The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-22
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KANSAS CITY. Aug. o-Cattle-Receipts. 40;
prices unchanged Receipts for the week. $1,000.
Great activity characterized the cattle trade on
this market this week. The supply of fat cattle
and desirable killing steers and all classes
Prices advanced from 1Oc to 25c. Stock and feed
ing cattle in good demand; best offerings steady;
common quality lower. Choice heavy steers, S525
G565 medium. s4.5095. 25 light weights. $3.50
SOS; stockers and feeders. 35O@5.l 10: butcher
cows and heifers, $2S5Q5.l0; Texas steers. S. l5@
4.65; Texas and Western butcher cows S2.S5Q4;
canning stock, S2Q2s5.
Hogs-Receipts. ZOO; prices 5@1Oc higher. Re
ceipts for the week. $1,000 In sympathy with
hog products. live hogs sold decidedly lower most
of the week; slight advance to-day leaves net
decline Of 12lsc for the week Heavies $S.7oQSs5
sheep-Receipts. 40. Prices steady. Receipts
for the week, 21,,OO. Supply mostly Western
sheep of good quality. Trading active; all grades
killing and best stock sheep and lambs steady.
Common classes and feed class a shade lower
tons, sS.75q44O; Southwestern muttons. $780,;
stock lambs, s42S@4.65; feeding sheep. sS5Oq4
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20.-Cattle-Receipts. 200;
shipments. 1000. During the week native beef
steers advanced 10G15c, and closed firm ON the
highest basis far this year. Good stockers and
feeders are now about steady with week ago.
but medium and inferior grades are 10M15c lower,
and stock cows and heifers 1Oc higher. Good
butcher cows are strong compared with last week.
Texas steers show gain of l0ql5c for the week,
and COWS trihe loss. Fair to fancy native ship
ping and export steers, $4.G0@5.40 bulk at S5O5@
SS at 81 sn@ under Geo hounds So
@5.15, bulk at $425@4.S0: stockers and feeders,
:275@46o; bulk at sS50@4:4O; COWS and heifers,
steers steers So. i5G4 90 bulk at ss45qss5; cows and
heifers. $2.50G3.25.
Hogs-Receipts. 21O0; shipments, 400. Market
10c higher. Workers.. $3.SOqS90 packers, $3.50
$780, butchers, So. 1904.
Sheep-Recepts. 2o0 shipments, 200. Market
steady. Native muttons, $350q4.25; lambs, $4W
620 stockers, SO 05@3.75; culls and bucks, S1559
275 Texas feeders 1915.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2O.-With a meager supply of
cattle on the market to-day there was little for
buyers to do. Trading was confined to a few odd
and end lots, and the prices were uneven but
on a steady basis. Choice steers, $545Q5.75;
medium, "a. 90Q515 beef steers, $425@4.S5; stock
ers and feeders $3.50@5; bulls, $2.75G425; cows
and hefers, $3600445 calves, $4GD7; Western
rangers s2.25@475; Texas steers. $S.4O@5.SO.
The small of hogs disappointed packers.
and they bought freely in order 10 keep the kill
ing benches running at the packing houses. There
a good shipping demand also, and in a short
offerings at an advance of 5M10c. Fair to choice,
So. 90G405 packers, S3.55@3.S7h; butchers, $3.50
402l9; mixed. $3.60G4.0212; light, $S55Q4; pigs,
81. S5@3S5.
The receipts of sheep too small to make a
market, and prices remained unchanged. Com
mon to prime natives, $3Q4.75; Western rangers,
So. 60Q450: common to choice lambs, $375Q6.25;
fair grades, $5.5065.75.
Receipts~Cattie, 200; hogs, H. 600; sheep 1000.
NEW YORK, Aug. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 249;
feeling firm, with trading. Gables steady.
Exports, 637 cattle and 1927 quarters of beef.
Calves-Receipts. 221; market steady Veals,
Western. $5.75
lambs slow and firm. Sheep, 49, IS; choice weth-
ers IS; lambs, $5Q6.50; culls, a.
Hogs-Receipts, 1,5sS; market nominally steady
at 81. 20Q5.50.
CINCINNATI Aug 2O-Hogs active.
Cattle steady at $350G4.90.
Sheep steady at s2.25@4.25. Lambs easy at 81