Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-30
MEAT ON THE HOOP.
Leading Features of Markets at the
Herr's Island Yards.
LIGHT BUTCHER CATTLE ACTIVE.
Sheep and Lambs Higher in Spite of Lib
eral Receipts.
FLOUR FROM MILLERS STANDPOINT
OFFICE OF P1TTsBURG DISPATCH, |
Alnn-r Ir,lr- % 1890

OFFICE OF PTTTsBURG DISPATCH, |
MONDAY. July %. 1889.
There was good run of stocks and prices
were fairly maintained, with a slight i'm
provement on good, smooth butchering
cattle of light weight. OF strictly prime
heavy cattle there were none on the market.
Sheep and lambs held up well in spite of a
heavy run. Hogs were the weakest article
on the market, showing that consumers take
little to fresh pork in this hot weather.
Cattle.
The run was larger than last week. and quail
fly showed some improvement. The bulk of
those received were light butcher stock, weigh
ing from 100 to 1900 This is the grade most
in demand, and shippers nave evidently caught
on to this fact. There were few l,6O0-pound
cattle on the market, but none strictly prime.
For the latter there are no longer customers in
this market. The range of prices for heavy
Western beeves weighing ], 800 to 600 pounds,
was 81 65I4 20; medium weights, l.2OO TO 40O
pounds, which we're in good demand, 81 4Og4 %;
prime lghtweights, 800 to l. 100 pounds, s. 7oQ
80; common to fair thin ana rough steers,
s. OOG3 so. Fresh COWS were slow at range
of S2OG40. Sales reported were at SO, SO and
So Calves we're in light supply, bur sufticie' t
for demand at 41z06c per pound. Balls, stags,
heifers and dry COWS were in light supply.
and sales were reported. Receipts from
Chicago, Winter & Deilen5ach, 2i9 head; l.
Zeigler, 96; l. GersOn 81: A. Fromm, 5S; Roths
child Co, l02; ). Iowensteln. loO FROM
Ohio s. Lowensteip. % From PENNSYLVANIA.
q. Klein, 8: s Lowenstein, 6; various owners,
g. Total, 649; last week, 6O7; previous week.
752 A drOver just from Chicago reports mar
kets there very brisk. particularly for export
cattle. Prices were higher all along the line at
Chicago this week, but at Herr's I.land there
was little change, except for light, smooth
butcher stock. This grade sold more readily at
better prices than a week ago. few cattle
were unsold at noon to-day and one drover. who
4 lw.g., 1,f~ I, ha fr1o IN
si25
Sheep and Lambs.
Supply was heavy, but demand was good in
spite OF heavy run. Prices were a shade higher
than last week, and though the run was very
heavy more could been sold. Best heavy West
ern and native wethers, 81 rs; medium weights,
81 % to 81 50; common to fair, So so to S. 20;
culls, IS 20 to So 25; lambs, to 612c per pound.
Receipts-From Chicago. go head;.from OHIO.
A. Williamson, So; Sanford Langdon, ll6;
from PENNSYLVANIA, ]. Reiber, IS; Pisor q Nc
Neese, 249; g. Klein. 70; J. Behler, 1873: 5. Low
enstein SSl; William Gavin, 6S; q. W. keesy,
"a; F. CrGikshank, l54: II. Runger. 80. Total,
l6S9; last week, l,47l; previous week, 1,2I9.
A Lawrence county drover said I'VE have
had very good sheep market this week. though
supplies have been unusually heavy. In the
hot months people are more inclined to mutton
than pork and the effect is seen in the heavy
demand for sheep and lambs"
A Diamond market butcher said: "The sup
ply of sheep and lambs for a few weeks back
has been scarcely up to demand, and this week
there is a rush of stock to market. But mar
kets were able to take all that came. AS a rule
such rush as we have had this week should
weaken prices. But sheep held up well and
desirable grades brought better prices than
last week. At East Liberty sheep were strong,
but lambs weak, owing to liberal receipts.
Hogs.
Supplies were very light and demand corre-
sponded. The time is here when butchers
want little pork. sales were reported at 81 IS
to 81 go The outside price at Chicago to-day
was 81 e5. Receipts from Ohio, Sanford q
Langdon, 33 head. From Pennsylvania, J.
Reber, IL; William Gavin. s. Total 81; last
week, lS9; previous week, i3S.
Wheat aud FIour.
NJ. B. Sheffield, of Fairbault, Minn., who rep
resents large Touring interests there, is in the
city looking after The interests of his trade.
To the commercial editor of The DISPATCH
he said to-day: Through the Red river valley
the quantity of wheat this season is up to last
An unusually rye percentage of this seasons
wheatswin grade as No. l hard. Last year
there was very small percentage of this
grade. OF last years crop not more than one
third was what could be called III the largest
charity good milling wheat. This years crop
will pan out fully two-thirds of good milling
wheat The crop in Minnesota will not be more
than 20 per cent of the average this season, but
quality was never better. The stock of old
Though export demand has fallen below gen.
eral expectation, there is very little irst-class
milling wheat in the graneries of the North
west at this time"