Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-16
LIVE STOCK.

Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.
RECEIPTS FoR TIM WIEN.
REEVES ..,..................... shb
sheep aud Lambs sl,,
SNN'
i'l
PRICES OF BEEF CATTLE Al TnG NAEGEr IHIs
wEEk
Very best on sale this week ........si CO.,
That generally nted tr>t quality. 49, sct'W
Medium ar good fair quality ........ ~ Sai -
Ori'y thin steers. oxen and CONS. a. H3m
Extreme n'nge oi prioes ......' : "a a. -
Most oi the sales ven NOM m.........-. " gdi -
WHERE THs CATTLE ARB REruRrKD FRoM.
Virginia, l,O4S; Ohio, 27l; West Nir-
ginia, l,l5i; Maryland, 13.Total, 2,536.
REMARKS on BEEF CATTLE.
The arrivals OF cattle during the week
amounted to 2,35G head, against 2,Gl3
last week and 1876 head the cores
ponding week of last year, and the sales
during the week amounted Ia !, ,5OO
head, against ,Si2 last week and $50
head the corresponding week ol last
year, and were as follows:
To Baltimore butchers GNh
To country DEALER al'
To eastern Npyyu uturs. ..,....... -
To Washington city dealers. rs................-. -
Total sales. ID"
While the market to-day was at no
time active, vet trade was better than
last week, prices l2.H2O per hundred
pounds better than they were last week.
The quality of the Offering Was not
quite as good rs last week, the best oi
the receipts having been rrshipped {"
New York. Good cattle were nni
plentiful. Quotations S2Gtj 20 per 100
paunds, the former being for sale oi
bulls.
MICH cows.
Good cows are scarce and common ~
excess oi the demand. We quote pins
at SIS OOCa 10 %, as to quality.
rHE SWINE NARKEr.
Arrivals this week .s9
Arrivals last week 80
Arrivals one ytar azo. ...--I 'f,f''
REMABks.
With a decreased supply, prices have
ruled lower than last week aud the mar
ket has scarcely been M active as u was
then. The quality has detcriorated as
compared with last weeks receipts, the
run of gross hogs being more numerous
than ast week We quote common hogs
at IiCa5c, and better grades at 5l@5ic,
and few extra picks at 5Ic.
THE sHEEr usKkrr.
Arrivals THIS week l1
Arrivals last week ....s.... ................ 1hsp
Arrivals one year agD. ,ts
REMARKS.
Though there IL n slight falling of in
the total number received ~ compared
with last week. there IL marked def
cheney in the number of good sheep and
lambs, the bulk 81 the offerings being
of a common order. Good sheep are Ia
good demand. We quote prices at 81
(a,ic for butchers sheep; lambs at $40
Sic; stock sheep, ewes - OOCg2 30 each,
wcthers 3I@3lc; other grades ~ 75ts
10 per head.
New York.
NKw YogK, August d. Beeves -
Receipts $500 head; good To prime
prime steers comparatively scarce and In
demand at frmcr prices; medium b.
fair more plenty and about tc lower;
common grades of natives aud all sorts
of Texans decidedly dull and only salea.
bic at reductions Of lc. Thirty cars ol
Texans at 6lGd7 lc, and l3 ears of Texans
remain unsOld- Ordinary Ia prime ma
tive steers sCaOic, extra do I0dlOic.
Exporters used 700 cattle and Loo
quarters. Shipments to-day and To-
morrow $50 live cattle aud ,76O quar-
ters Of beef.
sheep-Receipi $500 head market
lower, especially for lambs, with slow
sales at g OOfs5 - per 100 lbs. for
100, % ,,.oJ sheen and 81 bgsg 20 for
poorest 10 best lambs. Shipments 40
carcases Of mutton and 800 live.
Hogs Receipts $40 head. Market
firner at - OCfs,5 10 per 100 lbs. for live
hogs. with sales Of two carloads nj ~ -
a J!.
CHICAGO, Angus, l5.-The Drop7y'
Journal reports hog receipts 1000
head: shipments $500 head. Market
less active at 5(a, l0c lower; heavy pack
ing s. 25la3 GO; heavy shipping 81 -
S,3 65; light s. 75fg3 30.
Cattle-Receipts 5000 head; ship
nents 5000 bead. Market dull and
weak; common 30 good common - 10
(a3 80; fair 81 good shipping steers
a 1904 IS; Nebraskaand Texans - 90.
shecp-Reoeipts so head. Market
dull
CISoss.T:. August -. IOgs-
Fairly active and a shade higher: com
mon f265l93 ~; light - COOS 20; pack
ing s. 5Vs,3 IS: butchers 81 zoos ~.
Receipts J9j heal; shipments G3j head.
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