Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-10
ATLIVE STOCK YARDS
An Average Run of Cattle at Herr's
Island and Prices Steady.
HOGS VERY Low AT CHICAGO.
East Liberty Markets Steady at an Advance
Over Last Week.
SHEEP AND LAMBS Of GOOD QUALITY
OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURG DIsPATcH,l
MONDAY. June g. 1890

OFFICE OF The PTTTsBURG DISPATCH,l
MONDAY. June 8, 1890. I
Supply and quality of cattle at Herr's
Island varied very. little from last Monday.
Drovers reported a fairly active market
with prices firm, but markets were quoted
generally lower, as follows: Prime heavy
Western beeves, So 80 to S. 40; medium
weights, 81 IS to S. 05; prime lightweights
and smooth butcher selections, S4 % to
81 60. The supply was in the main from
Chicago. A few fresh COWS from the sur
rounding counties were on the market. and
prices were the same as last week. Bulls were
quoted at 2574c to 31Sc per pound, and calves
were active at sc to &c per pound.
Receipts: From Chicago. Zeigler, lis
head; L Gerson, ia head; A. Fromm, IS head;
L. Rothschild, 43 head: E. Wolf, Is head.
From Pennsylvania-G. G. Flinner. head: d.
o. Pisor. head Total, 1888 bead; last week.
3SS head; previous week. Ais head.
Sheep, Lambs and Swine.
The offerings of sheep were lighter than for
several weeks past, but, in spite of light ro-
ceipts. there was decline in prices. Markets
ruled 25050c Der cwt lower than a week ago.
Iearlings and spring lambs held their own. and
more than were offered could have been sold at
last weeks prices. The market ranged as fol-
lows: Sheep, "a 00@5 25: yearlings, S. 5O@6 Is;
spring lambs, case per h. with very few reach
vania-J. Wright, 135 head: d. O. Pisor, At; Nc
Creary & Sergeant, lis: ]. JACK, 80; G. W. Keesy,
So; j. +. Crukshank 81; Sanford & Langdon. 2S.
Total. $50; last week. 77s; previous week. 69L
The supply OF hogs was very light, but de-
maud was ditto. Buyers demanded very liber-
al concessions on prices Of last Monday. Ohios
sold at So Is to 81 10 and 'Pennsylvanias at So 80
toA CO. Receipts from Ohio: Needy & Smith.
la; Williams & Co.. "a. From Pennsylvania.
G. g. Flinner 8, J. F. Cruikshank g. Sanford &
Langdon 9. Total, 222; last week. ls7; previous
A dispatch received to-day by one of our
leading pork packers from his Chicago buyer,
reports top prices of hogs there at So 70, the
lowest price touched this year.
Woods Ran and East Liberty.
The offerings Of cattle were 2lS head. all from
Chicago. There was one load of good beeves
weighing about ]. 400 lbs. Market showed little
life. but all were sold at prices ranging from
"a Is to IS 30 per hundred. There were 1853
sheep were reported extra good, and the prices
DC to SIC. Yearlings sold at &c to &c, and
spring lambs at 715c to SC, the latter price being
obtained for few extra fine.
There were no hogs on sale. Late hot weather
has put an end to this trade so far as butchers
demands are concerned.
At East Liberty there were So carloads of
cattle on the market this morning, 38 of which
were from Chicago. The balance were mostly
from Indianapolis and Waverly, o. Omaha
and st. Louis have been important sources of
supply for some weeks past. but returns were
poor that shippers from these points gave
our market the go-by this week. The quality
of offerings this week was below average. The
most of those offered were what are termed
fair to good butcher stock weighing from LOCO
to 200 pounds. There were no heavy and no
export cattle on the market. Primes are no
longer sent to East Liberty yards, except on
special order.
AS the receipts were about 40 loads less than
last Monday. holders were firm In their views
and asked Csc per 100 more above prices OF a
week ago. Buyers, however, were not disposed
to fall in with the increased price, and markets
opened slow in spite Of light run.
A compromise movement between sellers and
buyers resulted in cleaning up markets at
prices ranging from 10c to 15c above prices of
last week.
There was only about one carload of cows on
the market against half dozen last Monday,
and the outaide price was $50 per head. No
fancy cows offered.
Receipts of swine were large. unusually so
the market this morning. Demand was slow at
prices ranging from So 80 to So 90
CATTLE-Recetpts. 3,2S4 head; shipmenrs.
,95l head; market active; 15 to 20 cents higher
than last weeks prices; IL cars of cattle
shipped to New York to-day.
HoGs-Receipts. 4, $50 head: shipments, 8, 400
head; market dull; medium and select, SO S00
So: common to best Yorkers. IS 6503 T5;
pigs, s3 50@3 90; Is cars of hogs shipped TO New
York to-day.
sHEEP-Receipts. 2sOo head: shipments, 1900
head market dull; prime, IS 0005 25; yearling
lambs. 50 5o96 40; spring lambs. IS 0O@6 90.