Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-02-25

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Cattle Markets.
WFsr PHnADEipHJA STocK YAsna. F. b. g.
Satt,e, market in fair demand: receipts. $500
ne "a; Fine, 8 ! az gnnh, 4Sa5Bsc.: medium,
| SKA nc; common D. as c.
sheep, m rket. good: st6cs. higher common
| lower: re- 'e'pts, y. o. heal. prime n, asr T.
goal 4knS1s ~ ilum, 4kc.; cs,micas,. essa
Hog market ac;iye; receipts, 6,aoo head.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. decentralization.
w mead; market easier, but not quotabiy lower
than on last Monday: extra steers. 81 esas. sn:
good " choice do, 81 S0a5. ~; common 10 fair
o,as1pi lower 81 grades have advanced. and are
quotaply ~ s5Saa4 IS; stockers and feeders dull
anu nominal; extra bulls, 50. 75a4; fair 10 good
90, q 25a3H ~; sausage do, s2.75a3; oxen dun
as - a4.s, for good to extra; good mich cowa
soogop each; springers dull. with no sale; gond
70 choice veals, $6s6 0; good to fair a. 75ah 20.
an sold Sheep-RecAipts, 5000 head; market
e,ve ~ a ,n sc higher than on Saturday COM
AS; choice to extra, s5a5.sO; GOOD 10 extSa
western lambs, S575a6.35; common do dull %
sa 1i,tJ " ioa1 extra canadian sold al 1915 all
but not quotably lower; piga, 81. 20a4 30: llrhpp
mixed, st.s5a4.4O; selected Yorkers' a 40ss' bs
Sc collected sss medium weights, H.s0a470; bulk ct
mixed do, s3.60a415; market closed win, a de
cline OF soc on light grades; loads left over
c, Es 'nsa YORK Ok aep k2-Beeves-Recelpts $50
cluded ITO car loads for the market Tia car
loads for expoetati n and "A car loads for home
tfane slaughterers direct Sales were rath.r
slow, but prices were advanced fully i0c. mar M,
pounds, and he yards wsra fairly cleared: conn
mon 20 prime steers sold at s4.a5a5.75 per I'M
ponndsi extra and fancy do. at seas 81, and bulls
and dry COWS at 50 5Oa4. so. Exports To- eiavNsrs
beeves and 1855 quarters OF beef: for me wsek
GOV reeves; lsO sheep and 9460 quarters Of beet
g,lOO head, making 81, 200 for the EecE: fairly
nrm at sustained prices, with sales Of rommn1
70 Prime sheep at 81 50ad 80 per 100 pounds, and
q ommon 70 choice lambs at s6a7bn. Hogs-
receipts, 1850 head; nominally quiet at $500
so per 10 pounds
j EAST LIBERTY, PA, Feb. oe. -cattIe-Receipts,
- d mead shipments, 722 head market active
and shade hagher than last week: sf,irss-
ment 10 New York 80 car loads HoRs-Reoeints
mead 100 head market aciive
shipmeuts 20 New York, 2S car loads Sheep
receipts, 1880 head; shipments, 400 head:
BafM SStlve F eaS 2Se higher than las, week
more active and tops a shade stronger othere
weaker prices unchanged best beeyee. az
zoe, hrst quality, 4a4Mc medium, 3Aa4c.; ordi-
n narV, sAa5c.i most OF the sales were from
w to &c.; receipts, 1854 head; sales, 707 head.
Swlne-Light supply and fairly good de-
mand receipts, 5,46g head ouotations' sixasc
I ne receipts of sheep and lambs were p62
mead. Quotations-Sheep, 8a5kc.; lambs, SKA
CHICAGO, Feb 22.-The DroperS Jottrna. re-
porta: Cattle-Receipts, 9,iO0 head; shipments.
o;6o0 head market dull, and 10 TO i5c. lower:
stockers and feeders, s2.25a4 SIS; cows, bulls and
mixed, ". bOa3 rs; bulk, 81. s0as. 25 Hogs-Re-
selpts, 1900 head; shipments, 5000 head
market steady,closiDg weak: rough and mixed,
saai. 80 packing and shipping, "a 35a4 IS: Light
y s 9ya i.55; skips, S2.90a3.60 Sheep-Recefpts,
3,6OO head; shipments. 1900 head; market
lambs, 6ia5,e5. The Dropers' Jotlrnahs special
caDIeeram from Liverpool, quotes prices &c,
llgher on best American cattle, at l2kc. per
pound, estimated dead weight Supplies OF
home-fed cattle arc reported light, and receipts
d american cattle only fairly large
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