Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-10
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Full Returns of Weeks TransT1 1ctionS
at Liberty Yards.
LIGHTEST CATTLE RUN SRIS YEAR,
Heavy Supplies of 81 ,eep and Lambs
Markets Wy Strong.
HOGS CLOSE g.4RM AT AN ADVANCE
OFF .cK OF PTTTsBURG DISPATCH, I
THURSDAY, May 8, 1889. 1

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With etwrns for the week all in it appears
that loc al receipts fall short OF last week BY
500 b cad. BY going back to the record it is
disc orered that local receipts of cattle this
" eek are the hghtest for year past. By
raference to returns for last october and No
vember it is ascertained that the local trade
demanded weekly from 5000 to 1000 head.
Supplies this week are not one-third the gen.
eral weekly run of all last fall. The light run
has given strength TO markets, and dealers re-
port an advance in prices over last week all
the way from 10 to 30c per cwt. The best sell.
ing stock has been light smooth butcher cattle,
of GOOD quality, weighing from l, 100 to ,25o
pounds. There were very few cattle in this
weeks supplies above this weight, and none
were in demand. The day has passed when
prime beeves, weighing 1 500 to 1000 pounds,
are wanted at this market. The sharp compe-
tItion with Chicago dressed beef has forced
this grade TO foreign shores in search OF a
market. A few years ago large number of
our butchers killed these heavy prime cattle.
Now those who demand this class could be
counted on the fingers of one hand The ordi-
nary consumer of meat is unwilling to pay the
price which these caterers to high-toned pal
ates demand. The steer that goes above &C
has a very limited demand in this market.
Receipts of veal calves this week show no
decline The total for the week has been from
1,500 to !, 800 head. Prices range from s. u to
81 Is. according to quality.
sheep and Lambs.
Some dealers report an advance Of l0c to l5c
over last weeks prices. Others say that mar
kets have done no more thau hold their own,
with markets firmer than last week. Year
1ings are strong at 415c to SIC. There were not
enough spring lambs on hand to meet the de-
mand. The grade of sheep and lambs received
this week was above the average. Shippers
have evidently made the discovery that this is
no market for poor sheep. For choice arti-
Gle demand has been good, and prices held up
as well as any live stock center of the land
But for low grades holders found very hard
roads to travel. Lean kline find Pittsburg as
hard market as there is in the country Good
goods. on the other hand. have little difficulty
Ending customers at outside rates. By refer
ence to accompanying report it will be seen
that receipts of sheep and lambs we're $500
head more this week than last. The fact that
markets have been steady with an upward
drift, in view of the liberal supplies, has been
an agreeable surprise to most dealers.
Hogs.
At Chicago to-day receipts were 1000 head,
and markets a shade frmer, with 81 80 as the
outside rate. The situation is much the same
at East Liberty. Receipts at the latter place
are very light, and below demand. The out
side price is S. O5, an advance of l0c over yes
terday's prices. The views of stock men and
pork packers are tar apart as to the value of
hogs A Liberty dealer said to-day, Supplies
are light, market active at an advance, and
prospects frst-class." On the other hand, a
representative of a leading packing firm said
Hogs have been too high all this season
when we consider the price of products. There
is little margin left to us at present prices
Either hogs must come down or provisions go
up"
Following are the returns of transactions at
the East Liberty yards for the week past:
RECEIPTS.