The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-12-05

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 3-CattIe-Receipts.
official, 80. Prices unchanged. Good de-
mand this week, but buyers were ,exacting.
Strength confined to the best grades. Fin
ished dressed beef and butcher steers, Texas
and Indian butcher stock and good butcher
cows were especially active and advanced
sc to loo, while common stock was about
steady. Improved demand for stockers and
feeders the last two days, the large accumu-
well absorbed. No fancy dressed beef steers
offered. Far to medium steers, $4.35@6:
lightweight steers, $4G15; stockers and feed
ers, $3G4.5O; butcher cows and heifers, $2.65
@4.85; Western steers, $3Q4.S5; Texas steers,
$29OQ4S5; canning stock, $1.75@2.6O.
Hogs-Recspts official. $500, 81 On at at steady
tain pr prices. ppH eavles, $Ssoa545; mixed. ssS5
Sheep : Receipts, official, $40. Market
steady. This weeks supply was veryNight
and of inferior quality. Common lunches
were slow sales and shade lower. Lambs.
81. 7565. 20; muttons $3.S5Q4.25; feeding lambs,
$S.50Q4.25; feeding sheep. $S.25QS75; stockers.
s.. 25G3.5O.
ter supply of cattle to-day than is usual at
the end Of the week. All offerings were
taken, and the market ruled strong at about
yesterdays range A few fancy cattle solo
for $3.50. The bulk of the cattle were dis
posed of at $4.55@5.25.
There was fairly active demand for hogs.
and prices did not show much change.
Sales were made of common to poor at $500
@3. AN, the bulk of hogs crossing the bars
at PosOG72HosTVs ASS SOA0 PAAASAPHAAJ ~ PS'V@
Trade in sheep and lambs was fairly
active at about yesterdays range of prices.
Offerings were not large. Lambs sold from
$3.50 to $3.50, and sheep from $3.50 to $3.50.
Yearlings brought $4@475
Receipts-Cattle, 500; hogs, $4,000; Sheep
800.
ST. LOUIS, Dec -Cattle-Receipts 900.
including $50 Texans; shipments, 700. Mar
net steady. Fair to fancy matt, native shipping
4?5Q5 90; dressed beef and butchers steers
S375G5; bulk Of sales at $4.2514.1 %; steers
under 1000 pounds, $3q4.50; bulk Of sales at
S2T450; stockers and feeders, s28OM450;
bulk Of sales at $3.S0GD4.25; cows and heifers,
$2d435; bulk of sales at $2S5G3, 40; Texas
and Indian steers, $2.75Q4S5; buk OF sales
at So 9O@4.15; cows and heifers, $2.40d3.
Hogs = Receipts. 300 shipments, 200.
Marset steady Workers. /. $ $SaIs % pack
Sheep = Receipts, none; shipments 600
Market dull and nominal. Native muttons
s. 35G4 Lambs. Ad5.25.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 3.-Flour quiet ana
unchanged; receipts, 1889 brls; exports, g.
953 brls. Wheat steady; spot and month,
7112Qna4c; receipts, 12S,77S bu; exports, 1859
Blu. Southern wheat, by, sample, 6SQl2Ac;
Corn firm; spot and month, 3S1sn39c; mixed
steamer, 3S03S1sc; receipts, 129,0s0 bu; ex-
ports 2293 hu Southern white corn SaSSc'
3812c; receipts, 81 .721 blu. Rye-No West
ern, 5812c; receipts, 81 III bu. Butter, eggs
and cheese steady and unchanged
NEW YORK, Dec. -Beeves-Receipts
zoos. No trading; market steady; cables
steady. Exports, 81 cattle and 1886 quar-
tiers of beef.
Calves-Receipts, III. Very little doingi
market barely steady; veals, common TO
fair, $4.6212Q7; 147 grassers and Westerns un-
sold
Sheep and LAmbs-Receipts, 1926 Sheep
1542 lower; lambs dull; STEADY 70 lOo
higher; sheep, common to prime, $25Oq4S5;
culls, 81; lambs, $505.S0.
Hogs-Receipts, 5,35A Market dull at sS.S5
q3.75.
CINCINNATI. Dec. s.-Hogs active and
steady at 50. 100340.
Cattle steady at $250n4.75.
Sheep steady at $225g4. Lambs steady at
$4Q5.25.