Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-28
LIVE STOCK REVIEW.
Receipts Of Cattle at East Liberty
Beyond Local Wants
LIGHT BUTCHER BEEvES SCARCE.
Sheep and Lambs in Light Supply and
Good Stock Active.
HOGS IN LARGE SUPPLY AND HIGHER
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, Z
WEDNESDAY. August q. 1890 {


WEDNESDAY. August q. 1880
Total receipts of cattle at the East Liberty
yards this week 155 loads. A very large
proportion of those offered were common
and low grades. There were, in fact, no
strictly prime beeves offered in carload lots.
Our local trade calls especially for tidy,
smooth, butcher cattle weighing from 900
to ], 200 pounds. OF this grade there has
been great scarcity for weeks past, and
this week the shortage was more pronounced
than ever. There were few loads of fair
to good heavy cattle on the market. and
they were slow sale at a decline from last
weeks prices. The decline all along the
line ranged from 10 to 20 per cent Light,
tidy butcher cattle suffered least from the
decline. As they were not to be had in car
load lots. they are hardly quotable. In retail
way this grade held up well to prices of last
week. Buyers from eastern counties of Penn
sylvania were on hand in larger numbers than
their usual force, and, considering the large
prices, markets we're active.
The highest price recelved wass4 40 for good
heavy beeves, weighing about l,4O0 pounds.
These were considerably short of prime. Top
price of light butcher steers was &c per n: The
situation favored the buyer on all grades ex-
cepting smooth light butcher cattle. Pens
were pretty well cleared to-day, but number
of loads were sent on in first hands, A Herr's
Island droyer reports that choice cattle was
shade higher at Chicago and low grades lower
last week.
sheep, Lambs and Swine.
Supply of sheep has been light. the total for
the week being not above 10 carloads. Quality
and price raised very little this week from last,
Markets this week were however, a shade more
active. There were in the offerings loads of
open-wool Missouri sheep, rather coarse but
they found ready buyers. All good sheep and
lambs found ready sale at strong last weeks
prices while common and low grades were
weaker and slow. Light and medium lambs did
not bring as good prices this week as last 1t is
the same old story, namely, choice stock, which
is scarce, finds ready customers at outside quo
tations. while inferior stock goes slow at inside
quotations.
The run of hogs has been very large this
Monday and fully Is loads have been received
since Monday. Notwithstanding heavy run,
markets have been firm and prices advancing.
There we're four loads in the market this morn
ing. and prices ranged from 81 40 TO 81 go for
the best corn fed hogs. Grassers sold at 81 10
TO 81 35 and pigs at S3 so to S. 75 per cwt At
hogs at Chicago this morning was 81 80 accord
Ing to advices received by one of our pork pack
ers from his buyer there.
Mccall & Co.'S Weekly Review.
The supply of cattle was heavy, mostly CON-
mon to medium; market ruled strong and ac-
tive on the better grades, while common and
medium were slow at lower prices. Prospects
look favorable on good, while we do not see
much encouragement on common. We give the
following as ruling prices: Prime. 1-3OO to l.6OO
fbs 81 5O64 70; good 100 to l,4OO ms, 81 2O@
4 so; butcher grades, LOO to 800 Ms, So 75@
4 .; common to fair, 1000 to LOO MS, So OO@
3 Is; stockers and feeders, 800 to ll00 ms
& 60dS 20; mixed lots cows and heifers 81 006
65; bulls and rat cows. 81 0062 so; fresh cows
and sprinCers dull at SIS OO635 per head.
The receipts of hogs light and the market
active on all grades: best cornfed, 81 30 to
81 60; fair Workers. 81 20 to 81 80 grassers IS 30
to s. 90; roughs, IS so to 81 90.
The arrivals of sheep light; market active
on good, dull on common. at the following quo
tations: Prime Ohio and Indiana wethers,
weighing here los to ITO lbs. 81 90 to IS IS;
good, 80 to 100 lbs. 81 20 to SIS 90; fair to good
mixed, 70 to so lbs IS IS to 81 Is; culls and
common lots. 81 90 TO So 00 good yearlings 81 so
TO IS So far to good so to so lbs So 70 to 81 4O
spring lambs. 81 so to SIS IS; veal calves, ITO |
TO l20 lbs, IS so to S6 90: heavy calves, s2 90 |
81 90; as to quality, 81 so to SIS 90.