The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-09-28
TRADE DRAGGED HEAVILY.

| CHICAGO, Sept. 21-Lower prices had TO
be accepted for about everything in the
cattle line today. The arrivals again ex.
ceeded the number looked for and there
was an average decline of 10@l5 cents.
! Today's estimate was 10000, making a
supply for the last four days of 10000
head, or 1880 head more than for the
same time last week. Trade dragged
heavily and, even at the reduced prices,
sellers were unable 10 fluid places for all of
4 the stuff
| 1t was thought that the cattle sold Mon
| day at Sc Is would not have brought more
than SO % on today's market and that de-
| cline i'll that grade has been the least
severe. so far as native steers are con-
cerned. About half the arrivals were natives
the remaining 5000 being made up of
| 1000 westerns end 1000 Texans The
| bulk of the natives sold below IS go and
the bulk of the rangers below So So
Stockers and feeders We're dull at the re-
cent decline
The hog market continued to sag. 1t
was inactive and very weak from the be-
ginning. and the trading had not been long
In progress before there was a clean loss
OF 10 cents per 100 pounds. The top of the
market was practically Sc 90. though there
were scattering sales at So 05@6 10. Pack
ers bid s. 30G5 so for fair to good mixed,
range. Poor lots changed hands around
$500, and culls sold at 81 50@4 30. There
has now been decline of 40@50 cents
within the last week and todsy's market
WAS dull aud the most unsatisfactory that
sellers have experienced for long time.
Inc greater part of the 81, 600
on sale crossed the scales at prices below
50 30. though the quality was the best seen
here IN many days.
The receipts of sheep remain unaccount-
ably heavy. The estimate for today was
from ID, 600 TO IS, 900 and the Total for the
last four days reaches 5000. or Is. 600 more
than arrived during the same time last
week. OF course further CONCESSIONS had
to be made, the average of prices being
about 10 cents lower than for yesterday,
and 80 to 40 cents lower than for last
week. Sheen were quoted at % cents ard
So. ID for Inferior TO choice with sales
mostly at 81 .9O@s3 10 Lambs were sala-
bic at Sl.5O@S39 80 for poor to prime. with
fancy rs high as a. Thousands remained
unsod.
R-ceip,s-Csttle, 1900; calves, 200; hogs,
10000; sheep, 1900
OMAHA. Neb., Sept. 7.-Cst,le-Receipts
1000; there were plenty of cattle in the
yards today, but they were mostly trash.
The sale was slow and buyers could find
little that pleased them. While the buy
prices If there were anything good here,
the market on the common cattle was
weak and lower, III addition To being slow
Some pretty good steers at 81: corn fed
steers. 81 5006; Westerns, S3.50@4 80: stock
ers, 81 .00@2 y; cows, 81 .S0@3 Hogs
Receipts. 200; there was not choice of
heavy hog on The market. Trade opened
in bad shape and grew worse toward he
close at 10G20 cents lower Light. 81 75C1
$50; mixed, s. 2O@5 40; heavy. s5.40@5 80.
Sheep-Nominal.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 27-Cattle-Receipts
$500; shipments, 1900; opened steady:
closed weak and slow. Texas steers. &. 05
as: Texas cows, 81 15G2 40; beef steers,
81. 1896: native cows $l-2J@3; stockers aud
feeders 81 1898 IS; bulls and mixed, 81 500
2.40. Hogs-RsceIpts, 8. 100: shipments,
l,300; 10 to 10 cents lower than yesterdays
close; bulk sales S5Gl5 so; heavier. s. I51
$50; packers, S5d5.65; mixed s. seas 50;
lights, 81 1905. Is; workers.. 81. 1905 10; pigs,
81 509490 Sheep-Receipts, 1.400; ship
menJs, 3. 800; weak; good to choice natives,
S203; good TO choice westerns, 81 2563;
Common srockers, S2G2.5o; good to choice
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