The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-19
RECEIPTS WERE L.942
Quality Only Fair, Market Ten
Lower.
TOPS REST ON S4.3O
Cattle Steady and Few Good
BunCheS Sold.

Inc ulAThcI yesterday rOleQ ten lower
natural and expected reaction from the
past several days abnormal upward ten
eencies, and as analogous with the other
markets geenrally. The early market
vas unsettled as TO q basis of quotation,
but showed weakness and slight lower
tendency. Early dispatches received at
khe yards from Chicago and Kansas City
reported dragging, 15Q2oc lower" This
determined the settling Of the Wichita
market, and the bulk of the business done
for the day was on the basis Of ten cents
lower. The bulk of the early wagon trade
sales and q few car lots sold fairly well
up, the first two cars to be weighed up
going at S415 and $40, very close to the
lower range Of Tuesdays bulk prices. A
very large number Of sales were made
around s412h and s4.15, the weights Of
these, transactions running from 202 to 23S
pounds The sales and prices generally
ran remarkably even and steady, all the
car lots and a large part Of all the day.
offerings selling above $500 and closely
together. There was jump from s3.75 TO
1886, nothing being sold between these
figures. There was another break from
$40 TO S3.75, and the bulk Of the trading
was done within narrow limits. AS an in
dication OF the regular and firm range
there were three punches of cut out pigs
Of fair grade which were assorted from
car lots received on the early market
There were respectively Is, 20 and % in the
lots, and weighed ia, 1S2 and 154, and sold
for s3.371a, $3.35 and 1918. Light weights
which have largely prevailed the past
three or four days, were again prominent
factors in the receipts, the grand average
FOR the days total offerings being 217
against Up for Tuesday and 2W for Mon
day. The tops were established three
times with long time and many sales be-
tween each. The first was S420 a load Of
fai rheavy hogs from Oklahoma which
sold TO Dold. This was long before noon.
Nearly half the afternoon was reached
before this was raised to s4.221k. and Just
as the close 1870 was reached for as fine a
single lot of hogs as has reached this
market in a long time. They were every
one selected barrows averaging 265, fifty
five Of them and well fed. plump, heavies.
W. f. Treadwen Of Anthony was the
shipper and they were disposed Of as soon
as unloaded at the top prices for the dav.
The quality on the whole was only fair.
the poorer and common stuff outnumber-
Ing the fair to good. There were some
car loads Of good hogs, the three top
loads being by far the best and out of
range with the bulk. II can be said that
there were fewer good and Desirable hogs
than the day previous, the continued light
weights received and rough packers low
ering the general tone of the quality. The
top load Of fine barrows was strictly
prime, the best for q long time. The
other two that came next on the high
market were fair to good but not fancy.
The receipts, as was expected, fell off
some, though hardly as much as was es-
timated. There were 1872 as compared
with 2,1S2 on Tuesday, the high day for
the year. At Kansas City the market
opened 10 to 20 cents lower. with q. 900 re-
ceived- The close was full 10 cents low
er St Louis reported 1OG15 cents lower
with $500 received, about the same as the
day previous. At Chicago no receints
piled up to $1,000 about 20, 900 more than
on Tuesday. 1t was early quoted at 15G2O
cents lower and dragging. Later it aver
aged fairly 10G15 cents off, with trade
more active at the decline. The provision
market proved a puzzle. The expectation
was for a very weak market, but it ruled
quiet and steady with early declines and
later advances. There was some early
selling, but the offerings were well talk
en-. Buyers were principally packers. The
Wichita market was active and brisk
throughout the day, after some slowness
manifested at the opening with less of
a break in the market than any of the
western receiving points. The daily com
PARSONS are as follows: For yesterday;
tops 1870; bulk of sales $4l215I42O; aver
age weight 217; receipts, 1872 For Tues
day: tops, $40; bulk of sales $4,000 35;
average weight, 212; receipts, 2,132 For
Wednesday Of last week: tops s.. S7l5; bulk
Of sales. So. 76613 S21a; average weight. 223:
receipts, 1881 For the same day last
year: tops sS-2712; bulk of sales. SS.lO6S 25:
average weight, 215; receipts. 40
Shipments yesterday, Is cars of hogs.
making for the week so far, 81, and for the
month, 207.