Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-21
LIVE STOCK REVIEW.
Run of Cattle at Liberty Numeri-
cally the Same as Last Week.
QUALITY BELOW LATE AVERAGE.
Price of Butcher Beeves Ascends, and ALI
offerings Taken.
SHEEP HIGHER AND SWINE QUIET
OFFICE OF THE DISPATCH,
PITTsBURG, WEDNESDAY, April 20. {

each week. Quality of this weeks offe
ings was below late average. Market
opened on Monday at a shade stronge
prices than the close of last weeks market.
and Is to 25c higher than the previous Nor
days opening prices Since the beginnin
of this week maf-ets have quieted dow
and Tuesdays sales were barely up to Mon
days prices
Fresh calves of good quality and yea
calves are in light supply this week. Ow
ing to light receipts calves were sold at so
per cwt, better prices than were obtained
week ago.
The best fresh cows on the market wer
sold at $40 per head. There have been al
told about 80 car loads of hogs on sale at Lib
erty this week, against the same numbe
last week. Sales were reported on Monda,
at S5 20 for tops Country buyers who wer,
to the front on Monday did not find suf
ficient number here to meet their demands
ana hence prices went up 25c above rates o
the previous Monday. Thi3 morning tht
top price was IS per cwt
Sheep-Oferings for the week were about .
car loads. NoSood wool sheep were offered
Markets were active at a sharp advance or
last weeks prices. Clipped sheep were sold
as high as S. 80 and clipped lambs at Sc 60
Spring lambs which were in light supply
were sold at 10c per b.
A Live Stock Firms Review.
Following is report of the weeks work a,
Liberty by W. Holmes & Co.:
There were 50 cars of cattle on sale Mon
day, 80 of those were from Chicago and q
from Ohio and Indiana. The average quality
was below that of the past few weeks. The
attendance of buyers was fair and demand
improved over the past few weeks which
gave more lively opening ut strong 15@20c
above Monday of last week, and everything
Il nDsa1 SfvnOa ,Iox- h.
been six loads, and as demand was about
satisfied and prices weakened 5910c before
the close of the market, this does not
change the general outlook any for next
week we now call TUESDAYS. and. in TACT
ali the balance of the week after Monday
off days for the sale of cattle. and advise
shippers to try and have their cattle here on
Mondays il they want the strength of our
market. We quote prime to extra steers at
A 6O@4 so; good, fI@411c; fair, 4941lc: COM
mon, 31s@4c; cows and bulls, 1880; stock
ers. a12G31ac; fresh cows and springers, so 90
@45 90 per head; veal calves, 4z@4sxc.
Receipts OF hogs are light and, as demand
holds about steady, prices are well sustained
ana everything sold at a 9o95 20 with
prospects of lower prices before the close OF
the week as all Western markets are weak
and lower than ours.
Receipts of sheep have been light this
week and prices Is to % cents per 100 higher
than last week. As the season advances
clipped sheep are in much better demand
than wool sheep and sell for better prices
considering the value OF the fleece Prime
TO extra wethers with wool are Sc 5O@6 IS:
fair to good, IS 5096 %; common. 81 5O@5 10;
unshorn yearlings, S6 25@7 so; clipped
sheep, 81 5t@5 so; clipped yearlings, IS 5O@
6 60.
Some of the Sales Reported.
The following transactions show the drift of the
markets:
Reneker, Linkhorn Co.: Cattle-5 head, s. $50
lbs. 81 35 Il head 90 500 lbs "a co. Hogs-ll4 head
g 20 lbs s 10; 2 head T. SO lbs g lo 60 head,
,od dstfeF.y Bros Haddsn; Saislsasf e head
S iO s head 80 lbs, & co. @ sheepL: heas aOs
i g 50 4. Iss 81 Sssd lbs u; Si head
P5'R B. eyfr eSi head head 4 f;sS lbs b:
;5SI5s S Ssss fsss i i e g IS I$., g $ss$ Sss$
John HesEef Z c.; cattIe-1s head, p ooo lbs,
50 lbs s g. Hogs-s2 head, ls, 80 lbs. s Is; IS
s ss head lS So lbs S g; ia head. lbs. lbs.
= E S%ss S s is ssad 8 sss lbs lbs
8 g's ls head, 1850 lbs, 81 10. Calves-is head
fsS Ssd Ss @ IS u.s. aGf:; g. Is head head % 's bs
Sheep-66 head, 80 lbs, q IS; los head. TO- $50 lbs
William Holmes : c.: catne.a head. q, go
y
rs, g; q head. s 50 lbs: Is: is head IS 500
Ss IS So Hessss @ 6esa, 0i ~ ibs ssis
sheepm7S head; 5 ls0 lbs sS 20; IL head. 1oso lbs
Nccsn S q nefa RcweE SewSurn: Cattle. head
90 go lbs 81 90: IS head Il. 500 lbs y 90; head.
