The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-11
GOOD DAY FOR HOGS
Market Steady, Liberal Re-
ceipts, Extra Quality.
TOPS RISE TO $685.
Cattle Steady With Greatly In
creased Receipts.


the Wichita market. Twenty-one cars of
stock came in, Of which IS were hogs and
3 of cattle. The wagon trade, too, was
heavy and for the farmers busy season,
especially so. Again the market sustain
ed very creditable strength, the weak ten
dency at some eastern points, the liberal
receipts, and all other affecting circum-
stances failed to break it from opening
to close, the close In fact being strong.
1t wasa banner day for good hogs, the
offerings being by considerable the best
in several weeks. Rough and coarse hogs,
cut-outs and lights were far in the mi
nority, hardly any single load but ran
good in the bulk. Some few lots were not
in the best marketing condition, being
muddy and hard handled, which lowered
their selling value and affected their price.
More good hogs were in evidence than
mean and rough. and more than for many
days. Not only were the offerings bet
ter in finished, plump stock, but were
heavier than what has been coming in Of
late. More heavy hogs of well-rounded
feeding were IN, and the top load for the
day hit the 816 mark considerably above
tho average weight for a long time. This
top load was q bunch Of So fine choice
hogs with & forty-pound dock, consigned
by L. n. McCrocklin of Mulvane and
bought miles west OF Derby of one mar
ana from one mans feeding. They took
not only the high price for the day but
the top notch for this year, $3.s5. Dolj
bought them Three other car loads
brought $3S3h which were only a shade
lower il quality and considerably below
In weight. They were good fair mediums,
however, and any day last week would
have been considered heavy. comparative
~. Another significant thing, as will be
noted in the representative sale list, IS
the steady and even run Of the prices
for the day. AS shown by the list every
hog sold for so cents or above, save three
sales of cut-outs andstags. This prevailed
through the bulk of tho offerings as we'll
as the listed sales, and indicates, If any
thing. the good prices paid for good hogs,
and the strong tone Of the daily market.
Thele were some mixed lots containing
Inferior stock, but they all brought all
they were worth and sold well considering
the better selection In quantity and quail
ity afforded the buyers. It was a lively
active market, and most of the trains
being on time the business was promptly
dispatched and everything in the yards
was solo early, and all the pens were
empty before dark. an unusual thing for
some time. Dold, Woods, White and My
ers were hog buyers, the first two taking
the bulk of the receipts. Sixteen cars
were shipped out on eastern orders, all
bought the past two days on the market
Yesterday seems to have been something
OF a red letter day in the swine family
all over, as far as unprecedented receipts
IS concerned. Kansas City made the rec
ord-breaker of q. 000 just &c, 900 more than
the day before, and for the first time on
record exceeding Chicago. The market
az the former point was quoted as steady
TO cents lower, showing weakness at
the close. Chicago received 21,O00, with
5000 left over. and the market 215 cents
higher st. Louis reported market a shade
better, with $500 received, 1000 more than
OnMonday. Provisions on the whole show
ed strength, the market opening dull and
a shade lower on Indifferent trading but
closing up withMonday's close for July
ribs and cash pork, and a shade under
for lard. Following are the daily COM
Parsons: For yesterday: tops, $3.S5; bulk
of sales $50 to $3.S21a: average weight,
235; receipts, 1,64S. For the day before:
tops, $3.50; bulk of sales, $500 to 1915; av-
erage weight, 225; receipts, 1927. For last
Tuesday: tops, IS. sly; bulk Of sales IS. 500
SO; average weight, PIG; receipts, 10
For the same day year ago: tops, So 4215;
bulk of sales S9.25 to $40; average weight,
ga; receipts, GA. The market a year ago
yesterday was 5Q1212c lower, with poor
quality and cut-outs in abundance The
tops yesterday were cents better than
Monday, 177z cents better than last week,
and 42jgc higher than a year ago. The
bulk Of sales ranged from 10 to so cents
higher; while the receipts exceeded the
day previously III; the same day last
week by $685. and the same day last year
by 1.034. The receipts for the two days
this week are S,175; for the same days last
year. 1,142; as there was no Monday mar
ket last week, those days are not COM
parable.