Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-30
LIVE STOCK.
BALTIMORE, Thursday, July %.
AT CALVRRTON YARDS.

BEEF CATTLE-The receipts this week slightly
exceed the numbers OF last week, and the offer
ings though less were ample for the demand,
which was somewhat less active than last week.
The average q llity of the offerings was
not quite as good as that OF last weeks but thee
were a few tops that brought better price than
last week; but the values show no serious change
Quotations range from 81 50ai l5, most sales at
So 25ai % per 100 pounds.
Prices Of beef cattle this week ranged as fol-
lows: Best beeyes 81 OOa4 IS; those generally
rated first quality So 7jaa4 90; medium or good
fnir quality So 50a3 49, and ordinary thin
steers, oxen and cows 81 50a2 IS per 100 lbs.
OF the Cattle received 567 came from Virginia,
| III from Maryland, 81 from Illiros, ls5 frC m
| Ohio. and So head from Kentucky. Total re-
ceipts for the week were lll6 head, against
| 1907 head last.week, and 2065 same period last
| year
OF the offerings 5l6 head we've sold to Baltimore
butchers, and 80 TO country cealers. Total sales
/ for the week, 596 head, against 996 last week,
| and 1902 head same period last year.
SHEEP AND LANBs-There is falling of in
| the number of the receipts as compared with
| last week OF nearly 1000 head Their quality IL
| fair Trade for sheep is reported fairly active,
being in more limited numbers than lambs, and
these are reported dull of SALE with prices a
slight fraction OF from last week. sheep are
| slightly higher. They are quoted now at 3a4s5c
per pound gross. Lambs at 4a5Ac per pound
gross, few at the latter price. Stock sheep are
in fair demand at s2a3 30 per head. Receipts OF
sheep and lambs this week 1865 head.
EAST LIBERTY. July 2S.-Catte-Recelpts 200
head; shipments ,l60 head; market steady on
good grades at last weeks prices, but lower on
| common.
Hogs--Recepts 400 head; shipments 1900
| head market firm; light Workers 81 S0ai 50;
medium and light Philadelphias.. 81 75ai 50;
| heavy hogs 81 ioa4 65.
sheep-Receipts 200 head shipments, 5000
head market steady and unchanged on good;
slow on Common and medium.
| CHICAGO, July 29.-Catte, receipts II, 600 head:
| shipments 1900 head; market steady; beeves,
81 i0aI so; steers So i0ai 20 stocKers and feed
ers, a. 0Oa2 30; cows. buds and mixed 81 j0a
90; Texas cattle, 81 G5a2 50; natives and half
breeds, So 25a3 40
Hoes-Receipts 900 head; shipments ZOO;
market steady; mixed 81 20ai 80: heavy 81 l5a
4 45; light 81 30ai so; skips 81 OOai 80.
Sheep-Receipts 1900 head: shipments 1900
head; market steady; natives s. 50ai 80; westerns
So 55al CO., Texans s. Sjai 25; lambs 81 75ai So
NEW YORK, July 9.-Beeyes, receipts, 2 200
head; mar.-et firm ana stronger; naive steers,
SO s0ai 75 Colorado do SO l5a3 65 Texas do.
g. SCa3 2O bulls aud cows, 81 lOa3 20.
Sheep-Receipts, 400 head; market steadier
aud frmer; sheep, s. 5Oaa5 so; Lambs, s. OOa
a6 so.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; market nominally
steady at 81 5Oa5 10 per 100 pounds live weight.
CINCINNATI. O., July 29.-Hogs steady; COM
mon and light So 75ai 20; packing and butcher,
81 40ai 60. Receipts, ,, 2iO head; shipments, go
haad