Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-24
LIVE STOCK.

WHEELING, TUESDAY, May 20.
The cattle market is reported in far
condition this week, but there are nc
changes in prices. Messrs. Bayha IL Dor
sew furnish the following quotations:
CATTLE 900 to 100 and above 399la4c
500 to 900 pounds 81 4a319c; 700 to SOOpounds
| 21la3c.
Hogs-Market active at 4a4ac
thanksgiving lively at 5a6c.
Calves-In good demand at 3aic.
/ Sheep-Active at 4a4l1c.
BALTIMORE, THURSDAY, May 10.
AT CALVERTON YARDS.
| BEEF CATTLE-There was fair offering
on the Hill to-day as to numbers, and It's
quality was an improvement over that OF
/ last week. Trade was more active through
out. and values &c higher than on last
Thursday. The tops showed some i'm
provement in quality, and there was a
! larger number of them and of good Cattle
generally. common grades being scarce.
/ We quote the range of prices from 500 TO
500, few selling at or near the inside fie-
ure, and fair number at the outside, most
sales at Il. 00a5.0O per 100 lbs.
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged
as follows: Best beeves 81 S7lsa5 90, those
generally rated first quality - 5Oai SO,
medium or good fair quality 50 s1i5a4 81 :,
and ordinary thin steers, oxen and cows
- 00a3 62i5 per 100 lbs.
OF the cattle received 424 came from
Maryland, 90 from Virginia, $50 from
Ohio. Sl4 from PENNSYLVANIA. and 90 from
New York. Total receipts for the week
2.Oll head against l,255 last week, and
/ ,2i5 head same time last year.
OF the offerings to-day 645 head were
taken by Baltimore butchers, 10 by coun-
try dealers. and 80 by Eastern buyers.
Total sales for the week G95 head against
7l9 last week, and 1j2 head same week last
year.
Mich cows are quoted at S20a45 per head
for common to good; no extra on the mar
ket Trade slow Receipts 1870 head.
Veal calves are quoted at 4i5a5i4 cents
per pound, with a good trade. Receipts no
head.
Sheep andlL ambs-The receipts do not
number half as many as last week. The
quality throughout is fair Trade is only
fair for Sheep, but for Lambs dealers re
port the market as being slow. We quote
butchers shecpa y {a5l +c per pound gross:
lambs at g. a1l4 &c, with few extra at q Sc
per pound gross. The receipts of sheep and
lambs this week number l,Sll head.
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK YARDS. !
MONDAY, May 10, 1890.
SwINE-The receipts are only a few hun
bred head less than the number reported
last week Trade is moderately fair. The
market is scarcely as strong as it was last
Monday. Quotations for the extreme fig
ures range AT l9a6 cents net, most sales at
"a ass cents, with few extra fine west
ern hogs at q cents; nearby hogs ~ Lj34 e
per pound net The hogs most in demand
range in weight from $50 to 40 pounds
p...tpt. Of hons fhia tva.lr "a
head.
CLAREMONT STOCK YARDS,
BALTIMORE, May 49, 1890
Arrivals Of live stock NJ Claremont Stock
Yards via Baltimore and Ohio railroad, for
the week ended May lS-233 ears, con-
tanning , .i3j cattle, 100 calves, ! $40 sheep
and lambs, S,474 hogs, 66 horses and -
mules.
Shipments to New York, Philadelphia,
sc, ,9iS cattle, 40 sheep and lambs, 1884
hogs, - horses and 10 calves.
All hogs and sheep sold in these yards
are at gross weight. Receipts this week:
1859 head. against 3 .204 last week. Fair to
good hogs sold AT - coal 20, and rOughs at
= 80 per 100 pounds
Receipts of sheep and lambs ,g26 head,
with sales at - 00a5 - per 100 pounds, for
sheep and lambs 81! to : cents per ID.
