Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-02
LIVE STOCK.
Baltimore Live stock.
BALTIMORE, July 81.
RE,EIrfs Fnk IHE wFEk.
uru,EEs oN RErF CATTLE.

RENALkS bN BhEf CATTLE
The arrivals oi cattle during the week
amounted Ia 3.OjS head, against 800,
last week and 2.393 head the CORES
ponding week ol last year, and the sales
during the week amounted Ia l,2bl
head, against ,G6 last week and l,bh'
head the corresponding week ui last
wear, and were ~ follows:
To Baltimore butcher, ..........,....... -
10 country dDi..T> .............. ~
To eastern sprrulator ................. ~
To Washington city vt.,r> -
The market to-day MAS in the begin
ming snmcw hat murr active than II Was
last week. aud the prices Al thr opening
were in some cases L. higher, but the
improvement was generally lost 10y the
time the cnl WAS reached The quality
wus not as good ~ last week the tops
being fewer amt not mp tn last week
offerings, Whilr medium were not a.
plentiful and common cattle w"r" m""
numerous Quotations 23-lo"''c.
Mitcu cows.
Common grades are too plentiful and
good ones almost wholly ah,rnt. Prices
500 40 per head.
uuE SwINE NAuKEr.
Trade has been rather slow thiswcck,
scarcely ~ active ~ II Was last week,
and dealers report heavy hogs lower and
harder 10 sell than heretofore, owing Ia
the decline in the price of lard. other
grades find only lair sale. The quality
is scarcely ~ good ~ last week, there
being some increase in the number oi
the "grasscrs' We quote prices at 30
5ir. few selling AZ clthrrcStrcme, with
a downward tendency.
Arrivals this week hsli
Arrivals last week % l'l
Arrivals one year a2O. ......-b'''
REMARKS.
Good sheep have been scarce and IN
fair demand during the past week, and
the quality has not been ~ good ~ II
was the previous week. lambs have
been plentiful and dull the larger part
II them, tp the number oi about 3,SO
head. having been rcShippcd to New
York and Philadelphia. Their" has been
an improved demand reported for stock
sheep. We quote lat sheep al ga i.c
and few at the latter price, lambs ut
m4ic. stock sheep, wrthcrs, 3a3ici
ewes, S2S)3 per head.
THR snEEr MiKHEr.
Arrivals thi. week ... 20
Arrivals last week .................. ....... iF
Arrivals ono year ago > -
Chicago.
CHICAGO, August THE Drorcs'
Journal reports hog receipts u ,JJ
heal: shipments 600 head. Mixed
hogs uuirt, easier aud quOtably lower
a, :, UOa3 -, liyht active and irm nj
- GOCo 10; choice heavy g Da3 ~.
Cattle Receipts 400 head ship
nrnts j3j head Market unusually
dull at ia 10 lower on account oi AL
vanccd ircights east good 81 prime
scarce at $4,000 ~; shipping - Ogo
4 10; butchers quiet, slow and steady
prices at ~ 1908 -; western cattla Ia
fair supply.
Sheep Scare" and slow.
New York.
NEw NogK, August l. Reeves
Receipts 100 bead. sellers wanted
and generally obtained an advance of tc
per pound. trade dull. number 81
carloads remaining nn@pld at tine Close
Some ordinary Texans sold at 6lc, old
dry COWS and rough siags 7a1lr, de
cent Ia fair steers ia Ste, gOpd tp
choice do JH9jc, with few selects at
IOr. Exporters used 30 head all for
shipment alive. 40 shipments to-day.
Sheep Receipts ,SDo head. Prices
unchanged and trade slow at 3!G4 4lc
per pound for common tD gDDl sheep,
iMGc iDr common tD choice lambs
prime and extra sheep wanted ri ia SIC.
Hogs Receipts 10 lay i.30 head.
Few good ohio hogs sold ai - .gaj -
per 100 pound, but - 3IiI ~ ar" the
figures reported.
Cincinnati.
CISc.vNfT'. August ]. go IIOgs-
steady for light heavy; quiet for com.
mon - 7jm3 20. light - 7Wa3 -:
packing :; 3jG,3 -: butchers sj jE'
3 ~. Receipts 40 head shipments 90
head.
80 Louis.
IT. LOrIs. August l.-IlOgs -Steady;
Yorker and Baltimore - JJla3 20,
parking g lOC,3 ~; butchers steady AT
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