Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-06
AT THE STOCK YARDS.
The Quality of Beeves on the Market
al East Liberty and
ALLEGHENY PLACES OF BUSINESS
Below Late Average, and Prices Continue
Strong for Good.
SHEEP ARE FiRM AND SWINE QUIET
OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH.
MONDAY, Jan. s.

OFFICE OF THE PITTsBURG DISPATCH.
MONDAY, Jan. 5.
At Hers Island.
The run of cattle was larger than last
Monday al these yards, but average quality
was not as good. Quality was high in holi-
day times, for the reason of strong demand
for choice beef at that season of the year.
Now trade is drifting back to its normal
condition, and consumers are satisfied with
something below top in quality. Notwith-
standing depreciation in quality of to-day's
offerings, demand was good and prices of
last week were fully maintained. Some re-
port an advance over last week of 25c
per cwt. on desirable butcher beeves.
A Diamond market butcher, who
buys at the Island, reported that
he paid 81 75 per cwt. for beeves
and that the same grade were bought last M on
day for 81 40 Following was the range: Good
TO prime heavy weights, S. 90 to IS s.; good to
choice medium weights, s4 IS to S5 %: common
to fair do 81 rs to 81 80; selected light weights,
"a 40 to 81 GO: common to fair do. 81 III to 81 %;
low-grade thin and rough steers. So 75 to So 80.
Fresh cows were in light supply, and ranged
from S25 90 to $40 90 per head. Calves were also
in limited supply, and sold at &c to SIC per
pound Stock from surrounding counties was
scarce, and quotations based on actual sales
were difficult to obtain.
Receipts: From Chicaso-I Zeigler, l67 head;
j. Sheppard, %. From Pennsylvania-Vari-
GUS owners, II. Total, 302; last week, 21S; pre-
| vious week. 309.
Sheep and Lambs.
Offerings were larger than last Monday,
though light as compared with the late aver
age. Market was very strong, but buyers and
| sellers were apart in their views, the former
| being unwilling to pay the fancy prices de-
s. 50 to S. &C. and Il lambs e gSc @ to per pound.
Recelpts-From Chicago. !. ZeIgler, 80 head.
From Pennsylvania-G. Flinner, IS head: j..
Relber, Is head; total. 206 head; last week, 4S
head; previous week, 344 head.
In hogs receipts were shade heavier than
last week, and quality of offerings was fair
average Markets were firm and higher. with
the range of prices as follows: Ohios and Chi
cagos, 81 O5@4 10; Pennsylvania, So 1898 80.
| Receipts: From Chicago. Zeigier, ll0; s. b.
Hedges & Co., III. From Oblo-Needy & Smith,
331; j. A. Franks, 50 From Pennsylvania.
F. Cruikshank. 75 Total, S46; last week, 1855;
| previous week, $40.
AtWoods' Run and East Liberty.
There we're l23 head of cattle on sale at
| Woods Run yards, which were mostly from
Ohio The range Of prices was 4Lc to &c. A
few Chicago cattle sold as high as s5 IS. The in
creased cost at Chicago left margins very mar
row, If indeed they were not more than obllter-
ated. There were SO head of sheep and lambs
on sale. Sheep sold from 4s4c to 5s1c, and
lambs from 5.90c to TIC, the latter price being
| Obtained for few lunches of fancy. The
nun number Of hogs on the market was 4l6 head.
| and average retail price was 4c per b.
There were so loads of cattle on the market
at East Liberty this morning. against 20 loads
last Monday and 80 loads the previous week
| Alarge proportion of this weeks offerings
were from Ohio and Indiana. There were few
from Chicago. Quality of this weeks offerings
| was below late average. The day for holiday
cattle is over. and this fact accounts for reduc-
tion in average quality. There were no strict
| ly prime beeves on the market.
| There were few loads close to prime
weighing about l,6OO pounds for which s. Is
| was asked, but buyers were not inclined TO pay
above S. OO. and this was the highest price paid,
| SO far as could be traced.
Last week S. rs was paid for % head of prime
| beeves. but there was nothing on the market
| this week equal in quality. Cattle market was
active and firm at last weeks prices for all
desirable grades, but common and low grade
stock moved slow at prices oflast Monday.
. Sheep and Lambs.
The run was light, there being but loads on
sale against last Monday and Is the previous
Monday. Markets were strong at last weeks
prices. The outside price for sheep SIC and
lambs &c. and only small proportion of the
offerings reached these figures.
| Hogs-There were close to 20 loads on sale
| against 80 loads last Monday and 45 loads the
Monday before. Markets opened quiet Will
IS IS as top price Receipts at Chicago thi.
|
was So 70, according To advices received by ont
Of our leading packers from his buyer there.
Cattle-Recelpts. 270l head; shipments, 126
head. Market active at last weeks prices
Fifteen cars cattle shipped to New YORK to
day.
Hogs-Receipts $500 head; shipments, 6, ,5Ol
head. Market tIm: Philadelpbias, So SO@S 90
SYorkers, So 5O@3 20. Eighteen cars hog
shipped to New York to-day.
Sheep-Receipts. 400 head; shipments, LOO
head Market active at last weeks prices