Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-13
LIVE STOCK REVIEW.
A Week of Disaster to Cattle Dr0vers
in This Section.
FEW, IF ANY, CAN COME OUT EVEN
Light Smooth Butcher Beeves and Feeders
Hold Their Own.
QUALITY OF HOGS BELOW STANDARD

OFFICE OF THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH
WEDNESDAY. November r. 1890.
Cattle markets opened on Monday with
I2O loads on sale, large proportion OF
which were common and low grade The
receipts OF tidy beeves, from 1000 to l 200
lbs, such as our market demands, were
light, and on this grade prices were 10 to 15c
per hundred better than last week.
In the offerings were u to Is loads of
good, but not prime, heavy steers, weighing
from l, 400 to 1,5OO lbs, but there were no
buyers for this grade, and those offered
were sent on East in first hands for
want of customers. Good feeders, weighing
1000 to 1,15O lbs, were scarce and held
well to last weeks prices.
Last week was one of the worst ever known,
AT the East Liberty yards, as receipts were fully
double what our local trade demands. There
were over 200 loads on sale last Monday, where
as our markets call Tor less than 100 loads. On
the heavy run prices dropped below the late
ruling price on all grades Of cattle, with the eX-
ceptiOn of choice feeders. With decline of
50 carloads this week; markets rallied on all de-
sIrable stock and the lost ground was recov-
cred.
Good feeders not having suffered in last
week 5 decline have; been least affected by the
nuctuation. Everything of of quality in the
cattle line was hard to SELL and, buyers being
lew, they had the field on all low grades. Drov-
ers must have found poor plckings on this
weeks operations. At Herr's Island supply ex-
ceeded demand and heavy sacrifices were made
by drovers in order to unload. A leading buyer
at the latter yards said yesterday that he
bought his stock fully Soc per hundred
below prices of last week. Receipts of sheep
and lambs at East Liberty have been light this
week, and choice stock, which was in small
minority was 25c per hundred higher than
week ago The proportion of choice sheep and
lambs coming to our market of late Is very
small. Hogs are in supply far beyond demand,
especially low grades. There were about 50
loads on the market Monday. and an
This is fully twice as many as the
late average. And not above 20 per cent of the
receipts are good cornfed stock. The quality
Of hogs coming to our markets this season has
been very low much lower than for many
wears. The high price of corn and the cholera
scare together have had the effect of bringing
unusually large numbers of porkers to market.
The farmer who hears of cholera in his vicinity
ru>hes his hogs at once to market. lest the dis
ease NAV reach them. He is all the more ready
to do this when corn IS scarce and high. Very
few of the hogs at East Liberty this week
brought 81 10, although this price would have
been paid for the best The range was S3 rs to
s. 90 for the best offered.
Mccall & Co.'S Weekly Review.
The supply Of cattle was light; market ruled
slow at an advance of 25c per cwt. on all grades
except common. which sold at about last
weeks prices We give the following as rulinp
l.4OO to l.6OO pounds. 81 4OG4 80: good J, 200 to
! 400 pounds. So 756i 10; good butcher grades
LOO to l.50O pounds, s. 5OG4 90; rough fat,
/ 100 to 1900 pounds. So OOdS so: GOOD feed,
ers. 1000 to 1900 pounds. s. O0TS 30; common
TO fair, 1000 to 200 pounds, s. 65G3 40: common
70 tar stockers and feeders, 200 to / 600 pounds
8 25d2 70; mixed lots COWS, bulls and hefers.
= 0Y92 30; fresh COWS and springers. $40 0O6
40 20 per head.
The receipts of hogs were liberal; market slow:
weather bad We quote fair TO test selected.
s 1904 10; best heavy Workers, So 7Oa3 so;
common to fair light, So 25G3 so; pigs, 81 25@
) 90 and dull; TOughs, 81 50G3 25
The supply OF sheep was liberal: market
steady on goudand very dull on common at un-
changed prices. We quote as follows: Prime
Ohio and Indiana wechers. weighing hero los
70 no pounds, s. 00d5 p: good, 80 to 100 pounds
s. 6OH4 80; fair TO good mixed 20 20 81 pounds
8 4OG4 90; culls and common lots, 81 SOFAS 90;
good yearlinCs. 81 25d5 90; fair to good, 30 to
90 pounds, S. 25G4 90: spring lambs steady:
common TO best, 81 50d6 90; veal calves, 10
70 leO pounds, s. 0OG6 90; heavy calves, 81 90
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