The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-06
Hl|G MARKET STEADY
Quality Just Fair, and Receipts
Moderate.
TOPS AGAIN AT 1915
No Cattle Market--No Re-
Ceipts in This Division.

The hog market yesterday ruled steady
with the receipts fairly good and the
quality just fair. 1t was an active mar
ket throughout the day, the local demand
being good both by home consumers and
She export buyers. The wagon trade open-
ed early and continued unexpectedIv
heavy all the first half Of the dav. The
car receipts were not large and most of
them were late in arriving, and some
De" more were reported which did not
reach the yards in time for the days trad
ing. The trading was brisk for all offer
nss on sale, and most were disposed Of
at prices averaging about as Wednes-
Gay. Prices held firm for the better
grades, and the market closed as strong
as any part of the day, the car lots re-
ceiving the best prices The best prices
We're paid for plump medium weights
nights and mixed selling generally under
ths day previous. Dold and Woods we're
the principal buyers on the ground and
~hey LOOK all that was offered, and at
prices ruling as strong as the dav he
lore everything at the yards was sold
early and the days business was cIosed
ana owe rat an early hour. Nothing was
left IN the pens to be held over the last
arrivals being sold at once to Woods for
shipment on previous orders. The oualitv
on the whole was fair, the few fairly good
noss running in with mixed mediums and
u8hts. There were no strictly frst-class
4-osS received, although the tops were the
SdIhe as on wednesday,, the grade being
about the same. The two loads receivina
the $40 tops averaged 200 and 23S pounds.
and were fair to good for the day 1t was
an active, live market. the SUNNY baine,
hardly up to the demand, and all offerings
readily sold and at prices, CONSIDERING
the ordinary quality, fully I'D to any dav
TINS week. Prices ran fairly even and
the range OF the bulk was S. 60a3. 72Jb.
ABOUT Iz72 cents average higher than for
" edhesday- Other markets did not rim
"Lhe III quotations, a variance in tone
and strength being reported Chicago re-
celved $4,000 hogs, as against &c, COO and
mad $500 left over, the market being quot
cd as firm to shade higher Kansas Civ |
received 1900 hogs, with market steady |
Of Louis had 5000. with the market Sc |
lower. The provision market wabbled a |
niue opening lower, rallied slightly on /
covering, and sagged off again to the
opeuIhS Hgures' averaging about points |
FeIo" the close OF Wednesday on the
close. The daily comparisons are as fol-
lows: For yesterday: tops. e Il. buIl op
sales SS60G3. TN; average weight, ZIG: re-
celpts' 9o7. For Wednesday: tops. s3.75:
buik OF sales, SS.5Gg360; average weight
"; receipts. So For the same day last
week: tops, $40; bulk of sales. sS.5573. 65.
average weight, 215; receipts, $50. For the
.dIne Gay last year: tops, s. An; bulk of
Gales, S-3Og3.4o; average weight, PA; re-
,elpts, l60S. The tops were the same as
the day before, cents above last Thurs
Jay and 2115 cents above last year. The
'eceipts were above last Thursday and day .
previous ana below a year ago. The
-Verage weight is about the same for all
four dates. The receipts so far This waeL
ire 247'. Shipments. including cars YES
erday, are % cars