Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-09
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IlkLIE uf sou IL WfN NuUIte u WttVfo. mugs
are sad at net freight, that is 20 per cent GcaeraAO
Of g.om hre freight. Sheep are sold gross, hu IS
lire trefgh, o. iaal2Q OIL
Az CALvERroN YARDS.
BEEF CAfrEE--There was no improve
ment il the market this weekin activity,
nor were prices as good as last w~eek--tops
being lc. lower and other grades tc, IS 70
quality. Tue general average ofthe quail
ity was fully up to last weeks offerings.
Prices range from 3 to ) 1-l0c., with most
sales from 81 to 5sc.
Prices for Beef Cattle ranged rs follows:
Best at s. 25a5 20, that generally rated
first quality 81 S7Ia5 p, medium or good
fair quality So s7!ai 30, ordinary thin
Steers, Oxen and Cows So 00a3 80. EX-
IRENE range of prices So 00aj 20. Most
of the sales ranged from So - to So 379 per
l00lbs.
OF the cattle received some 548 head
came from Virginia, 1913 from Ohio, l22
from Illinois, % from Kentucky, 63 from
Maryland, 81 from West Virginia, II
from Pennsylvania. Total receipts for the
week 1857 head, against ,467 last week,
and 1,Sl7 head same time last year.
OF the offerings 800 head were taken by
Baltimore butchers, 40 sold to country
dealers. 40 to Eastern buyers, and % to
Washington city butchers. Total sales for
the week 902 head, against 954 last week,
and 929 head same time last year.
SwINE-There is a full supply of hogs
on the market-SOme 1000 head more than
last week-but there is a good demand,
which will have absorbed them before the
close of the day. The quality ranges about
as good as last weeks offerings. Prices
have advaeced q full &c on last weeks fig
ures, and now range from 6 to &c, with
most sales at and near the latter figure.
Prices same time last year 5a6lc. Arrivals
this week s, 149 head, against 6,144 head
last weak, and 4,Sl1 same time last year.
SHEEP AND LANES. There is an in
crease in the receipts over last week OF
about l,400 head, but their quality is
scarcely as good as they were last week.
The demand is slow and prices somewhat
higher than last week, and range fol
Sheep ut 2a4l cents, and for Lambs at 3!a
81 cents gross. Arrivals this week 5,75S
head against 1884 last week, and 4,72S
head same time last year.
CLAREMONT STOCK YARDS.
Arrivals of live stock at ClaremontS tOcl
Yards via Baltimore and Ohio railroad fol
the week ended July 4.-144 cars, contain
ing 1897 cattle, Al calves, 1864 sheep anC
lambs, 1908 hogs, So horses.
Shipments to New York, Philadelphia
etc, S22 cattle, 1928 sheep and lambs
and go horses.
Philadelphia.
;, WEST PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July s.
Cattle market firm; receipts 1900 head
prime 6a6lc; good 5la2lc; medium 5a5tc
common ia4fc.
Sheep and Lambs-Firm; receipts 5000
| prime at Sa5ic; good 4ta4ic; medium
33a4ic; common 1ia3le per ID. Lamb
/ 4aSc.
: Hogs-Active receipts 5000; Western :
a7c; country 6la63c-
Chicago.
:. CHICAGO, July S.-The DrOreTs' JoHrnc
! reports: Cattle Receipts 1900 head
shipments 3, 500 head; market steadier bu
7 very low; shipping steers, So 71aS u
5 stoekers and feeders 81 50a4 10; eow'
bulls and mixed 81 75a3 20; through Texa
cattle - 50a4 90.
. Hogs-Receipts 26, 900 head; shipment
5000 head; market slow and 5alOc lowe
$ rough and mixed 81 5Oa4 80; pacEn
and shipping 81 75a4 80; light 81 5o
4 80; skips - 75a4 40.
, Sheep-Receipts 1000 head; shipmen,
: none; market very weak; natives ,! w
: 4 90; Texans, 81 5Oa3 90; lambs, per heal
I 81 O0a3 so.
; New York.
: NEW YORK, July S.-Cattle-Recelpt
!. none; no market; exports $40 quarters
Z beef.
1 Sheep-Receipts $500 head; fair tra'
y at low prices, with a show i imprOyemel
: in good and prime offering Extremes 80
per 100 lbs. for sheep, ans a 5Oa6 90 I
:. lambs
q Hogs-Reeeipts LOO head; all
~ slaughterers; market nominally firm
= S. 30a5 60 per 100 lbs.
= Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, July S.-HOgs - Quiz
common and light So 95a4 50; packi
and butchers 81 40a4 95; receipts 30
head; shipments 167 head.
Y East Liberty.
- EAST LIBERTY, July S-Cattle-I
al ceipts 627 head; shipments 627 head; M
4 ket slow at Wednesdays prices; no 81
= ments to New York.
nj Hog-Rece;pts 1900 head shipmel