Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-12
By TeleCraDh.

Chicago-The Eventn0 Journal reports:
Cattle receipts, 5000 head; shipments, 5000
a shade higher; choice natives, SO 6O@3 So;
no fancy steers on sale; good steers, "a so@
8 50; others, So 50604 80; Texans. 50 O0@2 80;
rangers, 50 Coca 60; cows, 81 so@2 80 Hogs;
market steady; rough and common, 81 Esq
75 mixed and packers, "A 90@5 %: prime
heavy and butchers weights,$5 3GG5 40: prime
light, $5 JOl5 IS: second-cass light, IS O0@
5 25 Sheep-Receipts, 5000 head; shipments,
5000 head market fair and lower; native
ewes. IS 35@4 40; mixed and wethers. 81 60
@5 %; Texans and Westerns, 81 0O@4 40;
lambs, $3 50@5 so.
all for exporters and slaughterers; no trade;
feeling firm; dressed beef dull at 1890 % 1b;
shipments tomorrow, $50 quarters OF beef.
Calves = Receipts, GAG head; market dull;
81 1214@4 90. Sheep-Receipts, 5,216 head;
market Lc p b lower; sheep, 81 OO15 1215 "a
100 TBS; lambs, S. 1896 90; dressed mutton slow
at s@912c ~ n: dressed lambs weak at 90
10%c. Hogs-Receipts, 4S75 head, including
3 cars for sale; market dull at 81 0O@5 so "a
100 fbs.
aha-Cattle-Recefpts 1850 head; act
i've and firm on good grades of both beeves
and butcher stock and steady on other
grades; dull on feeders: steers, 81 25@5 55;
butchers steers, So 75@4 50. Hogs-Receipts,
$500 head; active ana &c higher on the best
grades of heavy and light hogs and steady
on other grades; prices ranged g s5@5 %;
s4 so@5 o5: sheep-keceipts. Us head; un-
rs; lambs 81 00Q5 IS.
st. -Cattle-Receipts, 2, 700 head; ship
ments, blank; market opened steady and
steers, a 9OG5 50; fair to good do, 50 OO@5 90;
Texan and Indian sseers, 50 3J@14 90; can
ners, 81 1902 20. Hogs-Receipts, l. 100 head;
shipments, blank: market steady; fair to
f,,, I, n. r<,I,
@5 S0 light, ordinary to best, s. 20a5 80.
Sheep-Receipts, 800 head; shipments blank;
market slow; fair to desirable, $3 OO@5 20.
Buffalo - Cattle = Receipts, sS loads
through, nofresh sale, 8 holding over from
Hogs-Receipts, l3 loads through, fresh
sale, 5 held over; market steady; good and
mediums, IS 7O@5 So mostly S. So. Sheep
and lambs-Receipts, "a loads through, 2
weak; fair sheep, 81 OO@4 80; good. - 6O@4 So;
fair to best lambs, IS 5o@5 80; no extra
here.
CinciDnati-Hogs in good demand, strong;
common and light, So 5O@5 35; packing and
butchers, 81 7595 80; receipts, 94s head; ship
ments, 295 head. Cattle in ample supply;
heavy fair to choice butcher grades, 81 40@
30: prime to choice shippers, 81 O0@5 25; re-
ceipts, 235 head; shipments, 2l6 head. Sheep
70; extra fat wethers and yearlings, $5 0a1
25. Lambs in ample supply, steady; conf
mon to choice shipping, s5 5O@6 90 per 100 lbs.
Kansas y-Cattle-Receipts, 5000 head:
shipments, 1000 head: good cattle strong;
others stendy; steers, So OO@5 IS; cows, 81 30
8 co: stockers and feeders, 81 00@2 As. Hogs
Receipts, 5000 head; shipments, 800 head;
good hogs were &c higher; others dull; bulk.
IS t045 20; all grades, a 1895 80 Sheep-Re-
ceipts, 800 head; market quiet.
s-Cattle-Receipts, 100 head;
market steady. Hogs-Receipts, ,5CO head;
market slow. choice hpaVV. x5 2CGD5 40. choice
light, S. 15@5 45; mixed, IS l5@5 ~; pigs, So 00
al So