The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-09
HOGS ARE STRONG AND STEADY.

CHICAGO, Oct. S-About "a 900 cattle ar.
rived today as against 1888 last Monday.
81. So year ago and %, l6i two years ago.
OF today's arrivals about 1880 were ma
tives. II, 500 westerns and 1900 Texans.
The market opened quiet and uncertain.
1t soon developed fair activity, however,
and the reported sales showed the business
TO have been done at last weeks closing
quotations. Fat Eative cattle were not Du-
merous. and being In god demand Were
steady to inn. Good westerners aud Tex
ans also sold about as well as before, what
ever of weakness the market may have
shown being confined to the lower grades.
400 20 !. 600 pound steers were quoted at
1896 20 There were not manv sA les above
1919. From 1875 to S525 bought a large
part of the natives anu $500 to $50 Were
popular prices for Westerns. Texas cattle
were firm. The trade in stock cattle was
light and prices were weak. Something
like thousand head were left over from
last week. aud feed bills were found
mounting up and there was some anxiety
! among holders TO unload. The calf
market remained firm.
The hog market was strong and steady.
it averaged ) cents higher than yester-
day and there was many sales that looked
10 cents higher. There was liberal buying
for eastern account and packers We're also
inclined to invest freely. Trading was
active ut the higher prices. The top was
s540. There were not msuy trades al
better than 50 20 the offerings OF prime
heavy hogs Icing small. Packers paid
81 80 to s. 10 for most of the stuff bought
ana S5@t5 81 was the range at which most
of the shipping lots were weighed. The
quality was not as good as last weeks
average.
Sheep-Today's receipts of 5000 head
did not lessen the demand or lower prices.
the market remaining about steady. with
lambs selling 10 to Is cents better and
choice western sheep little higher. There
is considerable poor aud ordinary stock
here that does not sell with facility.
Good demand for export sheep is felt.
The values quoted rs follows: a. cents to
So 80 for poor TO choice sheep and $L75@
30 for lambs. Rscaipfs-Csttle, "a U0O;
calves, Zoo; hogs, "a 600; sheep, 5000.
OMAHA, Oct. S-Cattle-Receipts 4 100;
general tone of the trade firm and fair to
choice offerings of beef steers sold readily
at good strong prices. Both local and
ea>tern houses were after supplies. Mark
ct was better all around. Medium aud
canning grades were III many Cases shade
better. Calves were lu light supply and
firm, and bulls. stays and rough stock
generally sold about as they did last week.
StOcker and feeder trade notably brisk. the
quotably higher. Cows S2.O0G2. so; feed
ers 81 1093. 90. Hogs-Receipls l. 200; bet
ter reports from the east and he Ugh. sup
ply enabled sellers 10 realize To IL cents
advance on the class of 81 UT offered. Sales
inc. uded poor mixed TO very fair butcher
weights at from a. 4o@5.05, but the bulk
OF the fair to good stuff sold around 81 9O0
3 90. as against "a - 10 500 Saturday.
Sueep-Rece p:s, IL, 800; the bulk of the ar
rivals Were billed direct TO Swift & Co,
not offered for sale There was moder
ate demand for good killers and the gen.
eral market was quotably steady.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. Oct Seattle
Receipt, 5000: shipment 2oO0 Market
dull. Texas steers, s2-55G3 10; T-x-s
cows, 81. 15G@2 y; Def steers. So. 1905. 10;
native cows, SL5uG2. 81; stockers and
feeders, 50 5OdS 80; bulls and mixed. 81 %
@3.25. Hoys-Rrceipts. 1900: shipments.
500 Market steady. Bulk sales, 81 909
10; hesvies. s. OOd5. 10; packers, 81 .91G
3 10: mixed. 81 500 10; lights, "a SOFA O.;
workers.. 81 9JGd5G5 pigs. s. Iud4 Is.
Sneep-ReceIpts, 5000. Market So cents