The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-03
HOG MARKET GROWS WORSE.

| CHICAGO, Oct 2-Sellers of cattle, while
not called upon for any further Important
redsction in prices, found it Very hard
| work to make sales at yesterdays decline.
Notwir hstanding Yesterdays advance in
the foreign market, exporters were not
disposed 10 do much trading, aud as Tues
day Is off day for eastern shippers, the
fact that the arrivals were only little
| more than a third rs large as for Monday
| did not count for much Prices were
| about steady, ranging from u. 20 to 50 %
! for natives 81 50td2 30 for westerns and at
u 25@3.50 for Texans. Not many
sales were effected at over
| s. 20. and sl75@5 So bought most
OF the natives and 81 259SS.25 the bulk of
/ the westerns. The supply was msde up of
| about 800 natives, 5000 westerns and
| l,500 Texans Iu addition TO tue above
there We're many stale cattle and the sup
| ply proved greater than the demand would
absorb. The stocker and feeder trade re-
I mains Quiet with prices favoring the
buyer. The calf market also showed
weakness. the supply continuing very lib
| rral.
Some prices for hogs had to be accepted.
| The unlocked for Increase in the receipts
| not only has checked the upward tend
ency developed last week, but has turned
them in the opposite direction.
| They were off l0dI5 before the close today.
| The opening was within ) cents of yester
days quotations, but the market grew
steadily worse and before 10 o'clock the
best heavy grades wera quoted at Sl@6 05
and the best light at $40. The deprecis-
ton in common TO fair grades was not
severe. Taken all in all. the market was n
most unsatisfactory one TO sellers. The
quality, though better than for yesterday.
was not up to the average for last week,
there being preDonderance of light and
rough mixed stuff. Most of the business
WAS done below 1915.
In sheep the most hopeful thing that
could be said of to-day's market was that
II was no worse than on Monday The
circumstance that the arrivals were less
than a third as large rs for that day, went
for but little, AS the pens were we'll filled
with the leavings of The day before. The
feeling WAS little less depressed aud that
was the extent of the improvement, if i'm
provement it may be called. Good to
choice sheep were salaSle ut 81 5O93 90
and extra wethers were quoted AS high as
50 %. For poorer kinds, sales ranged
down to .5 cents The lamb market was
tirmer at 81 50@390 for q poor choice.
Sales of sheep were largely below $3.50
and from s. @375 took the bulk of the
lambs. Recepts-Cattle, 1900 calves.
500; hogs, 1000; sheep. 5000.
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 2-Cattle-R Receipts,
$500: good beef steers were rather scarce,
Dub buyers were after tueHl dnu reAUlly
paid around So 40 to s. 20 for !. 100 to go
pound westerns. There was too much
common stntf aud buyers were inclined to
neglect it. Cows, - 0O@275; heifers, 81 90
al .95; calves. 50 .50q3 20; bulls, s.. 00@2. 10;
feeders, 81 50@215 Hogs-Recepts, 1890;
opening bids were in most Cases Very nearly
steady, but the general trade was on the
basis OF 5@l0 cent decline and the close
WAS fully tn cents lower. Common light
mixed stuff sold down to 81 60 and choice
heavies brought 500. The bulk of the
fair TO good stock sold around S5.25d5 3d.
Sheep-Receipts, 900; there was n moder-
ate demand, but on account Of bad mark
cts east, trade was slow and the general
trend OF prices lower.