The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-13
SHIPPERS AND NOTES

SHIPPERS AND NOTES
Charlie Roberts Of Newkirk was on the
market with car of medium grade light
hogs, which sold on the early market
COyle & Watson of Perry were ship
pers of light hogs. which were sold before
noon.
Pat. Mckinley of Freeport shipped in
car of light lighas. sold before the rush.
j. B. kell of Clearwater sent in car
of fair TO good medium hogs, which sold
well up for the bulk of the day.
J. S. Null of Jefferson, o. T, shipped up
car load of fair medium weight hogs.
sold to Dold for price well up for. the
bulk. .ss.5J
Frank Means of Goddard was on the
market with three cars of good well-fin-
ished hogs of his own feeding, all of which
sold for the top price of 50. 70, DoId taking
them. He says that good desirable fat
hogs are scarce now in his locality, and
he knows of only a few more to be Sc
cured. Harvesting is about done there
and threshing already commenced. Mr..
Means is always a patron of this market
when he has stock for sale
Tom Grace. of the well-known firm of
Grace Bros, of Cheney, was on the mar
ket with a car of good well turned fat
hogs, which sold toward the close for
next to top prices. and without any dock
Sykes Bros, of New Murdoch were in
with a car of plump good butcher hogs.
sold also for prices up toward the top.
Townsend & Gibbons were on the market
with a car of hogs, shipped in from An
dale, in charge of Mr.. Gibbons Their
hogs were good fat heavies and sold to-
ward the close to Dold for the top price
of S3.75. Mr.. Gibbons says that in
spite of fears to the contrary, there will
ha Of ~,
vest through there is about done and
stacking now on. He says in a drive Of
10 miles through that section there seems
TO be wheat everywhere
Steiner & Blair of Lyons were late ar
rivals with a good load of medium heavy
hogs sold for a good price on the close.
Fred. Williams of Mt. Hope, was on the
market again yesterday with a car of
hogs.
J. D. Rippy of Stafford was in with
car of good medium hogs, sold on the
close for next TO top prices
Charlie Stuart was the last arrival last
night with a chr of hogs, shipped in from
Augusta.
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were: Santa Fe, 7; Missouri Pacific, s.
and one each from the Kansas Midland
and Rock Island.
Other markets yesterday were as fol-
lows: At Chicago the estimate had been
for 1900 hogs, the receipts were 230O0,
and the market was active and cents
higher. Kansas City received 1890 hogs,
and the market was quoted at an advance
of about a nickel. ST. Louis received !. 500
/ hogs and the market was steady. Cash
ribs went up 12l5 cents. and lard up 10
cents. Good cash demand for meats and
hiher prices for hos served TO cause the
/ rise.
The daily comparisons on the local mar
ket are as follows: For yesterday: Tops.
I $50; bulk of sales, $3.60dS. Is: average
! weight, 221; receipts. 1,437. For the day
/ previous: Tops, SS67l3; bulk of sales, $3.50
! Q3.65; average weight. 235; receipts 1.0l7
/ For same day last week; Tops, S. 80; bulk
/ of sales. $3.4GQ3.5O; average weight. 209;
receipts. 140. For same day last year:
! Tops 800; bulk of sales, s. 9Od3.o0; aver
/ age weight, 80; receipts, l,257.
The out shipments of hogs bought on
/ this market for eastern order yesterday
were the heaviest in some time. there
/ being u cars.
! The cattle sales yesterday were two
/ transactions. one bunch of heifers aver
/ aging $50 pounds and selling to Dold at
/ $500 per cwt.. and two cows avera ging
/ 20 pounds and selling TO Robbins al $50
/ per cwt.
! Special reports 10 the Cincinnati Price
/ Current show the number Of hogs packed
since March /. to July 20 De. at Wichita,
/ 62.ny0 Same period in 1897. $4,000.
The exhibit Of stocks OF cut meats at the
J four Centers making returns show the
/ number Of pounds in the aggregate 10 be
on July lst this year 324. So oo0, on June
lSt, this year, 5ll 536. coo; on July lst, 1897,
/ So6 S50.O0o.
July lard closed last week just 81 20
/ higher than the close Of the same week
/ last year. The highest point for this pro-
duct during the week was $5.57ie, sowsst
+ s. 22la; closing. $3.50; close a week ago.
/ $5.S7i-; close year ago. $40 Total eX-
/ port clearanCeS Of all hos products for
! last week were. in pounds. = $500; same
/ week last year. 2>.S02 oc1
Last Saturday At Kansas City the re-
/ ceip;s were tde largest for Saturday in
+ TWO months. The market was about %
cents lower than Friday.
Receipts a. Indianapolis since January
+ !. amount to soo,Hoa hogs. an increase over
4 last year ot 1900. Last week Ind.3Dapo-
T lis had 3srf1. an increase Of u 913.
/ The estimate for Chicago hog receipts
/ this week is Il0.0s)
At Omaha since January /. receipts
! show al increase over The same period IN
/ lsS. of 1880 cattle. lS5.o10 hogs and 25S. 90
! sheep.
/ - N-.-edeH -sSt "SeA 4oCdi pa-ArIS
! bought So,5o0 hogs. against $500 q year
! ago.
/ Receipts for St Louis for 1925 Up 70 last
/ Saturday night show decrease OF 1900
I cattle, 1i.0oo hogs and 900 sheep
/ During the first half Of lSeS Chicago re-
| ceived 500 head OF Texas cattle. a short
! age from a year ago Of Il. c90 and from TWO
/ years ago OF l02 DO.
| Chicago last week had 100 soutbaro cat
| tie, against ESQ year sgo.