Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-12
AT THE STOCK YARDS.
Average Supply at Herr's Island
Yards and Prices Lower.
SMALL RUN OF SHEEP AND CATTLE.
East Liberty Markets Considerably Stronger
Than Last Week.
LIGHT BUTCHER BEEVES SCARCE
LIGHT BUTCHER BEEVES SCARCE
OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
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OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, I
MONDAY, August II, 1880.
The supply OF cattle at Herr's Island
varied very little this week from last. De-
mand was light and markets were sluggish
at 10c to Zoe lower prices than last Monday.
Following was the range: Best heavy
Chicago beeves, s. 90 to 5 90; good to choice
medium weights, S4 As to IS; common to
fair do, s. 95 to O5; prime lightweights or
mill tidy butcher cattle, S4 Is to 25; fair
to good do, IS IS to rs; low grade and
mixed grasses, bulls, dry cows, etc., 81 25 to
s 25. Fresh cows were in light supply, but
the range was unchanged at SIS to s45 per head.
Calves were scarce, there being only &c head on
sale, and the market was firm at a range of DC
to 611c per b.
Receipts from Chicsgo-L Zeigler, l20 head;
L GersOn, 100; A. Fromm, 81; ]. Richter, IS.
From Ohio-Jesse Roe, 25 head. From Penn
sylvsnia, g. Flinner, 4; ]. Reiber, l. Total,
622; last week, 32e; previous week, 446
The offerings of sheep and lambs were light
and the market was active, but there was no
change in prices. Sheep ranged from 81 to 513
per pound and lambs from AZ to SIC per
pound; receipts; From Chicago, J. Zeigler,
1l0head. From Pennsylvania, Wright lbs; G.
Flinner, 90; D. y. Pisor, las; T. Bingham, 254;
9. W. Keesy, 66; J. ReiDer, 81; E. D. Sergeant,
IS. From Ohio-Sanford Langdon, Sc. To-
tal 9SS; last week, 4OS; previous week, l,70l.
The supply of hogs was fair. There were
was 81 06 to 81 25; receipts: From Ohio-Needy
q Smith, l72; Sanford & Langdon. g. Total,
2O4i last week, 24l; previous week, 450
Loss of Weight.
Drovers at Herr's Island complain very much
Of loss of weights between here and Chicago.
and also of delays in transportation on Pitts
burg and Western Railway. Stock that should
have been at the yards Sunday night did not
put in their appearance until 9 or 10 o'clock to-
GAY, long after markets were in full blast. The
delay ents lied heavy losses on Shippers.
At Woods Run yards there were 192 head Of
cattle on the market. all from Chicago. In the
offerings were a few primes weighing from
1,40O to 500 rs. Market was more active than
last week and prices were steady. The range
was to Sc per h. and yards were well cleaned
up by noon at these prices. There were Szl
head CT sheep and lambs on the market and
prices were as follows: Sheep, 419c TO SIC;
yearlings, SC to SIC; lambs from &C to 6szc per
d. The latter price was obtained for few
extra, which weighed 80 d. There were no
hogs on the market and no demand.
The run of cattle at East Liberty was lighter
than 1t has been for number of weeks past:
There were so loads on the markets. against lS5
loads last Monday. and las loads for the week
before. Quality of offerings was poor, and
there were few of the kind wanted in this mar.
ket, namely, light, tidy butcher beeves weigh
ing 1000 to !, 200 bs. There were no strictly
prime cattle on the market in carload lots
either light or heavy. One dealer reported a
few loads of l. 800 tot, 400B cattle sale, which
were fairly good, for which 81 % to 81 As was
asked Markets were strong at last weeks
prices for all common grades, and a shade
higher for the better grades. owing to their
great scarcity. Prime butcher cattle of light
weight would have brought l0c to zoe better
prices than prevailed last Monday. There
were few loads of heavy coarse cattle on the
market for which demand was very slow. The
saving clause of markets to-day was tho CON-
parasively light run.
Supply of Sheep and Lambs.
There was a very light run of sheep and
lambs, the total being not more than 10 loads
on to-day's market, against 25 loads last Mon
day. Quality of offerings was only fair, and
prices were strong u better than a week ago.
At 9 o'clock the pens were cleared up. Follow
ing was the range Of prices: Sheep 516@51Ic,
and lambs. 1850. A Mercer county dealer.
who is regular visitor to the East Liberty
yards, said to-day: "In our county the farmers
are generally giving up cattle raising and turn
ing their attention TO sheep. There are not
one fourth the cattle raised in Mercer county
there were half dozen years ago. While the
QUANTITY of laubs raised this season is large,
quality is below average. The very wet spring
and recent hot weather has lowered quality,
and most of the lambs are in poor condition.
There were about % loads of hogs on the
market at East Liberty this morning. The
situation was in buyers favor. Markets were
weak, with 81 as the top price. At Chicago TIE
top price was S3 95, and receipts Is. 900 head.
In general the cattle and sheep markets
showed improvement this week over the past
few weeks, but SWINE were slow, with the
tendency to lower prices.