Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-17
LIVE STOCK.


wheeling.
The market is very good, this week.
Messrs. Hudson q Bsyha furnished the
following quotations:
Cattle, 81 50@5 90 for all kinds.
Hogs, fair supply, a%ctivei 4f@4ic per b.
Sheep, 2l@4lc.
Calves, s. 00@l0 90.
Fresh cows, $40 0o@40 90.
Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, MONDAY, April Is.
tClfae are Sod at these figures lipe reiohL Hogs are
sotd atHet eeigh, Iai . 20 per cent generally Of
from lire ueigh. SAeep are sold gross, nas g EVs
Teigh, or nothing oGl
AT CALVERToN YARDS.
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
as so, with most sales at 81 5095 IS
per hundred pounds.
Prices of Beef Cattle ranged as follows:
Best S. 50@5 30; that generally rated
ulbb Quhllll ~ OONUtO ~, mCullm VI BOOu
fair quality So 50@4 sly; 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, 62l from Pennsylvania, and 1913
from Illinois. Total receipts for the week
1929 against 86l head last week, and 1850
head same time last year. Of the offerings
500 head were taken by Baltimore butchers;
90 sold to Eastern spectators; 90 to country
dealers, and % to Washington butchers.
Total sales Tor the week 83l head against
CIT last week, and 1856 head same time
last year.
SEINE.-The offerings number about SO
less than last week, but the quality com
pares favorably with that of the receipts
then. Trade is fair, with the supply about
equal to the demand for the day. We quote
at 6i@6N per ID. net, extra ct 7c. Re.
ceipts this week 1895 head, against 4.3l3
last week, and 1852 head same time last
year.
Sheep and Lambs-The offerings this
week are not as good an average quality a.
last weeks receipts, and number half as
many more. Trade slow, the butchers buy
ing very sparingly. We quote wool sheep
at 3@51c; clipped do at 3@44c; wool
lambs 9@l24c; fall do 5@64c; and WOO
yesrlings 43@53c per lb gross. Receipts
this week 6,065 head against 2,l75 last
week and l,7O4 head same time last year.
CLAREMONT STOCK YARDS.
Arrivals of Live Stock at Claremont
Stock Yards via Baltimore and Ohio Rail
road for the week ended April l2.-57
cars, containing 555 cattle, 7 calves, 1872
sheep, l,S45 hogs, and ia horses.
Shipments to New York, Philadelphia,
&c, III cattle, and 70 horses.
Sales Of the week to dealers and butchers,
I22 head Of cattle and AS sheep.
Philadelphia.
WEST PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April l3.-
Cattle in fair demaud. Receipts 2,400 head
prime 64@7c, good 4!@5c, medium 5f@
jIc, and common Al @5c per pound. Sheev
steady. Receipts 5000 head; prime 5l@53c,
good 5@5!c, medium 4!@43c, common
4@4Ic per pound. Lambs at 5@7fc PEI
pound. Hogs quiet. Receipts 500 head;
selling at 63@7c per pound.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, April 1.-the Drovers' Jour.
nal reports: Cattle-Receipts 1000 head;
shipments 1900 head; market active OIL
good grades with values generally steady
steers 81 COOS 90; butchers 81 50@4 so,
Texans 81 zoos 10; stockers and FEEDER
81 1904 65.
Hoes-Receipts 25, 900 head; shipment,
1000 head; trade slow, prices averaging l5c
lower; rough and mixed 81 25@4 80; pack
ing and shipping 81 5000 s.; light
inferior to extra good 81 35@4 65; skip
50 5000 Is.
Sheep-Receipts $500 head; ship nentF
1900 head; market strong and l092jc
higher; inferior So 25@4 90; medium
81 OO64 so; good to extra 81 50@j IS
lambs S. OO@5 10.
East Liberty.
EAST LIBERTY, April l6.-Cattle-There
was a fair demand for cattle to day at uu
changed prices; receipts 1913 head; ship
ments 1872 head; shipments to New York
yesterday, none.
Hogs-Slow, and a triHe weaker; Phila-
delphias sold at S. 1905 Is; Workers. al
81 9O@5 90; receipts $500 head; ship
ments 1920 head; shipments to New York
Yesterday G car loads.
Sheep-Fairly active and unclaimed;
receipts $500 head; shipments $500 head.
New York.
New YORK, April l6.-Beeves-Rnceipts
3 car loads; dressed beef SO O0@9 so per
cwt; exports $50 live cattle and 90 quar-
ters beef.
Sheep-Receipts 1900 head; market &C.
i've and 6rmer; 81 1906 Is per vt. for
,heep, and SIS 1906 Is for yearliugS, all
unshorn; exports 200 carcasses mutton.
Hogs Receipts 1900 head all for
| .lauRhterers direct; market nominally dull
and lower at 81 80@5 30 per cwt.
/ Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, April l6.-Hogs - Quiet;
| common and light, So 1904 so; packing
| md butchers, 81 35@4 90. Receipts 1900
head; shipments 1922 head.