Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-18

10, 600 head; hogs 1000 head North Penn,
sylvania yard, beeves $50 head; sheep l,00O
head hogs 500 head Glass Yard, hogs 500
head. Total for the week, beeves 3, 163
head sheep II, 900 head: hogs $500 head.
Previous week, beeves, 1924 head; sheep,
10000; hogs. 1890 head
BEEF CATrLE-The receipts included 203
head for shipment to Liverpool dressed.
along with 1913 head bought last week for
the steamer Indiana, which sails next
Wednesday; 264 head alive for shipment to
Glasgow per the steamer Canadian, which
sailed last Tuesday, and 239 head alive for
shipment to London per the steamer Hol-
kar, which sailed on Saturday, and 304
head which arrived to day for shipment
dressed to Liverpool next Wednesday
week (but on account of the fire
at the abattoir will be held over and used TO
supply the retail butchers at the Drove
Yard, leaving 3,051 head for the local mar
ket, against :, 935 head last week. The de-
mand for stock was only fairly active, and
prices advanced sc to &c per h. in SYM
pathy with the Western markets, the
greater advance being on the medium
grades Eleven carloads of steers were
shipped to New York to-day, there being
more cattle here than was needed. Extra
65sa6]ac; good 6a64c; medium 54a5Tc;
3$la4c; Texas 4a4$.
SHEEP AND LAMBs-Sheep were in larger
supply, and prices declined &c on all
grades. Spring lambs were inactive and
nearby 1c per pound lower; 700 head were
shipped alive to Glasgow per the steamer
Canadian, Extra 54a5Hc: good 4$la5c;
medium 4 la415c; common 81 3a4c; culls 219a
SIC; spring lambs Case
Hoes were in larger supply and easier.
We quote, Western 619a6Tc
Mich Cows were unchanged at $25a50,
most sales at S35a45 per head.
Mich CALVES were inactive and &c
lower at 419a6%c
FAT Cows were not wanted at % a4c.
THIN Cows were inactive at sSalS
for bologna, and Sl6a22 so for slippery.
CITY DRESSED BEEvES were in fair re-
quest all the week, and the advance in the
live stock market or Saturday caused
prices to go &c higher. We quote: Sheep,
716a91%c, and cows, 519a719c. The
fire at the abattoir will have no effect upon
the market, as the export abatoir will be
used by the local butchers, and the expor-
tation of cattle stopped until the old abat-
tor is rebuilt.
CHICAGO, June 17.-Cattle, receipts 5000
head; shipments 1000 head; market weak;
prime natives s. 0Oa6 80; others s. 40a5 50;
Texans 81 50a5 So; stockers 3 50a4 So.
Hogs-Receipts $4,000 head; shipments,
5000 head market active and higher; rough
an. common a l0a4 40; mixed and packers
a 45a4 55 prime heavy a 55as4 IS; light
81 40a4 IS.
Sheep-Receipts 5000 head: shipments
$500 head market fairly active, native ewes
IS 00a5 %; Texans s. %; westerns s. Goa
s. 90.
EAST LIBERTY, PA, June IL Cattle
Receipts, $40 head; shipments, $40 head {;
market very dull prime 50 75a5 80; fair to
good 81 00a5 50; common, a 00a4 so; bulls
81 20a3 Co.
Hogs-Roccipts, 100 head; shipments,
700 head market slow; Philadelphia
a 4Oa4 IS; best Workers. and mixed - Goa
4 20; common Workers 81 40a5 So;
pigs 8 75a4 25
Sheep-Receipts, $500 head; shipments,
1,S00 head; market slow: prime 81 SOa5 10;
fair to good "a 00a4 20; common - 5Oa
3 %; spring lambs a 5Oa6 CO.
CINCINNATI, O., June 17.-Hogs, in good
demand; common and light 50 S5a4 So;
packing and butchers Il 25a4 so; receipts,
1,720 head; shipments. $50 head.
Cincinnati Horse and Mule Market.
CINCINNATI. June 13.-There has been
a good demand for all classes Of stock,
with a specially tive movement in good
driving and saddle horses In general the
supply has been short of the demand, and
prices have ruled firm for horses, but
lower for mules.
Quotations at the Cincinnati Union Stock
Yards Stables were as follows: Driving
horses at $l25a250: saddle horses Sl25a250;
draft horses S120a1S0; street car horses
$S5a1l0; Southern horses S50a75; plugs
SlOa50. Mules, aged four to eight years,
fifteen and half to sixteen hands Sl35a
1876: fifteen 10 fifteen and a half hands Sll5
ALPS; fourteen and half to fifteen hands
S95a1l5 fourteen to fourteen and half
hands S50aS5; plugs SlOa50.
The following prices prevailed at the
Fifth street stables: Driving and saddle
horses S125a260; draft horses heavy $l65a
295; do Medium sll5al60; street-car
horses S10al20; Southern horses S50a
1875; plugs Sl5a50. Mules, four to eight
years, sixteen to sixteen and half hands,
$140al90; do. fifteen and half to sixteen
hands $130al45; do. fifteen to fifteen and a
half hands Sl00a115; do. fourteen and half
to fifteen hands sS0al00; plugs S25a6O.