Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-03-08


The cattle market Is brisk this week, but there
IS no change in prices Messrs. Bayha & Dorsey
furnish the following quotations:
Caitle-l,o0 20 100 ana above, 31Sa3114c; S)0to
900 pounds 3a3I4c; 200 TO 500 pounds 2Za2Ac.
Hogs-Market low 1T 3t4a33S;.
Lambs-Ltvely AZ 5a51zc.
Calves-ln good demand at 4a5c.
Sheep-Ae i've at 4ailgc-
BALTIMORE, Thursday, February %.
AT CALVRRTON YARDS.
BEEF CArrLE-The market on the Hill to-day
showed some little improvement In activity over
that OF last Thursday, and prices generally were
a shade higher than they were then, some 70
10 cents per 100 lbs, with the quality Of the tops
little better than last week. There was fair
offering OF II edium grads We quote the range
from ~ on to 81 70, most sales being made al
0Oai 62% per 100 pounds
Prices Of beef cattle this week ranged rs fol-
lows: Best beeves 81 50ai IS, those generally
rated first quality 81 25a4 90, medium or good
fair quality 90 25ai 90 and ordinary thin steers,
oxen and cows 81 01a3 W per 100 lbs.
OF the Cattle received l55 came from Mary
lsnd, l4 from Virginia, 20 ON West Virginia,
627 ffom Illinois, - from Ohio, and IS fIOm Penn
sylvAnia. Total receipts for the week ,l3) head,
against l,i9j last week, aud S72 head same time
last year.
OF the offerings tod $40 head were taken
by Baltimore butchers, II by country dealers,
and 80 by Eastern buyers Total sales for the
week, Sos head, against $50 last week, and t5a
head same week last year.
Mich Cows are quoted at s2Ca 30 each for com
m IN TO fair, and siOa55 for eO,d TO Cx'rs. Re
ceipts 50 head. Ira Re slack.
NEALs -ROughs. 21lai cents;gOod, Sac cents
per ound. and trade lair. X ceiIts $50 head.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-ThCre IS a light run OF
sheep and lambs this week, with trade SLOW.
Prices are fully &c lower thsn last week The
q iality is repOl t.d as generally fair aud the
snoelv. though light. is sufficient for The limited
demand. Com non 10 fair sheep are quoted Al
215af cents; fair 10 good at 4Aa54 cents a ID ex-
ira at 6 cents per pJund gross; lambs sell at 3a6
cents per pound gross . he receipts OF sheep
and lambs this week number l, $50 head.
BALTIHORE LIVE STOCK YARDS. /
MONDAY, March g. 1899. I
SWINE There IS moderately fai offering this
week, and the market Is firm nj the prices raj
ing last Monday with rather more sale making
at our top figure than last week We quots giod
70 best western corn hogs at 5sks554 cents per
pound net and buttermilk at 4%a55E cents net.
Re ceints of hogs this week 9l7 head.
CLAREM0NT STOCK YARDS,
BALTIMORE, March 3. 1890.
Arrivals ofLive Stock nj ClaremOnt Stock Yards
via Baltimore and Ohio Railroad for the week
ended MsTch 2-2oi cars, containing l,s29 Cat
tle ID Calves, 1920 sheep and Lambs, AS
Hogs, l22 Horses and IS Mules
Shipments TO New York, Philadelphia, &c,
SIS Cattle, Calves, AZ Sheep and Lambs
2,l29 Hogs, so Horses and lG Mules.
All Hogs and Sheep sold in these Yards are at
gross weight. Receipts this week, z, l29 head
against 1, l0l last week. Fair 70 good Hogs SOLD
at 81 60, and roughs at So rs per 100 lbs.
Receipts Of sheep, 200 head, with sales at
81 5oa5 IS per 100 lbs, and Lambs at 10 ca cents
per pound.
Eisr LIBEETY. March Cattle, receipts ], 720
head: shipments 400 head; nothing doing; all
through contignmenis.
Hoss-Receipis 2,lOO head: shipments 1000
head; market active; medium a1d SO ected 81 IS
al IS: common 10 best Workers 81 25ai IS; pigs
81 O0a4 10.
sheep-Receipts 200 head; shipments 1000
head; market firm and unchanged.
CHICAGO, March Cattle Receipts 10000
head: shipments 1900 head; market weak and
l lower beeves 81 s0a5 90: steers t3 0Jai 50.
stnckers and feeders az 4Oa3 60; Texans So OOa
a3 80.
Hogs-Receipts 20 OCO head: shipments 1900
he'd: market strong and sc higher; mixed and
heavy So S5i4 (5; light s. s5l Oh; skips 50 90
as ~.
sheep-Reocipts 900 head; shipments 100
head; market slow: natives &c Boa 60; western
corn fed 81 S045 CO; Texans sS 55l5 so; lambs
s. COG IS.
CINCINNATI, o., March Hog easy; COM
mon and light So s0ai 10; packing and butch
ers' "a OOa4 IS; receipts, 1900 head; shipments
500 head.
Cincinnati Horse and Mule Market.
CIScIYHATI, o, March 1.-The demand was
fairly active chiefly for the better quail tiles