Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-18
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Leading Features of Markets at East Lib.
erty Yards-Cattle Barely Hold Their
Own-Calves Too PIenty-Sheep
and Lambs DemoraIized.


and Lambs DemoraIized.
The run of cattle this week up to to-day
has been rs loads, an excess of 10 loads over
last week. There were no extra primes in
the receipts. A few loads weighed from
1900 to L4OO pounds. The bulk ranged from
LOO to J, go. In the supplies were three or
four loads of stockers and feeders, but of the
IS loads received on Monday 45 were from
Chicago. Ten loads received since Monday
were, in the main, from Ohio and Indiana. Re
ceipts of calves were between l,l0O and !, 200
head. Markets for cattle were sluggish at last
weeks prices. Last week demand was active
and everything sold up clean.
The slowness of markets this week is easily
explained by the increased supply. The best
price obtained for 800 to L 400 pound cattle
was 41zc. A load of good stockers weighing
800 to $50 was sold at So CO. Calves are slow
with &c as the outside price. A few punches
were sold on Monday at S4 40, but markets have
been dropping since that time Three or four
loads of cattle were shipped out to-day, not
being able to find customers.
Sheep and Lambs.
The tumble predicted a week ago has came
with vengeance. Prices are 60 to zoe lower
than this time last week. Advices from New
York have helped to demoralize markets. Be-
tween here and there margin is left for
shippers. But two or three loads were shipped
east this week, while it is a common thing to
ship dozen loads. There is no longer any
market for wool sheen, and not more than
load of this class was received. The range for
clipped sheep was So to 81 30 The range for
clipped lambs was S. so to S. Is All dealers
report very bad sheep market for the week.
Hogs.
The run has been light but supply appears to
be up to demand. At Chicago to-day prices are
off lOc from yesterdays rates, with 81 IS as the
4oron or iohf marking 2
the outside price is S5 O5, showing decline of
10c over rates Of last week, in face of a very
light run.
Mccall & Co.'s Review.
Receipts of cattle are fair and market very
dull, especially on the better grades, few loads
of this class remaining unsold. Common to
medium all sold at strong last weeks prices.
We give the following as ruling prices for the
week: Prime, 300 to 800 MS, 81 25@4 IS; good,
LOO to l,4OO ms. 81 OO@4 c5; rough fat, LOO
70 l.SOO ms, So 1904 90; good butcher grades,
900 to LOO ms, s. 6063 so; common to fair,
900 to LOCO fs So 50GS 20; bulls and fat COWS,
81 00@S 90; fresh COWS and springers, $40 OO@
40 90 per head.
The receipts Of hogs continued light but
fully equal to the demand. The market was
slow to-day at the following quotations: Phila-
delphias: s. OOg5 10; Workers, IS OO@5 05;
Receipts of sheep Monday and Tuesday were
heavy and the market slow at a decline of 2Sc
to 5Oc per cwt from last weeks prices. To-
days receipts were light and the market slow
at the following quotations: Prime Ohio
and Indiana wethers, weighing here ITO to 100
MS, IS OO65 IS; good wethers. 80 to 100 MS, s. go
az 90: fair to good mixed. IS to 80 fbs, 81 250
X: common to fair, rs to so MS, SS OOG3 75
prime lambs. IS to 90 Ms, IS 1896 25; good. 70 to
50 Ms, IS OO@5 go; common to far, 50 to 65 ms,
6oS2 @ SS G good clipped Is 70 Sons, S 5oS4 o. o. co.
common to fair, 80 to rs ms, 50 0OGS 50: prime
clipped yearlings, rs to 50 MS. 81 5OG5; fair
to good yearlings. IS to IS MS IS 5OQ4 25; veal
calves, IO to l2O MS, So 9OG4 25