Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-17
TIDY LIGHT CATTLE
Brought Higher Prices This Week
Because of Scarcity.
COMMON GRADES WEAK ANDLOWER
Prime BeeveS No Longer Quotab luan-
tity at Liberty.
SHEEP ARE LOWER AND SWINE HIGHER
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, !
Wrr.NrsnAN Sent IL 1901 (

Markets opened at East Liberty stock
yards Monday morning with 100 loads of
cattle on sale, and before the day was over
10 addition carloads were received. The
total for the week so far has been about lis
carloads against 14O loads last week.
About 40 loads this week were from Chi
cage. The quality showed no Improvement
over late receipts. Prime heavy beeves are
conspicuous for their absence, and light
primes are very scarce. The bulk of this
weeks offerings consisted of medium and
low grade cattle.
Buyers We're on hand in full average num-
Der and markets opened on Monday l0c per
cvt above prices of the previous Monday on
all desirable butcher grades. Good feeders
were in good request and supply was not
nearly equal to demand. Shortly after mar
Rets opened there came the news from chi
cago that receipts there were 25,O0O head,ano
under the influence of this report markets
here soon lost their grip and the close was
favorable to the buyer on all excepting
light tidy butcher beeves, which were mostly
sold at the opening. There was notnlng
on sale that brought over 50 % IN
carload lots. and very few reached this
figure Good fresh cows were IN request at
S4j per head. The run of sheep and lambs
was large, the total being 35 loads against 20
loads last week, and 20 the week before
Markets were very slow at decline OF l5c
per cwt. on lambs and nearly as much on
low grade sheep. The better grades OF sheep
We're sold at nearly last weeks prices. Hogs
The run has been light all the week, ana
selected cOrn-fed ripe hogs, weighing 200 to
10 rs lbs. were in active demand at l5G2Oc
better prices than week ago Inc hog
market has steadily gained all the week,
and top price this morning was s. IS per cwt.
Ill Assorted Hogs.
An old-time Liberty stockman has this to
say Of the complaint made by some shippers
that carloads OF hogs shipped to this point
do not get as fair show at Buffalo and
other centers. The complaint is that car
loads are divided up and sold in punches in
stead of by the carload. The reply which
this old-timer makes to the complaint is
that large numbers are sent to the East Lib
eTry yards which are i'll assorted. A car will
often contain all kinds from the tag ends to
the best cOrnTed, and it becomes a necessity
to sort them in order to sell. II shippers
viii sort and put the same grades into each
car they will have no grounds of complaint.
Those shipped TO Buffalo are better sorted
than those shipped here.
\ Lezding Firms Review.
The following is report of the week by
Holmes. Rowlen, Briggs & Co.: We report
100 loads Of cattle on sale Monday, which
showed no Improvement in quality. Good,
fat butchering cattle appear to be scarce in
all markets from East to West. which is a
common complaint at all stock yards of
the inferior grades of cattle, and it now
looks as though it could not be remedied
until the present growing corn crop is con-
verted into fat cattle. All fair to good
grades was 10 to l5c higher this week, while
common could not all be sold at last weeks
prices and several loads have to be carried
over for want of buyers. We quote no
70 R5''T 800. $ - to $ $50: GO: good good, $50 $50
TO 1900 81 50 to -: good LOGO to l. IOO So 80 to
81 25; mixed, 800 20 i.2OO half fat heifers and
steers, - - 10 So so; bulls and COWS, S2 to
$ 25: stockers, 100 to 9OO 3 so to s. so: Iced
ers, 1909 to 100, SS 80 10 -; fresh COWS and
springerS so to $40 per head: veal calves, S6
to So 90 heavy grass calves, 81 90 to So so. Re-
ceipts OF sheep and lambs s. loads, quality
common; market dull at l0c to l5c lower: we
quote 80 to 100 s. sheep. 81 65 to "A 90 50 to 80
s. p TO 81 5) 20 to So 50 30 to 81 culls 81 80 to
81 -. Receipts OF hogs continue light and
quality common, and all desirable grades |
are IN better demand at l0c to 20c advance; /
Workers. s. 25 to IS 40: grassers, 81 IS to s.; |
pigs, s. 30 to a so; roughs, 81 to 81 %. |
Some of the Sales Reported
Z. Mccall Co.: Catte-1s head, % go lbs 81 65;
L head, Il 30 lbs 81 7O Is head 15 $50 lbs s. 65 q
head, II 40 lbs s3 4O 20 head q OSG lbs So 30; %
Hogs-66 head IL go los $ 20: 81 head q. SO y lbs.
