Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-18
LIVE STOCK REVIEW.
Run of Cattle at East Liberty Fifty
Loads Below Last Week.
DESIRABLE GRADES ADVANCED.
Common and Inferior Beeves Unloaded
Only at Decline.
SHEEP AND SWINE TENDING UPWARD
OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURe DISPATCH,

OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH
WEDNESDAY. September II, 1890.
There were ITO loads of cattle on the mar
ket at East Liberty yards this week, against
100 loads last week. The offerings consisted
mostly of common and low grades There
were 30 loads from Chicago, and nothing in
the lot anywhere near prime. The balance
were mostly from Indiana. The Chicago
cattle were for the most part common, light
butcher stock and heiters. Markets opened
Monday morning strong 10 TO Is cents
higher than last week on all desirable grades
ana steady on all grades. But later In the
day something dropped, and inferior grades
became drug with the seller at the mercy
Of the buyer. Said one of the leading commits
sion men:
The wind-up of the market on common and
low grade cattle was the meanest OF the season.
Though it looked early on Monday morning
that We were going to get last weeks prices on
all common beeves, we discovered later In the
day that we must come down IN order to un-
load. Good beeves were good stock at the ad-
vance, but common proved very slow at sharp
decline Coarse half-fatted cattle weighing
from LOCO to llOO pounds sold at a range OF
s. 80 to s. So. Some four or five loads of this
grade were bought ior Lancaster county
farmer at these rates. The highest price paid
was 81 81 for good shipping Indiana
l.Ol
pounds. Almost all the good stock
offered was from Indiana. Fresh COWS were
IN light supply and strong demand at range
- $50 to $40 head. Good fresh cows were
particularly scarce and outside price was
easily obtained. Ohio calves were steady at &c
10 SIC, the latter being paid for some few ex-
tras and Western calves sold at 4c to DC per n.
sleep, Lambs and Swine.
The run of sheep and laubs was unusually
light and markets have been firm all the week
at an advance of Csc per cwt. over last week.
On Monday there were but five loads on the
market and the total for the week has not
been above 15 loads
Quality showed some improvement on late
receipts There were few loads of very good
PENNSYLVANIA sheep in the offerings which
found ready sale at outside quotations. The
range of prices Tor sheep was &c to sc, and
lambs 41aC TO &c. The top price of hogs on
Monday WAS &c per n. There were then .
loads of hogs on sale, of which not more than
half dozen loads were prime cornfed stock.
The arrivals on Tuesday were still poorer in
quality. Tuesdays receipts are uniformly
lty as those from the Far West, where corn
aUounds. There were about eight loads in the
market this morning, and prices were firm.
The same report of steady markets comes from
Chicago
Mccall & Co.'s Weekly Review.
With a light supply of good cattle and liberal
demand that class advanced lOc to 2Oc per cwt.
While medium and common were in liberal
supply market on these grades opened up at
last week prices out closed very duh at de-
cline of l0c to zoe per cwt and not
all sold. We give the following as rul-
ing prices: Prime. l.50O to l,60O Bs 81 81
10 81 75; good LOO to l,40O bs. 81 l5 TO 40;
good butcher grades LOO to /. 800 rs. 81 0O
s. so; rough fat, 100 l3OO rs, IS 90 to SIS %;
common to fair, 1000 to loo Ms, s. 90 TO
s. .; stockers and feeders. 600 to 1000 ms,
s. > s. 75 mixed lots hefers and cows s. OO to
s. bulls and tat cows 81 50 to s. 90 fresh cows
and springers, so 90 to $40 90 per head; good
feeders 900 to ], 100 fs. S3 70 TO So so.
The receipts OF hogs this week have been light
and the market active on best grades; others
slow and unchanged. We quote: Medium
aud selected. 81 80 to IS OO; best cornfed
Workers. 81 50 to 81 90; common to fair, 81 80 to
81 16 rouChs s. 80 to 81 25.
he supply of sheep light; market active at
an advance of 10 to zoe per cwt over last weeks
pIces We quote sales as follows: Prime
ONO and Indiana wethers, weighing here los
10 10 lbs, s. 10 TO IS 35; good 80 to 100 lbs,
= ~ to s. OO; far 10 good mixed, 20 to so lbs,
$ 20 to 81 .: culIs and common lots, 81 90 TO
IS 90; good yearlngs 81 so to S5 90; falr to good
D. TO 6O lbs, s. 80 to 81 %; spring lambs 81 T5 to
s. OD veal calves, ITO 10 l20 lbs, S. so to IS 25
heavy calves dull at g 90 to 81 90.