Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-01-19
LIVE STOCK.
Now York.


New YoRK, january lS-Thc DrorerS'
Journal reports: Bccves-ReCeiptS to-days
!, 230 head; firm, prices shade higher; coarse
oxen sold SIa9Ic; ordinary TO strictly
prime steers 019al2l&c: one car load extra,
1910 average sold at l24C, less so. EX-
pOrtcrS used 10 cars. Shipments, 2iO live cat
lie, ., l2O quarters of beef, 800 carcasscS of
mutton. American refrigerator beef is
quoted in London and Liverpool at l213c
per pound. but dull.
Sheep-Receipts for two days II, 100 head,
rather slow, clearance not possible, bnt
prices fairly maintained: extremes 81 25(g
& 40 per 100 pounds: s. 25ta1 30 lambs;
general business; 81 1905 - for sheep; s.
5OG7 % for lambs.
Swine Receipts for two days 200 head;
firmer at - 75CqG - per 100 pounds. Live
hogs. As COaS p city dressed; s. 7j@7 S713
for Western.
baltimore.
BALTIMORE, January l9.-Bcef cattle
The offerings were in excess Of the demand
to- day, and trade was slow throughout.
Prices were of b@}3C, and in some few,
very few instances, Il greater decline was
experienced. The best grades showed q
difference of 1z@hc and common and
medium 2I@%C Quotations ranged from
So SOFAS 20, with most sales from 81 800
) 20 per 100 lbs. The quality was fully as
good as it was last week.
Mich Cows-Fhe market is very dull and
heavy. Wholesale prices range from S259
20 per head.
Prices this week for beef cattle ranged as
follows: Best bceves at 81 25(D6 20; that
generally rated first quality 81 S7H@5 %;
medium or good fair qnalityS 6213tg4 sIH;
ordinary thin steers, oxen and cows ~ %
as -. Most OF the sales were from 81 20
TO IS ~ per 100 lbs. OF the receipts CSC
head came from Virginia, 32l from Ohio,
$50 from Missouri, 2js from Maryland, ~
from Illinois. and IS head from West
Virginia-total receipts for the week l,776
head. against ,35S last week, and 1,5iO
head same time last year. OF the offerings
COS head were taken by Baltimore butch
erS 337 sold to country dealers, 26S 10
eastern spectators and 80 head TO Wash
ington City dealers. Total sa.cs for the
week .595 head, aGainstl, l6I last week and
So head same time last year.
Swine-Although the run is more than
200 head short of last weeks offerings,
vet the number is somewhat in excess Of
rather limited demand, which is reported
in the yards generally as only moderate to
fair. The quality docs not cOmeup to that
of last weeks offerings. there being more
common hogs among them. We quote at
| 7H69c, with most sales at 89SAc per Id
net. Arrivals this week ITO head,
aeainst {, 1870 last week, and G; 2i9 head same
time las; year
Sheep-The offerings are Scarcely more
than half the number of last week, and yet
they are in excess of very limited de-
mand, which is confined TO the purchase
by our butchers of the better grades, which
are auite scarce. There is no outside de-
mand, and the good sheep being scarce,
trade has only been active for that class.
We quote prices at 3l&06c for sheep, as to
quality, and lambs 4tgGHc per 10 gross.
Arrivals this week 1855 head, against j.
$50 last week, and ,69i head same time lsst
year.
|. CHICAGO, January 1S.-The DToreTS' jour
nal reports: Hogs-Receipts 5000 head;
shipments $500 head. General demand
unchanged: common 10 good mixed slow
at s. G0tI6 IS; heavy packing and ship
ping Sc 4Oa6 S.; Philadelphias and lard
hogs S. soar 90; light s. 1896 IS; skips
and culls 81 5095 10.
Cattle-Receipts 1000 head; shipments
200 head. Market active and stronger,
but under heavy receipts closed weak; er-
ports AZ S. 2Or.S 30; good 70 choice shipping
S. 6O@6 90; common 10 fair 81 6o95 90;
mixed butchers steady; common 10 fair
- 4t(dO OVg EcOu W Gl-OlIc " 'DNSt ~
stockers' and feeders s. 0od4 10.
sheep-Receipts 1850 head; shipments
1000 head; good 10 choice fairly active
and firm; common to choice fair; butchers
weak and lower, but fairly active at s. COG
3 80; medium to good s. O0G4 so; choice
s. oc@5 so; extras IS s0C16 90.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, January lS.--Cattle-Re-
ceipts Gao head. Market active; bes; 81
69sc; fair to good 5a6c; common 4l4aiac-
Hogs-Receipts 1000 head; Philadei-
phias Sc 9OG7 90; Workers S. 1905 80.
sheep-Receipts 5000 head; selling a.
from S15a51Ec.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, January 1S.-Hogs-Firm
common and light s. 25G6 so: packing
and shipping s. 45@6 80. Receipts
1000 head; shipments 40 head
Pittsburgh.
PrrTsBuIeH, January 1s.-Petroleum-
Active; United certificates opened al
s21<c and closed at s2Ac, highest &c, lowest
S29lc; refined 61sc for Philadelphia dc
livery