Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-21
LIVE STOCK REVIEW.
Good Cattle Bring Better Prices Than
Last Week, but Low Grades
SHOW NO SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT.
a Few Prime Beeves From Ohio at the East
Liberty Yards.
CHOICE SHEEP AND SWINE SCARCE

OFFICE OF THE PrTTsBURG DISPATCH
WEDNESDAY, August 20, 1890.
On Monday there were 109 loads of cattle
on the market at the East Liberty yards, the
bulk of which were from the near Western
States, principally from Ohio and Indiana.
There were few from Kentucky and 20
loads from Chicago. Since the beginning of
the week about six loads have been received,
making total for the week of lis, against
80 loads last week. The quality of this
weeks offerings varied very little from that
OF recent average. There was one carload
of primes from Ohio, the first for some
weeks past, weighing $50 pounds, which
sold readily at 42[e, and in a retail way no
doubt brought &c per pound. A half dozen
loads Of good, but not strictly prime,
cattle from Indiana were on the
market. Supply OF light, tidy butchers
beeves, such as our markets call for,
were scarce, as usual Market opened Monday
morning strong-lO to l5c higher than the pre-
Vious week on all good grades. Common and
low grades opened a shade stronger than last
week, but soon lost their strength and dropped
back into the old groove. There we're 10 TO Is
loads shipped on in first hands of the coarse
heavy or inferior grades. This morning there
were about three loads left in the pens unsold.
The cost of beeves offered this week ranged
from 25c to 40c per cwt higher in Chicago
and as the advance here was far below this, it
is presumable that margins to drovers must
have been very narrow, if indeed there were
any left.
Sheep, Lambs and swine.
The run of sheep for the week has been light
and quality generally poor. There was very
little fancy stock on the market. Total re-
ceipts for the week were about 20 loads. Mar
kets were strong at last weeks prices, and
choice lambs, of which there were not very
many offered, brought better prices than a
week ago. Good stock is evidently being with
held from markets. There were in this weeks
run few loads of open wool sheep from Mis-
souri,, which were sold at 81 So Price of sheep
tanned only for a few very choice. Lambs
ranged in price from 4c to &c per h. One extra
bunch only brought the latter figure.
There were about four loads of hogs on sale
this morning, the bulk of which were grassers.
The lew cOrn-fed on the market were steady at
a range OF 81 Is to 81 25 Grassers ranged in
price from IS to S. IS and were very slow.
There is little demand for the latter grade.
Low price on these is the only inducement to
the buyer. The range on grassers is very wide,
pelng anected by condition, quality, and weight.
Advices from Chicago TO our packers this
morning show an advance of Sc on hogs there,
the top price being 81 TO-
Mccall & Co.'S Weekly Review.
The supply OF cattle fair; market opened up
active with good demand for all grades; prices
advanced 15g25c per cwt., but unfavorable re-
ports from Western and Eastern markets
caused the market to react except on prime
butcher grades; maket closed dull. We give the
following ruling prices: Prime, ], 300 to l6OO
ms. 81 5OG4 70; good loo to l,4OO MS, 81 lUQ
so; butcher grades, LOO to 1900 ms, IS 75@
4 25; common to fair, 1000 to LOO MS IS 25@
3 IS; stockers and feeders, 800 to LOO ms
81 1898 40; mixed lots cows and heifers, s. OO@
. 75; rat cows and bulls 81 0042 80; fresh cows
and springers S20@S5 per head.
The receipts of hogs this week has been fair
and the market active on all grades, with a
slight improvement on grassers. Good corn
fed in demand but scarce. We quote good me-
dium and selected, choice selected, 81 30; me-
dfum, 81 Is to 81 25; best Workers. 81 90 to 81 10;
common to fair, IS 65 to Sc 80; roughs, IS 90 to
IS 60.
The receipts of sheep light; market slow at
last weeks prices. We quote sales as follows;
Prime Ohio aDd Indiana wethers, weighing
here los to ITO lbs. 81 80 to IS IS; good 80 to
100 lbs 81 70 to S. 90; fair to good mixed, 75
TO so lbs s. 75 to 81 25 good yearlings, 81 Is to
So 5oi far to good, 50 to so lhs IS IS to s. 40:
Spring lambs. 81 so to So IS; veal calves 10
70 l2O pounds, S. 90 to Sc 90: heavy calves 81 90
81 90; as to quality, 81 SO to So 20.