The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-21
LIVE STOCK Is LOWER

CHICAGO. Aug 30-For everything ex
cept strictly choice steers prices We're lower
today. There was a flood or rangers AMI
common natives and places could not be
found for all of them, although price con-
cesslons Were freely Offered. There was
an average decline of fully 10 cents 10
I westerns and common natives. aud the
! losses or Texas cattle was 90 10 cents.
/ Choice corn fatted steers were comp ara
I lively scarce, and were taken at last week :
closing quotations. The receipts were u t
! second largest of the year being estimated
at 1900 natives, 1000 westerns and
] 1000 Texans total OF p. 600
While all the good cattle were disposed
| OF, many lots OF common TO fair quality
were left in The sellers hands. Their was
/ trading at SlG5 4 lot Or A head averag-
/ ing l,545 pounds s. at >, and there Were
several sales at 81 S135 g. a bunch Of III
| head, with al average OF l,o42 pounds
| bringing the latter figure. Tn- bulk o.
| the days sales were az 81 15Q4 30 for
! natives: - 50Gg3 30 for westerns. dna s2(93
| for Tex,nS. The close was bad for couI-
| mon to fair grades.
Ia hogs the range OF prices was about
| the same as at saturdays close. The feel
! Ing, however was sersibiy iirmer, the very
poor quality OF the offerings aud the pros
DecJ of "A continued decrease IN the arrival.
being the strengthening factor. There be-
ing AN active local and shipping demand 10
meet, sales were quick where the quality
was satisfac; ory. while sales OF poor anu
common lots Were slow. From 50. so for
choice heavy hogs there was trading all
the way down to $5GS5 10 for rough stuff.
and to s. 7j0rS4 40 for culls- Few Of
the offerings were good enough to
bring more thsn 81 40. the prevoillng
prices being s. 25G5 90 for medium
and heavy weights alId - 15G5 30 buying
most of the light. The Close was firm,
with an upward tendency. There was
fair demand for sheep and but slight vaVi-
alton in prices. Fair to best muttons
Were firm aud the poorer grades Were
weak. Sales were anywhere from 81 90
as p for poor to choice. The Lamb mar
ket was quite as unsatisfactory as on the
closing days of last week, in fact, prices
were lower. They We're quoted at 81 75
"a 20 for poor TO best.
Receipts-Cattle, p 200; calves, 500;
hogs, $1,000; sheep 12.O00
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 0-Csttle-Receipts,
$500; shipments, 5000; market weak 10 10
cents lower; Texas steers, 81 S0G1 30;
Texas cows. sl.5092. 35; beef steers. sassy
AGO; native cows. s1.30G2.75; stockers and
feeders. Sl.05@2 80; bulls, 81 1920
Hogs-Rec- pts, 300; shipments, 1000;
market SOLO cedts lower: bulk of
ers, -. 30G5 80; mixed, S4 90@525: lights.
S4.70@S5.lO; workers, 50. 1903. 10; pigs. s.. %
@4S5
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, coo: ship
meuts, 500; market slow and steady,
choice to best natives. 3. $4,000; fair
10 good natives. 81 1903 %; fair TO
good westerns. 81 25G30O common and
stockers, 81 O0d2. 70; lambs, S300l94 -.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 2O-Cattle-Re.
ceipts, 1900; there is not much demand
for feeders and business is quiet at prac-
tically last weeks closing prices. Prime
beeves, S39O@430; steers. 50 75d4 90;
westerns, 2.S0@3,60; extra, S2.2592. 20;
feeders g. 25@2 TO-
Hogs-Receipts, $500; the shipping de-
mand is light and the packers are bear
ish. Prices are weak and 10 cents lower
than the closing of last week, with all
stuff selling slowly. Light, S400g5 Is;
mixed, s4.S0@5 p; heavy, S5.00@5.40
Sneep-Recepts, 200; natives, 81. 15@
325; fair to good westerns, 81 50@3 90;
common and stockers, 81. 75G2. 10; lambs,
$ 00d400