Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-12-23
AT THE STOCK YARDS.
Light Receipts Of Cattle at Alle-
gheny and East Liberty Yards.
GOOD STOCK A SHADE HIGHER,
But Common and Low Grade Beeves Con
tinue Weak and rIow.
SHEEP QUIET AND HOGS STRONGER
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH 4
MONDAY. Dec. %.
At Herr's Island.


MONDAY. Dec. o. s
At Hers Island.
Cattle-Tnere was a light supply and de-
mand was active at prices OF last week.
Some dealers reported prices shade higher.
Prime heavy Chicagos sold at So 30 to So Go.
Fancy Christmas beeves brought S. 70 to
So So; choice medium weights, So 90 to
S. 25; common to fair do, 81 IS to 81 50;
good to prime light weights, 81 65 to 81 75;
common to fair do, 81 % to S. 30; rough
heavy cattle, S3 80 to So 75; common to fair
thin steers, 81 IS to So 20. There was a
light supply of country stock, and prices
were the same as last week. Fresh cows
ranged from S25 to $40 per head. and calves SIC
to &c per pound.
There was littlo butchering stock on the mar
ket from surrounding counties Receipts:
From Chicago-A. Fromm, 50 head; 1. Zeiglcr,
234 head From Pennsylvania-Variou own
ers, 10 head. Total, 30S head; last week, 453
head: previous week, 4l6 head. Sheep and
lambs-There was lighter run than there has
been for many weeks. Quality of offerings
showed Improvement on recent receipts. De-
mand was fairly good. and markets were higher
and firm. The range for sheep was So so
to s. so. and lambs 415c to 81 per B
Receipts: From Ohio-Sanford & Lansdon 3a;
From Pennsylvania-J. Wright 20; D. o.
II. j.
Reiber. TO- Total. 344; last week. 562; previous
week, $40. There was an unusually light sup
ply of hogs for the time of year. Markets,
however, were weak and low +. with s3 70 to
So 50 rs the range for Chicagos and Ohio's, and
S. ~ to S3 60 for natives Receipts: From Chi
cago-l. ZsIgler. 2l9 From Ohio-Needy 81
Smith, $40: Sanford & Langdon. 10. From
Pennsyivania-J. Wright, 5; D. o, PIsor, 8; J.
e. Cruikshank, S3; NJ. Wldeman, S. Total,
$40; last week, 1850; previous week, 1,674.
At Woods Run and East Liberty.
There were 20S head of cattle on sale at the
Woods Run yards this morning. all from
Ohio. The range of markets was 4c to 53sc
per lb., the latter price being paid for few
LOO lb beeves. close to prime. The number of
sheep and lambs on sale was 36l head Sheep
sold at range of sc to SIC and lambs at SIC
tn &c, the latter for few eX;ras. There were
294 head of hogs on the market and all were
retailed at IS 80 to So s5 Markets were re-
ported only far but dealers were no. dis
appointed as expectations are not great in
Christmas times.
AT East Liberty there were about 80 loads of
cattle on sale this morning, against 135 loads
las Monday, and 2S0 the previous week. About
D loads OF those offered to-day were left over
from last week. Quality of beeves on sale this
morning was in the main common and poor
The few export and light tidy butcher cattle
which were on the market were active at
shade better prices than prevailed week ago.
Some dealers reported an advance of 10c. to
l0c. on these grades. Common and low grade
stock was weak and slow, Notwithstanding the
light run. Christmas week is ever a quiet one
IN live stock markets, for the reason
that the consumption of turkey is so large. In
expectation of light demand shippers sent in
light supplies in obedience to orders from COM
mission men. There were few fancy Christ
mas cattle on sale, which wer,j sold at retail
prices. The best price paid was s6 co per cwt.
IN u retail way. Light, tidy butcher beevps
sold at S3 40 to 50 -. and export cattle at AZ
to "A, the latter being the highest price OBJ
tained.
Sheep, Lambs and Hogs.
There were 10 loads of sheep and lambs on
the market against the same number last week.
Markets opened slow at slight decline. The
average quality of offerings was low. Top price
Tor sheen was SIC and lambs &c per lb
Ihe run OF hogs was light, the lightest Mon
day run for some weeks past. There were
ahout 10 loads ON the market this morning
against % loads last Monday. and 20 the previ-
Gus Monday. Market opened strong at a shade
better prices than were obtained last week.
The price was IS 20 tor Philadelphias Ac-
cordlng to advlceS received by Que of our lead
ing packers from his Chicago buyer receipts
there we're $1,000 head this morning, and out
side price was S. 90, which was 10 cents higher
than last report.
Cattle - Receipts. 4. 475 head; Shipments 2l4
head: market very Gull at about last weeks
prices. Twenty cars cattle shipped to New
York to-day.
Hogs-Receipts, 1850 head: shipments. 1850
head; market active: Philadelphias, So 6O0l3 20:
mixed, So 45@3 60; heavy Workers. So 35lu3 45:
light Workers, SO 2O@3 SC; pigs, 81 SOFAS co.
T"enty-one cars hogs shipped to New York to-
day.
Sheep Receipts, $500 head; shipments, 2,4OO
head; mar ket very dull at l5c on from last
weeks prices.