Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-02
LIVE STOCK REVIEW
Cattle Weak and Lower All Along
the Line at East Liberty.
PRIME BEEYES NOT on MARKET.
Farmers Pushing the Refuse to the Front to
Save Wintering.
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ZINE BEEVES NOT on MARKET.
CHOICE SHEEP AND HOGS STEADY
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH.
WEDNESDAY, October L 1890

AT the East Liberty yards there we're 12O
loads of cattle on the market at the opening
on Monday morning, and all desirable
grades started out steady at last week S
prices Later on in the day additional re-
ceipts and unfavorable news from New
York led to decline all along the line.
Nice, handy butcher cattle, weighing from
LOO to l, 200 fbs., were in short supply. and
hence suffered least from the decline. Com
mon to good grades were 10 to 15c per cwt.
lower than last week. There were few
loads of good but not prime beeves on the
market, weighing from ], 400 10 l,5OO fbs.,
buT there was only one buyer for this grade,
and he very naturally made the most of his op-
pnrtunity. and bought at l5c per cwt. lower
than he could have done week ago
There was good inquiry for good feeders,
but few were offered. Stockers we're dull and
slow at the lowest price of the season. The
highest price paid for cattle this week was
s. 60 This was paid for good heavy beeves
weighing close to 800 rs. The same grade
would easily have brought 81 10 last week.
Owing to scarcity Of buyers for export cattle
and common grades there were from eight to
ten loads sent on in first hands, and goodly
number of odds and ends were still In the
wards this morning.
An old-tme stockman thus puts the situa-
ton: There were no strictly prime beeres on
the market this week. and even good grades
were largely in the minority.
AT the opening of markets on Monday it
looked though we were going to get better
prices than last week for the kind of oattle our
markets called for. but the firm feeling was not
lasting and before noon on Monday there was
q decline all along the line. The de-
cline was most felt in heavy cattle and CON-
mon grades
Fresh cows of high quality are scarce and
meet with ready sale at range of S35 to S45 per
head. Calves are in short supply and very firm.
StockerS were dull at l0c 70 15c p 100 lower
prices than last week.
Smnll supply of sheep.
The run of sheep and lambs on Monday was
very light and fancy stock, which was very
scarce, brought Is per cent better prices than
the same grade sold at the previous Monday.
The total offerings for the week have been
from 10 to 20 carloads. and very large proper
tion were common and low grade stock. for
which there is little demand in this market.
SAID one OF the leading commission men: The
quality of live stock coming to markets of late
IS unusually low. Every farmer in the country
is pushing his poor stock on to markets at this
time OF the year to save the expense of winter
ing. We look for big run of low grade
stock at this season of the year, but the
run this season is larger than usual.
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usually scarce and high. have not known the
quality Of hogs ana sheep offered in our mar
bets as low for many years as it has been this
season. Farmers have evidently caught the
idea that corn will be worth more than hogs,
and for this, OF some reason. are pushing un-
ripe stock on to markets in quantities far be-
yond our power to place. l have never known
the time when so much lean, half-fatted stock
has been dumped on to our markers as this
season. Commission men are cursed by the
shipper because they do not get better prices,
when the fact is the quality of stock consigned
TO us Is. in the main. little good.
Choice corn-fed hogs were never before as
scarce as they are this season. The same is
true OF sheen and lambs. Farmers are work
Ing OF their refuse to save the expense of
winterinG. The quality of both sheep and
hogs offered IN our markets of late has been
Tor the most part of the low grades"
Mccall & Co.'s Weekly Review.
The supply of cattle was fair and the market
ruled strong at last weeks prices on all grades
except good heavy shipping, which was a shade
lower We give the following as ruI- |
ing prices: Prime. 13OO to l,600 Bs 81 40 /
10 81 GO; good loo to 400 rs, 81 l5 to 4 40;
good butcher grades. LOO to 800 MS, 81 90 to |
81 .; rough fat. 1lOO 20 1900 Ms, So 40 to IS 80;
So 40; good feeders. 1000 to 100 n. So 2593 So
stockers, 600 to 1000 rs, 81 25 81 49, mixed lots
cows and helfers and bulls s. % to s. 80; fresh
cows and sprIngers, SIS 20 to $40 90 per head
The receipts OF hogs on Monday was fair and
good corn-fed sold readily at fair prices while
the commoner grades were duh and slow. Yes
terday and to-day the offerings mostly COM
mon and the market slow Prices 10 to l5c |
lower than Monday We quote the market |
to-day as follows: Medium and selected, 81 65 |
to 81 so; best cornfed Workers. 81 60 to 81 20; |
common TO fair, 81 10 to 81 40; pigs, 81 so to |
IS 30; roughs, IS 90 to 81 so.
The supply of sheep light; market active at |
unchanged prices. We quote sales as follows:
Prime Ono and Indiana wethers, weighing here |
Jos to llO lbs s. ID 10 S. 35: good 90 to lU0 lbS
81 70 to So 90; fair to good mixed, 70 to so lbs |
IS 20 to 81 %: culls and common lots 81 90 to
sc co. good yearings, S4 50 to So 90; fair to good
so to 60 lbs, IS 50 to 81 %; spring lambs dull;
common TO best, 81 so to IS 10; veal calves,
ITO 20 l20 lbs, s. SO to Sc %; heavy calves,
- 90 TO 81 co.