Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-02
By TeleRrnDh.

NEW YoRK-Beeves-Receipt 400 head
making II. $50 head for the week; fresh arrivals
included 81 carloads for the market SO carloads
for city slaughterers direct and l02 carloads for
exportation; the trading was slow, prices were
small fraction lower and the pens could not
be cleared: native steers ranged from So 6o6
go per 100 pounds; bulls from 81 00@3 90.
Calves-Receipts, $3.50 head, making $3.50
head for the week; after few early sales at
fair prices the market weakened and finally
closed dull at decline equal to 12@3zc per
pound; late sales were at 405c per pound for
veals, and at 2@2hc for buttermilk. Sheep
Receipts, Is, 100 head; making 4l700 head for
the week: about steady at 81 OOG5 Is per 100
pounds for sheep, and at S. 65@7 Is for lambs.
Hogs-Receipts. IL 200 head. making $500 lead
for the week; the few sales on the live weight
were at 81 50a4 so per 100 pounds and the
market is rated steady at the range.
KANSAS observation-disclosures $3.50 head:
shipments, 2, 100 head; bulk of supply, Texas
strong; run of Texas calves heavy and selling
at 81 O0@4 90 per head; good cows firm; com
mon weak; good to choice corn-fed steers. S3 rs
ers and feeding steers, SS OO@S 10: cows. ST 5Oa
] 80; grass Texas and Indians. 81 75@2 80.
Hogs-Receipts 5.345 head; no shipments:
market opened strong and shade higher,
closing weak; good to choice light, 81 1714G
IN; heavy and mixed, 81 O0@4 Is. Sheep
Receipts, l,026 head; no shipments: market
steady; good to choice muttons, So 1904 Oci
common to medium. 81 50Q3 So
Lo-Cattle-Receipts9 "a loads through;
10 loads on sale. Market dull for heavy and
the very common grades medium and light
butchers l0@l5c higher; butchers. So 1908 95
and S3 60@3 IS; extra COWS and heifers, IS 25@
3 So Sheep and lambs-Receipts. "a loads
through; 40 oD sale; slow and unchanged for
sheep: lambs active and higher; sheep. good to
best, 81 5004 rs: fair to good, 81 2514 so: lambs,
good to best, S6 2506 so; fair to good. S5@6 25.
Hogs-Receipts. so loads through; so on sale;
strong; medium and mixed, 81 6014 IS; York
ers, g 20: pigs, "a 1894 80; roughs, 50 1894
stays, So 25@S 40
CHIcAGo-The Drouers Journal reports:
Cattle-Receipts, $500 head; shipments, $500
q 1904 %; steers, So 1904 20; stockers and
feeders, 81 1902 80; cows. bulls and mixed, 81 40
az CO. Hogs-Receipts. Is, 900 head; shipments,
5000 head: market strong; mixed. 81 20D4 40;
heavy, 81 1904 3715: skips, $3 50Gl4 30. Sheep
Receipts, 1000 head; shipments, LOCO head:
market steady: natives, SO 50E14 60: Westerns,
So 40G3 go; Texans, So 40@3 IS; lambs, $500.
London cable quotes American beeves steady
at l2c.
ST. LoUIs-Cattle-Receipts 2 100 head; ship
ments, 500 head; market steady; choice
heavy native steers, So SO@4 30; tair to good
do, So 1904 90; stockers and feeders, fair to
good, g 1908 20: rangers, corn-fed, 81 70l3 80;
CRASHED, 81 0003 10. Hogs-Receipts 2S09
head; shipments, 800 head; market slow;
choice heavy and butchers selections, 81 90
al 30; packing, medium to prime, 81 Is
G4 25; light grades, ordinary to best 81 Is
"a 81 Sheep-Receipts, 400 head; shipments,
1000 head; market firm; fair to choice. 50 COO
4 So
CINCINNATI-Hogs lower; common and light,
So G564 05; packing and butchers, 81 20Q4 30;
receipts, $3.50 head; shipments, $50 head.