Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1872-02-22
COMMERCIAL REPORTS.
Pittsburgh, Live Stock Market.

SATURDAY, Feb. IL. 1877, Y
; CXTTLE.-The sarply, as will be seen. was
! slightly In excess of last week. but, with an
4 improved demand, trade was more active. and
\ about all the cattle offered found buyer< and
for the best grades slight advance was reaiiz-
ed during the latter part Of the week. On Mon.
day and Tuesday, business was very quiet; ON
Wednesday, however, q presIy full delegation
of eastern buyers put in an appearance, and.
from that until the close. trade was very active
and to-day there were but very few, II any. IN
the pens unsold. Prime to extra l,zo0 TO ], 500 .
steers brought from 61z@g<-ws are cognizant
Of two droyes, one OF Them from Southern Ohio
having changed hands ~ the outside quotation
and there were NO sales above that ngure good
200 TO 800 D averages may be quoted at 6@6l@
and ], 900 to l. 100 be, ut 51z95A. Common cattle,
although little more sctive. brought no better
prices than last week. the inquiry being msin
ly for the better grades. Stock cattle are In
fair demand. end she-orferings OF this kind con-
tinue light. which is owing to the fact that they
cannot be sold here at the prices farmers wan.
to pay. Nearly all the stockers bought here
last winter and spring lost money for their
owners, having been sold during the fall and
winter, after being fstted, st or below cost. and
lis natural That graziers an 1 feeders should
want to buy lower. They are willing to pay
4z@4Iz for good 800 to 100 n stock steers. but
they cannot be sold under 47z95, and there is
not much for the dealer oven at these quota
tions.
HoGs-The supply OF hogs was again com :
paraJively light and the quality mostly cora-
mon, and iu1conseQuence prime heavy corn
fed such usually bought for Phtlidei-
phia have SILL further advanced, while York.
erS although 99ea25 cts better than In the early
part OF tue week. are considerably lower than
last week. Tue former may be quoted to- day
at rs to q cts and the latter at 4659iS5 accord
ing TO quality. Philadelphia hogs are higher
now than they have been since last fall. kiic
within the past few weeks there has been an
advance of from to l5zT ID. The future OF
the market is-n good deal mixed; IL Is mol
likely, however, that prices WI IL go any hignef,
but on the contrary, IL is probable that the i'm
proved prices VIII Increase the receipts ana
decline. that Is in Philadelphia hogs. will be
the result The advance. WAS not caused by an
increased demand, but In consequence OF q
decreased supply. hence 1t Is safe 10 infer that
80 soon as the supply Is increased, prices VIII
drop bnek. t,
ShEEP-The receipts, as will be seen, were
unusually large footing up i52 cars. ont iuiiy
consequently, were not offered In this market;
however. trade particularly Tor the best graoe~,
was fully up TO the usual Standard and pricesl
were fully sustained: good nne wool smep
averaging SO To 100 Ds sold readily n: 7lsgS Cts,
and los to Ito b sheep. sam0 quality, brought
SL-SA. Several fancy droyes averaging from
l50 to 2O0 lbs brought from 10 l01< cts and the
offerings of this Kind were larger than usual
indeed the quality generally was considerably
above the averageand this accounts for the un-
usually large number of high priced 50 es
Low grade, sheep however. were slow all
through the week, the demand being light, and
dealers generally reported this particular kind
a shade lower, but II IS generally believed that
for the best grades prices Will be maintatned
up til sheRrfng time, as the scarcely and high
price of wool will cause farmers to be very In
different aqout selling.