The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-01
LIVE STOCK MARKET

oooh Seoch 1druS, south ST. Paul-There
were al carloads of live stock received at
the Union stock yards. South St. Paul last
week. as against 154 the week previous. being
decrease of 10 cars. The receipts were.
Cattle. 1923: caves. 730: hogs 2477; sheen.
zoeS. The receipts during the previous week
were: Cattle. 1.6o0; calves, 3S1: hogs. 2S1.
sheep. 4.6l9. These figures showia gain of
caotie, $50; calves, 349. and decrease in
hogs of 1904 and sheep 2,O61.
There were received during the month of
July 52l carloads Of stock, as against 753 IN
ane month OF June. showing a decrease of
z'z cars. The receipts of cattle durug july
were $50 of calves 2,S34, of sheep 1854, and
OF fcss 1856. During June there were re
ceived of cattle 1855. calves 1881 sheen II
s12. and of hogs 25.476 Thesesfigures show a
oscrease during July Of cattle LBS. calves
5oi sheep 2,468 and hogs II 500
During tie past week Swift & Co. killed of
cattle 62s. calves 35. sheep GIL, and hogs
z6o2. During the previous week the killings
were: Cattle 1872 caves 80. sheen 6os b,es
S,b2o These figures show an Increase in tba
number OF killings last week Of, cattle "a,
caves 3, sheep 6S. and decrease In the
number of hogs killed Of $685.
The week has been an excee6ir Civ d,,, m,
at the yards. Hot weather has prevailed Dur
ing most of tie time; shippers are engaged
IN their harvesting work, and live sock offer
lngs are neglected. There were .some very
good car'oad lots of butcher cattle receive
from Iowa, and prices were satisfactory to all
concerned Also some Manitoba steers which
Drought the top notch of $4.S5 per leo lbs.
Mucn OF the same material is desired and can
De utilized by the packing plants which are
necessarily obliged to abridge the work or
eiieit helpers, owing to the absence of stock
loT killing The hog supply has been quite
g hp
was not by any means of very high quality.
some few good let's were offered and a faw
were sold at the top price of 81 rer Inn 1,s
Inc extreme high temperature with which
Inns part or the country has. been visited
duing me past week caused great discomfort
10 the fogs in process of shipment and ra
celPts are not expected to increase very lii
orally Until early in Sspt nber l,rea no.
centage were brood sows. of which manv have
been marketed this season
There have been some OFFERINGS ~ 1,o,,
cattle as stockers. but as HERETOFORE. thu
Quality was net of that order which invite,
the purchase by feeders, and some of the
SUCK was difhcult to dispose of and much
soid at low prices. There is disp, 81 ion on
the part OF feeders to hold off little until
crops are ASSURED and the food supply bet,r
determined
The sheep market has had a tendency Tn
Si'aue OIL IN price, the demand being quite
imted Several carload lots of sheen were
received from the Northwest on their way
TO the Chicago market. This class of stock
Is generally beginning to move forward
inc decline in the price of sheep is rather
unexpected. 1t is SAID that the Western
ranges are oversupplied with lambs ard that
the proportion of lambs likely to be market
ed curing the next few mon hs will be much
greater than usual, and this will have a.
tendency to shrink the value Of sheep gen.
orally
No consignments of range cattle have yet
come to hand as was anticipated a week ago.
The movement will. however, soon begin
The general market for all kinds of stock
only awaits more liberal offerings to render
it active.
The outlook for live stock continues en-
ccuraging. 1t is reported that the European
markets are considerably higher than at tits
tine last year, and export demand Is quite
liberal. In Chicago the receipts during the
past week show gain of about OC0 cattle
and 1000 hogs over the same period of 1857.
but decrease of about 1880 sheep There
was perceptible decrease also in the re-
ceipts last week from those of the week be-
fore, the figures showing about $500 cattle,
LOCO hogs and 1880 sheep representing the
decrease.
AS indicating the increase in the number
of hogs slaughtered this year as against
last, the following summary prepared by the
Cincinnati Price Current, showing the pack
ings between March 1 and July 27 in each
year, is submitted