Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-16
AT CALVERTON YARDS.

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Beef Cattle.-There is no improvement
TO record in the activity Of the market as
compared with last week, but rather the re-
verse. Prices throughout were scarcely as
good as they were then. The quality aver
ages near about equal to that Of last weeks
offerings. We quote the range at 81 so
@5 so, with most sales at 81 50@5 rs
per hundred pounds.
Prices of Beef Cattle ranged as follows:
Best S. 50@5 80; that generally rated
first quality S. 0O@5 so; medium or good
fair quality So 1904 S7{; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows 81 50@3 so.
Extreme range of prices 81 50@5 so.
Most of the sales were at 81 50@5 Is per
100 lbs. Of the Cattle received, l9
head came from Virginia, 266 from Mary
land, GIL from Pennsylvania, and 1913
from Illinois. Total receipts for the week
1929 against SCI head last week, and 1850
head same time last year. of the offerings
500 head we're taken by Baltimore butchers;
90 sold to Eastern spectators; 90 to country
dealers, and % to Washington butchers
Total sales for the week S3l head against
CIT last week, and 7S6 head same time
last year.
SwlNE.-The offerings number about 5t(
less than last week, but the quality con
pares favorably with that Of the receipt
hen. Trade is fair, with the supply abou
equal to the demand for the day. We quot
ct 6{66ic per ID. net, extra at 7c. Re
ceipLs this week 3795 head, against 4.3l@
lest week, and 1852 head same time las
year.
Sheep and Lambs-The offerings this
week are not as good an average quality as
last weeks receipts, and number half as
many more. Trade slow, the butchers buy
ing very sparingly. We quote wool sheep
at 3@5Ic; clipped do at 3@44c; wool
lambs 9@l2!c; fall do 5@6fc; and wool
yearliDgs 42@53c per ID gross. Receipts
this week 6,O65 head against 2,l75 last
week and l,704 head same time last year.
CLAREMONT STOCK YARDS.
Arrivals of Live Stock at Clsremont
Stock Yards via Baltimore and Ohio Rail.
road for the week ended April l2.-5I
cars, containing $50 cattle, 7 calves, 1872
sheen, l,845 hogs, and ia horses.
shipments ~ view lOIh, hila0ClpHioi
&C., III cattle, and 70 horses.
Sales OF the week todealers and butchers,
l22 head Of cattle and AIS sheep.
Philadelphia.
WEST PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 10
Cattle in fair demaud. Receipts 2,400 head;
prime 64@7c, good 44@5c, medium 5f@
5Bc, and common 4!@5c per pound. Sheep
steady. Receipts 5000 head; prime 53@5}c,
good 5@5Ic, medium 4!@4Bc, common
4@44c per pound. Lambs at 5@7lc per
pound. Hogs quiet. Receipts 500 head;
selling at 64@7c per pound.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 1.-The Drovers' Jour
nal reports: Cattle--Receipts 5000 head;
shipments 5000 head; market strong; good
and light medium grades l0c higher; steers
81 SOFAS 90; butchers 81 5000 so; stock
ers and feeders 81 1904 co..
Hogs-Receipts ~, 900 head; shipments
$500. head; market slow, and closed loo
lower; rough and mixed 81 1904 65; pack
ing and shipping "a 60@4 77l; light
81 1904 IS; skips 50 50@4 Is.
Sheep-Receipts 5000 head; shipments
1900 head; market steady and stronger;
wooled fair TO choice 81 2j@5 90; shorn
50 00@5 90.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, April l5.-Cattle The
market was active and firm to day; prime
quoted at S. O0@5 25; fair to good s. 90
rs; common 81 00@5 90; receipts
665 head; shipments $50 head; shipments
to New York yesterday 81 Car loads:
Hogs-Aciive and firm; Philadelphia
sold at s. 1905 %; Workers. at $ OO9
5 10; receipts GOO head; shipments 400
head; shipments TO New York yesterday ID
CIR loads. -,
S~heep-Steady and firm prime wool sold
at IS COOS rs; clipped 81 50@t 90;
common wool S. 5094 Is; common
clipped 80 5063 Is; receipts 200 head
shipments 1000 head.
New York.
New York, April l5.-Beeves-Receipts,
including "a car loads for expectation, ia
car loads; about steady; common to good
steers SIS 3O66 80 per 100 lbs. Gyessweight;
prime and extra Sc 40@6 10, and fat bulls
and old COWS 81 OO94 80.
Sheep-Receipts 4S car loads; shade
frmer and all sold, including poor to best
unshorn sheep s. 6O@6 rs per 100 lbOi IN
shorn yearlings S. 60@7 90; common or
binary clipped sheep 81 20@4 624; spring
lambs 81 Door 90 per head.
Hogs-Receip:s 60 car loads; none on
sale alive; nominally steady at s. OO95 40
per 100 lbs.
Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, April l5.-Hogs - Firm;
common and light, 50 1904 so; packing
and butchers, 81 35@5 90. Receipts 1000
head; shipments $50 head.