Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1894-04-04
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK MARKET.

BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK MARK EFT.
THURSDAY, March Goth, 1894. (
Prices of Beef Cattle this week ranged as fol-
lows:
Best. 9i40
Generally rated first quality. .3Si(d44
Medium or good fair quality. $50. ...... 2AG34
Ordinary thin Steers, Oxen and Cows. ..2 OK
Of the Cattle received 496 came from Virgin
BEEF CATTLE.-There has been a full Offering
at the yards this week, the number being over
800 head in excess of last weeks record. Trade
has been slow throughout, closing very dull,
with values off IL to Is cents and in some in
stances greater figure, a few dealers consider
ing it 70 to % cents.
Mich Cows.-There is full Offering and a
fair trade. Quotations $40 to $40 per head and
few extra at SIS per head.
VEAL CALvES.-There Is a fair Offering and
slow trade. Prices 4a5Kc per Id.
SHEEP AND LAMBS.-There is a rather light
offering this week, most of the receipts being
for export to Europe. Trade is fair, except
for spring lambs. owing to the cold weather.
Wool sheep sell at 2Ha44c, clipped do 2a3hc
per Id gross fall lambs at 3Aa4Ac, and sprin g
lambs 6Ha9H cents per Id gross and dull.
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK MARKET,
MONDAY. April End. 1894
SwINE.-There is a fair trade for hogs, with
| about 600 head less than last week recorded.
| Prices show an Improvement of about 20 cents
per 100 lbs since last week. Fair to best West
ern sell at 5.25a$550 per 100 lbs, and nearby
hogs-thOse from Pennsylvania, Virginia and
Maryland-Sell at 520aS $40 per 100 lbs gross
| Rough hogs 4a44 cents per 10 gross. Receipts
| 1884 head.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-There is O. fair trade for
! old sheep and lambs only. Prices for wool
sheep range at 24a4H cents per Id gross; clip
| ped 31aa3A cents per Id gross. Fail lambs 4a54
cents per Id gross. Spring lambs 6Ha9 cents
| per ID.
NEW YORK LIVE STOCK MARKET
MONDAY. April End. 1894. (
BEEvEs.-Receipts, two days, 1926 head; on
| sale 3S cars; market active; medium to fair
steers 4l0a$i.25, decent to ordinary steers 3S0a
S4.05, good cOrn-fed Texans 3.65a 1915, stays
and oxen 3.50a 20, bulls.2. 75a$ $3.50 Dry cows
| 150a$3.l5 per 100 lbs. European cable quotes
American steers at 9JSalOk cents per ID, dress
ed weight, refrigerator beef 7kasx cents per ID.
Exports today; 5l7 beeves, 426 sheep and 1880
quarters of beef. Tomorrow; 10 beeves and
| 5,199 quarters of beef.
CALv ES.-ReceiptS, two days. 2,951 head: mar
ket &c per 10 lower and active at the decline;
veals, poor to choice 4a6k cents per lb.
SHEEP AND LAMBS.-ReceiptS, two days, H.
1874 head; on sale 35 cars; market active; \ per
lib higher; unshorn sheep very poor to prime
Bass; clipped do, fair to prime 3a 81 ~; unshorn
lambs, inferior to choice 4.74a$5.62k, clipped
do, ordinary to prime 3.75a$450 per 100 lbs.
HoGs-Receipts, two days, Il, 120 head; 2 cars
on sale market firm at 510a $40 per 100 lbs for
inferior to choice hogs.
The wolves in sleeps clothing are
increasing at a fearful rate During
Thursdays session of the Methodist
Conference at Fredericksburg one
preacher was charged with having
eloped with a female member of his
flock, and another one with having
been drunk. 1t isn't the vices of those
men that merit severe condemnation,
for they are natural, but their villain
GUS hypocrisy, for they do great harm
to the cause in which they profess to
be engvged.-Aleg. Gazette.