,937,856 14,234,599 439,567 2,143,485 
Oats. 
8.747,322 
10,221,590 
8,030,S07 
8,811,064 
9,851.955 
12,952,233 
11,076,035 
Current Wholesale Prices. 
Price op Gold 
Flour— Super to Extra State 
Super to Extra Southern 
Extra Western 
Extra Genesee 
Superfine Western 
Rye Flour 
Corn" Meal 
Wheat— All kinds of White. 
All kinds of Red and Amber. 
Corn— Yellow 
Mixed 
Oats— Western 
State 
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Barley 
Hat— Hale 39 100 D> 
Straw, 33 100 B 
Cotton— Middlings, 3fl it.... 
Hops— Crop of 1869, 3? lb 
Features —Live Geese. ^ It>. 
Seed— Clover, ti* lb 
Timothy, 33 bushel 
Flax, 30 bushel 
Sugar — Brown, 30 lb 
Molasses, Cuba, 30 gal 
Coffee— Rio,(Gold, in bond) 
Tobacco. Kentucky, &c„ 111b. 
Seed Lear. 39 lb 
Wool— Domestic Fleece, $1 lb. 
Domestic, pulled, 30 Tb 
California, unwashed 
Tallow, 33 lb 
()ii.-Cake— p ton 
Pork— Miss, 39 barrel.... 
Prime, W barrel 
Beef— Plain mess 
Lakh, ill trcs. & barrels, 39 lb. 
Butter —Western, 39 lb 
State, 39 lb 
Cheese 
Beans— 39 bushel 
Peas— Canada, in bond, 39 bu. 
Eggs— Fresh. V dosScn ...... 
Poultry — fowls & Chickens 
Turkeys, 391b 
Geese,"?! Pair .. 
Potatoes, New— ,1 bbl 
Apples— 10 barrel. 
Swket Potatoes, V bbl 
Tfrnips-P bbl 
<' AHHAGKS— V 100 
1)N- ions— "fl bbl. 
Cka\hf.ki:i ES— 7° bbl 
Broom-corn— P lb 
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Gold has been unsettled and lower, having fallen to 
110'.;, but it subsequently rallied to 123^4, aud closed at 
131^ Breadstuff have been offered freely, and have 
been depressed iu price, on a moderate trade. At the 
close, holders of Flour, Wheat, Oats, and Barley, mani- 
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supplies available, and prices closed in favor of pur- 
chasers.... Provisions have been in better supply, and 
hog products have been much cheaper. The demand has 
been somewhat brisker, at the reduced figures Cotton 
has been less active, and irregular "Wool has been 
slow of sale, and weak in price There has been much 
less movement in Hay, Flops, Seeds, and Tobacco, which 
have been held with comparative firmness "We give 
monthly and annual statistics of the breadstuff trade of 
this port, carefully made up, from our own records. 
New York liive-Stock Markets.— 
week ending. Beeves. Cows. Calces. Sheep. Swirie. Tot'l. 
Dec 20th 5,821 126 640 27,925 12,763 47,275 
do. 2Sth 5,569 124 483 20,832 11,610 38,868 
Jan 4th 4,788 93 370 20,100 8,725 81,076 
do. 11th 7,078 123 582 37,487 10,552 55,827 
Tolalin 4 Weeks.... 23,256 471 2,075 100.394 43,650 170.046 
do. forprev.5Weeksi9,5SS 564 5,077 169,145 81,708 2S6.092 
Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Week 5.S14 118 519 26,59s 10,912 
do. do. last Month 5,918 113 1,015 33,829 16,341 
do. do. prev's Month.... I'M 115 2,020 43,054 20,741 
Average per WeekASW. 6,275 -92 1,752 28,836 15.34S 
do. do. do. 186S. 5,733 105 1,5S3 27.182 1S.809 
do. do. do. 1867. 5,514 64 1,320 22,154 20,605 
do. do. do. 1866. 5,748 94 1,200 20,000 18,000 
do. do. do. 1S65. 5,255 118 1,500 10,091 11,023 
Total in 1369 320.2S0 4.S27 91.0S3 1,499,509 798,199 
Total in 1S6S 298,123 5.106 32.5711,413,479 97S.061 
Total in 1S67 293,832 3,369 69,9111,174,154 1,102,643 
Total in 1866 29S.8S0 4.8S5 62.420 1,040,000 672,000 
Total in 1S65 270,271 6,161 77,991 830.73; 575.190 
Total In 1864 267,609 7,603 75,621 782,162 660,27? 
