Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-04
AT THE ST0CKYARDS.
The Run of Cattle Large at East Lib
erty and Herr's Island,
AND PRICES TENDING DOWNWARD.
Light Butcher Beeyes Come Nearest to
Holding Their Own.
SBEEP STEADY AND SWINE wEAKET
OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH, I
MONDAY. November 5, 1890. !

OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH,
MONDAY. November 8 1890.
At Her1's Island.
The run of cattle was larger than last
Monday, but below late average Market
was slow and prices were a shade lower than
last week for all but heavy primes Cost at
Chicago was considerably lower for medium
10 good stock A Diamond Market butcher
claims that he bought cattle 50 per cent
lower than he did last week. Out of car
load of ,50O-lb. beeves half dozen of the
best were SOLD at 81 SO, which would have
brought 81 IS last Monday. Prime heavy Chi
Cages were reported at s. 40 to s. so; good to
choice medium weights. 81 - TO So Is; COM
mon to fair do 81 20 to 81 %; good to
choice light weights 81 50 to 81 10; COM
mon to fair 10. s. 10 10 81 40; roughs
and grassers, $ 90 10 g %; bulls, heifers
and dry cows. s. 50 to s. % Fresh cows were
IN light supply and the range given was SO to
$40 per head. Receipts: From ShieagoIi.
Zeigler 292 head; \. FrOmm, 5ii L. Rothschlld,
-. From Pennsylvania-L Bingham. 1; j.
Behler, 6: J. Wright, = McCreary Il Sergeant,
i From OhiO-Santord q Langdnn, b; total,
3SS; last week, $50; previous week. 35l.
There were 20 head OF calves on The market,
the same number as lass Monday, and prices
were firm and unchanged at the following
range: 81 to t-SC per pound Tor good to choice
vealers and 81 &c 10 il2c for heavy grassers.
sheep. Lambs and HOgs.
There was a very light run of sheep. and mar
kets were firm and p per cent higher than they
were a week ago. The range was IS 80 to So %
Tor sheep. and for lambs 515e to 6I4c per h. A
Jew extra fine lambs brought 616c per b. Re
geiptS. From Peunsylvania-T. Bingham, 243
head; J. Wright. o.. From Ohio-Sanford Jc
Langdon. ia Total. SOC; last week, 753: pre-
vIous week, L,06O. There was a fair supply of
hogs, and prices we're a shade lower, as follows:
Best cOrn-fed ChicdsgOs and OhIos 81 60 to 81 40;
Erassers and partly cornfed, 81 80 to 81 90.
Pennsylvanlas wholesaled mostly at 81 25 to
d 30. Receipts: From Chicago W. Zoller, SO
head. !. Zeigler, 80. From Ohio-J. n. RoDev,
20: Needy 4 Smith, 2l9; Sanford Langdon, "A;
Williams q Co.. IS; Ii. Hahn, 40. From Penn
syIyauia-I. Bingham 81: J. Behler. -; ].
Wright. T. Total 9IS last week, J, Ia; previous
week. gOS.
At Woods Run and East Liberty.
There were 2IO head of cattle on sale at
Woods Run yards this morning, of which l69
were from Ohio and 81 from Chicago. Ohio
beeves sold at range of ~ 10 &c per IL.
and Chic3gOs from SIC to &c per Ib. There
were no sheep on sale. LAMBS sold at 81 to
CSC per T., the latter prlce being obtained Tor
lew extras. The number OF Lambs on the mar
ket was 1886. Hogs were slow at &c. The
number on sale was 2lO head. Markets were
favorable to buyers all along the line. The
yards, however, were well cleaned up by noon
II prices given.
At East Liberty yards offerings of cattle were
the largest Tor months past. There were about
l3j carloads on sale at the opening and there
were enough on the way to swell this amount
10 200 loads before the day over A very
large proportion Of receipts we're common and
lOw-Grade stock. Buyers were not present in
As large force as of late, and the few on hand
saw their advantage and made the most of ii.
Markets opened very sluggish at a decline
from last week prices all along the line.
Light, tidy butcher beeves. such as our mar
ketS call for of late. held up best, but the
heavy run of other grades and general depres-
sion affected to some degree even this class of
cattle.
The general opinion of commission men was
that markets were OF from l5c to 25c from
prices of last Monday. As pastures are the
Wane farmers are disposed TO crowd their in
ferior stock on the markets. and the result is
THAT all low grades Of cattle are in supply far
above demand.
There were Is loads of sheep and lambs on
sale this morning, and markets were steady at
last weeks prices. Choice lambs which were
scarce, were reported shade higher About
50 loads OF hogs were on the market. The pro-
portion of good cornfed stock small Mar
EetS opened slow a the following range: Phil
adelp6Ias 81 30 to 81 80: Workers. 81 20 to 81 So
According TO adyices received by one OF our
leading packing firms to-day from their Chi
cagO buyer, top price there this morning was
81 Is to 81 20.
Cattle-Receipts 4g73 head; Shipments / $50
head; market very duh and 20 to 40c off from
last weeks prices; 80 cars OF cattle shipped to
New Ork tO-day.
Hogs-ReceipIs, q. 400 head: shipments. ALSO
head; marle- slow; Philadelphias. 81 d064 50;
mixed, 81 2U04 .; best Workers. 81 O064 10;
common, > eJQ5 20; Il cars of hogs shipped TO
New York to-day.
Sheep-Receipts 1900 head; shipments. 1900
head; market steady at about last weeks price.