Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-04-30
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Receipts of Cattle at East Liberty
Unusually Large
AND DROP ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Light, Smooth Butcher Beeves Suffer Least
From Decline.
SHEEP ADVANCED AND SWINE LOWER
kssr OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, I
WEDNESDAY Anril 2A 1

hs~ OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DIsPATcH,l
WEDNESDAY. April S. !
The market opened at East Liberty yards
on Monday morning with so car loads OF
csttle on sale against 55 loads the week be-
fore. Total receipts for the week SO far
have been IS loads, an excess of fully 20 loads
over hast week.
Receipts this week were mostly from Chicago
and sst. LOUIS. The proportion of country
beeves offered was much below the late aver
age inl quantity. As TO quality of this weeks
offerings. there were no strictly prime heavy
beeves on sale, and not many light primes
The qpality of cattle sale was below late
averaAe and with the unusually large receipts
il was inevitable that markets should be weak
aud lokver. Market opened weak on Monday at
a decline Of ljc to Csc per cwt from last week S
prices and on all common and low grade cattle
there have been declining markets all the week.
There were about seven loads on hand unsoid
this mi urning, among which were two loads of
very good Stop bulls. The decline on low
grades of ca tile has been as much as Doc per
cwt.. ard on good light butcher beeyes almost
l5c per cNyt
Not a Very Good Assortment.
So far as could be learned there were no cat
tie on the market this week good enough to
bring Sc 10 per hundredweight in carload lots.
Supply OF good fresh cows was not up to de-
maud and has not been for a few weeks past.
Receipts of calves were light and quality of
those offered generaiy poor. The range OF
markets for vealers was PC 10 43zc per pound.
Sheep and lambs-There have been all told but
ten loads on the market this week against is
loads last week. Markets were strong quar-
ter higher on account of the light run. The
supply pf sheep was not nearly up to demand.
There Here eager customers for more than were
Otferedl Two loads of very good sheep, asEood
as any Ieceiyed this season fromLiciiiHg county,
Ono. Yere sold at SIC per h. This was the top
OF th1 market. The range of markets for
lambs lvas 5Q6c per n. A few spring lambs
we,e ch sale. and brought froE l0@l2 per b.
Hogk-ReceipUs light, hut sufficient for all de-
mandk The recent warm weather has had a
depret tsing influence on pork, and prices show
q dow Inward drift. The top of the market for
hogs Ut Liberty is So So and demand slow.
Mccall & Co.'s Weekly Review.
Supply of cattle in excess of demand; market
very iuII and lower; outdoor fed cattle Esq
40c ns;r cwt. lower, while stable-fed cattle were
hard 70 sell at decline of 5c96Oc per cwt We
give she following as ruling prices: PRIME
1850 to LOCO rs. S. 1896 90; goou. 100 to
Loo D.. IS 4o&5 20; good butcher grades,
llgJ TO L3O0 rs SIS 1905 50; rough tat,
Ll60 10 L3O0 ms, 81 900 Is; fair 10 good
500 u LOO bs, 81 50G5 on; mixed lots, cows
Galsland heiters. So OO@4 50; fresh COWS and
sprInEers, S20640 per head.
IuI receipts of hogs light and the market
far 5or good quality, dull light and
CON non grades. We quote sales to-day
as blows: Far to best Philadelphias. s. 2Oa
s. G4 50; pigs. 81 0OG4 50; roughs, stays and
SOW, IS 5Od4 80.
II z supply OF sheep this week has been light;
marEfI active at an advance of Csc per cwt over
last Seek's prices. We quote sales as follows:
PRIME Ohio and Indiana wethers, weighing
here so 70 100 rs, So 25G5 so; good, 75 TO IS
rs. 81 15d5 90: fair to good mixed so TO 20
hs.. - 25g4 %; culls and common lots 81 OO@
3 90; good ye2rlings. 20 TO SO rs, S. 7566 25:
tair to good, 50 10 60 fbs., 81 5O@5 25. WooIed
sheep. S. 50@6 90 Veal calves, ITO to I2O ms.
s. 25G4 20 Heavy calves, 81 OO@3 co.