Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-24
LOW GRADE CATTLE
offered This Week, but a Heavy De-
mand Betters Prices.
LIGHT PRIME BEEyES ARE SCARCE.
Swine offered Literally at Prices q
Shade Lower.
CHOICE SHEEP AND, LAMBS HIGHER
OFFICE OF PIrrsBURG DIsPArcH,
WEDNFSDAy. Dec. %

WEDNESDAY; Dec. %. (
There were about s. carloads of cattle on
sale at East Liberty yards this week against
95 loads last week. While there are q few
punches of holiday beeves on sale which
were better than anything received of late,
the general average of offerings was below
late average. The highest price paid this
week was S. 20 for II head, which were the
best of load and we're sold to an East End
butcher In carload lots s. so was the top
of markets, and very few reached this price.
Markets opened strong and active at an ad-
vance of 10c to 25c per cwt on last week.
prices. The greatest advance was on
tidy light butcher beeves, which have
been in short supply for a number OF
weeks past.
The supply of fresh cows was larger this
week than last, but quality of those offered
was low. Demand was light and so far as
could be learned there were no sales above
$40 per head, and very few at that price.
on sale we're sold at G15c per h. Hogs are
still in liberal supply and the markets have
weakened since the beginning of the week.
notwithstanding an Improvement in quality
of offerings. The highest price paid this
week was 4c per b, and this price was the
exception.
20 carloads on sale this week, and markets
were active and strong at an advance on all
good grades. Some choice sheep were sold
at s5 40. and a few fancy lambs brought Sc 25
anything sold the previous week. Common
and low grades of sheep were as dull and
slow as they were last week.
A Live stock Firms Review.
Following is report OF weeks transactions
as furnished by Holmes. RowIen, Briggs
& Co.:
We report rs loads cattle on Mondays
market, 2s loads being from Chicago and the
balance principally Ohio and Indiana
cattle. The grades were much lower in
quality and weight than last week. The at
tendance of buyers was fair and market
more active than last week. at 10c to 15c ad-
vance on common grades and zoe to 2jc ad-
vance on the better grades. About every
thing was sold up to 12 O'Clock. We quote
prime, l,40o to 15oO lbs, at "a IS to S5 90: good
loo to 800 lbs, 81 I5 to 81 40; good, 1000 to
l 100 lbs, So go to IS 80: mixed and coarse. $40
to 200 lbs, IS 90 to So So cows and bulls, 60 90
to 50 co. stockers, 600 to 800 lbs. s. % to 81 49,
fresh cows and springers, Sis TO $40 per head.
Veal calves, 51$c to 615c.
Receipts OF hogs have been liberal, and
owing to the soft turn of weather and the
nearness of holidays, our trade has been
dull at &c to 10c lower than last weeks close,
with prospects of further decline to-day of
loc. We quote: Select tons at 50 90 to s. 95;
best Workers. s. 20 to So s0 light Workers
and pigs, So 80 to S. IS.
Receipts of sheep and lambs are light and
market about 25c higher. We quote: 90 to
10 sheep at s. 90 to s5 4O so to 30, at 81 % to
S 15 20 TO 50 at So 90 to 81 90; lambs. SIC tn &c.
Some of The Sales Reported.
.Lafferty Bros. s Hadden: Cattle-1s head, IS, l59
lbs.. 81 80: head, s. 20: head. s. 50.
Hogs-sT head, Is. 40 lbs, 50 30; IS head, $50
l6s % 50; q head $50 lbs. sS IS; III head,
Z: Mccall ( Co; Cattle-l5 head, Il, $50 lbs
$ @ o i head 4 lbs 81 . head head Z sS S lbs lbs
S '2O calves go lbs Sc Is. Hogs-5s head, a. 20
ihs 81 CO; R I2o bead 246so lbs. y 90; 10 head of
a. sneksr en- !. LiaTnoTn oe csstls-l5 head g
80 lbs 81 15 Il head. l6 $50 lbs 50 20: heifers
so lbs. s3 81 Hogs-s3 head, l6 lbs s3 90; 81
head lO, $40 lbs, So 50. sheep-7S head. $3.50 lbs,
So Drum @ heGd pgfr eS b cstss s. g. T. hss% neaG iso q $50 rs
g y; y head u; 500 rs. s. s p head 2io7o Ms
a s. a oE head en H. no. O g. 80 81 = head head
lbs: s. 90. sheep1Oi head, 80 MS 81 se IS head,
5, b Hsdgfs oS IT, csss head head Is $50 lbs lbs
S " s. s.: g head % lbs s. head =
MS s. &c, sheep,6l head $50 lbs s. IS: 60 head,
6Io lbs S 90 "A head, Sslo lbs, s6 1sl@; "a head,
IL # aszeiwood & Imhof: Catte-1s head. o.
$40 lbs "a 2 Is head 20 lbs 81 4o II head is $50
lbs. s. q: Hogs.los head, 4. $50 lbs ss 50: lis
head. 400 lbs. So 90: 81 head Il go lbs 81 90.
Sheep-le head. St4o lbs 81 IS; 80 head. TO- go lbs
IS 81: "a head. s. ~ lbs. S. g.
Holmes. Rowlen: Briggs & Co.: Cattle-2 head. |
= go go lbs 8 35 4s head 81 SO ms. l9h head
q SO ihs 8 So q head. 90 80 lbs, s. 60: II head,
H. 0J lbs 81 o. Hogs-e94 bead, 81, 100 lbs S. 80;
G. head, T. lbs So 95: 1e7 head g. $50 his s. S.;
~ hcld L. 900 lbs. 81 So Sheep-100 head so lbs
s. 3: Z head le5e lbs S co. 10 head, 500 lbs S Is;
John Hesket & Co: Cattle-aO head, .. go Ibs. |
g .: 50 head l?5 100 l6s 8 l5 head S ;i0 ibs,
head. ), 30 lbs. 50 Is: 3 head 1, 300 lbs 81 So
Hogs head. &c. 100 lbs S. So III head Is 10 lbs,
81 S. 1iS head. S5.fo lbs. 81 90: head Iea 64o
lbs, 90 sheep-lo2 head; :: $50 lbs, S 20; Al
head g. 100 lbs, $ OO: Il head 900 lbs. IS 90