The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-08
H)G MARKET STEADY
Quality Fair and Receipts Lib
eraI For Saturday.
TOPS LAND ON $3.50
No Cattle Markell
No Receipts,

The hog market yesterday was quoted
steady, and held firm until the close. 1t
exhibited rather unexpected strength in
view\of the general weakness at all the
other markets, and the none too good
grade Of offerings received. II opened
steady with about average prices Of Fri
day, and continued active and steady
right through kilograms were received
by the commission firms stating the weak
ness OF the markets at other receiving
points, some even being quoted at 5 to
10c lower. This had no effect at all on
the local market, other than slight halt
ing in the trading, which soon resumed
with the same steady tone as ever It was
brisk, lively market throughout the day.
exhibiting none Of the usual Saturday
dizziness and Indifferent trading All. the
buyers were keen for anything offered
and readily took the lots at hand, some
of which would have found slow selling
on any market less strong. The quality
was uneven and varied there being "a.
percentage Of common, thin hogs running
in with the heavy and fair to good. Heavy
hogs were scarce, and were mixed with
coarse common and light lights. Only fair
could be said for the bulk of the hogs
received, though some few cars were on
the whole an improvement on the day be-
fore, and one at least decidedly the best
Of the week. The latter was a car of
extra fair hogs shipped in by Paugh &
Granville Of Sedgwick, averaging 229 lbs.
and topping the day at $3.50, the highest
top price yet for many weeks This load
was not really fancy and would not be
so considered with a larger run Of re-
fseiDrG ND 100
very good well fed and plump mediums,
the best in some time. Woods was
liberal buyer to I'LL out his Saturday ship
ments, and Dold also was a free pur-
chaser, taking about all the later arrivals
at prices as strong as at any time OF the
day. 1t was an exceptional Saturday in
many ways, the receipts being nearly
double last week Saturday, the trade be-
ing active and eager, and the steady tone
indicating a good healthy strength. All
the hogs received were sold and without
any drag, the last cars unloaded being
taken as soon as penned. Certainly this
market more than held its own with the
other live stock centers, and sustained
prices when hardly looked for. There
was good demand from packing sources
and shippers, and the fair quality of some
loads served to tone up the bulk suffi-
Clenuy 10 offset the moderately neaVy run
and the weakness of other markets. Chi
cago received 5000 hogs. as against % 900
on Friday. and quotation as fairly active,
and closing weak. The market at Kan
Bas City was quoted as closing week af-
ter a steady opening, and 1000 hogs In as
compared with 1900 on Friday. The st.
Louis market was cents lower, with $500
received as compared with 1000 on Friday
and 1000 on Thursday. The provision mar
ket was strong for the last day of the
week, opening generally cents higher
declining several points. and rallying to a
higher close than Fridays close. The
daily comparisons are as follows: tops
for yesterday, $3.50; bulk of sales, $3.50
80; average weight, 226; receipts, 927. For
the day previous: tops $375; bulk of
sales, S3.55qS.70; average weight, 22l; re-
ceipts, 1,O05. For Saturday of the week
before: tops, $3.6712; bulk of sales, $3.50
365; average weight, 225; receipts, 535. For
the same day last year: tops, S3.471s;
bulk Of sales, SS.30d3.45; average weight
231; receipts, 497. Shipments for yesterday
were 6 cars of hogs. The total receipts for
the week were 400; for the week before,
1855: for same week last year, 1859. The
week Just past was handicapped through
the first half by the floods there being
no market at all on Monday.
The average weight for last week was
2l9; for the week before, 219, and for the
same week last year, POI, all running very
closely together. The shipments have
been 81 cars Of hogs for the week.