Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-05-14
OF INTEREST TO STOCKMEM
LOCAL MARKET NOT AFFECTED BY
REPORTED SHORTAGE.
Receipts Yesterday Were the Largest
for Thursday Since anuary
Hogs Receipts Largest for
Thursday in Years.

The reported shortage Of stock in the
country seems to be having but little inau-
ence upon the market supply here. n
cattle receipts yesterday were the largest
Tor Thursday since January, and the run
OF hogs the largest for Thursday for many
years, and most of them good hogs. A
majority OF them were furnished by Kan
sas, Missouri and Nebraska; the run from
the South being light.
Inc liberal receipts of good cattle We'd
nesday and a better foreign market caused
exporters to take hold more freely than for
some time. no less than eighty-one cars Of
good TO choice cattle being taken and sent
East Tor the city and export trade there.
fltty-two cars went to New York, twenty
Tour 10 Boston. four TO WATERFOWL and
one to Brooklyn.
missouri divided the honors with Kansas
in the fancy steer business yesterday. ID.
l.. Mayes. of Mayesburg, No, coming in
with nineteen grade steers of his own feed
ing that were very smooth and beefv They
averaged l,3S4 pounds, and were SOLD by
Mcdonald, Crowley & Farmer, at 500. thu
top OF the market.
The blacks crowded the white faces"yes-
terday pretty close. F. a. Floersch. 81.
George. kas.. had here eighteen POlled An
very smooth and well heshed. They showed
skillful handling. They averaged T4l5
pounds, and were sold b HopkfDs7 KieIv q
Co, at s4.s5. next 10 the top price of ne
day; Eastman got them for the export
There were several lots of very handsome
cattle IN yesterday. j. f. Conroy. OF Potta-
Watomte county. Kas., was here with tUen-
~ grade Hereford steers. that were very
pretty. They averaged 1857 pounds. and
were sold by the Charles Dixon Live Stock
commission Company. at $500. the best
price OF the day. Eastman took them for
the export trade. These cattle were bought
mere 100 days ago, averaging 1,O59 pounds.
at A.30. making a gain of sG7 pounds in
weight and an advance Of n z,-~- -
cwt.
Frank Buyers. yardman for William Ep-
person & Co, Is still confined to his house
Captain W. S. Tough. who is lust hack
from a trip through Alabama and Georgia.
says ne saw sign of better times all along
his route. There seemed to be n general
brushing and cleaning up of properties.
ev1dencing a more confident feeling as TO
the future.
Visitors mt the Yards With stock.
I. NJ. Jones, Noel, Mo-, was in yester-
day with hogs.
W. $. Roberts & Son, Coloney. Kas.. had
in hogs yesterday.
L. f. Nish. Wheaton. Kas.. was in yes
teIday with cattle.
W. E. Shelton, Mayesville. No.. was in
yesterday with hogs
+. Butcher. C~hautauqua, Kas., was here
yesterday with hogs.
j. II. Taggart. Walton. Kas., came in
yesterday with hogs.
T J. Eddy. Havensville. Kas., was here
yesterday with hogs.
Peter Burney. Brown county, was here
with cattle yesterday
Frank Minter, Randolph, Mo-, was here
yesterday with cattle.
Johnson & Jenkins. Blairstown. No, had
in cattle and hogs yesterday.
A. Unstott. Burnell. Kas, was at the
yards yesterday with hogs.
Ed Tyler, Waverly. Kas., was on the
yards yesterday with cattle.
H.. c.. Cooley. Alton. Kas.. was at the
yards yesterday after feeders.
]. C. Wissert, Nickerson. Kas., came in
yesterday with cattle and hogs.
G. S. Conklin. Council Grove. Kas.. was
on the yards yesterday with hogs.
F.. ID. Wilcott. Hutchinson. Kas.. was at
the yards yesterday with cattle and hogs.
John Stevens and F. q. Aldrich. Roga,
KGs., were at the yards yesterday with
hogs.
Lewis Seiburt. L. Jones. James Courtner,
LebO. Kas.. were in yesterday with cattle
and hogs.
Alec McRae, Dickinson county. Kas.. was
in yesterday with thirty Western steers
that averaged 1,20 pounds and brought
$40.
Albert Floersch. st. George. Kas., was
on the market yesterday with 100 steers
that averaged 1853 pounds and sold at
$455.
Joe Gibson. Onago. Kas.. got here yester-
day twenty-nine 2-year-old Polled Angus
steers out of which he expects to make
premium beeveS for neXt falls market.
s. p. Kern. Blackwell. o. T, was here
yesterday with hogs. He says cattle are
short in his section. but more hogs than
last year. Grass fine and cattle doing well.
Wheat promises a big yield