Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-19

follows: Best beeves 81 5Oa4 So, those
! generally rated first quality 81 OOa4 70,
medium or good fair quality, s. UOa3 90,
and ordinary thin steers, oxen and cows,
s. OOa2 80 per 100 pounds.
OF the cattle received 40 head came
from Maryland, 1885 from Virginia, 81
from Kentucky, $50 from West virginia,
ITO from Ohio, us from illinois, ana
head from Pennsylvania. Total receipts
for the week 3,57l head, against 2,629
last week, and ., 436 head same time last
year.
OF the offerings to-day 1,444 head were
taken bv Baltimore butchers, 100 by coun-
try dealers, and 100 by Eastern buyers.
Total sales for the week 2, 234 head against
l ,427 last week, and l, l06 head same time
last year.
MiLCH COws-There was a better run
and fair trade. Wequote common to fair
cows at S2Oa30, and the better grades S35a
10 per head. Receipts this week, 80 head
VEAL Ca vEs-There was fair run,
with a good trade this week. we quote at
4a61I cents per 10. Receipts. 125 head.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-The receipts of
sheep and lambs are about 100 head less than
last weeks numbers, and their quality
compares favora0ly with that of the offer
ings then Trade has been fairly active
for good sheep and lambs; other kinds have
been slow. Prices show no serious change
from those recorded last week We quote
the range for sheep at 315a4I cents per
Id. gross, and lambs 415a515c per 10. gross,
with extra a fraction higher. The re-
ceipts of sheep and lambs this week num-
bered 4,037 head.
ON THE WHARF.
CATTLE-The arrivals were fair and the
market was a little moro active, with quo
tations as follows: Thin cows l%a24c
per 10: fat COWS 215a3c per Id; bulls at Ia
2llc per ID; fat beef cattle, young, 4a5c
per 10; steers, young, 411a5c, and old
oxen 2a2]5c per Id; fresh COWS sold at $l5a
40 per head.
CALvEs-The offerings were liberal,
with good demand for choice stock at
quotations, as follows: Choice veals 6a814c
per Id, and rough to good $3a7 80 per head.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-Receipts were light
and the market was inactive. Thequotations
were as follows: Spring lambs 5a5Ac per
lb sheep 3l6a4l4c per 10, g 5Oa4 % per
head for prime, and 50 0Oa3 so for fair.
Hoes. Quotations were nominal, as
follows: 414a5c per ID gross.
CHICAGO, October -Cattle-Receipts
1850 head; shipments $500 head; best
grades steady: top prices, natives a 0Os
( 10; Texans - LOAF 30; cows 81 O0a2 co.
Hogs-Receipts 1000 head; shipments
5000 head, market weak and lower, rough
and common 81 00a4 10; mixed and pack
ers' 81 l5a4 30; prime heavy 81 4Oa4 90;
light a 25a4 49,
Sheep-Receipts 1000 head; shipments
LOCO head; market lower; natives 81 50a
I 90; westerns 81 25a4 65; lambs s. 75a
5 l2]1.
EAST LIBERTY, October 17.-Cattle-Re-
ceipts, 1856 head; shipments, 1,197 head;
nothing doing all through consignments.
Hogs-Receipts, 400 head; shipments,
400 head; market dull; Philadelphias
q 70a4 50; grassers and stubblers 81 25a
50; pigs q 0Oa4 81.
Sheep-Receipts, LOO head; shipments
1900 head; slow prospects unfavorable
for next week.
CINCINNATI, ONO, October 17.-Hogs,
lower; common and light 50 00a4 40; pack
ing and butchers 81 10a4 so; receipts, 1900
head shipments, 1000 head.