Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-17
LIVE STOCK REVIEW.
Receipts of Cattle at Liberty Large,
and Quality Below Par.
MARKETS SLOW AT LOWER PRICES.
No Heavy Prime Beeves Offered, and Not
Many Light Primes
SHEEP STEADY AND SWINE WEAKER
MARKETS SLOW AT LOWER PRICES.
SHEEP STEADY AND SWINE WEAKER

OFFICE OF THE DISPATCH
PITTsBURG. "WEDNESDAY, March Is.
There have been upward of IS carloads O
cattle on sale at the East Liberty yards thi
week against so loads last week. Qualit,
of offerings this week was not up to lat
average, and this, with the increased re
ceipts, had a depressing influence on mar
kets. No heavy prime beeves were on sale
and the number of light primes was small
as compared with the total. Buyers wer,
not as numerous as usual, and the few OF
hand made the best of the opportunity t.
bear markets. Good butcher beeves
being rather scarce, suffered leas
from the bear movement, but there
was decline all along the line from price!
of a week ago. Some common grades were
Zoe per cwt below last weeks prices, and
the best offered would have brought 1Oc pei
cwt more a week ago than was obtained
this week. There were no sales reported
above 81 40 in carload lots, while primes
sold above S. 90 in Chicago.
Fresh cows were in liberal supply, and
choice grades held up we'll to prices of last
week The range was S25 90 to $40 90 per
head. Calves were in light supply and firm
at prices of a week ago.
Good butcher beeves and shippers have
been selling at better prices here for some
weeks than at Buffalo.
There have been about 80 loads of sheep
and lambs on sale this week at Liberty.
against 25 loads last week. Markets were
strong for all good grades. Top price of
sheep was Sc 25 and lambs 81 25. Hogs
were in light supply Monday, and markets
were firm with S. 35 as top. This morning
the top was s. %.
A Live Stock Firms Review.
Following is report of the weeks trans
actions by Holmes, Briggs & Co.:
We report IS cars of cattle on sale Mon
day; 40 cars were from Chicago and the bal
ance from Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia.
The quality was only fair The attendance
of buyers was about the same as last week.
There were no export orders and no in
quiry for heavy shippers, which made sucn
grades drug on the market at full 25c per
cwt. lower than last week. Light handy
nutchering grades were IN better demand at
l0@l5c decline There was an improved de-
mand Tor good stockers and young steers
suitable for grazing purposes, these being
scarce and not equal to demand. The demand
for good fresh cows is improving and supply
light. We quote: Good, l,4O0 to l.500, S4 50@
75: good, 1900 to $780, 81 l0@4 35: good 1000
to LOO o 81 ,SSt co. eo eemnSn % sIa 60. and , rough
COWS, 50 O0G3 70: stockers, 800 to 900, 50 25@
25; fresh COWS. $40 OO@45 90 per head:
springers, $40 00635 90 per head.
Receipts of hogs were light on Monday
and demand good at sc to l0c advance over
the close last week. Since Monday receipts
nave continued ngnt ana trade SLOW at q
shade lower prices, on account of lower
prices West. We quote select tops at $5 e50
30 good mixed, S. 1895 20: best Workers,
s. lO@5 Is; common Yorkers and pigs 81 5O@
4 S.
Receipts of sheep and lambs on Monday
were Is loads, which was about the same as
the corresponding day last week. and prices
about the same. Since Monday receipts
have continued light and prices about
steady to shade lower. We quote prime to
extra wethers. s6 Oc@6 50; good so to 100,
tair- ffaa l,,,,
s. o0@7 %; tair to good, Sc 5olG S.: common,
s. O0@5 50: veal calves, prime, $6 50@6 IS;
fair lots, S6 O0@6 80.
Some of the Sales Reported.
Leading dealers report the following sales |
since last report:
Lafferty Bros & Hadden: Cattle-25 head, |
1890 lbs, 81 a5 calves. 6eO lbs. So 60 Hogs |
20 head, 1850 lbs, s. 90; 10 head, 2,O9O SIS co. |
Sheep-40 head, 220 lbs. s. So 2S head, l,S7O |
lbs, Sc 90: l36 head, 7,440 lbs, So 90.
NC MSCa a. sso Kowien ii' s a. 90 New6en In m Cattle-iS
"a calves. 800 lbs ST. 75: calves 100 lbs Sc go;
Is calves, 1850 lbs, Sc 80. Hogs-l37 head, H.
40 lbs 81 90: 81 head Il 500 lbs So 20: 6s head,
80 head, 5000 lbs. Sc e5 1876 head. 1000 lbs,
s. 90; los head. $3.50 lbs. 81 co. 9S head, 9.4IO
lbs. s. 80; l04 head, II, $50 lbs, S6.S5.
