The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-25
HARD TO SELL HOGS.

| CHICAGO, Oct. "a -ID the cattle market
! today there We're no disturbing influences
aud consequently values remained with
| cut important fluctuations. Trade opened
slow and did not develop more than q
! moderate degree of activity later in the
| day. but buyers were willing TO take the
stuff on the basis of former quotations,
and in view of the rather large receipts,
| holders We're not inclined to insist upon
higher prices. The days supply consisted
| Of about II, 600 natives, six thousand west
srn and 1000 Texas cattle. Anything
good enough for shippers found buyers at
firm prices. Poorer kinds were steady.
Sales were mainly at l.15@2 90 for native
cows, heifers aud bulls and at
| S4045O for steers Westerns
were salable at S11594 50 for poor to
choice. aud Texans weIe strong a, 81. Esq
80 There were few sales Of rangers at
over s.. 80, and from 81 Is to 81 S. bought
bought most OF the Texans The stock
and feeder market was steady at S200G
$50
OF hogs the davis run was estimated at
81, 600, making .6i9 for the last three
days, against S7,0SS last year. Prices
were lower Trading began At a decline
of ) cents and wound up at further loss
of Il nickel SQuires & Co., the Boston
packers. were out OF the market aud 1t
was TO that fact the makings WAS princi-
pally due Choice heavy hogs sold
off to s4.S5@49o and was hard
work to call out bid
OF more than A65 for light
weights, averages of less than 100 pounds.
The greater part of the stuff sold at 81 o.
"a So for medium aud heavy. aud at 81. 80
"A 65 for lights. Poor and common sold
at Si.25(d4 80, and there were many sales
OF pigs at So 00@4. 80
Sheep were again light in receipts as
gagged by the past few days, and the mar
ket continued to show strengt hening
tendency. However. there were too many
stale sheep in the yards to permit of any
considerable advance, sellers parting with
their stock at about yesterdays quota
lions. or at 81. 10000 for poor to choice
sheep, and ut 81. 5OM3 IS for poor to good
lambs. Fancy lambs would have brought
$500.
Receipts-Cattle, $1,000; calves, sOO
hogs, $1,000; sheep, 15,UOO.
OMAHA, Oct. 4-Cattle-Recepts !, 1000;
the market WAS albright on decent stuff.
Some ], 436 pound native corn fed steers
brought S535. Low grade stock was slow
sale aud steady to weaker. Cow stuff of
all grades was in moderate request at
fully steady figures, the demand being
good from all sources. Stocker aud feeder
Trade not lively. Bulls, g. 00@35 so; feeders,
s.. 50@3 %. Hogs-Receipts. s, 600; market
Slow aud all of 10 to 10 cents lower. No
outside demand. Top S4 90 but fair to
good heavy and medium weight hogs sold
largely at from 81 50t04 10, while the poor
TO very good light and mixed loads sold at
from 81 30@4 %. Pigs and stock hogs sold
ut from So 259425. Sales largely at from
81 45@455 Sheep-Receipts 1000. There
was no material Change in the situation.
certainly no Improvement. Good stuff
was in moderate demand aud quotably
steady, with common stuff hard to sell
at all.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Oct o. -Cattle-Re-
ceipts. 9,4O0; shipments, 300; steady
and active. Texas steers, S2.25G3. 80; Texas
cows, Sl.70G2l0; beef steers. So 400 5 60;
native COWS, sl.OO@3. 90; sJcckers and feet
er-, - l5@3 30; bulls and mixed, 1908 30.
Hogs-Rrceipts. 1880; shipments. 1900
> 10 10c lower. Bulk of sales. 81 Asa %;
heavies and packers. 81 55@4 72JI
mixed, 81 0Od460; lights. 50 750445; york
ers, 81 i0G4.45; pigs. -. 40@43j Sheep
Receipts. 1900; shipments, 400. Market
steady, natives s.. 50g3 %; " est-rn 81 25td
3 %; ~Fockers aud feeders e. 0092. 80; lam Us