The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-02
HOGS FIVE Higher
Quality Below tuesday and
Receipts Fair.
TOPS REMAIN AT S4,O5
Only a Few CattIe--Trading
In Hogs Active.

The hog market yesterday was a strong
five cents higher, with just fairly EJECT
ant receipts. and quality generally infe-
rior and poor to degree The demand
was at ali times good, all the usual buy
ers being represented, and eager for the
stuff on sale. Dold was the principal
buyer. taking all the early car lots and
most Of the wagon hogs. and Woods buy
ing freely toward the last for filings for
eastern shipment. Robbins and Myers
were on the market for some wagon hogs
and lights and pigs. From the start the
trading was brisk and spirited and showed
considerable gathered strength from the
day before; and In spite Of the very ordi-
nary and common hogs offered for sale,
the tone was well sustained all through,
the close registering firm and active. The
best sales for the day were made along
late in the day the next to the last load
to weigh up taking the top price for the
day. Good and even fair to good hogs
had no difficulty in selling, even the com
mon and mixed lots selling for all they
could command on any day. Mixed lots
abounded among the days recefts, and
some cars were first sorted out the best
grades selling at good prices at once, and
the lights and coarse roughs selling sepa-
rately at fair prices, their intrinsic value
considered. The Quslity was several points
below that of Tuesday, when the average
weight scared up to 251 for the entire
days offerings, and were withal generally
prime, well finished and In every way de-
sirable hogs. Yesterday there was load
Of lights left over, and several received
through the day and running with these
We're coarse, runty and mean stock. All
-g "A = r. ,o1
and sold well up, and without drag or
dullness. The tops for the day were the
same as on the day previous, and the
same number Of loads received II, the diff
ference being slightly in fovor of yester-
day in weight, the two taking the tops
yesterday being respectively 13 and 10
pounds heavier than the two the day be-
fore The unusual coincidence exists in
the bulk and that is for the past five
days irrespective of top prices or lower
lower records, through all these days the
bulk has remained very pronounced the
same, from s9S5 to S4o0; this being at
least an indication that good, desirable
hogs are always good property on this
market, and though variance may come
in as TO poor and commonplace stuff, the
better grades will always command the
price which they are really worth on any
market and at any time. All the best of
the offerings yesterday went early and
without any trouble, the packing demand
at home being live and strong for all de-
sirable stuff. and the shipping call being
as favorable as the present conditions
of the other markets could expect. Some
of the last arrivals hung off a little. more
because Of their ordinary quality, than
want Of demand. Not all the other west
ern points experienced a like favorable
market. Kansas City opened a 5 cents
higher but the advance was soon lost and
the close was to 10 cents lower, with
5000 received. At Chicago the estimate
had been for 5000 hogs, the receipts were
about 900, and with fairly active demand
the market showed a five higher. The
market at st. Louis was cents higher
with the same receits as the day before.
g 500 Provisions were off all along the line,
averaging about 10 cents in lard and ribs.
The daily comparisons on the local mar
kets are as follows: For yesterday:
Tops. $4O5; bulk of sales, $3.50 to $4e0;
average weight, 22S; receipts, 1901 For
the day previous: Tops, &.05; bulk Of
sales. $S.S5d400; average weight, 251; re-
caiDts. / 2S4 For the same day last week:
Tops. S41T16; bulk of sales, $3.95G4l5;
average weight, 235; receipts, Psi For
tho same day last year: Tops, $50; bulk
Of sales, S3OO6p4.lO average weight. 221;
receipts, IA. There were six cars shipped
out last evening, bought on the open
market for eastern orders.