Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Features of Trade for the Week at
Herr'S Island Yards
HEAVY SUPPLIES, WEAK MARKETS
Grade of Cattle Below Average--PriceS Are
Maintained.
HOGS AND SHEEP DRIFTING DOWN.
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, I
MONDAY, May 6, 1889.

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MONDAY, May 6, 1889.
With q very heavy run of stock, markets
have failed to come up to general anticipa-
tious The run was so light last week, and
stock so quickly cleaned up that dealers
looked for active markets this week. Their
hopes have been blasted by heavy supplies.
Not only was the run heavy, but quality
was below the average of recent weeks. A
leading butcher who procures his supplies
from Herr's Island, said. ''the grade of, cattle
received this week was poorer on an average
than it has been for several months. A large
proportion of the supplies was of the low
grade. The range of last weeks prices were
fairly maintained. Drovers reported that
they had to pay more in Chicago this week than
last But they were not able to persuade their
customers here that there should be an ad-
vance on rates.
SChoioe heavy western beeves, from 1,5OO to
l,6OO in weight, were sold at s. IS to IS 90. Me-
diums, 200 to L 400. 81 65 to 81 80 Prime light
cattle, 800 to 1,lO0 81 10 to 81 40 Common to
fair thin steers 50 q to SS 60. Fresh cows were
in large supply and slow at SO to SO Calves,
too, were slow at range Of 81 to &C. Stags,
dry COWS and heifers were to &c. There
were in the supplies goodly number of year
lings, weighing about 600 pounds, which sold
at S12c.
From Chicago receipts were as follows: l.
Zeigler. SO head; L GeTsOn. SO; A. Fromm, As;
Winter Dellenbach lS5: E. Wolf, IL: d.
Hirsch CO., S5; Rothschild d Co, 6S From
Pennsylvania receipts were: j. Reiber, ~ head;
Bingham d Co. II; Pisor d THOMPSON, z; J.
Klein, II; various owners, 5. Total receipts, 64
head. Receipts last week, 4S9. Previous week,
59S
Sheep and Lambs.
1t twill be seen by figures below that receipts
were above last week. With the exception of
spring lambs, supply was in excess Of demand
and prices were of full quarter from rates of
week ago. More spring lambs could have
been sold than appeared
There were no wool sheep in the market and
none were called for. Prime heavy wethers
sold at 81 so to 81 rs; medium to good 81 90 to
81 25; common to fair S. 25 to IS IS: yearlings,
S5 80 to S. 25; spring lambs. &c to SC. The only
Chicago consignments were to |. Zeigler-2s7
head. The balance from PENNSYLVANIA, and
were consigned as follows: To J. Scherman,
262; J. Reiber. 20: Pisor & Thompson, 80; ]. F.
Beilstein, 10: William Craig. 81; ]. B. Behler,
1S7; E ID. Sergeant %. Total receipts, SSS head,
against 7S6 last week and $50 the previous
week.
Hogs.
Supply was light but demand was equally
light.
Butchers have generally quit killing hogs,
and as Herr's Island is no market for packers,
receipts are expected to be light at this season
ofthe year. Notwithstanding light receipts
markets were slow at fall of 25c per cwt be-
low rates of last week. Heavy Western hogs
brought 81 95 to S. O0 mediums IS 10 to S. l5
light 81 SO to 81 IS: stock pigs, 81 90 a pair.
From 0hio-Needy & Smith received l47 head,
J. Langden 76 There was but one consignment
from Chicago, VIZ, TO L. Gersen,1 Il head. From
Pennsylvania-Pisor & Thompson received q
head, J. Klein II, Z. D. Sergeant Il, ]. Cruik-
shank q. Total receipts for the week, $50
head. Last weeks receipts 252 Previous
weeks receipts 49l.
Advices from Chicago to-day are that hogs
are Of there from sc to l5c. Our pork packers
are strong in the faith and hope that further
declines are bound to come as hogs are too
high TO- the price of products.