The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-21
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KANSAS CITY, Aug 20-Catte-Receipts no.
prices unchanged. Receipts for the week, 81 O0O
Great activity characterized the cattle trade on
this market this week. The supply of fat cattle
and desirable range killing steers and all classes
of slaughtering stock was inadequate to demands
Prices advanced from 1Oc to 25c. Stock and feed
ing cattle in good demand; best offerings steady
Gs.65; medium s450@5.25; light weights. $4.45@
$685. stockers and feeders, sS.50G510 butcher
cows and heifers $2.S5G510 Texas steers. $3.50
ASS; Texas and Western butcher cows, $2.S5@4
canning stock s2@l2.S5.
Hogs-Recepts. 200; prices 5@1Oc higher. Re-
ceipts for the week. $4,000. In sympathy with
hog products, live hogs sold decidedly lower most
of the week slight advance to-day leaves net
decline of 121sc for the week. Heavies, S3.70Q3S5
mixed $S.55@S75; lights, $S50a3.S0.
sheep-Recepts. 475. Prices steady. Receipts
for the week, 900. Supply mostly Western
sheep of good quality. Trading active; all grades
killing and best stock sheep and lambs steady
Common classes and feed class shade lower.
Lambs S5.60Q6; muttons. s4.40@5; Western NUT
TONS $3.75@440; Southwestern muttons, S75@4
stock lambs 81 2514. IS; feeding sheep, sS5OQ4.
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 20.-Catte-Receipts 2O0
shipments. LOCO. During the week native beef
steers advanced 10@15c. and closed firm on the
highest basis SO far this year. Good stockers and
feeders about steady with week ago.
but medium and inferior grades are 10@l5c lower.
and stock and heifers are 10c higher. Good
butcher cows are strong compared with last week
Texas steers show a gain of 10@l5c for the week.
and COWS tribe loss Fai so 70 fancy native sn9
535 dressed beef and butcher steers. $.3515. 3d.
bulk at s. O steers so under LOCO POUNDS fssdsrs 0
s2.75Q460, bulk at sS.50@4.40; cows and heifers
S2Q4.50 bulk at $2.750375; Texas and Indian
steers. ss,l5@42o bulk at sS.45@S.s5; cows and
Hogs-Recepts, 21OO; shipments, 400. Market
1oc higher. Workers, sS.SO@3so; packers, $3.50
$780, butchers. So. 90G4
sheep-Reeepts. 200: shipments. 200. Market
steady. Native muttons. $s.5o@4.25; lambs. s4@
$780, stockers. So 05@3.75; culs and bucks, $1.55@
275 Texas feeders, $3.75
CHICAGO, Aug 2O.-with meager supply of
cattle the market to-day there little for
buyers to do Trading was confined to a few odd
and end lots, and the prices were uneven but
medium. 81 so0515: beef steers. $4.25@4.S5; stock
ers and feeders, s3.50@5; bulls. 2.7594.25; cows
and hefers. $S60a4.45; calves, 4Q7; Western
rangers 81. 25G475 Texas steers $3.40Q5.3O.
The small. run Of hogs disappointed packers
and they bought freely in order to keep the kill
ing benches running at the packing houses. There
good shipping demand also, and in a short
time the yards had been cleared Of all kinds of
offerings at an advance of 5@10c. Fair to choice.
So. 9004O5 packers, s3.55G3S71s: butchers, $3.50
4O21; mixed. So. 6OG4. 0212; light, 1864; pigs
S. S5@3S5.
The receipts of sheep we're too small to make a
market. and prices remained unchanged. Com
to prime natives $3@4.75; Western rangers,
So. 6064 50 common to choice lambs, s.. 75G6 % ;
fair grades, $5.50@5.75
Receipts-Cattle 200; hogs, 11,000; sheep. 1000
NEW YORK, Aug Observation-Disclosures, 249
feeling Arm, with trading Cables steady
Exports. 6S7 cattle and LAZY quarters of beef
Calves-Receipts 221 market steady. Veals,
Western, S.. rs.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 1857. Sheep firm
lambs slow and firm. Sheep, 1918; choice weth-
ers So: lambs, s5@6.50; culls. s4.75.
Hogs-Receipts, 1858; market nominally steady
at s4.20@55O.
CINCINNATI, Aug. 20.-Hogs active.
Cattle steady at S3.50G4.90
Sheep steady at $2.25Q4.25. Lambs easy at 81
600.