Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-08-27
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Leading Features of Trade for the
Week at Herr's Island.
CATTLE RUN HEAVY, PRICES. DOWN
Increasing Receipts of Hogs, Showing Sheep
to the Rear.
PRIMES SUFFER LEAST FROM A DROP
,ATTLE RUN HEAVY, PRICES DOWN
PRIMES SUFFER LEAST FROM A DROP
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, |
MONDAY. August 26. 1883.

MONDAY, August 26, 1889. !
The run Of stock was larger than the de-
mands of trade, and prices were weaker all
along the line.
Prices at Chicago were a shade lower last
week than those bought the week before,
and, as supplies were heavy, concessions
we're made by holders so that markets ruled
Is to zoe lower than last Monday, with some I'M
sold at latest accounts. Prime heavy beeves,
weighing l,5Oc to l,6OO pounds ranged in price
from 81 70 to IS 90. A Diamond Market butcher
reports that he bought some primes at s4 75,
which would have brought SIS 90 week ago.
Medium weights. J, $50 to ,450 pounds, sold at
81 90 to 81 IS; 200 to 00pound cattle, 81 20 to
to 81 50; prime light weights 9OOto 100 pounds,
s. 95 to S4 Is; common to fair thin and rough
steers, s. 10 to So s.. Cows were dull and slow
at so to $40 per head. Calves were quiet and
unchanged at a range of ~ to sc per pound.
A few extra fine brought 615c. Bulls, stays and
dry cows were in light supply. but equal TO de-
mand. No sales in this line were reported with
the exception of few dry cows at &c to SIC
per pound Fresh cows are of slow sale at bed
rock prices. A leading dealer in this line sald
to-day: There is nothing in our trade at pres
ent. The ideas of country people as to fresh
cows are much larger than facts warrant. We
cannot buy at prices which will yield living
profit in the present condition of markets. Re
ceipts from Chicago: Winter 4 DellenbacG, 81
head; L. Gerson, l26; l. Zeigler, 10; f. Wolf,
Is; A. Fromm, &c. l.. Rothschild q Co., 10
From Ohio: S. Lowenstein, 40 head; From
Pennsylvania, various owners. head. Total
receipts, 500 head; last week, 726; previous
week, 62L.
Sheep and Lambs.
Supply was larger than usual and demand
was light at lower figures than last Monday.
The decline Was 10 to Is per cent. The near
approach of the hog season is having depress-
ing influence on mutton in the opirion of
Butler county droyer. The best heavy Western
wethers sold at 81 IS to IS. A butcher reports
that be bought as good sheep as he wanted at
&c, and lambs at sc. Some common stock sold
as low as SC. The range as reported for me-
dium to good sheep was 81 10 to 81 IS; common
to fair. So 40 to 50 co; ewes, So to IS 25 lambs,
q TO &c per pound. One or two extra good .
punches of lambs brought Sc so to Sc 60 per
hundred-weight Receipts-From Chicago, ].
Zeigler, l13 head. From Ohio-Sanford &
Laugd0n, l45 head: J. Shepherd, 50.
From Pennsylvania. j. Reiber, Sc; Pisor &
McNeese, 2l0; J. Ackerman, 80; q. FIinner, 67;J
Wright, 81; ]. Cruikshank. Ill; q. w. Keesy, So
Total, l35li last week, l.ll3; previous week, 9I6
Hogs.
Notwithstanding increased interest in this
department of live stock, prices were shade
lower than last week.
The range for Western hogs was quoted at
81 50 to 81 S. but is doubtful if the latter figure
obtained for the very best A leading
buyer says he bought the best on the market
al 81 20. Home hogs were quoted at n range of
81 90 to 81 30 Receipts-From Chicago, L.
Gerson, Il head From Pennsylvania ].
Reiber, 6; Pisor & Men eese, 6; J. Ackerman 81;
q. Flinner, 81; J. CIulkshank. 10; q. w. Keesy,
l9. From Ohio-Needy & Smith, los; J. Shep-
herd, 80; Sanford & Langdon. 60. Total, 456
head; last week, S64: previous week. Ia A
Butler county drover who deals in sheep and
lambs almost exclusively reports sales of lambs
at a range of "A to 81. said he, There were
some extra fine punches of lambs which
brought as much as 61%c, but these were no
criterion to the market. The heavy run and
scarcity of prime stock gave an extra boom to
this grade" In these days of low prices low
grade of stock are the great sufferers. Good
goods hold up fairly we'll But this weeks
trade shows weakness and a shade lower prices
on all live stock at Herr's Island.