Holmes, Briggs y Co.: Cattle-41 head,
$3.50 lbs 81 20; Is head, 21.05o lbs, 81 25: IA /
head l6,69O lbs So 80: 30 head, 25 go lbs, "A 2j
80 calves, $3.50 lbs, ST 25: calves, la6O lbs
1880 lbs, IS 80: 81 head. 7ssJlbs S. Is: IS head,
1900 lbs, So 20. Sheep-I66 head, Is, $50 lbs
Sc %: So head. 1850 lbs. Sc 60.
Reneker, Lin khorn & Co.: Cattle-2O head,
26. 240 lb 81 10; II head, - $50 lb s. 20: head
e22o lb, 50 75 Is head, q, 40 lb 81 10; calves
head. i20 ID, s. 80: G. head ESQ ID. S. 30:
7s head, IL, ,430 ID, 50 Is. Sheep-A head. $3.50
lb, s. 90; 81 head, 4,ll0 lb, s6 %: IS head,
lsO lb, Sc 25: 81 head, 6Sso lib, Sc IS; 81 head,
Hun, Hazeiwood 6 Imhofr: Cattlo-e1 head,
1850 ; lbs; Sc s. o5; 81 head, s7s4o lbs. 81 10:
% calves, $500 lbs, se 90; 20 calves, aaio y lbs, G
Sc %; 45 calves. 4,s69 lbs, Sc 60 Hogs-75
head Il o4o lbs. s. 20: II head H. lsO lbs IS 30:
s5 35; 81 head, 1l5.llO lbs, SIS 25 sheep-S
head, $50 lbs s5 e5: 173 head, H. SO lbs, IS co.
5: B. HEDGES & Co: Cattle-15 head, JIG, 900 lbs,
q IS; 6 head, $3.50 lbs, IS IS; 2I calves, 1850
lbs, s6 So Hogs-s5 head, 13, $50 lbs, S5 Is:
- m head l47lo lbs, s. %: IS head, 1890 lbs.
head, O5O lbs, So 4O i6S head, 9,5lO lbs, S. 50;
2224 head, $500 lbs. IS 81.
Drum, Dyer & Co.: tattle-20 head, % 100
rs. 81 10: 10 head. 1850 rS 81 so: % head, a5,-
go Bs. 81 Is; Il head, 1850 fbs. 81 45; Is head
.. 500 Ms, 81 IS; 90 head, 25.5ao rs, 81 20:
calves, 80 bs, S. ss: Hogs-s5 head, Is, $50 fs.
s. 10; IS head, $3.50 fbs, 5 %. sheep-49 head
1850 fbs. IS 25; III head, 1850 ms. S. IS: lO7
head. s62I ms SC 90; lo4 head, $3.50 MS, s6 50.
lbs 81 90: II head, ls, l4o lbs, s4 10; IA head,
1920 lbs, S4 IS; head, 1850 lbs, 81 80; 10 ,
head, $500 lbs. 81 IS: IS head, % $40 lbs 81 e5:
calves. 4S0 lbs, S6 10. Rogs-7S head I3 O3O
lbs S5 %: 80 head, 9.540 lbs, s5 so; l65 head, ,
q, ,69S lbs. So 15: 60 head, $50 lbs So O5 | !
Sheep-20S head, 1880 lbs Sc 00 liz hea d, !
9,SSO lbs. IS 90: 81 head, 1880 lbs S5 so: lO9
head, ESQ lbs, 81 so: II head, 4,7SO lbs, Sc So
BY Telegraph.
New York-Beeves-Receipts LIS head, |
80 cars for sale; market steady: |
natfve steers, a O0@5 co per 100 pounds; bulls i
ana COWS, 81 6OQ2 ~: dressed beef steady at | $
iGSc per pound; shipments to-day 5640 | :
quarters of beef: tomorrow. $40 beeves and |
70 sheep. Calves-Receipts, 62O head: market
nc per pound higher; veals So OO@S 50 per 100
hounds. Sheep-Recerts. 6.2a5 hea 4: market
shade frmer; sheep. S. 00@06 s71%; lambs 81 90 6
% 62115; dressed mutton steady ar 96lOI5c per
)ounu; dressed lambs firm at 9@llc. Hogs
Receipts, l,249 head. consigned direct: nomi. !
lally steady at s4 sG@5 80 per 100 pounds
Chicago-Cattle-Receip Is 800 hea d: Shin
nenrs, 500; market lower. prime steers
4 60GI4 50; good to choice. $3 S004 so: Others | :
3 00@3 IS; stockerS, s. 506l3 e5: Texans SO 40 {
% 80; cows. 81 e5@2 90. Hogs-Receipts.
s. 500 head: shipments, 5000 head; market e
,pened higher, closing weak at the advance. =
ougb. S3 1904 so; mixed and packers "a 600 a
75 prime heavy and butchers weights s
4 s0@4 IS: light, 81 65@4 80. Sheep-ReceInts'
pened steady but closed weak: natives \
1 9e@6 IS; Westerns, S. 0O@5 rs: lambs SIS sea- 3
75. z
ST. ouis-Cattle-Receipts,1 /, ,lSJ head. shi n. s.
1ents, SJ4 head; mark steady: fair to good L