5ed Ss ps Is ss's e g. T. Ssad e 's = GS S 1c
bead SO 5,d b . = .S So ms HOsss 6 as = head s ds
lbs S 20: 26 head Is $50 lbs IS 10; 1S. head,
HUFF. lakewood & Imhoff: Cattle-s head. G. $50
bead u S 80 lbs lbs . So lts head e $50 lbs So; 50
+ .: s head. I. $40 lbs q S. sheep head $40
lbs, s. Is; Ice head, 10. ESQ lbs. Sc Oc.
BY Telegraph.
New E-Beeves--Receipts, 791 head, in.
Guiding "a cars for sale; market opened firm,
closed weak: native steers, 81 e0@5 90; bulls
and cows, 81 O0@3 90; dressed beef steady
today, sos beeves and 6.ses quart
ers of beef; tomorrow, 40 beeves,
50 sheep. Ca!ves-Receipts, 5,lO7 head; mar
Ees kes au HSa 5 PseS ID taTes eayes 90 @
do s. 1898 90. Sheep-Receipts,
G. 6O67 head; market firm: unshorn sheep, SIS SO
as go; clipped do, S. s5@6 90: unshorn lambs.
mutton firm at l0@l21Sc: dressed lambs
steady at 1I1z@13c. Hogs-Receipts, 1873
head consigned direct; nominally firm ut
"a 1904 SO per 100 lbs.
Chicago-Cattle - Receipts, 14Ooo head;
shipments, 1000 head; market active and
steady; prime to extra steers, 81 S0G5 co. |
good to cnoice, "a 25@4 IS; others, So O094 90:
stockers, 50 50@3 25 Hogs-Receipts, q. 900
head; shipments, none; market steady; rough |
and common, 81 00@4 25; mixed and packers, |
81 5oa4 60 prime heavy and butchers
weights, 81 6564 20; light 81 1904 65 Sheep
Receipts, 1000 head: shipments, 1000 head; |
market active and steady; ewes, 81 OO@4 rs; |
wethers and yearlings, S6 00@6 so; Westerns, |
81 0o@6 35;lambs S5 05I6 80 |
ST. observation-disclosures, 1soo head: mar |
ket active and strong; no choice cattle on |
sale; handy to good native steers, S3 O0@ |
1 20; Texans and Indians, all kinds, So 6O@ |
So Hogs-Receipts, 5000 head; shipments,
up toward the close; fair TO prime heavy. |
"A 4514 60; mixed ordinary to good, So 900 /
5O light, fair to choice, 81 5o@4 40. Sheep |
Receipts, 8, 100 head; shipments LOCO head; |
active and strong; fair to good ma
tive rluttons S. 00@6 90: one string OF fat |
sras Texans sold for Sc 0e
Buffalo-Cattle-Recei l23 loads through,
10 sale; market quiet; nothing doing here.
G3 loads through, is sale:
market dull and fully l5@a0c lower: heavy
Zrades 81 9o@4 50; packers and mediums s. 80
"a 95. Sheep and lambs--Receipts, 10 loads
through, Is sale; market steady and firm;
iheep, extra fancy wool, S6 75G7 co. good to
,hotce, Sc 5o@6 65: fair to good. s6 1o@6 40:
amDS. gOOu 10 eAVia WOOL, % oVQi Io FAIR to |
.ood, 81 00G7 so; clipped, common to best,
4 0OG6 IS.
Kansas City-Cattle-Receipts 5000 head: |
6, 900 head; steers were active and l.
teady to l0c higher at So 1894 40; cows
teady and 10c higher; stockers and feeders
ctive and l0c higher at So 00@3 IS Hogs
receipts, 10000 head: shipments, 1000 head;
he market was active and steady to Sc
igher; all grades, S3 1894 40; bulk, 81 25@
s5 Sheep-Receipts, so head; shipments,
90 head; market active and steady.
Cincinnati-Hogs dull and lower; common
md light, So 2594 go; packing and butchers,
1 SCQ4 65; receipts, 4,040 head; shipments,
$50 mead. Cattle steady at So 00@4 90; re-
eipts, go head: shipments, 100 head. Sheep
rrung at 81 00@6 25: receipts, $50 head:
hinrnents none Lambs firm; common to