Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-02-11
LIVE STOCK HIGHER.
An Active Cattle and Hog Market,
With Prices Advanced.
GOOD BUTCHER BEEvES SCARCE.
Unusually Light Receipts of Hogs Cause a
Wild Aarket.
SHEEP JOIN IN THE UPWARD MOVE
OFFICE OF THE DIsPATcH,
NG--I<.sn.~ EAh~nar.x- IN

The market at East Liberty stock yard
showed a decided Improvement over las
week all along the line. Hogs were par
ticularlr active at an advance of 25c per cwt
OF prices of last week. The top of th
market last week was S. 90 per cwt., Will
this morning a deck of Philadelphias wa
sold at S. 80. This is an advance of full,
81 90 per cwt since the season opened
Cattle also reached higher price this weel
than for month or two past, load beint
sold TO an East End butcher for S5 So Will
this exception the top of the cattle marke
was 81 90. Good butcher beeves and gooC
shipping cattle were sold at fully 10c pc
cwt. above last weeks price for the SAINT
grade.
There were no extra fresh cows on sale
and the run of veal calves was light. The
best cows on sale brought S35 90 per head
and the best vealers So 90. Sheep ano
lambs were not in as heavy supply 'hl'
week as last The total number on sale wa:
about IS carloads Markets were active ano
shade higher.
Good sheep and lambs were particularly
strong. Top price at which sheep were sold
was S. 75, and top price of lambs So 50,
Live Stock Firms Review.
Following is the report of the week
work at Liberty by William c. Holmes &
Co.:
The supply of cattle on Monday was &C
cars against 70 last week. The attendance
of buyers was fair, and all good butcher cat
tie sold l0Gl5c higher than last week, while
good heavy fat cattle sold little higher.
There were about 30 cars from Chicago ana
30 cars from the country, principally from
Ohio and Indiana. Fresh COWS and springers
not very plenty. Veal calves were in light
supply, and brought better prices this week
than last.
Receipts of hogs on Monday were light.
Market opened brisk at from 109l5c higher
than last week. Since Monday our market
receipts have been hight and prices have re-
matned firm.
Tie supply of sheep and lambs was about
S5 cars this week; market opened strong on
Monday, and has remained firm on all good
grades; The Eastern market ma mas neen geou ,,
which has helped to hold our market nrm
and we think that the prices Will remain
so on good grades. Prospects look good for
next weeks live stock trade.
- l.4OO to l5OO lb. 81 5O04 20; fresh cows. $40 90
G4O 60 per head: veal calves, s. 5OG6 J0
select top hogs, S5 l565 2O prime sheep, IS so
as IS; choice lambs, St 25@6 g.
Some of the Sales Reported.
Lafferty Bros. & Thadden: "A calves, 1910
lbs, Sc S5; calves, $50 lbs Sc %; calves, LOO
lbs. Sc 50. Hogs-27 head, S,2lO lbs, 81 50; 20
heaG, a. l2O lbs, s5 O5 SO head, $3.50 lbs, IS 90.
Sheep-13 head $50 lbs, Sc 40: - head, 4 030
lbs, 81 50: So head, $3.50 lbs, So %: 10 head,
$50 lbs, S. 40: so head, 8, $50 lbs, s. g.
Huff. Hazelwood Imhoff: Cattle-lS head.
20. l2O lbs. "a 90; 10 head, 1890 lbs. s4 70:7
head. $3.50 lbs s4 20: 81 head 26, $40 lbs, 81 40
Hogs-64 head, l. $40 lbs, s. Is: SO head, 1000
lbs. s. 25: "a head, 600 lbs, S5 10: 165 head,
27.G9O lbs, S. 90. Sheep-l53 head, l,lso lbs,
lbs. s. 30: lO3 head, $500 lbs, S5 So 80 head,
ESQ lbs, Sc 90.
John Hesket & Co.: Cattle-Is head, $500
6s SO = 90 Is head G1S lbs 50 s. CO. l5 head O.
head, 2S4OO lbs, s. 50. Hogs-7O head. 1850
lbs, 81 s.; IS head, l2,2IO lbs, s. 10. Sheep-76
head, G, $50 lbs, s5 Is: $40 lbs, S. 90; 3S head
265O lbs. S. 90; a head. $3.50 lbs, S. S5; lO4
head $3.50 lbs. S. 25
Reneiler Linkhorn & Co.: Cattle-IO head.
13340 lbs So 80: head, $3.50 lbs. So So: 10 head,
SO head, $500 lbs. 81 IS: Sc head l2O lbs 81 95:
- head $50 lbs SIS co. liz head % 600 lbs S5 10;
- head, 1850 lbs, S4 80: a head g. .740 lbs
s. u Sheep-Ss head, 6,l7O lbs, Sc co. 45 head,
Drum, Dyer & Co.: Cattle-26 head, 81 $50
lbs, 81 90; 10 head, 20,lOO lbs, sS s0 "A head,
4.luO lbs, So 75: calves, 1850 lbs, St SO. Hogs
10 head, l., 4IO lbs, So o. "a head, 10000 lbs,
S. 10: a. head, $40 lbs 81 so: 20 head, $3.50
lbs, S. 90. Sheep-9O head, $3.50 lbs. So 20; "a
head, 7,i2O lbs Sc 80; 2I2 head, II $50 lbs s. 60;
81 head, 300 lbs, S5 so.
5. B. Hedges \ Co: Cattle-s head, $500 lbs,
S. 90 Is head 2l660 lbs, 81 50: u head T. 24O his
s. So IA head, Is $50 lbs, sS IS; l3 calves, l.72O
lbs, 81 IS Hogs-67 head, ll,72O lbs. s5 90: "a
head, $40 lbs, a SO IS head, IA, 100 lbs, s. Is:
75 head, II, 600 lbs 81 95; 81 head, 10000 lbs
s. 10. Sheep-204 head. 1890 lbs; s. 90: lis
cad, $500 lbs, St 25: 20l head, 90 $50 Tbs SIS 50:
l0l head 02O lbs Sc 10; 95 head, 100 lbs, Sc So
Mccall, Rowlen & Newbem: Cattle l9
head, 25 $50 lbs 81 30: Is head, 49, $50 los 81 25
Is head, p. .62O his S4 40: Is head 13,0jO lbs
So p: Hogs-i7S head, 2l,9l5 lbs, a 30; l6$
head. y $50 lbs s. 00: "a head, 60 $50 lbs S5 Is:
79 head, L, $40 lbs S4 95: 20 head. TO- $50 lbs
s. o.. Sheep-70 head, 6 40 lbs, Sc 35; "a head.
1920 lbs, s. So 80 head, 10,S 500 lbs, SIS IS: ll9
head: $40 lbs, Sc 5O l54 head. II, l3O lbs, SIS 25
s. head, s. I7O lbs, So 30.
William Holmes & Co.: Cattle-sO head.
1850 lbs, So 20: 81 head. "a $50 lbs. "A 20; 20
head, 25 $50 lbs 81 40; % 900 lbs 81 20; Is head
%, 800 lbs. 81 40: IS calves 0lO lbs, 61%c:
calves, SEQ lbs, sc. Hogs-3A head, A, $40
lbs, 81 50: l65 head, % $50 lbs, 81 60: 60 head
y go lbs, $780, 79 mead Is $40 lbs s5 10: 20 head
10 $50 lbs. IS o. Sheep-53 head 4, 100 lbs, IS 75
81 head, $3.50 lbs, S. 25.