Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-05
MEAT ON THE HOOP.
Herr's Island Live Stock, the Usual
Run of Cattle, With
MARKET THE SAME AS LAST WEEK.
Sheep and Lambs Scarce and Firm---ROgs
Steady at Old Rates.
WHEAT BEARS ON TOP AT LATEST
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH.
MnNnAv March 1890 {


MONDAY, March 4 1889.
Receipts of cattle have varied very little
from 30 carloads for q number of weeks
past This number seems to meet the de-
man6s of trade, and dealers act accordingly.
At this season of the year Herr's Island cat
tie supplies come in the main from Chicago.
In the summer season Butler and Armstrong
counties are important feeders to the trade.
Some five loads of this weeks live stock sup
plies were from Ohio and adjoining counties.
Consignments of cattle. this week were Is
loads to Zeigler & GersOn, 8 loads to Andy
Frohm, 8 to Livenstein & Ackerman, 4 to L.
Rothchild, 1 to Eli katz. Jack Needy and
Charley Volbrecht are the main operators in
from 400 to 500 hogs this week. The total re-
celpts of hogs were in the neighborhood of
1000. The run of sheep was between 200 and
$40 head, against coo last week and eco the
week before.
Markets are fair standof to those of last
week The range of prices for cattle was s. 80
to 81 go, the latter price being paid for good
smooth butcher stock weighing from l,4O0 to
1.5O0 pounds
In the supplies were few punches weighing
1,600 pounds more. The heaviest weights
did not command the best prices. not being as
smooth as some weighing 1.900 TO l.400 pounds
A Butler county dealer sold two bulls weighing
close TO l, 500 pounds each for PIC. At this
price he claimed he did better than he could
have done with !. 400 pound steers at 81 35 Veal
calves were scarce. with 6 to 63Ec as the range
for the best, and to SIC for common.
Some Choice Mutton.
Markets for sheep and lambs were more ac-
tive than last week, owing to lighter run Ev-
erything was well cleared up early to-day at
to SIC as the range of prices. Three or four
loads of choice wethers were sold at IS TO- At
East Liberty last week an extra fine load of
lambs was sold at &c. Nothing at Herr's
Island this week was sufficiently tempting to
bring over 613c.
The outside price paid for hogs was S. 10, the
same week ago. Some dealers claim that
S. 25 was paid for few extra fine. The hog
market opens to-day at Chicago and East Lib
erty with prices steady at rates of Saturday.
A drover who pays weekly visits TO Herr's
Island reports that farmers of Butler and Arm
strong counties can do much better this season
by selling cattle to the home butchers than to
sell to drovers. The ruinous prices of cattle
the past few weeks have had the effect of shut
tin out to large extent, supplies from ad-
joining counties. Chicago has come to be the
only dependence. Stock raisers are not at all
joyful over this seasons harvest But their
loss is the butchers gain.
Wheat and Flour.
Bears are decidedly in the lead on the wheat
question at latest accounts. The drop in May
wheat the past two weeks has been close to 12c
per bushel.
At the opening of Chicago markets to-day
prices were fraction over 81 o. The last
number of the Minneapolis Miller admits that
the tendency is toward lower level of prices.
Receipts at that city last week were $500
bushels. against l,049 900 for the same week last
year. A year age, according to the Miller, not
one-hfth of the amount received went out,
while this year more than one-half went out.
Last year there was a scarcity of good milling
wheat before the new crop came in. The
Minneapolis Muller can hardly see how there
can fail TO be a greater scarcity this year, and
says: Everything depends on the reserves in
the hands of farmers"