, 1872-12-31
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET

MONDAY EVENING, Dec. 80.
CATTLE-Received since Saturday, 1909
head. The market opened very quiet this morn
ing. buyers seeming 10th to take hold. The
difficulty Of obtaining cars, and the uncertainty
ofgetting tho stock through to it's destination, if
shipped, tended to retard operations on the part
OF shippers, while the continued dulness OF the
retail meat trade prevented city butchers from
operating, save on the most limited scale. To-
ward noon, upon the receipt Of moro favorable
advlceH from the East, shippers took hold with
some show Of interest, and from 10 o'clock until
the middle Of the afternoon-by which time all
the market exhibited q fair degree Of
activity. The quality OF the stock
on sale was above the average. There we're few
really choice droves. but the proportion OF poor
and We lind most OF the sales to have been made
within the range Of S3.75@5.50. The best
droves we're taken at 35.G219@5.75. Some idea
OF the interruption to traffic resulting from the
snow blockade may be gained from the fact that
cattle shipped from here on last Friday morning,
laid over at Pittsburgh until to-day, when they
were forwarded to their destination (New To-k)
by way Of Philadelphia. The largest sale Of the
day 1873 Texans, averaging 1,033 Tbs, at $3.50;
sold BY r. Strahorn & Co.
correspondent Of the Liue Stock Reporter
writing from Wichita, Kansas, speaks Of the
Texas caStle trade as follows
It may be said that with November tho shipping Of
back the middle Of last month the yards at several
points had been cloeed. There has been shipped from
Wichta, during the season, ZOO cars Of cattle, con-
tanning average of % head to the car making total
Of 81 400 head from this point alone. The entire
driCe Of last has been disposed Of nothing
has been left unsod has any, at most very few
head been put up winter the range or prairie
hay The principal part Of the cattle being fed
corn, and many Of them sta-fed in Illinois, Missouri,
Town, md Nebraska. It is worthy OF note that the
just closed differs in almost every particular
from previous Seasons. The cattle arc not only Ill
out Of the hands Of Texans, but they where they
should be- in the hands Of Northern farmers and
feeders. Corn is abunda at cheap, @nd Texan
steers only want plenty OF it to make them favortte
class with either packer butcher. Texans be-
ginning to that through thin cattle cannot be sold
in Chicago, Or in Eastern markets that they must
go into the hands CT farmers feeders and that 1t
takes twelve to eighteen months to put them into
marketable condition.
The market ciesad firm.
E1tra-Graded steers, averaging 1,4O0 Lbs
Choice BeeTes-Fne, fat, weu-for1ned year
to5year old steers, and averaging 1,2ooto
Good Bceyes-Well-fatten fineIy-formed
Steers averaging 100 to 1,250 Tbs. 4.7565.25
Medium Grades-Stee1s In fair flesh, aver
aging LOO to $50 ihs.. 425@45o
hHsttaaeesHEsa staesHEs as 55a Is esss cows e FOR c,
slaughter, averaging 800 to 1,1o0 bs...... 275@A25
Stock Cattle-Comnon cattle, tn decent
fesh averaging from TOO to l,050 lbs. go. 2.75@385
1nfertor-Lght and thin cows, heifers,
sags, bulls, anu scal1awag steers. ..-.... 175@250
Texas Catt1e-Northern autumered. ......,.. o75l350
te1as catho-cozn-fed d'.......-........-. 37594.oo