The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-16

Good to choice heifers. 3.5oI4.c0
Fair to medium hefers..,.......... s.oou33 3.
Common thin heifers. 2.25n2- .
Good choice OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 3.25tl3 -
t'aic 10 medium cows. 21a43lo
Common old OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1.50W251
yeals, good to choce............... 4.0ofi5sJ
Ne2ls, common to mediun.-....-.- 250u3-59
Bulls, good to choice. ............-.-- 3oolf3 @
Bulls. common to medium. ......... o0sf27s
Mixers, good to choice. 80. 90
Mixers. common to medium. rs. 00di27o 90
Hogs-Receipts, 4.50o: shipments. Zoo.
The quality was good. The market opened
active and higher. packers and shippers
buying, and closed steady, with all sold
Heavy packing and shipping. -. - 4oa! 60
Mixed OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 4.ooM9
Light a2 2 =
Heavy roughs.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 30oGi4.SO
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 700; ship
ments 800 The market was strong on
strictly fat grades; others barely steady
Good TO choice. 49, 09i25
ar 70 mediuin 49,
LAMBS GOOD 70 choice 4 4.ss 500
Lambs, fair to medium. ............. 3.5024-e0
Lambs, common thn.... ...-.. ,. lJ43.2o
Bucks, per head. ............. $500. 20OQ3oO
Elsewhere.
CHICAGO, March 15.-Four thousand hogs
was the estimated supply for to-day.
Prices We're without important change. The
meagerness of the receipts rendered any
Hardly any good shipping stock was offered,
cows, bulls and common to fair steers max
We're f an0h loads that a We're good enough
to bring ss.15, but most of the work was
done 1T prices below So.25.
There were sales of hogs to-day at N.ta
That is 1Gc above the highest price. of the
day before, and that was about what the
advance averaged. The demand was brisk,
both for local and shipping accounts. There
was scarcely any full loads of so poor a
quality as not to bring sales at over s425.
81. 40ui.50 for light, at $4.5OM46o Tor me-
dunn, and at si.5o9i.7o for averages OF over
1nfaf dc Rr-9r ma rod
prices these quotations show an advance
of 25@9oc. The. fact of a, further decrease
in the receipts helped to keep prices point
ing upward. hut the chief cause of the
advance. was the boom in provisions
The sheep and lamb markets were ac-
tive and firm, the former at s2.75@A75 for
very common to extra, and the latter at
$.50@o.60 for poor to fancy lambs a. Ihere
greater part of the lambs sold at $565.40.
Good to extra sheep and lambs are higher
than at the close of last week, 15M20c
higher, while common grades have no more
than held their own. $40
Receipts-Cattle, 1000; calves, 800; hogs,
&c. 000 sheep, 1000
NEW YORK, March 15.-Beeves-Re-
ceipts, 2.940; 30 cars on sale. Market &C,
tive; medium to good offerings strong and
prime. s41Oa5.7o; oxen. s2.6o@44o; bulls. $3.50
as75; dry cows, s.75@4. European cables
pound dressed weight; refrigerator beef at
9097sc. Exports to-day, 272 beeves and 2.1S0
Sheer Of and eeef VI be-
Calves-Receipts, 81. Market quiet but
steady.
sale. Market dull and fiat, bus not lower.
Over $500 head unsold. Sheep, ordinary to
fair, s3.75Q4.6o; lambs, fair to good, $500
Hogs Receipts, s2Os. Market steady In
ferior to choice, $4.6014.90.
ST LOUIS March Observation-Disclosures,
LOO; Shipments 800. The market was ac-
tive and Toe higher ON a light supply. Good
mediums 1o nags :tfa sht 1850 ia Stock x
Texas s steers. ss75a44o; grass steers. $500
Hogs-Receipts, 1900; shipments. 1000
The market was 1oe 81 higher cher j Hsayy $4,000
s sheepNR s sf 5oS Shipments S The
demand largely exceeded the supply and
ess were s sfopser
S4.50u4.65.
LOUISVILLE March 15-CattIe- Receipts
light and nd prices unbalanced: extra ship
ping, &50M475; best butchers, $3.75Q4.25;
feeders, So 25a4; stockers. s2Qs.
Hogs Receipts light; market firm and 10c
All sold Ae early. Choice I packing and butch
ers, $3.50; fair to good packing, A.35Q4. As;
good to extra light, $i.3od440; roughs, $s.75
Sheep and Lambs-ATarket slow; prices
about steady: good to extra shipping sheep.
s. 1913; fair to good, $250G27o; extra lambs,
$85O0375; fair to good, $3a3.50.
ceipts, 1880; shipments, 1,soo; Market
stronger: Texas steers, $3.75M475; Texas
cows assault beef steers, "a. 6oa5.1e; native
cows, $2.S5M4.25: stoclxers and feeders, $2.95
"a. 40; bulls, $2.s0G41 5
Market active and 10015c higher; bulk of
sales. 81 2o@4 As; heavies Sis0a46o; pack
@4.25; Workers, $41Ga4.40; pigs, $3.SOi4.10.
Sheep-Receipts, LOCO; shipments. 100.
Market steady; prices ranged from $S.2 to
CINCINNATI. March 15.-dogs active and
higher at $i0f4.s5; receipts, $500; shipments,