Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-11
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
The Run of Cattle at Liberty Only
Half That of Last Week.
SMOOTH LIGHT BEEyES ADVANCED.
Heavy Weights Drag--sheep and Lambs
Scarce and Higher.
RUN OF HOGS LIGHT, DEMAND ACTIVE
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, !
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 1889.

W MEDNESDA1, July W. low
The supply of cattle this week was little
above one-half that of last week. Receipts
on Monday were 60 cars, to which about
loads have been added since. Receipts
last week were close to 100 car loads! In
the supplies of this week were an unusually
large number of prime heavyweight cattle.
One load received averaged 1,73S pounds,
and number of others ranged from 400 TO
l6O0 For a number of months past shippers
of heavyweight cattle have given the Liberty
Yards the go-by, as demand for this grade has
been light.
A large proportion of the heavy cattle re-
ceived this week were from Licking county,
Ohio, the county of which Newark is the seat.
Said a leading stockman: 1T has been a long
time since we have had a run OF cat
tie as high in quality as we had
this week The trouble with markets is that
heavyweights are not IN demand here" This
grade was slow at last weeks prices. Llgn6c
smooth cattle, not weighing much above I.oOV
pounds, were 10 TO zoe higher than week ago,
and a few very choice ones brought as mucn as
Retailers complain that this has been the
worst week of the year for them. said a leao-
ing retailer::'I have not seen as dull a TUESDAY
these many months as yesterday. Inc ex-
tremely hot weather has evidently very mucn
curtailed the consumption of meat Unless we
have a light run of cattle next week markets
will pe demoIalized. The salvation OF trade
this week has been the scarcity of such stock
as our market calls for. If we had had run
this week equal to last the bottom would have
dropped out of trade"
The outside price paid for prime heavy.
weight steers. weighing from lTUO to LOO was
81 40 The range of ], 400 to L6O0 pound cattle
was S4 20 to 81 IS. These heavyweights were
mostly bought for New York. and markets
were well cleaned up this morning.
sheep and Lambs.
A choice article was strong at last weeks
prices. A few very choice wethers sold at S5 20,
which was the best price reached for a long
time past. The general range was 81 so to S. for
wethers weighing from IS to 100 pounds. Good
spring lambs were not in sufficient supply for
the demands of the trade.
The run of sheep and lambs was light for
the week and everything of good quality
foundready sale at the outside market prices.
Said leading dealer: ''Old corn fed sheep
are now pretty much out of the market Last
year everybody who raised sheep wanted to get
the low price OF wool Now since wool has ad-
vanced and sheep are relatively better stock to
hold than cattle. there is a general disposition
on the part of farmers to hold back their
sheep. Teis is the reason for short supplies of
late and not many held because of any
scarcity throughout the country. The advance
in wool adds SOC to the value of every head
thrifty farmers are shrewd enough, to keep
stock out Of market at present"
Hogs.
The run was light and demand good for light
weights. Heavy hogs, weighing from 275 to
BIS pounds, are no longer wanted at Liberty
yaEds, and can only be disposed of by liberal
concessions. The best price that could be OBJ
tanned for extreme heavyweight hogs was S4 t5
"A 40. Medium heavy hogs sold at a range of
81 AGA so. Workers and light weights, 81 65Q
4 80.
The outside price of light packing hogs at
Chicago to-day is 81 90 with firm tone to mar
kets. Said leading Liberty dealer to-day: Il
wish the shippers to this market could get to
understand that there is a very poor demand
hare this season for heavyweight hogs. Light
weights are easy enough to sell, but heavy
weights are a drug all the time"