The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-08-24
LIVE STOCK RED n OF.

CHICAGO, Aug. 23-The cattle market
was red hot, sellers having experienced
no be ter one this ye ar. and 1t Is said there
never has been a SD arper advance. Long
before a. n. sales bad been effected at
IS. 80. and about all the good cattle had
i-.en bought ont when trade usually opens
There was an advance as compared with
yesterdays prices of 10G13 cents, making
4 clean gain since Saturday OF -St91' GEMS
per hundred. C8oIcs grades saowsd tie
most improvement. Ripe cattle agaln
composed only d snail part OF the supply,
ASS natives and rangers making Tue ouiA.
Consequently when there We're safes at the
above mentioned prices. the greater part
of the T. 90 10 ID 010 head offered. went
over the scales ut less than 81 %. Natives
were quoted az <l2545 %: westerns at
s.. 50G.4 % aad Texas al 81 21(8S %
There was good demand Tor al! buyer
and the yards were nearly cleared Inere
was small appreciation IN tue value OF
good hogs. The demand was not less &C
live than before, and with Glminlshed
supplies the advantage easily remained
with sellers. Sales were on BASIS OF
50 SOFAS 80 for good 70 best iiEht, aud 50 -
$3.50. choice heavy with most Of
/ me business at 50 JO,G2- ~ for
the former, and s5.5O@oeJ Tor
the latter, Good stuff readily commanded
cents advance, while poor ana commoa
were not more than steady buyers ap-
pear to be more than usually ~evere In
tbair discrimination against common lots
and there is at present an unusually wide
range Of values. Grass hogs are not sal
able within 50;G15 cents per hundred
weight of the prices paid for the corn Istted
animals In fact many buyers VIII not
rouch them at any prices. The good hogs
yv,.re All cIoseI out in quick order. Many
were poor and remained unsoId at the
close.
Sales of sheep created steady market.
There was a firm and moderate demand at
/ 81 1908 % for poor to choice. Inc iamo
[ marleJ was over-stocked and DUH az lower
prices, quotations ranging from SLSO TO
l. 90 FOR poor Un prime. Sheep soid princl-
Da!ly at S2.00G2 50, and from $50 10 . 30
/ bought "A large part of the lambs
! Receipts-CatJle, L., 900; calves. 'UO; hogs,
| %, OJO; sheep, 5000.
/ KANSAS CITY, Aug. % -Cattle-Receipts,
| 6 $40: shipments 4. 500; market strong 10 %
/ cents higher: Texas steers. 81 1908 10;
/ Texas COWS, 81. 5OG3.25; beef steers. s3.25@
J ) 90; native cows. Sl.25GB3. 30; stockers and
! feeders, 81 1908 %; bulls, SL40G2.55
| Hogs-ReceIpts, 10. 900; shipments, 2,70O;
! market opened firm, closed weak; bulk OF
! sales. IS IG@5 30; hesvies. - 50td5.65; pack
! ers. s., 50a5. 65; mixed. "a S5Gl545; lights,
/ S3.60IS5. p; workers, s5.2OG92o; pigs, - DO
| @+.95
Sheep-Receipts, 500: shipments none;
| market steady t. strong; good to
choice natives. So 1898 y; good TO choice
westerns. $2.25@3.0O; common and stock
+ ers. 81 O012 30; good TO choice lambs, S3.OC
/ "A -.
OMAHA. Neb., Aug, 23.-Cat.le-Re-
ceiut~ 800. The market opened active
this morning, 5Gl0 cents higher on any
I thing that was suitable for the packers.
| buncb ,,f fair steers
brought $3.50. Cows aud heifers were in
active demand ut the advance
Hogs-Receiprs-1,O 900. Market opened
active with "A good demand, both local and
shipping, and the offerings were picked W
very readily The good hogs sold little
stronger and as high a. 81. 20 was paid fol
two choice lots.
Sheep. receipts 200. The market did not
show any material change III the quota