Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-03-27
LIVE STOCK.
New York.

New YORK, March -Reeves-Receipts
4, 500 head, making II, 800 for the week;
firm at full prices and early clearance; ;
$6G7 10 per cwt for poor to prime steers i;
| carload extra do, 1850 lbs, average
sold at s. 10 per cwt., top figure OF the
season; exporters used 81 car loads; ship
ments for the week 80 live cattle, II 800
quarters sheep.
Sheep-Reccipts 1850 head making
81 100 for the week; market firm and shade
higher; quick sales $6G7 So per Cwt. for
porters took car loads fat sheep at 81 so
per cwt.; shipments for the week So live
sheep, $500 Carcasses mutton.
Hogs Receipts $500 head, making 2l,-
200 for the week; market shade tirmer for
live hogs at s. 70@S 10 per cwt.
Chicago.
CHICAGO March 26.-The Drovers' Jour
nal reports: Hogs-Receipts 1000 head
shipments 1900 head. Demand stronger
and market brisk and &c higher; mixed
81 SO@7 IS; heavy S. 45@7 80; light Sc IS
al 50; skips S. O0@6 IS; offerings poor.
Cattle-Receipts Il, 600 head; shipments
900 head. Demand limited to exporters
and dressed beef operators; export cattle
s. jU@S %, good to choice shipping ~ OO@
q 10; common to fair s. GO96 10; opened
about l0c higher and closed rather tame
mixed butchers fairly active and firm
poor 10 medium 81 1904 co. good to choice
81 I0@5 90; corn fed Texans s. co. stock
ers and feeders s. 1905 90.
Sheep-Receipts $500 head; shipments
800 head. Market fair, moderately active
and steady; exports So 25@7 90; good to
choice shipping s. zoos 20; common 81 90
as 90; inferior S. OOGt4 On.
The Drovers Journal Liverpool. cable re-
ports the live stock market steady. Cattle
slow and week; good to choice Americans
l5@16c per h., estimated, dead weight;
sheep lS@2lc.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, March .-Cattle-Receipts
for the week ending March %, 1872. The
market opened slow, at 25c TO 4Oc higher
than last week.
Hogs-Receipts for the week ALSO head;
Market active Philadelphia S. to s 20;
Workers 81 so to I 20
Sheep-Receipts for the week 5000 head
Market fair,at about the same as last weeks
prices.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, March 26.-Live Hogs
quiet; common and light S. 25@I 90
packing and butchers s. l0@S 90.
Petroleum.
PITTSBURGH, March 26.-Petroleum weak
United certificates closed at 9i1sc; refined
SA@SAc for Philadelphia delivery.
The oil market is weak, unsettled, and
under heavy selling opened sales at 9SHc,
declined to $3.50, rallied and closed at 95Hc
Great excitement was occasioned this morn
ing at the Exchange over the failure oil
Samuel B. Thompson to meet his contracts
and the selling out Of 10000 barrels OF his
oil by President Cochran. Thompson was
treasurer of the Exchange, and one OF the
heaviest and most reliable dealers on the
floor.
TITrsvILLE. March 6.-0il-0pened al
9SAc; highest 9Sk lowest $3.50; and clos
ed at 9l1sc; shipments oath and 18th
96.05S barrels; charters do 1865 barrels
runs do 95. SIS barrels.
On CRY, March 26.-Fluctuations to-day
between 92hc and CSC, closing at CSC
Transactions 1000, 900 barrels; shipment:
for two days $1,000 barrels; charters 1866
barrels.
BRADFORD, March 26.-0il-EIcited but
weak; opening and highest price CSC; low
est csc; closing at 9i1sc; clearances 2,6I5 ,0oC
barrels; total Shipments Saturday and Sun
day $685. barrels; charters 1906 barrels