Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-29
AT LIVE STOCK YARDS
Cattle Market Not So Active as Last
Week and Prices Off.
HEAVY RECEIPTSATEAST LIBERTY
Little Profit to DrOvers at Woods Run and
Herrs Island.
SHEEP AND SWINE FAIRLY STEADY
OFFICE OF PrTTsBURG DISPATCH
MONDAY, April 2S, 1880. 4

OFFICE OF PrTTsBURG DIsPATcHl
MONDAY, April Is, 1880.
The supply Of butchering stock for TO-
davis market at Herr's Island was not up to
the average in quality. Receipts were al
most entirely from Chicago. There was an
unusual scarcity of nearby stock on the
market. The reason given is that freight
rates have been recently advanced on the
Pittsburg and Western Railroad. Drovers
from adjoining counties are talking o: driv-
ing stock to market as in the good old days
of yore, unless the PIttsburg and Western
company comes down on freight rates.
Cattle markets started out rather slow.
Buyers were scarce, but it looked at noon as
though the offerings would be disposed of
before markets closed. Fair to good medium
weights sold at 81 1906 90; prime light
weights, 900 to loo fbs, 81 1904 60; CON-
mon to fair thin and rough stock, S. Esq
425.
There were no strictly prime cattle offered.
Fresh COWS were very slow. The bulk OF
those offered were left over from last week.
No sales were reported. The range at which
they were offered was S25 OO@4O 90 a head.
Calves were in large supply, the total being
277 head, and were dull at 311z@411c per II.
Receipts-From Chicago, L. Zeigler, 115
head; L. Gerson, lis; E. Wolf, 18; A.
Fromm, 90; L. Rothschild, 54. From Penn
sylvania, J. Reiber, 5. Total, 376; last
week, S52; previous week, 372.
sheep, Lambs and Swine.
The run of sheep and lambs was light,
and in the main from Chicago. Demand
was active, and pens were soon cleaned up
at the following range of prices: Good to
choice wool sheep, IS 1906 IS; clipped do,
S5 00(05 50; common and mixed wool sheep,
81 1905 25; clipped do, So 1904 %;
clipped lambs, S. 50@6 30; spring lambs,
6@S15c per h. Receipts-From Chicago,
Gerson & Zeigler. 27S head. From Penn
sylvania, d. o. Piser, Sc; j. Langdon, 8.
Total, 317; last week, 769; previous week,
all. Pennsylvania and Ohio contributed
the bulk of the hogs offered, and supply was
large. Market was, however, active and
firm, at 81 60@4 so for Chicagos and Ohios,
and 81 1904 65 for Pennsylvania. Re
ceipts-From Chicago, I. Zeigler, so head.
From Ohio, Needy & Smith, 504; Will
Jams & Co., 72: G. Smith, ". From Penn
sylvanis, D. o. Piser, s; Sanford & Lang
don, 40. Total, ISL; last week, 406; pre-
vious week, 623.
A Herr's Island Grover thus reported the
situation: Last weeks markets were un-
usually active and all cattle offered were
promptly sold. There were some very fine
cattle then on the market. and few were
sold as high as SIC per pound. This week
none reached this figure. A few were sold
as high as IS 35, but there were none quite
as good as last Monday offered. Though
cattle market started in slow this morning.
everything was sold. There was, however
little if any profit to the drover this week.
So far as my deals were concerned will
be satisfied to come out even this week.
Last week 1 had comfortable profit on my
cattle"
At Woods Run markets are reported
sluggish, but stock was about all sold soon
alter noon. Receipts of cattle from Chicago
226 head, and from Ohio 20 head. The best
were from Chicago, and the highest price
obtained was SIC for 10 head of the best
The range of prices was AZ to SIC. There
were on sale 430 head of clipped yearling
lambs, which sold promptly at a range of
of 81 to CSC. 1t is not often that finer
quality of yearlings are offered in this mar
ket. There were in the receipts $50 head
which averaged 81 pounds, and 40 head
averaging 1857 pounds.
The offerings of hogs were 100 bead, and
prices ranged from S4 so TO 81 60. The
average weight of the hog vas 212 pounds.
At East Liberty.
The run of cattle at these yards was the
largest for number of weeks past. The
total was about 100 loads, against IS loads
last Monday and so the previous week. In
to-day's offerings were 20 loads from Omaha
The balance were mainly from Chicago.
The quality of offerings was good average,
but on account OF heavy run markets started
out this morning very slow, with the pros
pect of a 10 to 15c drop from last weeks
prices. There were no car load lots of
strictly prime cattle offered. The highest
price that could be traced was 81 20, and no
sales at these figures were reported when we
left the yards. The offerings of sheep and
lambs comprised II loads, against more than
20 loads last Monday, and markets were
steady at rates of last week. There were q
loads of hogs on the market, and prices held
up well to last weeks rates, with 81 20 as
the outside for Philadelphia
CArTLE-Receipts. 3. 466 head: shipments, 2. 457
head; market slow; l5@25c off from last weeks
prices; 10 cars of cattle shipped 10 New York
to-day.
HoGs-Receipts. 515O head: shipments, $3.50
head; market active; medium and selected, 81 SO
al 60: common to best Workers. S4 30Q4 IS; pigs,
81 0OG4 20.
sHEEP-Receipts. 1900 head: shipments, $500
head. market steady at last weeks nrices.