Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-05-07
LOCAL LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Receipts at the Liberty Yards
Below Last Week.
PRICES ON THE UPWARD DRIFT.
Prime Heavy BeeveS Alone Failed to Share
in the Advance.
SHEEP HIGHER AND SWINE STEADY
PRICES ON The UPWARD DRIFT.
SHEEP HIGHER AND SWINE STEADY
OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DISPATCH, |
WEDNESDAY Nave

OFFICE OF PITTsBURG DIsPATCH,l
WEDNESDAY, Mayo
The market opened at East Liberty on
Monday with about 81 carloads on sale,
against so loads last week and So the pre-
rious week. About nine loads of those on
sale this week had been held over. Since
Monday three loads were received, SO that the
total offerings for the week have been 50 car
loads. Receipts were in the main from Chi
cIgo. In the offerings were nine loads OF good
heavy beeves close to prime ranging in weight
from ], 400 to !. 500 pounds. As prices for this
grade of cattle were shade lower in the East,
and as there were no export orders here, mar
kets for heavy cattle were slow, and it was
feared on Monday, at the opening of market,
that there would be no customers for these
heavy reeves. Later on a good demand deve-
Oped, aDd the fears that no buyers could be
found take the heavy cattle at satisfactory
prices proved eroundless, since all were sold at
a range OF s. to So % per cwt. These prices
show Ell no decline from last weeks range for
fhe same quality of beeves
An Improvement in One Grade.
There were moro GOOD heavy cattle in this
weeks offerings than for some weeks past.
Light, smooth butcher beeves were l0c to 20c
..l-heT this week than last. and interior grades
showed even greater advance. for the reason
tina; markets for these grades were demoTalIzed
last week, aud prices were reduced below fair
tiai recovery from the Decentralization caused
last week by the heavy run. Supply of choice
fresh cows is not up to demand, ana all good
Stocs offered found ready sale Range of
markets vas S25 TO S45 per head, with a few
sales ot fancy above the outside figure. One
Yer. handsome Durham cow was sold 10 a
Receipts Of calves this week were about the
same as last. the total being about 500 head.
Prices ranged from 81 10 to 50 Is.
sheen and IaDGS-Ihe total offerings for the
Week have been little over 70 carloads. Re-
ce!ptS were s.ly from Ohio. The percentage
ot good sheep in this weeks offering above
late average. Markets were irm and active for
AL good stock offer ed n ? shad= better prices
than ruled last week. Good sheep were sold at
s 80 10 s. 20, and yea!ling lambs at Sc to s6 rs.
4 Few spriI~r lambs were sold at lie per b.
LOEs-There were Is carloads on sale Mon
day and about loads have been received
sHce that time. The top of the market for
IhIiAdeIphias was s. 50 to IS 80. This morning
tseTe was only a single deck on the market,
an" none of these were above medium quality.
Top prIce was s. 20.
Mccall & Co.'s Weekly Review.
Tue supply of cattle fair, market opened up
Slow Al advance of l5 to 2Oc per cwt over
last weeks prices, but part of the advance lost
u close We give the following as ruling
prices: Prime, L3O0 to I.6OO bs. IS 9O66 20;
Eoou. Loo 10 j, ,40C rs SIS 5OQ5 9O good butcher
grades. LOO TO l.30O rs. IS 40d5 20; rough tat
l-lee 70 L3e0 tbs, So 00N5 10: talr to good
$40 20 l.iuG b., 81 1873 .: mixed lots cows
syringe :. S2ulI4 40 per head
The reccaDrs OF hogs light market active, at
tie following quotations: Phiadelpbias. S5 SOG |
. -: go"d mixed. s. 25G5. 80: best Workers, |
{ lcts5 -; common 20 sair, 81 9Od5 90; pigs
81 5U'EI 20; roughs IS JGEli So
Lnc rUpDty of sheep Monday was liberal
demand good, market active at last weeks |
prices. Tuesday and today market active at |
a advance of Is to 40c per cwt. over last weeks
pr.ces. We quote market as follows: Prime |
Ohio ana Indiana wethers, weighing here
- 20 100 rs. So 6O45 SO: good, so to IS |
fs., . 94do ": fair TO good mixed. to to rs |
rs, 81 s5M5 %; culs and common lots 81 509 |
%; good yearliugs. IS TO so hs, Sc 4OdJ6 rs:
taIr 10 good &c to 20 Bs., s. 1916 25 Wooled |
sheep. : 5G&6 90 Veal calves, 1l0 to l2O Bs, |
+ gtg5 >. Heavy calves 50 5O63 80