Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-17
LIVE STOCK.
Wheeling.

wheeling
The market This week was only average.
There WAS too fall q supply of common,
while the demand for good was scarce.
yessrs. Hudson 4 Rsyhs !urnish the follow
ing quotstions:
Cattle-Extra, 1000 70 100 ID. cattle,
3G4c per h.; good, 800 to 900 lbs, 249
Bic per lb.; light, from sec TO 500 lbs., 20
23c per %.
Bogs-Msrket active; 464 per '.
~Sheep-Dull; 2@3c per ID.
Lsmbs--Good, market firm; 3@4i per Id.
Calves-$3 00@6 90 per head.
baltimore Live Stock Market.
OfIrtE OF TSE CALvERIoN Sr0rH YARDS,
MONDAY, 81 ptemOer IL
Cattle are sold at these figures lire rsiyhL. Hogs ave
solI at net tcsighf, that IS 20 per cent. lgsperdHy) OF
frrm lire WeigtL. SHEEP are sold gross, Hd! Is lire
Usight, or nothing OIL
AT CALYERT0N YARDS.
BEEF CATTLE-The market was exceed
iDgly dull to-day, and continued for o long
er time than for several weeks past. Prices
averaged fully 3c decline as compared with
asst week. The tops showed less difference
4 an any, while the medium and common
grades were off 3c on most sales, and in a
'GW III SIhuGt5 ONaEtb tuC SAOoO II NCSAhO
was q eater. There wera numbers lett over
unsold. We quote at = 50@5 60, with
most sales at g. $500 II! per 100 los.
Prices Of Beef Cu:tle ranged as follows:
Best So 50@5 GO; that generally rated
first quality 81 OO@5 30; medium or good
fair quality 81 0O@3 so; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows 81 5OG2 IS.
Extreme range of prices s. 5O@5 so.
Most Of the sales we-e at S2 75@j I2l per
100 lbs. Of the Cattle received, LAST
head came from Virginia, $50 rom
OHIO, 379 Kentucky, 90 from
MARYLAND, Il rom West Tr-
giais, O0from Illinois, l2iram Pennsylvania.
To,al receipts for the past @eek 2.lO3 head,
against 1851 last week, and 3,25l head
same time last Year. Of the offerings 500
head were taken by Baltimore butchers;
go sold to country dealers and - head
to Eastern buyers. Total sales tC7 the
week 1894 head against Ills last week,
and 2,lS9 head same time last year:
Swine-Trade is moderately tslc this
week, with a small increase in the number
of offerings, and some ;mprovementin quail
ity generally, but hogs are too large for the
wants Of butchers. Prices are ola trsc.
ton from last weeE, We quote common
ro1gh hogs at 5lS6(c, and tie better
grades 6l@6Ac per ID net, with a sew extra
a shade higher Beceipts this week SOP
head, againn 4.4CS last week, and $3.50
head same time asst year.
Sheep and Lsnbs-Trsde . dgI, with
less than hAlt ths number of receipts as
compared with last week. There is some
little Improvement in the 9ps!ity OF the
offerings, Bnd prices are q shade better.
There ls no outside demand, and butchers
are buying slowly. Wequos butcher sheep
at 2G,3lc. and lambs at 2!@5c PEI 10
gross. Stock sheep 81 52G2 80 per head.
ReceSets this week 307l head, against 6, l5i
last week, and 6,936 lead same time last
year.
CLAREMONT STOCK YARDS
Arrivals Of Live Stock at Carenont
Stock Yards yis Baliners and Ohio Rail
road fer the week saded September lS-l7S
cars, containing 1864 cattle, $50 calves,
5.74S sheep and lambs, 1921 hogs and
"a horses.
Shipments to New York, Philadelphia,
&c, ISL cattle, 50 calves, $500 sheep
and lambs, Is hogs, and Is horses.
Sales Of the week to butchers and dealers,
90 cattle and so calves.
Philadelphia.
WEST PHILADELPHIA, PA, September IA
Cattle-Msrket slow; receipts 1890 head;
sales at Sa@6lc per pound.
Sheep-Fsirly active; receipts $4,000
head; sales at 2@4!c, and lambs at 3@61c
per pound.
Hogs-Quiet; receipts 5000 head; sales
at 6s@63c per.Pound, with q few extra 3
shade higher,
CHICAGO, September 1.-the Drovsrs
journal reportg Csttle-RecelPts T,Soo
head; shipments 1900 head: market steady;
shipping steers So 90G6 90; stockers apo
feeders 81 5G@3 90, bulls and mixed 81 6u
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