Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-09

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prices steady; prime s. SOFAS 90; fair to
good IS OOs5 Is; common 81 5o@4 Is;
receipts rs head; shipments 4l8 head.
Hogs-Market dull and nominal; Phils-
dtlphiaa 81 90@5 90; Workers 81 75@
4 So; receipts and shipments not reported.
Sheep-Dull prime 81 1895 90; fair to
good 81 00@4 SO; common 81 50@3 so;
receipts eco head; shipments 800 head.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 8.-The Drovers Jour
nal reports: Cattle-Receipts $500 head;
shipments 1900 head; market fairly active
and values firm and unchanged; extra
beeves sold at Sc so; shipping steers 81 60
as IS; stockers and feeders 81 1904 20;
Texans 81 00@5 10.
Live Hogs-Receipts $500 head; ship
ments $500 head; trade active and values
firm and 5@l0c higher; assorted heavy
81 1904 so; packing aud shipping, 81 SO
IA 20; iair to good mixed 81 35@4 so;
light bacon grades 81 1904 65.
Sheep-Receipts 1000 head; shipments
LOO head; demand active and prices 10
@l5c higher; fancy lambs sold at S. so;
poor to choice sheep s. 50@4 s79.
New York.
New York, April 8.-Beeves-Raceipts,
including 43 car loads for export there were
les car loads. Market a shade frmer aud
higher; some poor steers sold at 81 500
5 70 per cent. live weight and INT car
choice do. at Sc 80, but S. 25@6 30 was
the range for common to good; fat bulls
sCld at 81 l0@4 20. Shipments to-day
$50 live cattle, 1900 quarters beet and 800
carcasses mutton.
Sheep-Recelpts 5000 head; market
irmer at 81 00@5 90 per 100 pounds for
uushorn sheep and S. 5097 90 for Ut.
shorn yearlinss. A car load OF clipped
sheep from Ohio, sc pounds average, sold al
81 90 per 100 pounds; spring lambs ranged
from So 90 to S. 90 per head.
Hogs-Receipts 100 head; none offered
alive; market nominally steady at 81 600
5 90 ptr 100 pounds.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, April 8. - Live Hogs
Firm; common and light 50 1904 IS;
packing and butchers 81 OO@4 60; receipts
1900 head; shipments 80 head.
Cincinnati Horse and Mule Market.
CINCINNATI, April G.-During the past
week the supply was short of the demand,
and all desirable stock sold readily On ar
rival. The demand for handsome, smooth
horses in all classes continues good, this
being more especially the case in regard to
"streeters." Prices are not changed, viz:
Driving horses, $l25@l75; draft do $3.50
apps; s~treeters horses SllO@l30; South.
ern chunks $75@l00. Mules, aged four
to eight years, l54 to l6 hands, Sl5O@
l75; Is to l54 hands $l25@l50; l4l to
Is hands, $85@llO; IA to IA! hands $40
@s5.
BALTIMORE, MONDAY, April G..
ICans are sold at these figures lire tpeight. Hogs are
sold at net reight, thG Is 20 per cent. Cgenera!yl %
Wsight, or nothing OIL
AT CALVERTON YARDS.
Beef attle.-With much smaller numbers
| offered than last week the expectation was
general that an advance could be had and
| maintained, which was partly realized in a
| few instances at the opening, but trade was
dull and prices showed no material advance
| on last weeks figures. The quality averaged
about equal to that Of last weeks offerings
We quote the range at So 00(95 80, with
most sales at 81 25@5 IS per hundred
pounds.
Prices of Beef Cattle ranged as follows:
Best s. 623@5 so; that generally rated
| first quality S. 00@5 so; medium or good
fair quality SO 1905 90; ordinary thin
| Steers, Oxen and Cows 50 00@3 Is.
Extreme range of prices So 0O@5 70.
Most of the sales were at 81 25@5 Is per
100 lbs. Of the Cattle received, $50
head came from Virginia, 237 from Mary
land, 26O from Pennsylvania, II from
West Virginia. Total receipts for the week
| SCI head against 1927 last week, and 500
head same time last year. Of the offerings
$50 head were taken by Baltimore butchers
Is sold to Eastern spectators; , to country
dealers, and 90 to Washington butchers,
Total sales for the week CIT head against
SI2 last week, and 833 head same time
last year.
Sw1NE.-The supply is rather limited
this week, but the number is about equal to
a very moderate demand. The quality
averages fully as good as 1t was last week,
and prices are a fraction easier. We quote
at 53@63c per ID. net, extra fraction
higher, with most sales at 6396sc. Re
ceTipts this week 3l3 head, against 5,4O2
last week, and 5,O06 head same time last
year. -. =
crease in the receipts over last week, with
the excess mostly of clipped sheep, of which
Se hear no sales. We quote wool sheep at
365Jc for common to extra; fall lambs A
653c: spring do l0@l2lc per ID gross.
Receipts this week 3,l7s head against
2288 last week and 2,035 head same time
last year.
Arrivals of Live Stock at Claremont
Stock Yards via Baltimore and Ohio Hall
toad for the week ended April $50
cars, containing 653 cattle, 8 calves, l,54C
sheep, 3,4l4 hogs, and IA horses, and Ii
mules. ,..
SHIPMENTS to New York, Philadelphia
&C., SOB cattle, 2O9 sheep and lambs, and
Is horses.
Philadelphia.
WEST PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April c.
cattle in fair demaud. Receipts 2,4OO head
crime 63@7c, good 54@6c, medium 43@
SIC. and common 4@44c per pound. SheeF
iuil. Receipts 5000 head; prime 5&@53c
rood 4g65c, medium 4i@49c, common
3IG4c Der pound. Lambs at 44@7c PEI
,oSnG, Hogs in active demand. Receipts
5000 head; selling at 6l@7c per pound
PETROLEUM.
Titusville.
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