Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-10-30
LIVE STOCK REVIEW.
Heavy Run of Cattle at the East Lib
erty Stock Yards and
MARKETS IN FAVOR OF BUYERS.
Prime Light Butcher and Good Export
BeeveS Alone Firm.
SHEEP AND SWINE ON THE DECLINE

OFFICE OF THE PTTTsBURG DISPATCH,
WEDNESDAY. October e, 1890
There have been on sale at the East Lib
ertv stock yards in all about $50 carloads Of
cattle this week, against 150 loads last week.
As our local trade calls for not much above
100 carloads, it was plain from the start
that the situation was in favor OF the buyer.
Buyers were present in lair force, but were
slow to catch on, seeing their advantage
from the big run. The miserable weather
which has prevailed ali the week was also
a favorable factor to the buyer. Markets
opened weak on Monday morning, and have
kept on in this line ever since. The only grade
of cattle which held its own were light, tidy
butcher beeves and first-class feeders.
OF the latter there Were very lew onered
Everything below prime stock was dull and
slow at a decline from last weeks prices There
were two loads of good export cattle, nearly
prime weighing aGout 1000 pounds, which
brought "a 60. the highest price realized tliis
week Light -idy butcher becveS were so!d at
s. 81. These grades and gllt-edsed feeders held
up fairly well 10 prices Of last week
BUYERS were present ready 10 gather In all OF
these kinds of cattle that were offered. But
anything offered that was below par went beg
ging for customers, and sales were only made
by liberal concessions. A Goody number OF
these common and low-grade cattle were sent
in first hands.
The butchers who cater to The public with
whom cost is 10 item and who order their
beeves direct from Chicago in carload lots,
paid 81 and with freight added in the cost OF
their beeves was fully SIC per pound.
sheep and Lambs.
The receipts this week about l6 car
loads. Quahty was much the same as IL mas
been for a number of weeks past. The proper
tim of choice stock was small. Markets were
slow at a decline of 10 to l5c per cwt. on sheep
and strong 25c on lambs. The best price OBJ
raiDcd for sneep waS sc per Id, and for lambs
S So The outside figures were obtained for
few very choice.
The range OF markets was, for Sheep 35%c to
SC per pound, and for lambs &c to SIC.
There were from So to 40 loads Of hogs on the
market on Monday, small proportion of
which were good cornfed stock. Markets
were slow at a decline from last week. Since
Monday dozen or more loads have been re-
ceIved and quality has been no better. There
were seven loads on the market this morning.
Philadelphias sold 1T 81 40 to 81 40 and orkers
at s. 70 to 81 To- Supply of hogs exceeded de-
mand this week and 4 numbSr of loads were
sent on IN first hands
Mccall & Co.'s Weekly Review.
The supply of cattle was heavy and market
slow on all grades except prime heavy, which
sold at last weeks prices, while other grades
opened at lower prices and on Tuesday were
fully 10 TO % cents lower than Monday. We
give the following as ruling prices: Prime,
l.4O0 to LOGO pounds. 81 4O94 65; good l. 200 to
!, 400 pounds. s3 7514 90; good butcher grades,
l,lO0 to l.5O0 pounds. SS 5O6S 80; rough fat
! 100 to I.300 pounds. IS 00Q5 40; common to
fair, LOCO to l.2U0 pounds, 65N5 %; good feed
ers 1000 to 1,200 pounds, SS l5@S 50; common
ro fair Stockers and feeders, 200 to LOCO pounds
g 2502 1j: mixed lots. COWS. bulls and hefers.
s. 5g92 80; fresh COWS and springers. SO 009
50 90 per head.
The supply of hogs Monday was heavy, and
the market opened Slow on all grades. Yester-
day and to-day the supply was about equal to
demand. The market is bad. Weather very
much against the trade. We quote medium
and selected. 81 SOel4 40; hest Workers, 81 0O3
& 10; common 70 fair. 50 7093 80; pigs, IS 25@
8 50; roughs, So 00d3 IS.
The supply of sheep liberal. Market steady
on good and dull on common at unchanged
prices. Sales as follows: Prime Ohio and In
diana weCheTs. weighing here los TO ITO pounds,
S. O0d5 25; good. 90 to 100 pounds, 81 60@4 30;
fair TO good mixed 75 to so pounds. So 1904 10;
culls and common lots. 81 0OGS 90; good year
iugs. 81 2565 90; fair TO good. so TO so pounds,
IS 50G4 90: spring lambs steady: common to
best, 81 50G6 90; veal calves 40 to l20 pounds.
S. DO36 90; heavy calves, 81 0093 co.