Market Report on Sheep Cattle and Hogs Prices
Prices and ranges for sheep, lambs, and hogs listed from Chicago and Ohio markets. Reports note lighter hog supply and easing demand, with butcher cattle scarce and prices higher than last week.
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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1890
Page
7
Prices and ranges for sheep, lambs, and hogs listed from Chicago and Ohio markets. Reports note lighter hog supply and easing demand, with butcher cattle scarce and prices higher than last week.
The cattle market shows dull demand with receipts of 2590 head cattle and 10,000 hoofs. Prices range from good to fair across grades, no cattle shipped to New York today, with 4,500 dead shipments and 280 dead shipments noted.
Receipts and shipments details show varied livestock activity with head counts across cattle hogs and sheep. Market terms indicate steady to firm style with price ranges noted for various grades and stock types.
Readable lines indicate a trade note with amounts such as 6.50 reis per kilo and references to weights. Mentions hooped operation during the week and a person named Joseimo. The fragment lacks clear context, dates, or full names to form a definite news item.
Fragmentary text lists metal terms and prices with many garbled words. It mentions pig iron, domestic supply, and figures like $260 and $3002K, but key details and context are missing, making full interpretation impossible.
The dry goods market showed steady activity with many buyers arriving. Prices for cotton and related goods stayed firm while future activity was anticipated to rise as demand grows.
S. W. Hrez at Nelson Morris & Co. reports 131 beef carcasses for the week ending January 11, 1800. Average weight 638 pounds per carcass. Average price 21.0 per 100 pounds.
A scattered market report notes slight declines in visible hog supplies and steady to firm prices for meats and grain. Wheat, corn, oats, and barley show varied futures while butter and cheese remain unsettled. shipments of wheat and corn move to mills and export channels, with regional price signals from New York and Minneapolis.
Squire John W. Patterson of West Liberty has served as Justice of the Peace for 31 years with six terms. He notes his limited criminal court role, explains his preference for settlement over litigation, and describes the peacemaker's costs and occasional use in arranging marriages and local matters.
George L Whitney predicts a strong year with ample money due to silver certificates. He notes rapid chartering of Pittsburg corporations in recent years, but warns many may fail to crystallize amid brisk conditions. He cites a New York World building project costing 1.25 million dollars and totaling 1.88 million with Park Row frontage.
In Franklin township, speculation swirls over the status of the Moore wildcat well completed three months ago amid signs of activity. Locals fear a large loaned lease may be formed as a signal of eventual productivity. The Simeon Wilson wildcat is also anticipated to reach the sands in a few days, while market notes and prices are briefly listed by local firm John M. Cansey & Co.
A large group of renters searched for housing yesterday as Fourth Avenue brokers attended Vandergrift's funeral. A memo lists an office at No. Fourth Avenue set for Tuesday January 2. The Reading Railroad reported 125000 tons coal shipments for the week to January 11 with 16 tons to Port Liberty and 125,000 total. The Pennsylvania Railroad logged 906,673 tons coal and coke moved east of Pittsburgh and Erie for the first week of January.
Real estate dealers Real Evtace Baltensperger Williams and Samuel W Black Co report multiple property sales in Pittsburgh area. Transactions include 120 by 300 foot parcel with an eight‑room frame house for 8000, 60 by 18 foot lot with street improvements for 0, and other lots sold in Murray Hill and nearby wards. Several firms noted ongoing activity in Fourth Avenue listings and plan estates with prices and lot sizes.
The New York stock market opened quietly with a general sag in prices and weak trade. Reading and its affairs dominated interest as investors awaited the voting trust injunction ruling while bonds and railroad stocks showed mixed activity and notable declines in several issues.
The market opened with brisk activity as investors traded Philadelphia Gas and La Noria among active names. Transactions totaled hundreds of shares with notable bids and last-call sales, including Enterprise Savings Bank and Western entries amid a broad list of railroad and utility stocks.
The Philadelphia clearings totaled $10,814,53 with balances of $1,077,000 and New York posted $78,877,080 in clearings with balances of $1,918,001.02, while the three percent rentes and other securities appear in scattered figures from the reported market data.
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