The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-06-23
LIVE STOCK Markets

CHICAGO, June p There was a mate
rally lighter supply of cattle in the yards
today than oppressed the market yest-f
day and Wednesday, but so far as prices
were concerned little change was apparent
Heavy steers, no matter how good. were
neglected aud weak, while for fair to prime
light and medium weights the market was
rather strong. Sales were principally at
s.. so for steers with S3.0064 IS the
range of quotations for dressed beef aud
shipping steers. Cows and bulls sold
principally at 81 $4,000 and sales OF
Texas cattle, of which the receipts were
about 900 head, were on basis of 81 ESQ
80 for inferior to choice. The calf mar
ket was easy at s. 00G415 and stockers
were dull at 81 G0d3. 30.
Sales of choice heavy hogs were made at
50 lU0lS5. 10 {. day and there were sales Of
assorted light at 81. 959S5 CO. Common TO
cd grades made like gain. the average
advance being quite 10 cents per 100
pounds. The held-Over hogs aud the fresh
receipts combined made a supply of not
more than p, 0e0 head. and that number
was all swallowed up before o o'clock, the
demand being more than usually sharp
The article did not need TO be very good 90
bring as much as 81 &C and the greater part
81 the heavy and medium weights brought
81 9O(6S4 %. Sales of light were principel-
~ "a, 81 S5@$4 %. Common stuff changed
hands at 81 70Gs4 - aud there were sales
Of calls at s. U0dS4.5 80 Receipts for the
Expired part of this week amount TO AL
100. or 1900 less than the corresponding
Eve days of last week and 81. eco more than
IN 1892. This months recslpts will beat
The record for June.
The depression cbaracteriZing the shesp
market last week WAS not dispelled until
Monday. There has been some strength
tnlng of values, the range of today's quo
tatlons being % To 30 cents above the low
kst prices of last week. But the market is
still 81 75al2 per 100 pounds lower than at
the highesl time this season and nearly
that much lower than at this time last
year, when the best qualities We're selling
around 5.25 Good 10 choice sheep are
how worth 1903 80 and poor TO fair are
quoted AT SIC so. Spring lambs are plen-
tiiul AT =. 1894 IS. The bulk of last week s
business WAS done at y. 25dI3 for sheep aud
at s.. 5o694.5 30 for lambs
Reoeip5s-Cat'Ie, 4,oOO; calves, 500;
hogs, 1909; sheep, 4.c9O.
KANSAS CITY. j une 2.-Cattle-Receipts.
2,50e: shipments, LOO; market steady TO
strong; Texas steers, s. 256S 40; Texas
LOWS. si.40@S.60; beef steers, IS l0td4 20;
hatise COWS. sL2S(gS.S0; stockers anu feed
Frs, 81. 45@3 40; bulls. Sl.5o,d355.
Hogs-Receipis, $500; shipments. 400.
market 5 70 10c higher; bulk of sales. 81 75i7
80; hesvies, 81 SOFA 923s; packers. 81 sin
i.a2j mixed a 1894 81 lightS 81 7eg4 5.
workers.. 81 S0G4. 50, pigs. 81 5oG14 20.
SEeep-ReceIpts. 200; shipments, Ice,
steady,
OMAHA. June 22.-Csitle- Receipts I,SG0.
desirable stuff. both steers aud cows, sold
ri stesdy 10 firmer prices, but common
stuff of ali kinds ruled dull. The feeder
trade was not overly Lively ana the feeling
was rather easier. Quotations unchanged
Hogs-Rsceipts $500: prices averaged
about n dime higher than yesterday and
u 10 10 cents higher than week kgo
Several of the better heavy and butcher
wight hogs brought 81 SIS and there were