Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-09-02
LIVE STOCK.
New York.

New YORK, September l.-Beeves-
Receipts $500 head, making Is, 40 for
the week, against T., 800 last week. The
market is about the same "a reported on
Friday for Texans and ordinary TO prime
natives, with some extra steers at better
prices than have ruled here for some
weeks; Texans 6l@7}c per pound; Col
orado steers SCJSlc; poor 10 good ma
tives 7{@9lc; prime do 9i@ lOc; extra
shipping cattle l0i@lO2c, and even up
to 1O}c for a carload that averaged ] ,jiO
pounds. Exporters used about 900 head
mainly at 0l@l0ic. Shipments for the
week ending Saturday were 1850 live
cattle and >, $50 quarters of beef.
Sheep-Receipts $500 head, making
36, 40 for the week, against 29,GO0 last
week. Market dull and prices almost
unpreccdentedlv low. Sheep had slow
sale at 8 G0G5 p per 100 lbs. for ordi-
nary to strictly prime, with about 800
head taken for shipment to England at
- 35G5 ~ per 100 lbs; lambs were
forced off at 81 25G5 % per 100 lbs. for
common 10 prime, and - 5O(G5 so for
extra DO. Shipments for the week j25
live sheep and $50 carcasses.
Hogs-Receipts 7,l0O head, making
26, 700 for the week, against 2S,900 last
week. Market iior live hogs dull and
nominal, decline OF !c per lb. in
dressed hogs having unsettled the mar.
ket; nominal figures - 50CG3 80 per 100
pounds.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, September Cattle
II LrfI
1863 head of through and l.07l head Of
ward stock; total for the week ending
to-day 70S head Of through and 3,442
head of local, against 1881 head Of
Though and 3,Sl7 head OF local last
week. As will be seen the through run
has been extra heavy and that for yard
the sales was some 30 loads less.
There were about 10 loads on the mar
ket, which were nearly all sold at
prices about the same as the opening
last week and firm at that Best g 00C9
} p; fair 10 good 81 30G4 so; common
all sold at s. 7j(d4 90.
Hogs-Receipts to-day 1896 head;
total for the week 20,9S5 head; against
1913 head last week; Grassers 3 2jfa,
3 10; Workers 81 JOG3 IS; Philadelphias
s. 75(d3 81.
Sheep-Receipts $500 head; total for
the week 1880 head, against 5000
head last week. Selling slow at last
weeks prices.
CHICAGO, September 1.-The DrouerS
Journal reports hog receipts : 800 head:
shipments 5000 head; receipts last
week $1,000 head. Market firm and
moderately active; packing > 00ld3 30;
light active and strong at 3 sos 90;
choice heavy 3 40d3 GO.
Cattle-Receipts 900 head; ship
ments 200 head. Market l0c lower all
round and dull; fair 10 good natives
81 00ldl4 90; butchers weak and slow;
stockers dull; western in heavy supply
and lower; native Wyoming - 90; ma
tive Colorado = 00G3 80; Colorado
Texans - 10.
Sheep-Receipts 500; shipments none.
Market dull and weak.
Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, September l.-Cattle-
Market firmer without serious change
in prices; very best ~ X l2!@5 %4;
llI~l 'lAdllAN - t'FfATl W. illtiAluill ~
al ~; ordinary = 0OG3 p; most Of the
sales - OOG4 IS; receipts $50 head:
sales ,4jG head.
Hogs-Market only fairly active and
prices unchanged; quotations ii@5!c.
Receipts 3, $50 head.
Sheep and lambs - Receipts l,Gs2
head. Quotations, sheep 3l@4!c; lambs
5!@iic.
Cincinnati.
CIScISyAT., September !. - Hogs -
Dull: common = 7jld3 -; light - 30
G,3 so; packing - 3jCa,3 20; butchers
8 coos 20. Receipts l.l9l head; ship
ments 2jS head.
Oil City.
Oh CRY, September 1.-The market
opened active with 655c bid, advanced
10 67lc, declined and closed at csc.
Shipments 81 900 barrels, averaging 81
coo barrels; transactions l3l 600 barrels.