Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-30


The cattle market is reported in fair
condition this week, but there are no
changes in prices except on hogs, winch
have declined. Messrs. Bayha X Dorsey
furnish the following quotations:
Cattle-l,OOO TO LOO and above 39la4c;
500 to 800 pounds - ta3i &c; 700 TO 500 pounds
y a5c
Hogs Market slow at 3i4a334c
Lambs-S Spring lively at ja6c.
Calves-In good demand at 3ai C..
Sheep-Actiyc at 4a4l Sc.
BALTIMORE. THURSDAY, May -.
AT CALVERTON YARDS.
BEEF CATTLE-The market was scarcely
as active as last week. and prices general
" 10 TO l5c per 100 lbs. lower than they
were then The quality throughout was
not as good. though there was some very
good PENNSYLVANIA Stable-fed cattle as
good as the tops of last week. but prime
cattle We're less numerous, and medium
and common grades more plentiful. We
quote the range of prices from S3OO TO
500. most sales at - 15a4 - per 100 lbs.
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged
as follows: Best heeVes 81 1ha5 90, those
generally rated first quality - 81! sai -.
medium or good fair quality - '1af -,
aud ordinary thin steers, oxen and COWS
!! OOa3 30 per 100 lbs.
vi llt Ndlllt lfNfANfN a-fi- 'tiii' lANaA
MARYLAND. ~ from Virginia, - from
Illinois. 600 from Pennsylvania, and l42
from New York. Total receipts for the
week 900 head against 2.Oil last week,
and al head same time last year.
OF the offerings to-day 80 head were
taken by Baltimore butchers. - by coun-
try dealers. and 80 by Eastern buyers.
Total sales for the week SIG head against
6q5 last week and $50 head same week last
year.
Mich COWS are quoted at Sl5aaj per head
for common to good; and very few extra
at $l5a55 The market Over-stocked and
prices of Receipts l13 head.
Veal calves are quoted AT 3 a. cents
per pound. Trade slow. Receipts 20"
head.
Sheep and Lambs There mas been quite
heavy run this week. Home dealers were
not active buyers. but there was fairly
good demand prevailing from eastern mar
kets The quality of the offerings was fair
throughout. few common sheep being in the
market. We quote butchers sheep at Ia
q e. for common to fair 4a5 for good 10
extra and SIC per pound gross for few
choice: lambs at > AZ 81 per pound gross
The reCeipts of sheep and lambs this week
number 5.O2S head.
| BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK YARDS.
MONDAY, May % 1880.
SWINE-There Is rather free Offering
this week. the number being more than
/ 200 head in excess OF last week 5 record.
Trade is only moderate, not active in any
of the wards. Prices are l.ai4c off from
last week. Good western hogs, say $50 to
100 lbs. gross. are in best demand. We
quote the range at 5'-ajSf cents net with
n few extras "A shade higher. Fair hogs
y .a55L cents per ID. net; rough hogs >
cents net. Receipts of hogs this week
S.4S6 head.
CLAREMONT STOCK YARDS, ;
BALTIMORE, May %, 1890.
Arrivals of live stock at Claremont Stock
Yards via Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Tor
the week ended MAY 25-lN cars, con
tanning so cattle. % calves, BOP sheep
and lambs G.S22 hogs, ~ horses and -
mules.
SHIPMENTS To New York, Philadelphia.
&c. 1.0S4 cattle. $50 sheep and lambs, >. l63
hogs. 81 horses and e calves.
All hogs and sheep sold in these yards
are at gross weight. Receipts this week
, ~ head. against 4, O>g last week. Fair to
GOOD hogs sold at ~ OOai 90, ana roughs at
- 80 per 100 pounds.
Receipts of sheep and lambs 3,5j2 head.
with sales at - G0aj - per 100 pounds, Tor
sheep and lambs O. to IA cents per To-
EAST LIBERTY. Pa, May 2S.-Cattle re
ceints 40 head: shipments 136 head: mar
lxet steady; prime - O0aj p; fair TO good
- 50a4 -: common 81 0oa4 p; cows, bulls
and stays - 5Oa3 30.
Hogs-Recelpts. $50 head; shipments
500 head market fair; medium and select
Il Oja4 10: common 10 best Workers - Pa
( ~: pigs - 1ja4 90.
Sheep-Reneipts. 1900 head; shipments
1 CT, ffta
fair To good 81 00a5 y; common y oval ~;
vearling lambs - 15a6 %: spring lambs
- 15a5 90; veal calves - OOa3 ~.
CgIc,Go. Nav 90 Cattle-Reccipts 10
O1O head: shipments 1900 head: market
steady, beeyes - 9Oa5 20; steers y ''a
4 ~: stockers and feeders = SOa3 81. COWS,
bulls and mixed 81 jOa3 p; Texas steers
= 5Oa4 -
Hogs-Receipts 2l.O0O head: shipments
,.OO0 head; market strong: mixed y s5a
O5: heavy and light - S5af 10: skips
Sheep-Receipts 5000 head; shipments
. 900 head market strong; natives = 15a
%. western - 00a6 10; Texans = '5a
; 30: lambs - 25a7 -.
Cincinnati Horse ana Mule Market
C1vcrsxArr. MAY 2l-The aupply OF
stock i'm general has been lair, but the de
maud has been active, and Tor drivers,
sheet-car horses and large mules in excess
of receipts Buyers We're here from the
| East and South, and prices were well sus-
tanned.
Quotations at the Cincinnati Union stock
Arb stables were as follows: Driving
horses Sl2ia95Dj saddle horses Sl2aa25l |;
draft horses sii1a225; street car horses 50
ai9O: Southern horses s75al25; plugs 80
ala Mules, aged to 5 years, l9's to 10
hands. SiS5alI5: - TO l5l3 hands, ll9a
Ia: az 10 Is hands S.OallO; ii TO l4'-
hands S75a90; plugs S''a3o.
The following prices prevailed at the