Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-24
LIVE STOCK WEAKER.
Large Receipts of Low Grade Beeves
at the Liberty Yards.
NO HEAVY PRIME BEEVES OFFERED
Markets We're Dull and Slow at Decline
From Last Week.
SHEEP ARE STEADY AND SWINE LOWER
no HEAVY PRIME BEEyES OFFERED
SHEsP ARE STEADY AND SWINE LOWER
OFFICE OF PTTrSBURG DISPATCH.
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OFFICE OF f1T1SBURG DISPATCH.
MONDAY, November 23.
There were l05 carloads of cattle on the
market at las. Liberty this morning, a
large proportion Of which were common and
low grade. There were 10 prime heavy
beeves on sale and very few light primes
Less than per cent Of to-days offerings
were from Chicago The balance We're
ctiehy from Ohio and Indiana. Buyers
were present in fair, but were very slow to
catch on. Concessions were demanded on
lasi weeks prices which sellers reluctantly
yielded to, for the reason that there was no
alternative.
There wer. no beevcs on sale which
brough. above S4 60 in carload lots, and
very few reached this figure. AS prime
cattle are worth Sc GO ard upward in Chi
cage, it is plain thai there we're no primes
on sale 81 East Liberty. There was fair
nun of fresh cows and the number of choice
ones was larger than usual. Sales were re-
ported as highas $50 90 per head High
grades were much more easily sold at the
at the outside figures than low grades at the
inside rates. Range OF markets was S25 90
Gt50 90 per head.
Calves were in fair supply and last weeks
in price from 2la@315c per lb, and vealers
from 55x(d6c per Id.
There were Ii loads of sheep on sale at
the Liberty yards this morning, against the
same number last Monday. Sheep were
steady ct last weeks prices, and lambs were
shade lower. Top price of lambs was So 10
ncr cwt., and sheep s. 90, with exceptional
sales shade above these figures.
Hcgs-Receipts were about 60 loads and
markets SLOW Markets slow, with 81 10 as
markets was sS 7o@t TO-
Allegheny Stock Yards.
Supply of Cattle at the Herrs Island yards
was large, but demand was good at last
weeks prices. Best Chicago beeves were
sold at range of IS 10 to SO 90 per cwt; me-
dunn weights at S. % TO IS 80; light weights
Mt 81 90 to S. 90, and common grades at So 90
to s. IS. Fresh COWS were unchanged, the
rnnge being So 90 to s45 90 per head: Veal
calves were sold at SIC to 615c per ID. Re-
ceipts: From Chicago. Zeigler, JOG head;
e. Gerson, 90; A Fromm, ~ From ohio-N.
Bushanan, Is head; W. Cleveland, %; J. Roe,
39. From Pennsylvania-J. Wright, 3: D. o.
Pisor, Q; q. W. keasy, l. Total $40; last week,
sl4; previous week, 243.
sheep and Lambs-Receipts were fair
average and prices were practically the same
as they were a week ago. The range for
sheep was IS 90 to S. 90 per cwt., and for
lambs AZ to &c per lb. Receipts: From Chi
cago-J. f. Beistein, 107 head. From Ohio
G. Folbrecht, 81 head. From Pennsylvania
w NcCreary. 100: Z. ID. Sergeant, no. j.
Wright, S.; ID. o. Pisor, IS: G. W. Keasey, 4s:
I. Bingham, sO7. Total, 10: last week, 695;
previous week, 644
Hogs-Supply in this line was very heavy,
and as q result prices were 10 to 15c loves
than they were a week ago.
There was, however good demand and
stock moved freely at the lower prices.
Chicago's and Ohio's were quoted at IS $50
e5 per cwt., and natives st IS 1904 co. Re
celpts-From Chicago. Jeigler, Ila head;
J.. Gerson, lis head From Ohio-Needy &
Smith, a head: 6. shepherd, "a head; j.
Shepherd, Sc head; n. Buchanan, IS head; j.
n. Moore, g. head; n. Robey, l54 head: c.
Nolbrecht, 81 head. From Pennsylvania
3. q. Pisor, IL head; j. F. Cruikshank, ~
head Total. Isis head; last week 1025
head; previous week, S7i head.
Woods Run Yards
The Greenawalts had on sale at the Woods
Ran yards 9s head of cattle from Chicago |
and is head from Ohio. In the carload from |
Ohio were some good l,6OO beeves which |
were sold at 80 per lb. The range of mar
kets was &c to SIC per Id. There were l32 |
head of hogs on sale at these yards, which |
were sold at 4 &c per Id.
McCreary had on sale 100 lambs which
ranged in price from 434c to SIC per lb, and
the GTecnawalts had l65 lambs on the mar
ket which sold at 81 65 to Sc 90 per cut.