Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-12-07
LIVE STOCK,
Wheeling.

with prices unchanged. Messrs. Hudson &
Bayha furnish the following quotations:
Cattle-1,O 600 to LOO lbs stock 3s3lc
per h.; 800 to 900 lbs. 2!a24c. per h.; 700
to 800 lbs. 2a23c. per ID.
Hogs-Market active; 5a5fc per 10.
Lambs-Good at 3a4c per ID.
Calves-3a4!c per ID.
Sheep-2a3c per 10.
Baltimore Cattle Market.
THURSDAY, November 20. 1888.
CALYERTON STOCK YARDS.
BEBF CATTEE-There hes bsen a fair
trade on the Hill today until near the
close of the market. The Quality Of the
offerings is folly as good az thst Of last
Thursday. Prices show no serious change
since then, only q few more sales were
made at and near our top quotations than
last week. We quote at s. 20a2 37!,
more sales being made at So 0OAi 123 per
100 pounds. ,
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged
az follows: Best beeves at 81 25s4 37!,
those generally rated first quality Us los
4 25, medium or good fair quality 80 %!
as 80, end ordinary thin steers, oxen and
cows 81 25a3 90 per 100 lbs.
Of the Cattle received 1,5l7 came from
Virginia, 81 from West Virginia; 1872 from
| Ohio. 1919 from Illinois, 81 head from
MARYLAND, and 1872 head from Kentucky.
Total receipts for the past week 2,266
against 8, ass last week, and 2,69o same
time lsst year.
Of the offerings 723 were taken by the
Baltimore butchers, 269 by country deal
ers, and 100 by Eastern buyers. Total
sales for the week 992 against l,lo6 last
week, aud 6l9 same time last year.
SHEET AND LAMBs-There is a fair ctfer-
irr of sheep and lambs this week, aa to
numbers, but the quality is not as good as
that of last weeks receipts. There IS o
fairly God demand fer good sheep and
lambs. which are scarce, but common
stock finds slow sale. We quote hatcher
sheep at 23a4tc per ID. gross, and lamns az
| 5Ic Ier ID. gros'. Receipts this week oil
sheep and lambs 3. l72 head.
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK YARDS(
MONDAY, December 3, 1888.
SHINE There is a heavy increase IN
the receip's over last Monday, some > ,1GO
head. ard with tie increase there is a de-
cline of fully tc in prices and a slow trade.
Tie quality is quite as good as ia needed.
We quote hogs at 6!a7ic per pound net,
with the bitter grades at 747}c; rough
hogs sell at 6Is7c; most Gales were at IA
7!c net. Receipts this week IT, z neau'
CLAREMONT STOCK YARDS,
Arrivals of live stock at Claremont stock
wards via Baltimore and Ohio railroad for
The week ended December 2:-l6l cars,
containing 1,126 cattle, n calves, LII
sheep, 8,7GO hogs and 80 horses.
Shipments to New York, Philadelphia,
etc, TAP cattle, Z calves, 400 sheep, l,6l9
hogs and 81 horses. 8,
All hogs and sheep sold in these yards
are at gross weight. Receipts OF hogs TINS
wsek are 1855, against 4,97l last week
fair to good hogs sold at S. SO, pigs at IS %,
and rough nogs ct $475 per 100 lbs.
Ohicaxo.
OH1oGeo, December T.-Csttla-h'
oeipts Is, 900 head; shipments 5000 head
market dull and demoralizsd and 1Oa2O(
lower; choice beeve3 81 75a5 90; steers
So 8Oa4 go; stocker5 and feeders d %
a3 90; cows, bulls and mixed 81 OOa2 10
western rangers So OOs4 90. -.
Hocs-Receipts 1900 head; shipments
40GO head; market strong and Dc higher
mixed S. O5a5 %; heavy S. 1Oa5 40; high,
IS 5OA5 30; skips 81 00i4 S5. .
Sheep-Receipts $500 head; shipments
2COO head; market slow and 5'lOc lower
natives So 5OI5 %; western - OOa4 -
Texan, So GOA 5 go.
East Liberty.
East LIBERTY, December 6.-Csttle-
Receipts l .159 head; shipments l. lao head
market nothing doing, oil through cen
Eocs-Receipts 1900 head; shipment
Q 400 head: market s%ctive; Philadelphia
S. 25a5 30; mixed S. 25; Workers. s. 90
5 25; common to fair S. l0l5 10; pig
SIS O0s5 %.
Sheep-Receipts 1900 head; shipment
. 900 lead; market fair on good, very dul
and slow on ether gTades.
: Cincinnati.
OrEmNNAT1, o., December 5.-dcSs
stronger: common and light IA 5Oa5 II
) nsckiog and butchers S. COt5 -; re
, csip.s 400 head; shipments 1851 head'
[ Cincinnati Horse ana mu1o hh"ih'"
! CINCINNATI, December 1.-Busine'
has zen mainly local and very far, VII
4; streeters and heavy woIk.horses in goo
= demand, aud the demand for good mule
has been equal to the supply. Receipt
. have beea light generally, and at the clo'
the market is firm. ~.
t Quotations at the Cincinnati Unio
Stock Yards Stables were as tolloT'
: Driving aud saddle horses, $l25a175; dra.
horses, $15Oa225; street car horses, S9Oal2'
Southern chunks, $50a9O. Mules, age
, four to eight years, fftt en- and a half !
D sixteen hands, S135a15O; fifteen to h
teen and a half hands, $l15a135; fourtee
and a half to fifteen hands, S9Oall5. -,
The following prices were qooted OF I'd
Fifth Street Stables: Heavy draft horse:
extra, S165 I2iO; do. good, Sl3Oal65; seC
dlers. $9Oa1AO; streeter5,. S9Oal4S
streeters. S9Oa1l5; Southern horsts, $40
. IS. Mules, 1000 and LOO pounds, tou
to seven years, sixteen hand, sl5oal,'
fifteen hands, S115a135; fourteen hand
; SsOa10O.