Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-10-29
CATTLE TOO PLENTY.
The Run of Coarse, Half-Fatted
Beeves Large at Liberty, and
PRICES LOWER ON ALL GRADES.
Prime Light Butcher Beeves Suffer Least
From the Drop.
SHEEP AND SWINE WEAK AND LOWER
OFFICE OF P1TTsRURG DISPATCH,
WEDNESDAY. October. 9S

1fllS week were dDOub lou CdrlOduS against
165 loads last week. There were about So
carloads from Chicago, the balance being in
the main from Ohio and Indiana. The
quality of the offerings was below late aver
age, and this means that quality was ex-
ceedingly low. There were no prime cattle
of heavy weight on sale, and very few light
primes. Coarse half fatted beeves were in
supply far in excess of demand and could
only be sold at a sharp decline from
last weeks prices. Buyers were not so
numerous SIS last week, and those on
hand made the most of their opportunity
from the heavy receipts. Markets opened
Monday at a decline of 10 to 15c per cwt
from prices of the previous Monday. At
the decline markets were slow and weak,
and before the day closed there was still a
further decline Undesirable grades were
sold SOC per cwt below last weeks prices.
And in spite of the concessions there were
close to 20 car loads sent on East in first
hands for want of satisfactory offers. A
load of good beeves from Licking county,
Ohio, weighing about 1,500 lbs, was
sold to an East End butcher
at S. 40 With this exception there were
no sales as high as SC per pound Light,
ply and suffered least from the decline.
There were no fancy fresh COWS on sale. The
best offered were sold at $40 per head. Veal
calves of high quality were sold as high as
S. 50CG6 60 per cwt
Sheep-The number on sale for the week
was about 80 carloads, against so loads last
week. Notwithstanding light run markets
were slow and weak, with 81 IS as top
price of sheep and S. 20 top fer lambs.
Hogs were in lighter supply this week than
last, and markets were weak and lower
Top price this morning was 81 5O(94 65 for
Philadelphias; fair to best Workers, 81 400
90; common to good fat pigs, 81 0094 40.
A Live Stock Firms Review.
Following is the report of the weeks
work and prices at Liberty.
Holmes, Rowlen, Briggs & Co.: We re-
port 145 loads of cattle on sale Monday.
Almost half of these were from Chicago
and Indianapolis. The average quality
was not quite as good as last week, and no
strictly prime offered There was general
decentralization reported in the cattle mar
ket at Philadelphia and New York, which
had a very depressing influence on our mar
ket, and prices were from 15c to Soc per 100
cwt. lower than last week, which is con-
ceded by all to be the worst market since
last fall. We quote: No prime on sale
good, 1,3OO to 1,4OO lbs, 41lG434c; good,
LOO to 1,200 lbs, 315@334c; mixed and
thin rough, 900 to 1000 lbs, 234@314c;
good Ohio feeders, 1000 to 1900
800 lbs, 81 OO@2 GO; cows and
bulls, 11802slc; fresh cows and springers,
$50 0O945 90 per head; veal calves, S. so
d6 80. Receipts of hogs have been much
lighter than last week and prices strong,
quarter higher than this time last week.
We quote select tops 81 60C04 20; best
corn Workers, 81 S5@4 45; pigs, 81 OO@4 %;
roughs So 25td4 90.
Receipts of sheep and lambs have been
light all week, but on account of the East
ern market being over supplied, trade
has been very dull here at shade lower
prices for sheep and steady on lambs We
quote 90 TO 100 sheep at 81 65Cd4 90: so to 80
at 81 2jCd4 80; 20 to so at So 1904 0os cu1ls,
2@3c: spring lambs, S3 5O@5 so for common
to prime:
Some of the Sales Reported.
:. NJ. Lafferty & Bro: Cattle-14 head,
1870 lb, So 90; IA head 81 10 h. SIS 40: &c head
o. $50 H. SIS O5 % head % O4O lb So 90: IL head
l2,5lO h. 50 05; q head Il $40 lb 7-1Ic per lib;
Hogs-3S head, 1850 ID, 81 40: 80 head, $3.50 Ib,
81 20; 81 head, 7,67O lb, 81 80; ll9 head, 2O,S60
lb, 81 60.
L. Mccall & Co.: Cattle-24 head, o, 10 lbs,
sS 10: l6 head, 81 12O lbs, 81 As; 20 head is $40
lbs, 80 90; 81 head, 21,ssO lbs, s3 10; 20 head.