In summing np the yearly supply of stock coming to 
the New York market for the year ending Dec. 31st, 1S69, 
we find a large increase in some departments over the 
receipts given for former years, while in others the sup- 
ply has not quite equaled that of last year. In the num- 
ber of beeves there is an increase of 2S,152 over the total 
for 1S6S, making the weekly average 6,275, or 542 more 
than the weekly average for 1SGS. The largest increase 
is among sheep, where the sum total exceeds that of last 
year by over 86,000. These figures are a pleasing feature 
to all interested in the growth of New York City. The 
markets have been much enlarged, improved, and they 
are undoubtedly at present second to none in comfort 
aud regularity, care and attention given to the stock, or 
iu the general courtesy to both buyer and seller 
Beef Cattle.— The weather, since our last report, has 
not boon favorable for the beef trade. There have been 
several rains, followed by close, unseasonably warm 
days, which depressed the price somewhat. We quote 
some high figures, but they are only for fancy " Holiday 
Beef; 11 the prices of fair to medium grades change but 
little. The market has not been active since the new 
year began, but the yards are pretty well cleaned out 
each day. Butchers will not look at any animal that is 
not fat, and the price paid for such, over poor ones, is 
quite marked. Poultry has been abundant and cheap 
this year, and much of the high priced holiday*beef, after 
banging on the hooks for a few days, was finally sold 
at a loss to the butcher. There were many fine bullocks 
for sale, as is always the case in New York at Christmas 
time, but there is no space to give them special men- 
tion. The display (and the markets are a real show in 
the holidays) was fully equal to that of former years. "We 
have seen heavier cattle iu market, but a drove of fifty 
head, warranted to run 64 lbs. to the cwt., is pleasant to 
look at, and such were in market, and sold as high as 22c. 
per pound. The following is the list of prices, average 
price, and figures at which the largest lots were sold : 
Dec. 20, ranged 11 @22c. A v. 15c. Lar^e sales 14 © 16 V 
do. 27th do. 11!<®1Sc. do. U%c. do. do. 14 © 15S 
Jan. lib do. 10 ©ISVc. do. 15c. do. do. 13 © 16>4 
do. 11th do. 10 ©17KC. do. 1414c. do. do. 13 @ 16 
By comparing the averages of this month with those 
for last month, it will be seen that the advance in price 
is really very little. We place it at about l ic.@:jc. per 
pound for fair beef. Of course the high price paid for 
very extra steers is not taken into the calculation 
Milcli Cows have been more plentiful, and the 
market steady. There being a good demand, prices 
keep about, the same. Fresh cows sell quickly for from 
*.80(7i)*100, but they must be good, and not half milked 
cows, with borrowed calves. A few, very fine, have sold 
for a few dollars over .$100. Medium cows may be 
bought for from $70i'77>$S0, and sell slow at lower prices 
Calves. — The supply is small in this department, and 
sales rather slow. Butchers prefer in good weather to 
buy " Hog-dresscd, 11 which come in quite freely this 
season. LiVe calves sell, if fat, from 12c.(7?13c. With 
poor ones, 10c, and lower, per pound. " Hog-dressed,'* 
best quality, are worth lie. ©18c. Medium to poor, 
Sc.@10c. per pound. Sliccp are in fair demand, aud 
prices a little better. Tlie quality also has improved, 
and buyers seem a little more ready to take them. Sheep 
that average over 100 lbs. bring from 7' Jc.(77i.8e. ; those of 
less weight from 43gc@5)£c and 6c. per pound. Fat 
sheep always sell quickest aud best, and we urge upon 
farmers to send only such to market .. Swlue. — 
Tlie advance noticed in our last report Inn been more 
than lost this month. The supply has not been large, 
but the great number of " Western-dressed " offered, 
