Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-09
AT THE ST0CKYARDS.
Quality of Beeves offered at Alle-
gheny and Liberty.
IMPROVEMENT ON LATE OFFERINGS
A Drop in Price of Cattle Because of Too
Large Receipts.
SHEEP AND SWINE ARE ALSO WEAKER
OFFICE OF PITTsBuRG DISPATCH, {,
MONDAY. Dec. 8, 1890.
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At Hers Island.
Supply of cattle at these yards was above
late average, and quality also showed i'm
proyement over recent offerings. Demand
was good and prices were quoted q shade
higher than last week. Following was the
range: Prime heavy Chicagos, S. 40 to
65, with sales OF extra prime LOO fb
beeves at S. 75 to 80.
Choice medium weights sold at S. 90 to
%; common to fair do 81 75 to 80; good
to prime light weights 81 IS to So; COM
mon to fair do S4 % to 4 90; roughs and thin
steers, S3 80 to 90; low grade stuff, 50 so to
90. Fresh cows were held at S25 90 to
40 90 per head, but demand was light.
Calves were in good demand at AZ to &c per
1b, and bulls. stays and dry cows were dull
at 80 10 to So % per cwt. Receipts: From
Chicago-A. Fromm, 80 head: 1: Zsigler, 23O
From Ohio-A. H. Grose. Al; J. Il. Shepard %;
Sanford & Laugdon, 5. From PENNSYLVANIA
Williams & Co., Is; J. Wright, 3; ]. Barber IL;
]. Reiber. 8; D. o. Pisor. 8. Total. 39i; last
week, 2S7; previous week, 22o. Sheep and
lambs-Supplies wore larger than late average
but still below usual average. Demand was
slow for the reason that there was little choice
stock offered. Sheep sold at range of So 90 TO
IS 30 per cwt. and lambs at 41ac to Nc per h.
Receipts: From 1ndiana-E. e. huston, 3l5
head. From ChIcago-L Zeigler, 225 From
Pennsylvania-J. Wright. IS; j. Relbsr. 26: ].
Behler, 81; D. o. PIsor, G5; 4. Bingham. 40. To-
tai, 9OO; last week, 463; previous week. 1856 Hogs
Receipts heavy, but under the influence of
wintry weather demand was active and markets
were firm, at range of sd l5 to 81 p for Chica-
vanias. Receipts: From Chicago-1 Zeigler,
225 head. From Ohio-Needy & Smith, I073;
Sanford & Langdon. 81. From Pennsylvania-
Williams e. Co.. Al; ]. Reiber, IA; d. o. Pisor. 50;
T. Bingham, IL. Total, 1874; last week, 1722;
previous week, 2,3l4.
A Diamond market butcher reported that
there was load of beeves offered at Herr's
Island yards averaging 700 in weight and as fine
as were ever offered. This load. numbering 10
head, brought very close to &c per pound.
At Woods Run and East Liberty.
The offerings of cattle at the Woods Run
yards were in all ISL head. All were from Ohio.
Markets were slow at a range of 4c to SIC per
b. There were 532 head of sheep and lambs on
sale; all from Ohio. Sheep sold from 51lc to
BIC per b. Clipped lambs, which average 96
Ms. sold from S. so to s6 l5 wool lambs from
S. GO to 81. There were 269 head of hogs on the
market, and prices ranged from 81 TO 81 10.
No Chicago stock were offered at these yards.
At East Liberty there are 1876 carloads of
cattle on the market against l40 loads last
Monday and l02 the week before. A large pro-
portion of offerings to-day we're from Ohio and
PENNSYLVANIA and quality was better than the
late average. In spite of Improvement in quail
ity of offerings markets dragged and holders
were forced to concede on prices of last week.
While buyers were present in tull force, they
made the most of their opportunity from the
big men, and markets declined from Is to 25c
per cwt. all along the line. AS prices
at sources of supply were fully up to
what was reported last week, it is difficult to
discover any margin of profit for the shipper
on this weeks shipments. At a decline of 15
to Csc per cwr. cattle were slow and prospects
at noon were that large numbers would neces-
sarily be sent on East in first hands. The run
of hogs was the largest of the season, there
being upward of 40 loads on the market. A
large proportion of the offerings were common
and low grade. Not above 10 per cent were
choice corn fed stock. Markets opened slow
with So so as top price. There were rumors OF
fancy stock selling at So 80. but none that could
be traced to reliable source. Top price at
Chicago this morning was So CO.
Receipts of sheep and lambs at East Liberty
varied very little from last Monday. There
were about 20 loads on sale. In the offerings
were very few fancy stock. Markets were
weak all along the line. Choice sheep and
lambs suffered least from the depression. The
best sheep offered sold at sc; and the best
lambs at &C per h.