Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-07
LIVE STOCK REVIEW.
The Situation Of Markets Decidedly
in che Buyers Favor.
COMMISSION DEALERS COMPLAIN.
Prices Of Sheep and Lambs Decline Owing
to Hot Weather.
LITTLE LOCAL DEMAND FOR PoRKERS

Our local trade requires not more than 75
head of cattle, and in such hot weather as
we have been having the past week require
ments are even less. As there were 135
head on the market at East Liberty on Mon
day morning, it does not need telling that
the situation was decidedly in buyers
favor. There were very few beeves on the
market, such as our trade calls for, mainly
light tidy butcher stock weighing from ], 900
to :, 200 lbs. This grade did not constitute
more than per cent of the total receipts.
BY reason of scarcity. light smooth butcher
stock was fairly steady at last weeks prices.
An other grades were slow at decline of Is to
Is per cwt. The highest price paid was 81 so
fsr load of 400 very good but not prime
cattle, which were bought for export purposes.
Primes Of the same weight would have brought
81 SO. but there were none of this class offered.
Light tidy butcher cattle ranged in price from
s. so to 81 10. Said one of the leading COM
mission men: Il have never seen live stock
markets more demoralized than they have been
this week. Buyers saw their advantage from
large run and hot weather, and made the most
of it.
Eastern buyers were here in goodIy number
but could not be brought to our terms. They
claim that. having paid low prices for stockers
and feeders last fall, with big corn crop be-
hind them. it would be poor policy to pay pres
enb prices with the prospect OF double prices
Tor corn. Stockers and feeders were as low
this week, if not lower, than any time last
fall"
There is no doubt that the recent hot weather
and poor pasturage has had the effect of bring
ing large numbers of cattle to market. The In
creased expense of keeping stock, owing to
burned up pasturage, and prospects for poor
corn crop have without doubt influenced many
farmer to shove his stock on to market.
Sheep, Lambs and Swine.
There were about 30 loads of sheep and lambs
on the market this week, and prices declined
fully 25c per cwt from last weeks markets.
The hot weather and bad markets East are
given as the causes of the decline.
Prime wethers weighing IS to 100 ms were
sold at a 600p4 IS per cwt. and good mixed
stock weighing s. to 95 fbs at 81 25@4 So
Lambs sold at 46515c per b. Hogs were dull
and slow this morning at IS SOdS 80 for the best
sold at So 506l3 so.
Pigs and thin hogs are very dull stock at any
price. 1t seems that farmers are getting fright
ened in view of high-priced corn. and are
crowding stock on to markets. The recent hot
weather and consequent bad effect on pastur-
age and corn crop has had the effect of bring
ing TO our markets far more stuff than can be
handled. The stockyards are no place to fatten
up thin stock. This can be done much cheaper
on the farm.
Mccall q Co.'s Weekly Review.
The supply of cattle has been liberal and the
market very slow and lower on all grades ex.
cept neat 1000 to l. 100 ms, which sold at about
last weeks prices. Thin, light grades and
coarse heavy was almost impossible to sell,
We give the following as ruling prices: Prime,
1900 to l6OO Ms 81 lO@4 80: good 200 to /, 400
MS, So SO44 90; butcher grades, 100 to l.30O Ms
s. 5043 80; common to fair ZOO to LOO Ms
81 75@3 25; stockers and feeders, 800 to LOO
MS, 81 5Od3 90; mixed lots cows and heifers |
81 0O@2 Is; tat COWS and bulls 81 0O@2 80; fresh
cows and springers. S20G35 per head.
The receipts of hogs this week have been |
only fair and the offerings chiefly common and |
grassy. Good corn-fed hogs are scarce and in !
fair demand. We quote the market to-day as |
follows: Choice selected, So 1904 90; fair to |
best Workers. s. SOG3 80; grassers and common |
Workers. SS 404S3 20; roughs So 90 to So 4O
The receipts of sheep this week have been |
heavy and the market slow at a decline of 25c |
to 40c per cwt from last weeks prices We |
quote sales as follows: Prime Ohio and Indiana /
wethers weighing here los to IIO lbs 81 rs to
S. 90; good, 80 to ITO lbs. 81 40 to 81 so; far
TO good mixed, 75 to so lbs, So so to 81 10:
good yearlings 81 25 to 81 70; far to good SO to
60 lbs, S. so to 81 25; spring lambs. 81 90 to
IS Is; veal calves, 81 90 to s. 90; heavy calves
not wanted