Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-10-15
WHEELING REGISTER THURSDAY OCTOBER Is. 1896
WHEELING REGISTER TEN CENTS A WEEK.'-':.lk4

EAST LIBERTY. October 14.-Cattle.
steady and unchanged
Hogs. active and higher: prime medium
weights SS SOQ3 so; best Workers 50 SOFAS So:
common TO fair Workers s. 70d3 IS; heavy
hogs 70 5OQS 70; roughs 81 1913 so
Sheep, dull; prime 50 40d3 80; fair 81 esq
BALTIMORE CATTLE MARKET
Thursday, October S. 1886.
(Cattle are sold a these figures live
weight. Hogs are sold at net weight.
That Is 70 per cent. generally off from
live weight. Sheep are sold gross, that
UNION STOCK YARDS. CLAREMONT.
Beef Cattle-The offerings at the yards
were OF quite as good a quality as those
OF last week. md were in number ample
Tor the demand, which, while not active,
was fair. Values for the tops were like
those of last week. while the common
grade stockers, etc, showed a slight i'm
proNement. Quotations ranged at 14d4iac
per 10, very few selling at either extreme.
less of them near the lower figure than
last week and quite as many at the top
quotations as then, most sales at So O0q
I 25 per 100 lbs.
Prices of beef cattle this week ranged as
follows Best beeves, 81 25d4 80; those
generally rated first quality, s. S0Q4 90;
medium or good fair quality, So 00d3 80;
ordinary thin steers, oxen and COWS, 81 10
a. 80.
OF the cattle received 2.32S head came
from Virginia, Loss from West Virginia.
so from Ohio, 80 from Maryland and q
head from Tennessee.
Total receipts for the week. 1882 head,
against 2.S2S last week and 1893 one year
ago and the sales for the week were -
head against l, 1872 last week and 2,O22 head
one year ago.
Sheep and Lambs-The receipts this
week were 1853 head. against 1906 last
week and 1901 head one year ago
Remarks-There Is full Offering again
this week, only about 400 head less than
last week but entirely too many of the re-
"a 70 sheen
shippers are again advised that they are
not wanted at lowest prices. The market
for both sheep and lambs Is slow. with
some values without any noteworthy
change Sheep sell at 11aGSc per 10 and
few extra a shade higher; lambs, 2l244c
and few extra shade higher.
Hogs-There is no change in the hog
market. Trade is slow at the values rul-
ing Monday viz: Western. So SOFA w. ana
others 81 60d3 so per 100 lbs gross. Roughs
s. 5OQ3 90 per 100 lbs.
Fresh Cows-The offering is light and
values higher. with good demand. Prices
N5Q45 per head and extra $50 per head
Calves-There is a fair trade reported
for good calves at 57345l2c per ID. Re-
STOCK ON THE WHARF.
Cattle-The demand was fair for choice
stock, but receipts were light with prices
quite steady, as follows oxen, 81 lon
. q per 100 lbs; bulls 81 15G2 90 per 100 lbs;
CoWs' u 1V4- w PcA lVV Us anu OENS44 ''i4't
fresh cows, $l242j per head.
CalVeS-Rcceipts Of choice milk veals
were light and demand active at very firm
prices The quotations We're as follows:
Strictly choice veals 606Lc per To, fair to
good, 5d5l2c per 10 and rough to good, AQS
per head.
Sheep and Lambs-For choice lambs and
sheep there was good demand at steady
prices. with the quotations as follows:
Spring lambs. 3le6412c per III: sheep, 2H2l2c
per ID. 81 50Q2 - per head for choice but
the common grades were hard to sell at
very low prices.