The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-08-10
SHIPPERS AND NOTES

were sold before the close and the res
| held for today.
Pugh & Granville Of Sedgwick, the ole
| time prime hog shippers. were on the mar
ket yesterday with choice load of heavy
butcher hogs selling without dock, tbs
first to pass over the scales. They were
among the best to enter the yards for the
Gay. and sold at once to the Dold com.
pany at toppy figures. Charlie Granville
was in charge of the consignment and he
has as many friends among the yards
contingent as any shipper coming 70 this
market. He reports still some fat market
able hogs in his section, and the outlook
for stock hogs very good. the crop OF
pigs this season being generally very
promising This firm never have IN any
but the best to be found and the natural
result Is they always receive the best OF
the market price.
J. B. Keu of Clearwater was in with a
car of heavy stockers, which, after rest
and feed, were forwarded TO the east on
contract.
Major Chris Shepherd of Goddard was
in with a car OF medium light hogs which
sold well up within the bulk for the day.
The jor IS one of the successful stock
men of Sedgwick county in both cattle
and hog rearing and his shipments to this
market the past season have been among
the important ones both in grade and
price received.
I. B. Moreledge & Co. Of Ponca City
were shippers of medium light hogs which
sold to Dold for bulk price. This firm
have been among the heaviest shippers
from Oklahoma the past season, some of
the time averaging from three to six cars
a week.
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a car Of hogs andcatt lie shipped from
Burton. The hogs were medium weight,
Of fair grade, and sold readily at the rul-
ing price for the day.
jeff Houston of Ponca City shipped up
a carload of heavy hogs which brought
ruling prices.
Harvey Grace Of the long established
stock and shipping firm of Grace Bros. of
Cheney, sent in a car of medium heavy
hogs of very good grade which sold early
for a price we'll within The bulk sales for
the day.
The Arkansas City Milling company
were on the market with the prize load
of the day, the consignment being a load
of the heaviest butcher hogs received for
the day, and all being prime and fancy
well fed and finished stock, showing up
very well as TO weight, and the quality
being something extra fine. They easily
took the top price of 1910. going to the
Dold Packing company.
D. w. Muck Of Haven was among the
late arriva lswith a carload of light hogs,
the main load selling at once to local
packing interests and a small end to Ben
nett.
VIM. Astelll & Son of Haven were on
the market with a car of mixed hogs, tho
main bunch going to the Dold company
without dockage and for a price well with
in the bulk sales, they being light me-
dunn hogs. Bennett took the cutouts at
a good price.
The well known firm Of Townsend &
Gibbons from Andale were in toward the
close with a car of fair light hogs which
sold for all they could command, and SELL
ing without dockage. They are regular
and successful shippers to this market.
c. H. Lang of Kremlin. o. T., was pres
ent with a car of fair to good medium
heavy butcher hogs selling toward the
close for prices closely approaching the
top.
Brenholt & Hannigan of Deer Creek
were in with a carload of very good light
hogs selling straight and without dock
to the bold company, and at a price close
to the tops. Mr.. Brenholt was in charge
of the shipment and he reports his end
of the sister territory as being in the best
possible condition, all crops being in eX
cellent condition, the corn especially look
ing fine after the late abundant rains.
Hogs, he says, are pretty well thinned
out of his section, and in many instances
the crop of stock hogs Is not any too fiat
tering. He believes, however, that the
next season will see very fair shipments
of hogs to this market.
Henry Griffith of Belle PLANE was late
arrival with car of fair medium hogs. |
The roads doing the hauling yesterday
were: Sanat Fe. Z; Missouri Pacific, 5; |
Rock Island. 2; Kansas Midland, l.
The daily comparisons for yesterday are
as follows: For yesterday-Tops, $40;
bulk of sales, S3.5563.7O; average weight, |
2SO receipts, LAG For the day previous
Tops. $50; bulk of sales. $3.60d3.70; aver
age weight. 213; receipts, 465. For the |
same day last week-Tops, 1855; bulk of
sales. s3.5212q3.65; average weight, POI; re-
ceipts. CAS-. For the same day last year
Tops, s3.55; bulk of sales, So. 20G3. 35; aver
age weight, PA; receipts, 81.
Other markets yesterday were as fol- /
lows: Chicago estimated for the day IL
700 hogs, received So, 900 against q, 900 the 1
day previous, and had left over from Mon
day 1856. The market was 5a10 cents
lower. Estimated receipts for today are
q 600. Kansas City received 10,5o0 hogs
gainst $50 the day previous, and the .
market quotation was 5G10 cents lower
and slow. st. Louis was reported as Is .
.ents lower with 5000 hogs in against
500 the day before. The decline in the
corn pit and lower prices for hogs at the
Yards weakened provisions. Packers a:e
said to have sold large lines of mess pork
Ia I'd rThpra a CnOH
or hog products at current prices. The
market yesterday closed about steady.
The shipments yesterday were only one
ar Of "a head OF stockers forwarded east.
they stopped at these yards for feed and
est.
]. NJ. Knapp of the Massachusetts Life
Insurance company was a business caller
1t the yards yesterday.
The Dold shipments yesterday aggre-
gated four cars of mixed packing house
products shipped TO various points in he
south and east.
The cattle shipments are increasing, a
adorable sign for the approaching sea-
ION.
Chicago last week received l $50 head of
western range cattle. against 1850 a year
go and 1900 TWO years ago.
Receipts at St. Louis since January !
now TIE AOAAONA4As NSNA CeASOS -4CAAA q cal
go: Cattle, 1881; hogs. 1854; sheep,
81. 207.
A year ago Monday hog receipts were:
'hicago. s. 200; Kansas City. 5000; Omaha,
200; St Louis, 400.
The Sioux City Stock Yards company
las Just completed a new cattle division
including 66 pens. which Increases the
ardage capacity OF the yards about $50
ead.
At Buffalo last week the receipts were:
!. $50 cattle. IS, 100 hogs, 1850 sheep aid
50 horses.