The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-11-21
FINANCE AND TRADE
PORK PACKING.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.


The Offering of hogs are free, and buy
ers are purchasing to the full capacity
of the houses for killing. Market steady.
Wheat, Fletcher & Co. to-day killed
700 head, leaving in pens about 100,
with additional arrivals hourly expect
ed. Their quotations are for from light
to extra heavy average 5 5Oa6 30, which
is a falling off of SC on the latter grade
since yesterday.
Nof.inger, Kingan & Co. killed to-day
1000 head of good hogs, 1900 i'll pens for
to.morrow's work and heavy arrivals
looked for. They quote & l2!aG 40,
gross.
j. c. Ferguson killed to-day 800 head,
and about 1000 more in pens. One
small lot, in pens, will reach an average
of 400, while another lot of 265 will
reach 300. They expected good lot
of about 500 head from Morgan county
this afternoon.-Herald. 10Th.
EVANSVILLE, IND.
The Journal of Saturday says the
pork season seems fairly to have COM
menced, Notwithstanding the unfav0r-
able warm weather of the past week.
The enterpIisiHg firm Of G. b. d 5. b.
Bingham have already cut mp 400 head,
at their establishment in Patoka, and
had large lot of fine hogs in the pens
Yesterday. The price paid by the
Messrs. Bingham is &c net.
MILWAUKEE.
The hoy market opened active and
firm, and during the early portion OF
the day about 400 head were sold at
5 5Oa6 % for light to extra choice lots.
But towards evening the demand fell
off, and few packers made any offers
whatever; the market closing dull, with
a downward tendency.-SentipeI.
DETROIT.
The Post says the bouyancy in the
Cincinnati and Chicago hog markets,
and the somewhat improved feeling
East, arc having their effect here, and
although prices of dressed hogs are nc
higher, there is rather better feeling,
although some of the packers are in
clined to hold off in the belief that
prices will be lower when full supplies
come forward. The sales included AZ,
in lots all over 200, at G0a7 80, and
50 medium and heavy at 6 5Oa7 50. I'm
exceptionable lots, averaging about $50,
would command 80. Live hogs are
higher, aud good lots for slaughtering
would bring 5 5Oa6 90.
Hog Strengthening has commenced at
Conuersville, Indiana.
Hogs are worth 50a5 10 per huAdred
at Charlottesville, Indiana.
Of hn ~ fnr ~ u N
actions in the hog trade, says the Madi,
son county, Ohio, Democrat, is near at
hand, but there is at present great in.
activity in the market. Corn is very
high and scarce, and pork brings q lin.
tied price in the East, which accounts
for the inactivity. On sales day we
heard of contracts for future delivery at
Z W per hundred, which was considered
n little venturesome. At West Jeffer.
son and London small lots for immedi-
ate shipment are being bought at from
five to five and o half cents, the latter
we are told, being the outside figure.
CHICAGO.
The Tribune says it is generally con-
coded that the present packing season
will be short one at all the principal
packing points. At Cincinnati it is ex-
pectedIto close about New Year, and the
same time is fixed upon at Louisville.
Here it is supposed that the season will
last until the first of February, though
many of our packers are of the opinion
that it will not extend beyond the mid
die of January. At the present high
prices for corn, the majority of farmers
will not feed their stock. This is plain
" exhibited in the fact that the great
bulk of the Hogs now being marketed
are, in their flesh, only fit for the man
ufacture of English meats and bacon.
The proportion of Hogs tit for making
mess pork is very small, and 1t is gem
orally conceded that the yield of mess
pork and lard will be lighter than in
former years. 1t is thought the
number of hogs packed will
equal that of last yaar, though at Gin
cinnati it is feared there will be fall
ing off. We are of the opinion that on
the Mississippi an equal if not larger
number will be cut. However, 1t is too
early in the season to make calculations
with safety. The crop of corn is large
and of excellent quality. There has
beck q marked increase in the hog crop
west of the Mississippi, and though the
farmers along the line of the railroad
may prefer to market their corn rather
than feed it to their hogs, We are of the
opinion that the receipts later In the
season will be of a better qrality-more
suitable for the manufacture of mess
pork and lard-as they will be made up
of hogs which have been fattened sen
corn, which the farmer could not mar
ket except at q loss. The receipts here
early in>the week we're of good quality
better than at any time this season
but they have since fallen offin quality,
and are now about on an average with
those previously received. II