"a 26O lbs, s3 81; IL head, 6,760 lbs, 81 20: %
head, % $50 lbs IS 35: 3Ohead, 2S 420 lbs 81 20:
Is head, 2O,l7o lbs, 81 90; q calves, 1900 lbs,
S. IS. Hogs-l52 head, 24720 lbs, 81 60; IS
head. 1880 lbs, 81 65. Fifty head of sheep,
3,OIO lbs SO 25.
s B. Hedges & Co.: Cattle-l9 mead. q. $50
lbs. 50 -; L head, 1880 lbs, sS so; % head,
2l $50 lbs. sS 25 10 head, Il, ,74O lbs So 3D.: 5
calves, SO lbs, SC %: calves, 799 lbs, So 40;
calves, l,I7O lbs, Sc 90; calves, 620 lbs, Sc CO.
Hogs-7l head, IA, 40 lbs 81 GO; Al head. 1850
lbs, 81 81; 80 head. 81 IS: 81 head. Z. $50 lbs,
81 80. Sheep-62 head, 4,23O lbs, S. z5: IS head,
eco lbs, 81 80; 81 head, $50 lbs, 50 50.
@ s. 3d. neF b head o is so lbs So 5s seaS ig GeaS
1900 lbs 50 20; l9 head, % 27O lbs S3 go; l9
head $50 lbs, 50 50: q head, 1850 lbs, So Is;
10 head, 80 lbs, 80 70. Hogs-7 head, lO,l5O
$3.50 lbs. 81 80; "A head, IL 4SO lbs 81 so: ls7
head 55 40 lbs, "a 30: Isl head - 15O lbs 81 40
Sheep-IO7 head, go lhs, 50 IS; "a head 4, ZOO
6,46O lbs, 81 IS; a head, $40 lbs, SO So
Holmes, Rowlen. Briggs & Co.: Cattle-l3
head, l566O lbs: 50 60: % head % 800 lbs, 50 4O
S3 s.: A. head 81 $50 lbs, IS 80: "a head. % 620
lbs, So -: IL head 1900 lbs S3 s.: 10 head 23-
lto lbs, 50 90 Hogs-li0 head, 20 92O lbs. 81 so:
81 IS: 46 head. $3.50 lbs 81 As: 81 head, l5.65o
lbs. - 80; l42 head. =, ,26O lbs 81 a5 SheepHsS
head 3 go lbs 81 25; +5 head, $50 lbs, 81 IS;
ltlu I,D0U IDS ~ 70. % neaO D., lg0 lbe a.
So head 2.62O lbs. 50 70; l6 head 1000 lbs 81 90
Hun, HaZelwood & Imhotf: CattIe-11
head y $50 lbs, 50 50: 81 head, 1850 lbs s. OO
6head. 6,430 lbs 50 30: heifers, $50 lbs - 65
calves. $50 lbs, 81 90: calves, go lbs So -:
Hogs-s2 head, 1850 lbs, 81 IS: s5 head ii. 40
lbs. 81 As; 123 head lose lbs 81 so: Isl head
%, $50 lbs, s. 40; "A head, 1880 lbs, $40
Sheep-21l head, u, ,74O lbs 81 so: Is head. $40
lbs. SIS Is; 81 head, 5,76O lbs SIS 90: 2ll head
1850 lbs. 50 90: l0l head 1850 lbs. So 40: l26
head, 1860 lbs. 81 IS.
Reneller, Linkhorn & Co: Cattle-27 head.
1880 bs, 81 p: Is head. 20 GAO s So 75 10 head
26.G50 ms, 81 IS: 20 head, "a 23O lbs, 81 90: et
head "a, $50 fs.S3 40; % head, % go lbs, So so
% head, $1,000 rs, So so; 20 head 24640
rs, 81 Is; - head, 22, 20 MS So 25: IS calves,
1880 lbs, S. 90. Hogs-S0 head 5000
ibs, 81 so; 80 head, $50 MS 81 As: as head,
$500 ms, 81 %: Sc head, 1880 ms, 81 80 Sheep
-l20 head. 10, 300 fbS, 81 40; 1871 head 10 40 Bs
50 90; Ill head, 1850 fbs. S. 10; 50 head, $3.50
ms. 81 70: IA head, $500 lbs, So so; 65 head,
) $50 r,s - o.
John Hesket & Co.: Cattle-e3 head, $40
lbs, 50 80; 96 head, 22,540 lbs, So 90; 20
head. "a, $50 lbs "a 10: 20 head, &C.
SO lbs. 81 10; o head, % $50 lbs So 7O SO head
2s3lO lbs. 81 30; II head, 17,l5O lbs s. O5; 20
head, % $50 lbs So 90: 20 head % $50 lbs SO So:
so head. 1880 lbs, 50 IS: 90 head, %, ,9lO lbs
s3 80. Hogs-llS head, 90 $50 lbs. "a 40; 20 head
Is 800 lbs. 81 IS; 81 head l46CO lbs, 81 so: So
head, 1890 lbs, 81 60 Sheep-1l2 head $40
lbs S3 40: 81 head $50 lbs So 90: IS head 1850
lbs, S. 90: los head, 1880 lbs, S. 10.
BY Telegraph.