Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-08
PLENTY AND CHEAPER
Heavy Run of Cattle at East Liberty
and the Markets Slow At
LOWER PRICES THAN LAST WEEK.
Light, Tidy Butcher Beeves Suffer Least
From the Decline.
SHEEP ARE ADVANCED AND HOGS LOWER
OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DIsPATCH,l I
MoNDay Sent

OFFICE OF PITTSBURG DISPATCH,
MONDAY, Sept. T.
At the East Liberty yards markets opened
this morning with 127 loads of cattle on
sale, against 73 loads last Monday and IS
loads the week before In to-day offerings
there were Sc to 40 loads from Chicago.
There were no strictly prime heavy beeves
on sale The bulk of the offerings consisted
of medium and low grade stock. Buyers
were present in fair force, but made the
most of their opportunity and forced sellers
to concede from 15c to DC per cwt on prices
of last week. Light, tidy butcher beeves
suffered least from the decline in prices.
Markets opened slow, and prospects were
that common stock would 60 begging
for buyers at q greater reduction than CSC
per cwt. The best beeves on sale did not
bring much, il any, above S. 80 in carload
lots. A load of L450 n steers from Ohio,
close TO prime. was sold at IS So Fresh cows
were in liberal supply, and all excepting the
choicest were slow. Good stock was scarce
in this line, and, with a few exceptions, the
top OF the market was S35 90 per head. Inc
run of calves was n fair average, and last
weeks prices were maintained. The top of
markets for yealers was 612c per n.
Not So Many of These.
Sheep ana lambs were in light supply.
There were about s loads on sale at the
opening OF the markets. and the demand was
active at an advance of Is to 25c per cwt. on
sheep, and a still greater advance on lambs.
Some dealers reported an advance of nc per
Ib on lambs. The top of market for sheep
was SC per lb. and for lambs SIC per lb.
There were on sale about q carloads of hogs,
and markets opened slow at q decline of &c
per ID. from last Mondays prices. Best Sc
iec:ed PhiladelphIas sold at s. IS, and the
proportion of this quality on the market
was small. There does not seem to be any
lO1ngv a IN r kpf haRVRS
Liberty yards. The butchers whose trade
demands this grade of cattle bring their
stuff directly from Chicago.
Allegheny Stock Yards.
At the Herr's Island stock yards offerings
OF cattle were larger numerically than
usual, and with reports of q large run at
East Liberty, markets were duh at q shade
lower prices than were obtained last week
Best heavy Chicago beeves were quoted at
Sc 25 to S. 50, medium weights at S5 20 to S6 90,
light weights at 81 so to IS 25 common grades
ut So 90 to 81 O0 and bulls. dry COWS and
heiferS at 212c to 334c u n. Fresh cows were
in good supply and markets were slow at
last weeks range. namely SIS 90 to $40 90 per
head. Calves ranged from &c to SIC p d.
for vealers and SIC to 41ac for grassers.
Receipts: Calves, IS head. Cattle from Chi
cago-l. Zeigler, l43 head: i. Gerson, ll2; A
Fromm, 80. From Pennsylvania-T. Bing-
ham, s. J. Behler, s. II. Runger, 3; L. Gerson, |
90 total 1872; last week, 303: previous week, ,255.
Sheep-Receipts ins this line were lighter |
tnan usual, Dut markets were SLOW at the /
following range: For sheep, 81 50G5 90 per |
cwt., and lambs 41a@6c per II. Receipts: |
From Ohio-C. NoiDrecht, Al head. From |
Pennsylvania. Bingham, IS5: d. o. Pisor, |
l42; J. Behler, 5S: J. Wright, 81: z. Scheide- |
mantle, 100: II. Runger, 10: L. ID. Sergeant, |
s.; q. W. keasey. 20; J. f. Cruikshank, 50; |
W. Langhurst, &C., q. Kline, "A. Total, sS5; |
last week, l05l; previous week, AL Hogs |
Receipts in this line we're large and market |
was barely steady at S5 65 to s. 75 for corn. |
fed stock. Receipts: From 0hio-Needy & |
Smith. 264 head; C.Noibrecht, IA; W. Holmes, |
27S. From Pennsylvania-T. Bingham, 9; ID. |
o. Piser II; j. Behler, l6; H. Runger, s; u. |
". keasey, Il; j. f. Cruikshank Is. Total, |
$50; last week, 44O; previous week, AL. |
At the Woods Run Yards
the Greenawalts had on sale lS4 head of cat
tie from Chicago and sc head from Ohio. |
Chicago cattle sold from ~ to 615c per n, |
and Ohios from ~ to SIC per h. There were |
25S sheep and lambs on sale at Woods Run. |
Sheep sold from ~ to SIC per n, and lambs |
from 81 TO 674c per D.. Inc number of hogs /
on sale at these yards was ITO head. Prices /
ranged from s. IS to S. IS per cwt.