$ 70: = head. $50 lbs s. 25 - heaG 2 OlO lbs,
NJ. Laheriy & Bro, Csttle-i6 head 81, 900 lbs,
y ba asaa q 3 Ia $50 bs lbs 1S is aSad g atS o lbs
g -. Hogs-l4 head . SO lbs IS 50; Is head 40
I5s $ 3; e head d p 3 2o lbs S 81 % head 4!o
:
5. so lbs. s3 90: a head, / $40 lbs S 90 'N'
Rgneker. Linkhorn & Co.: Cattle-22 head, |
& 7 s IS s. head head 7o lbs lbs 8 Sc g. head head
N3 his, s. %; cows, $3.50 lbs, 60 %; bulls $50
lbs. s. 6 Hogs-6o head, $50 lbs, s. IS: 25 head
4.lsg lhs. 3 l5; . head, 2 $50 lbs, y: & head
$50 lbs. $ .: 30 head. $3.50 lbs $ 80; % head
6.l70 lbs, IS . Lambs-34 head 6iO lbs $ IS; 20
head. L6lO lbs. $ IS; 20 head, 1.22o lbs, S 10;
head SO lbs, $ so.
s. o5 l8 head. IS. $50 his, s. 90: bulls. 90 lbs
= Sl u calves. 30 lbs. s. 90; calves, $50 lbs
bs S 4O Io6 head r. 500 lbs S Is: 6s head, Il so
h. 8 -; . head Il, ESQ lbs s 4O 81 head, $40
g $50 lbs 3 20: a head is $40 lbs s oo::is2 head
Drum. DYER Co: Caitie-iS' head. 20 80 lbs.
5, 5; q mead 2 oso lbs. g; g head. q SOILS,
& & p hea5 II So lbs s g; % II head head 4 49, lbs lbs
> COG Z heiiers Il, 80 lbs, 50 90; AZ calves. 1OO5O
ioFss8 head. 10 $50 lbs. $ IS; Il head S. 4sOlbs,
s. .: % head, 400 lbs $ 35 50 head IL 200 lbs
s & sBsel head Is S 3 81 lbs q aseS oS IL 5% hesd iS
Iag22 lbs 8 !5;9 bead head $50 9 lbs, .; head
Holmes, Rowen. Briggs & Co.: Cattle-21 head.
i766 lbs 3 l2 80 head, 2 2lo lbs e z5 80 head,
~ 20 lbs $ 5o q head, IS 80 lbs, s5 0o 20 head.
LOO lbs = 90, Hogs-3i head, go lbs, s5 25: IS
hea5, nS5o lbs, $ %; 40 bead 5.6lO lbs S 10; 50
head $50 lis. s. Is: lIS ' had. ~ ~ :S 20 lbs G
Sheep-gl head IS go lbs $ 30: % head, 400 lbs,
s. 45 'O -"''
Iia1f, ia Hazslwood Imhof;, cattle-22 head,
u lbs = 9o q head. It. go lbs, ~ 40; q head
. s0l lbs. s. To- Il head, To- lbs. s. so; 20 head
T. $50 lbs, s. 10: Is cavesA $50 lbs S. co. Hogs-55
head. .15o lbs S 50 o. head Is $50 lhs IS IS: so
head, T. SO lbs, s. %: 81 head 8 300 lbs s. IS 40
head. 5 - lbs, $ .. Sheep-l3l head, s. 800 lbs
$ .; u head, $3.50 his s. 80: - head s. $50 lbs
81 t0 30 head, 23jo lbs. IS 30: IIo head g. 40 lbs
$ 50 n head, 4o2o lbs, s. IS: 1O7 head = 40 lbs
s. 90. |
John Hesket & Co. :CattIe-4l head. a.. 90 lbs
So 65; 20 head 5 $50 lbs, s. 55 is head L. $50 lbs
s. g0 Is head, Is 20 lbs, Il 75 IS head &C. $40 lbs
s. $0 l9 head Is 05o his 81 Is: l3 head I3 40 lbs
g g.; Is head, ?, 20 lbs, 81 Sj: 7cows 1870 lbs
s. y calves. /. 80 lbs. 50 50: calves O0 lbs
g .. Kogs-5a head TO- 90 lbs, s. 20: IS head To-.
D 800 lbs $ so Sheep-lI6 head 5 go lbs s. "a: 10.
head, !. $50 lbs g 3: Sc head, $3.50 lbs SI 81 i95