Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-29
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Trade Features for the Week at the
East Liberty Yards.
HEAVY RUN OF LOW GRADE CATTLE
Prices Down and Market Slow for All Ex-
cspt Prime 5eeves.
SHEEP LOWER, CORN FED HOGS FIRM
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
WEDNESDAY, august Is, 1883.

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, |
WEDNESDAY, august =, 1859.
The cattle run was the largest Of the sea-
son. Markets were depressed and lower on
all grades of live stock with the exception
of good export cattle, which were in light
supply. The quality of stock offered was
below average. Commission men have had
hard wrestling to find buyers for the large
amount of rubbish thrown on their hands.
From the East came advices of overstocked
markets and lower prices, which had a de-
pressing influence at East Liberty.
Cattle.
Receipts on Monday aggregated 160 loads,
to which about eight loads have been added
since. In the run were some 60 carloads of
heifers and low-priced butcher grades from
Chicago. As receipts were the largest this
season prices were lowest on all low grade
cattle On top of the scalawag stock dumped
on to markets from Chicago came an unusual
quantity of low grade cattle from Indiana and
Ohio.
The few who sold early Monday morning
were lucky as prices went tumbling toward
noon. and from that time until now. markets
have been the meanest this year, with the STU
alton entirely IN buyers favor. Holders were
forced to concede, and the majority must nave
lost on their cattle deals this week. Prices, to
be sure, were lower in Chicago, ana Tor TINS
reason purchases there for this market were
unusually large. The big run Of low grade
cattle from Ohio and Indiana upset the calcula-
tions of Chicago shippers. who would have had
a nice thing if markets had held up to last
weeks prices. This they failed to do oy
large majority. -,
There were some loads of fair to good steers.
weighing lsOO to i5Oe pounds ne which aaIE found
"a 1914 So Nothing on the market went above
the latter figure. The range for the low grade
stock was 2Iz@3c. land the market slow at these
figures. The run of calves was light and prices
of last week maintained. Buyers from eastern
counties of Pennsylvania were present in
goodly number. ready to gather in all stock
offered at same price. StockerS from the lar
West were slow. while those from the central
West were in fair demand. Buyers appear to
dread disease in the droves that come from far.
sheep and Lambs.
Supply was lighter than last week, but there
was no improvement in the demand Prices
are reported from % to 40c lower than they
were at the beginning of last week. One
buyer reported that he bought few punches
of sheep on Monday at prices 4Oc per cwt. be-
low that which he paid for the same grade the
previous Monday.
The advent of cooler weather is pushing NUT
ton to the rear and bringing pork to the 'front.'.
Hogs.
The quality of the few on the market was
low. The bulk Of these received were stubble
and grass-fed stock, in which the shrinkage is
great.
On this grade markets were slow. The few
corn-fed hogs offered found active sale at
shade better prices than last week. Light
corn-fed Workers were not in supply sufhcient
for demand.