Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-03
TITLE. HOGS. SHEEP
Mccall 6. Chs Review.


The supply of cattle light, market fairly &C
tive at an advance of 10Gl5c per cWt. on all
grades except stockers and common. We give
the following as ruling prices, with favorable
prospects for next week: Prime, 1900 to 1,6OO
pounds, 81 SOG4 go; good, LOO to l,40O pounds,
S. 9OQ4 25; good butcher grades, LOCO to l,S0O
pounds, SS 1904 90: rough fat l 100 to l.Y00
pounds. SO 404S 75; common stockers and feeders,
200 70 300 pounds, e 25G2 60; bulls and fat cows.
springers, SIS 00645 90 per head.
The receipts OF hogs very light and market
excited and higher. We don't look for present
prices to continue. Sales to-day as follows:
Best Workers, 81 1904 l5 heavy and medium,
81 O064 15; rough, 81 1893 so.
The supply of sheep this week was light.
Market SLOW at last weeks prices. We quote
wethers. weighing here ll0 to l2O pounds, 81 SO4
8 10; good. 80 TO 100 pounds, 81 4O94 20; fair
to good mixed, IS to so pounds. So 5O64 10:
good yearlings, 75 to so pounds 81 25G5 90;
fair TO good, so to go pounds, So 3594 90; good
lambs, S. 25@6 50; veal calves, l10 to l20
pounds, IS 1895 IS; heavy calves, 81 OO93 Is
By Telegraph.
NEW YoRK-Beeves-Rece 1850 head
Of which Is carloads 60 to England, dead and
alive; SS carloads were consigned direct to home
trade slaughtereTs, and I9 carloads were for the
market. and had ready sale at strong frmer
prices, Including steers at So 9O65 SO per 100
pounds; bulls and dry COWS at 81 O063 so; ex-
ports yesterday morning. GA beeves and 1880
quarters of beef Cable advices from London
and Liverpool quote American steers frmer at
101SGi2c per pound for the dressed weight, sink
ing the offal. and American refrigerated beef
in better demand at nc per pound. Calves
Receipts, 40; steady and all sold, including
veals; 5&@S15c per pound; grassers and west
ern calves. 21S94c. Sheep-Recepts, $3.50;
firm, with a good clearance at So 5O96 90 per
100 pounds for sheep and SIS 50l7 so for lambs
Hogs-ReceIpts, 9S40; frmer and higher for
live hogs at 50 95Q4 % per loo pounds; carload
OF good Ohio hogs, 2l5 pounds average, sold at
CHICAGO = Cattle = Receipts, 10000 head;
shipments, 200 head; market slow for common
strong for best: beeves 81 9095 Is; stockers and
feeders, 81 0003 10; COWS, bulls and mixed
81 2563 90; Texas cattle, 81 9OG2 so Hogs-Re-
ceipts. 26.O00 head; shipments 1000 head; mar
ket steady to strong; mixed, SS 5OGS 20: heavy
$3 55G5 20; light, S3 50Q3 20; skips, s. 00Q3 35
Sheep-Receipts 5000 head; shipments, LOCO
head; market steady: natives, So 50@5 so; west
ern corn-fed. 81 OO95 10; Texans, s. 50G4 10;
lambs. IS 0O@6 10.
BUFFALo-Cattle steady; receipts, 81 loads
through and sale. Sheep and lambs fairly
active and prices firm; receipts. 5 loads through
SO: fair to choice, s. s5G5 10; common to good.
s. 506l4 IS. Lambs-Choice to extra, S6 750
90; good to choice. S6 4096 IS; common to
good, S6 0OQ6 Is. Hogs fairly active; receipts,
81 5SG5 Is o'' W -''A'' O'SS' ~ piS''
ST. BoUIs-Cattle-Rece 2,2OO head;
market strong; good TO fancy native
steers, 81 20Q5 90: far to good, S. S094 90;
stoekers and feeders 81 9O93 Is: range steers,
y zoos 40. Hogs-Receipts, 200: market
steady; far to choice heavy So 55G3 20: packing
grade, s. 456S 80; light, fair to best So 4563 66
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; market strong; fair to
choice. s. 6Od5 90; lambs, 81 6095 60.
KANSAS CTTY-Cattle-Receipts 1000 head:
market l5e higher; natives So 00Q34 so; cows
y 4O1Z zoi stockers and feeders. 81 20Q3 co.
Hogs-Receipts, $500 head; shipments. none:
market opened 21SQ5c higher; closed weak;
al grades & s. 559g8 50; bulk, So 571S. Sheep
Receipts, oOO mead; shipments. none; market
stockeu and feeders. IS OOQ8 40.