Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-08-26
AT THE STOCK YARDS.
Heavy Receipts Of Cattle at East
Liberty and Markets.
START SLOW AT REDUCED PRICES.
Quality Of Beeves at Herr's Island Good
and Prices Firm.
SWINE HIGHER AND SHEEP STEADY
START SLOW AT REDUCED PRICES.
SWINE HIGHER AND SHEEP STEADY
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH Z
MONDAY, August 25, 1890


MONDAY. August Is. 1890 I
Receipts of cattle at Herr's Island were
q few head less than last week, and demand
was good at shade higher prices. Average
quality was good and cost at sources of sup
ply was reported 15@25c per cent above
those offered last Monday. Best heavy
Chicago beeves brought S. 25@5 so; good
to choice medium weights, 81 1905 10;
common to fair, do, 81 1904 60; prime light
weights, 81 5O@4 IS; common to fair, do,
81 0O@4 S5. Low grade and mixed grassers,
bulls and dry COWS were scarce and nominal
at a range of s. 1908 S5 Fresh cows were
in light supply and slow at SIS 00@40 90
per head, and calves were active and higher
with 5@7c as the range Receipts-From Chi
cago: L Ziegler III head; l. Gerson. l2U; ].
Richter, 20; L. Rothschild, 20; A. Fromm, CO.
From Ohio-Sanford Iangdon. From Penn
sylvania-J. Reiber, Total, $50; last week
$50; previous week, 81
Receipts of sheep and lambs were lighter
than last Monday, but still supply was in excess
of demand. Prices, as a rule, were shade
lower than last week. Following was the range
of markets: Sheep. sS so to IS 90; lambs, 4115e
William McCreary sold 81 lambs, averaging
81 ms at sc, and 81 sheep, averaging lis Ms,
half yearlinCs, at IS 90 per cwt. This stock
the market. Receipts-From Chicago. L Zieg-
Ter. $50 head; from Ohio, Sanford & Langdon,
10b; from Pennsylvania, ID. o. PIsor. lO9; T.
Bingham. l67; ]. Reiber, %; G. w. Keesy, IS; J.
Wright IS; L McNeese, 70; McCreary & Ser
geant le2 Total, lO46; last week, L,S25s previ-
Gus week, 9SS
Demand for hogs was good, and all were
promptly sole at a sharp advance over last
weeks prices. Good to choice Ohio and Penn
sylvania cornfed hogs sold at range OF 81 50@
20 In a retail way. A few lots of inferior
1fr~HA Anor e,,ll o
From Ohio. Needy & Smith. 2S5 head; Sanford
q Langdon. lO6 From PENNSYLVANIA
William Bratz, Sc; ]. Behler, SO; L McNeese
4; McCreary Sergeant, 80. Total, 46S last
week, "a; previous week, 2O4
Woods Run and East Liberty.
At Woods Run yards therewere 162 head of
cattle on the market, 142 of which were from
Chicago, Chicago cattle sold at 81 % to 81 s.
per cut, and Ohio from 81 so to S. Only one
load, averaging l450 lbs. and close to prime,
brought the outside quotations.
There were 4S2 head of sheep and lambs on the
market The range for sheep was 43zc to SIC
per b, and lambs &c to 6.65c.
There was some demand for hogs but none
were offered. Next week and from that time
on there will be full supply of hogs on the
market. Woods Island markets showed few
signs OF activity. The general situation was in
favor of buyers
There are $50 loads of cattle on the market at
East Liberty yards this morning, against log
loads last Monday, 80 loads the previous week
As our local trade calls for more than so car
loads, it is evident that with nearly double
this number offered, markets would drag and
prices drop. In to-day's offerings there were
no primes. The supply was mostly common 10
fair butcher cattle. Light tidy butcher
beeves, such as our market calls for, were very
scarce. Supply was not up to demand But
the heavy run Of other grades served to depress
markets all along the line, and all grades of
cattle were 10 to Zoe lower than last Mondays
prices. The range for light butcher beeves
was 81 to &c per lb. The best heavy cattle on
the market sold at 81 25 to 81 40 per cwt.
The Buyers in Luck.
The buyers had the advantage and prospects
were good for heavy shipments east in first
hands. There were about 800 head of calves on
the market Good light stock ranged from 5@
&C per and heavy from 21S@3Hc. The run
of sheep and lambs was light there being about
u loads on the market Average quality was
below par. Markets opened slow, but last
weeks prices were maintained. There were IS
loads of hogs on the market and demand was
good for all good stock, at a sharp advance on
last weeks prices. One dealer quoted top
prices at 81 As and another 81 S. Grassers
ranged from S4Q4 Is. Prices are of l0c at Chi
cago this morning according to advices re-
ceived by one of our packing firms. Satur-
days top price at Chicago was 81 25 This
morning il was 81 ID The improvement in
demand for hogs Is traced by dealers to the
drop of the mercury and il the cool weather
continues there will be an upward movement
of ofprovisions. Packers are very much inter-
ested in the weather at this date.