The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-29


mon grades while choice grades steady We
quote:
Choice shipping steers IS. 20 as. 60
Common to fair shipping steers. ....... 3.5O041O
Medium to good shipping steers A.5OO4. 80
Common to fair cows and nefers. -....-. 2.O0O240
Stockers common to good. ..-..--..---- 2 65 03.40
Choice and neifers STANDARDIZATION. 3. 20 10
Medium to good and heifers ...... $50 as. 20
Veals, common to good ---....-...--. 3.;IOO5. so
Bulls, common to good --.-----.----.-. 2.OON3.0O
Mixers, common to good. -.25. OO045.O0
Hogs-Receipts 900; shipments, $50. Quality
fair. Market opened weak and shade lower
Strictly corn fatted stock in fair demand, while
grassers or half-fatted, coarse hogs are not
wanted. Shippers will do we'll to leave the lat
ter class in the country. until fat Trade ruled
quiet, closing tame Wequote:
Select light. -.-.....--.. ........-... 81 6O047O
Common to fair light 4.1O04.4O
Heavy roughs and grassers --- 3.oOO4. 90
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts. $50; shipments.
200. Quality fair. Market dull and very quiet
We quote:
Good to choice grades 3.OO03.50
omrn on to medium grades -.----.--. 1.75O2.5O
Spring lambs common to good 3.OO03.75
Bucks per head, common to good 2.O003.OO
Elsewhere.
CHICAGO Aug. 2s.-The Drover's Journal reports:
Cattle-Receipts, 5000; shipments, 2 100. The
market was slow and weaker shipping steers. 81 n
800 stockers and feeders, 2.6004; cows bulls
and mixed, $I7504; through Texas cattle shade
weaker al e.. 80 49, go: Western rangers lower; ma.
tives and half breeds 81 Q4.7O; cows, $275Q3. so;
wintered Texans $3.15U3.50.
Hogs-Receipts, 16 500; shipments. 5000 The
market was slow; common weaker; rough and mixed,
$3 S504 90 packing and shipping, 81 90 4. 60;
light weights. 81 20 OATS; skips, 81. rs 03.75
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 2 900; Shipments
/ 900. The market slow and weak; natives 50
as; Texans, $1.1503 lambs, per head 81 02.75.
NEW YORK, Aug Observation-Disclosures 100
car loads; common native steers aud Texas cat lie had
q slow sale: fair to good natives about steady:
choice and extra natives trfe frmer: very poor to
common native steers sold at $1.2500 ~ cwt.
live weight ordinary to prime native steers at 50 %
06.25 ex ira and fancy native steers, $3.50 06 40.
An exporter bought 200 good steers, mainly at So
To-morrow's exports will include 35l cattle $50
quarters of beef, and $50 carcasses of mutton.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts $500; extremely
dull for both sheep and lambs: sheep ranged from So
al. so IT, cwt. lambs from 81 06.
Hogs-Receipts, 3 900 frmer feeling and fair to
good States sold at So a 20 y cwt
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 2S.--Cattle - Receipts 500
shipments 500. The market very quiet and
only small business done; native shipping steers
lots of butehering stock 81 % 1880 grassfed Texas
steers 81. 80 a 3 90; Indian steers 81. 75a 3.s5
Hogs-Receipts 1000; shipments. 100. The
market was easy and slow: packing grades, "a 20 %
$50; Workers, $45o 04.7O; butchers grades ST. 60
04.S5.
Sheep and Lambs-Recepts 14OO: shipments
100. The market was steady and unchanged com.
mon to Medium sheep, So 02.65: good to choice
muttons. 81. 70 800; lambs, $250O4.
KANSAS CITY, Aug 2S.-The Live Stock India.
tor reports: Cattle-Receipts, 1897; shipments
1850. The market weak and quiet, except
for good butcher stuff and feeders: export steers
S. $40; good to choice shipping steers 81 80
Q5.l5; common TO medium, $i5OQ4.85i stockers