Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-26

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No. 2 soft S7@84c CoGn--Quiet; No. 2
cash and February 43tc; May 43c asked.
Oats-Dull; No. cash &c; May 33tc
asked Clover Seed-Basy;. prime 81 So.
LIVE STOCK.
WhseIang.
The market u very good, this week.
Messrs. Hudson q Bayha furnished the
following quotations:
Cattle, 81 59@4 so tor ell kinds.
Hogs, fair supply. active; I4@42c per ID.
Sheep, 3(94lc.
Calves, S. 00@l0 90.
Fresh COWS, $50 00@60 90.
Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, MONDAY, February %.
C1hs ure sOd at psse figures lice tcci1hL Hogs are
SOD al net rei7h hai & 20 per cenL. (gsl>rIyl Of
from lire Ioeigh Sheep sold gross, IAds Is itee
,ceiSh or nOihiRg oEl
AT CALYERT0N YARDS.
Beef Cattle.-The retail trade was slow
to-day with prices s@ic, and in some in
stances Sc higher than last Monday. The
wholessls prices were also ic higher. The
quality averaged better than last weeks
offerings. The market closed dull, with the
advance in most cases lost. We quote the
range at 81 25@6 10, with most sales at
s. 50@5 70 per hundred pounds.
Prices Of Beef Cattle ranged as follows:
Best S. 62I@6 90; that generally rated
first quality S. 50@5 IS; medium or good
lair quality 81 O0@4 IS; ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows So 25@4 90.
Extreme range Of prices 81 25@6 10.
Most of the sales were from 81 5O@5 rs
per 100 lbs. OF the Cattle received, 29s
head came from Virginia; 90 from Ken
tucky; 90 from New York; 4l5 from Hi
nois: 90 from Ohio, 29S head came from
MARYLAND; 90 from West Virginia; and So
from Pennsylvania. Total receipts for the
past week 1000 head against 1895 last
week. and 1921 head same time last year.
Of the offerings Clio head were taken BY
Baltimore butchers; 90 sold to Eastern
SPECTATORS; and 90 to country dealers;
and "a to Washington butchers. Some 80
head were taken for shipment to Liverpool.
Total sales for the week 673 head against
ISL last week, and 81 head same time last
year.
SwIxE.-There is fair increase in the
number OF the receipts over last week
record, and the quality Of the offerings fully
as good as it was then. Trade is fair to
good at the full prices of last Monday, with
fully as many hogs selling at and near the
highest figures OF the day as then. We
quote at 6I@7ic per 10. net, with very ex-
ira q shade higher. Receipts this week
5,76i head against 1922 last week, and
6,2S5 head same time last year.
Sheep and Lambs-There is slight In
crease in the receipts over last week, with
the quality not as good as it was then.
Trade is very slow, there being no outside
demand, and the butchers are not buying
very freely. We quote sheep at 2l@jic,
with bunch of very choice Ohio sheep at
Sc; lambs at 3l@5$c per ID gross. Re
ceip,s this week 2,447 head against 2,258
last week and 1858 head same time last
year.
Arrivals of Live Stock at Claremont
Stock Yards via Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road for the week ended February 22-7S
cars, containing 973 cattle, "a calves, us
sheep, 1920 hogs, 40 horses and As mules.
Shipments to New York, Philadelphia,
&C., 678 cattle, 4 calves, $50 sheep, 7$7
hogs, q horses and % mules.
Sales of the week TO dealers and butchers
20 head of cattle, l02 sheep and Is hogs
Philadelphia.
WEST PHILADELPHIA, Pa, February 23.--
Cattle in poor demaud. Receipts 2,2OO head
prime 6@63c, good 5i@52c, medium 4i@
SC, and common 3@4c per pound. Sheep
DOOR Receipts 10000 head; prime 5I@54c
good 4}@5c, medium 4@4fc, common
3@33c per pound. Lambs at 4@63c pei
pound. Hogs in active demand Receipts
500 head; selling at 6l@7lc per pound.
Cincinnati Horse and Mule Market.
During the past week the weather was
uniformly very cold, and prevented parties
from shipping in stock Thus, there is but
title change to note. There we're some
)uyers here, and the demand was tolerably
air. On Fifth street driving horses are
Iuoted at Sl25@l75, draft do $ljO@225
treet car do $l0O@l2O, Southern chunks
SS5GllO. Mules, aged four to eight years
l5I 10 lG hands, Sl50@l7j; Is to ljl
hands Sl25@l50, III to IL hands $S5G
| 10, IA to IL hands S70@S5.
Chicago.
CHICAGO, February 24.-The Drovers
Journal reports: Live Hogs-Receipt
1000 head; shipments 900 head; marke
fairly active but l0c lower; rough packing
| "a 25@4 So; packing and shipping 81 g.
as 10; light 81 OO@4 55i skipS - SO@
90.
Cattle-Receipts $500 head; shipment
1000 head; market fairly active but lO'
over: exports Sc OO@6 40; steers 1850 t
| 200 pounds, 81 00@4 65; 1920 Il
| 800 pounds, 81 5000 so; 1850 Il
1900 pounds S. 6O@6 00;Texans 81 u
| "a IS. :.
Sheep-Receipts 5000 head; shipment
!. 700 head: market weak and 10000 lower
inferior to medium 81 OO@3 90; good t.
choice So 25@4 so; lambs 81 2j@i 80.
New York.
NEw YoRK, February. 2j.-Beeves-Re
ceipts $3.50 head, including los carload
for expectation; early sales fully at Monday
prices, but declined one dollar per head be
fore the finish. About 40 cars reached tn
market very late and were not put on sale
excepting few cars of bulls. Steers ant
beifers sold at So 60@4 80; extremes wer,
IS 25@7 80; general sales IS 50@6 40
exports $50 live cattle, 2p4OO quarters bee
and 500 carcasses mutton.
Sheep-Receipts 500 head; msrke
opeped dull but closed firm, with upWart
tendency: extremes 81 25@5 Is pen cwt
r. bO6T 90 for lambs.
Hogs-Receipts l040O head live hogs
market nominaIly unchanged, with car
loads holding for S. 90 per cwt.
East Liberty.
East LlBEKTY, February 25.-Csttie-
Market slow; prime $6@6 So fair to g!oc'
81 1906 so; comm2n ~ OOG4 5Vi receipu
| l52 head; shipments none.
Hogs-Market dull; receipts 200 head
Philadephias s. 20@5 30; best Yorker
| 81 7OG4 80; common 81 50@4 60.
Sheep-Market dull; extra prime "a SOC
90; fair to good So 75@4 %; common
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