Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-10
LIVE STOCK.
BALTIMORE CATTLE MAREET, !
MONDAY, DeceLoer Z. !
AT CALVERTON YARDS.

AT CALvERTON YARDS.
BEEF CATTLE.-Tne offerings MS week
were Of an improved average Clality a.
compared with those of last week. Th'
tops were much better and more rlmerous
There was larger line of mitdles anC
fewer common cattle, but some I the lat
ter were of a very inferior or.er. The
market opened somewhat stTOngr, and in
a few instances higher values were OBJ
tanned, but the improvement vas subse-
Quently lost, aud the market may De con-
sidered as without serious change values.
We quote range at 81 15a4 60; ne latter
figure for few very extra ire steers
most sales were at s. 5la4 % pr 100 lbs.
Prices of beef cattle this week 'pnged as
follows: Best beeves 81 314ail0O those
generally rated first quality O0a4 90,
medium or good fair quality, = O0a5 %,
and ordinary thin steers, oxen ana cows,
81 75s2 % per 100 pounds.
OF the cattle received Ia hsao came
from MARYLAND, 9S2 from Virginia. l40
from Kentucky. 200 from West Virginia,
43 from Ohio, 81 from Illinois, and = head
from Pennsylvania. Total receipts for the
week /. 543 head. against l,6O5 asst week,
and :. go head same time last year.
OF the offerings to-day SS9 lead were
taken by Baltimore butchers, ~, oy coun-
try dealers, and so by Eastera. buyers.
Total sales for the week ], 400 helu against
1885 head last week. and LAG mead same
time last year.
MucH Cows-The market vas slow
and the prices unchanged. We quote at
S20a55 per head Receipts IS hefi
VEAL CALvKs.-There is a far demand
for calves. We quote at 5Iae61s Tnts per
pound Receipts IS head.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The qualtF Of the
sheep and lambs this week wi. compare
tavorably with that OF last weks offer
ings. The receipts are more Nan 1000
head in excess of last weeks offerings.
Trade Is reported as being gooc FOR good
sheep but low for lambs. We oiete sheep
at 21<a4s< cents per pound fess, with
most sales made at 4a4lS cents: anbs 31<a
Az cents, per pound gross. Tls receipts
of sheep and lambs this week nun bered |
2, 479 head.
BALTIMORE CATTLE NJ RKET.
MONDAY. Decembcf, 1891.
SwINE-The receipts of Hog hre some
. 600 head in excess OF last wees numbers /
but the offerings at the yards se less nu-
merous than they were then. he quality |
is quite fair, generally acceptable TO deal
ers. Prices are OF &c as com AIRED with
last week, and the trade is repoted fair in
all the yards The quotations ange a. ga
81 cents per 10 net. The receips Of hogs
this week numbered 1858 heae
CLAREMoNT STOCK TARDs,
Baltimore, December ;1s9l.
Arrivals of live stock at Claremont
stock yards via Baltimore anoOhio Rail-
road for the week ended Deceiber 6-3O5
cars, containing l,542 cattle, So calves,
:, Sl2 sheep and lambs, Il, 679 hos, % horses
and 81 mules
Shipments 10 New York, Riladelphia,
&c, l,l26 cattle, $50 sheep and lambs,
4,0ol hogs, q horses, cares, and 81
mules.
AL hogs and sheep sold in these yards
are at gross weight. Receips this week
I, 2S4 head, against 6,O29 last seek. Fair
10 good hogs sold at 81 oOal 10; roughs
at g % per 100 lbs. Pigs s3p.
Receipts of sheep and lamb si2 head,
with sales at 50 5Oa4 70 perivO lbs for
sheep, and lambs 4a5c per 10