PHILADELPHIA. -NldN lu-lNtNtiplo htlts
West Philadelphia yard, beeves, 2,iS2;
sheep, 5000; hogs, 5000; North Penn
svlyania ward. becves, 400: sheep, 1000;
hogs. 1000; Glass yard, beeyes, -;
sheep. -: hogs 800. Total for the week,
bceves, 20S2 sheep 5000; hogs, 1880
Previous week, becvcs, $3.50; sheep, 5000:
hogs, l2,50O.
BEEF CATTLE-The demand for stock
was only fairly active. and with full sup
ply prices declined from 10 TO l5c per 100
Extra, 5a5 ;, c; good. IA iajsc; medium,
4 5a43zc; fair, 4l4a4azc; common, Hal Sc;
culls, 3S!a3jsc.
SmEEP-With larger receipts and light
er demand, prices declined fraction
extra 5l5aj4c; good, 5a6l4c; medium,
& Sa43ic: common, 334a4l4c; culls, 3a3l &C.
Nothing but clipped arrived.
Handspring lambs were I'M fair de.
mand at 6a9c. No fall lambs arrived.
HoGs-Were in fair demand at 6a6i e
for Western.
MLcn Cows-Were hard to dispose of
even at S25a5O.
Mich CALvEs-Were active at 4aGlic
FAT Cows-Were only in fair demand
at 2224a34c.
SLIPPERY Cows-Were in poor demand
at Sl3a20
BoLoGNA Cows-Were dull at 3';al2 per
head.
CRY DRESSED BEEvEs-Were in good
demand and prices lower at GAaisic for
steers and 5a6l4c for cows.
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, May 93-Cattle-
Receipts. 1900 head; shipments, ,l79 head ::
nothing doing; all through.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head; shipments,
1850 head; market low; medium and Sc
lected 81 l5a4 % common to best Workers
81 OOa4 10; pigs, - 65a3 30.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000 head; shipments,
800 head; market firm and unchanged
CHICAGO, May -Cattle-Receipts, H.
600 head; shipments $500 head; market
steady: beevcs 81 G0a5 90: steers s. j0a4 80 /;
stockers and feeders = i0a4 90; cows, bulls
and mixed 81 50a3 40; Texas steers 3 SOa
800
Hogs Receipts, $4,000 head shipments
5000 head market lower; mixed and light
81 SOa4 OO heavy - sOa4 80; skips 50 l0a
3 20.
Sheep-Rcceipts, 10000 head shipments
:. 900 head: market slow and lower; natives
- 15aG 90; western - 00a6 On; TeXanss - GOA
90; lambs - 00a1 o..
CINcINNATI, o., May 23-Hogs, lower;
common and light - 7ja3 30; packing and
butchers S375a4 %. Receipts, BOO head;
shipments, 800 head.
Cincinnati Horse and Mule Market.
CINCINNATI, May l5.-There has been an
active demand for all kinds of good stock,
and while receipts have been fair in gen
eral the supply of good drivers and saddle
horses and streeters has not been sufficient
to meet the requirements of buyers. Good
heavy mules have also been in demand ex-
cess of the supply. The market has ruled
firm.
Quotations at the Cincinnati Union stock
ward stables were US follows Driving
horses Sl25a2;0; saddle horses Sl25a25Oi
draft horses S150a225; street car horses So
al20; Southern horses S15al25; plugs s:l5
as. Mules, aged 4 To 5 years, l5i5 TO 10
hands, Sl35alJ5; 10 to l5l5 hands, silica
125; AZ to 10 hands, SOallO; "A to lil5
hands sa5a'D; plugs, $i0atO.
The following prices prevailed at the
Fifth street stables Driving and saddle
horses. Sl25a22j; draft horses, medium,
Sl35alG5: draft horses, heavy, $l65a200;
strcet-car horses SslOal20; Southern horses.
s,i5a9O; plugs. Sl5a40. Mules. aged to 5
years. rs TO 1917 hands, Sl45al65: do 1917 TO
Is hands, Sl25al45; do II to 49, hands, Sll0
al25; do AZ to 10 hands, S9Oall0,
WOOL,
PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 9-WOol-
Stocks light. prices steady; Ohio, Penn
sylvania and West Virginia XIX and above