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chased freely on speculative account, at advanced figures, 
closing, however, quite depressed. .. .Cotton has been in 
good request, hut unsettled in price_A fairly active in¬ 
quiry prevailed for Wool, at full rates, and a lively 
demand for Tobacco, the latter largely on specula¬ 
tion, at improved prices... .Hops closed up more firmly, 
on a somewhat better trade and speculative call for sup¬ 
plies_Hay, Straw, and Seeds quiet. 
^iew Yorlt J,ive-Slock Markets. 
RECEIPTS. 
whkk enoing Beeves. Cows. Calves. Sheep. Swine. Tot'l. 
July 20.11,193 98 3,085 27,238 23,901 04,675 
July 27. 7,054 117 2,996 24,902 22,203 57,272 
Aug. 3. 8,781 85 2,264 25,059 22,672 58,861 
Aug. 10. 10,010 83 2,201 26,911 26,375 65,616 
Total for i Weeks..Zl,m 383 10,546 104,116 94,311 246,424 
io.forprev. 4 iree*rs36,599 231 12,960 S8,225 115,103 251,118 
Beeves. Coios. Calves. Sheep. Swine. 
Average per Week . 9,267 96 2,634 26,029 23,577 
do. do. last Month... 9,149 58 3,240 21,556 28,775 
do. do. prev's Month.. 8,137 60 3,986 15,710 37,835 
Beef Cattle.— The heavy receipts during the first 
week of the month were more than the market could 
bear, and at once reduced prices to the lowest rates of 
the previous month. As usual, the poorest grades of 
stock suffered most, and dealers were glad to realize 
without losing more than $100 a carload. It was not that 
prices were too low here, but too high in the West; the 
expectation of a scarcity, which had led buyers to give 
high prices for their stock, proved illusive, and a surplus 
was met instead. A sudden falling off of over 4000 head 
in the next week, helped matters, and brought about a 
temporary recovery of X a cent, but this was soon lost, 
and the poverty of the stock brought in was a dead 
weight on the market, too great to be carried. To ship 
stock which sells here at $25 to $30 a head, is a waste of 
time and money, and the effect is to lower the tone of the 
whole market. Thus the market closed dull and irregular, 
with a wide range. Poor Texans sold for 6X@7c., and 
the best, which were not good, for 9Jkc. $ B>. Ordinary 
cattle sold from ll@12Xc. iP B>., to dress 56 to 5S lbs. ^ 
cwt. Extra brought 12%@13c., to dress 58 lbs. 
The prices for the past four weeks were as follows: 
week exiting Range. 
July 20.7 @12£c. 
July 27..8 @13 c. 
Aug. 3.8J4@13 c. 
Aug. 10. 7 @13 c. 
Large Sales. Aver 
10>4@11 c. 10^c. 
105 f@llJ 4 c. 11 c. 
11 @llKc. U&c. 
10£@1U4C. 11 c. 
Milcli Cows. —There has been a moderate demand 
for cows, and only a fair supply. The market has been 
dull, and dealers have held off for full prices. At the 
close common to choice cows, and calf, were held at 
$40®$75 a head. .Calves,— The market for calves of 
all sorts has been steady and without change. At the 
close the demand is fair. 6X@.9Xc. fl lb. was paid for 
poor to prime milk-fed veals ; 4@6c. lb. for buttermilk 
calves, and $7@$10 per head for grassers.Sheep 
and Lambs,- There is nothing to note in regard to 
sheep or lambs. The market closes with fair demand for 
good stock, but easy as to poor. Sheep were selling at 
4‘4@6>4c. tp lb. for poor to prime, and lambs at 6@SXc. 
^ ft.Swine.— There have been no live hogs offered 
for sale the past month. All have been consigned direct 
to slaughterers. Dressed hogs have been firm up to the 
close of the month, when they became weak and fell off 
a fraction, selling at SX@3%c. ®., for rough grass-fed, 
and 87^®9c. for corn-fed. The arrivals for July were 
98,616. with an average price of 9@94fc. ; for the same 
month of the previous year the arrivals were 132,497, with 
an average price of 
Itecent Sales* of Shorthorn Stock. 
—The sale of the stock of Messrs. Hughes & Richardson, 
of Lexington, Ky., on July 22d, realized $51,265 for 86 
head, an average of $730 each for 63 cows and heifers, 
and of $228.26 for 23 bulls and 6 calves. The highest 
price was $2,150 for a cow, “ Lady Bates. Several year¬ 
ling and younger hulls of good blood, were sold for $75 
to $150. The joint sale of E. L. Davison, Win. Warfield, 
J. G. Kinnard, and some other breeders, of 111 animals, 
held at tiie farm of Mr. Warfield, realized $31,560, an 
average of $306 for cows and heifers, and of $170 for 
bulls of all ages. At the sale of Messrs. Leney’s herd, 
at Wateringbury, England, 41 head were sold at an aver¬ 
age of $1,143 for cows and heifers, and $336 for bulls. 
The highest price paid at the sale was for a calf, “4th 
Grand Duchess of Geneva” a grand daughter of the 
“ 7th Duchess of Geneva,” which was bred by Mr. Shel¬ 
don, of Geneva, and was imported into England from 
the United States in 1867. The calf brought 2.000 guin¬ 
eas or $10,400. At Messrs. Abram & Van Meter’s sale, 
in Clark Co., Ky., 69 head were sold for $36,830, an aver- 
of $618.25 for females, and $132.50 for bulls. At Warnock 
& McGibben’s sale, July 28, 78 head brought $35,690, 
average for females $519.40, for bulls $148.46. It is 
worthy of notice, that on the whole those animals sold, 
that were purchased at the New York Mills sale last year, 
brought prices in advance of their cost. It is safe to 
conclude from this fact that prices are still advancing. 
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