The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-07-15
iOG MARKET STRONG
Moderate Receipts and Only
Fair Quality.
TOPS REMAIN AT 1878
One Car of Horses But No
Cattle.

In spite Of marked weakness and lower
prices at most Of the other principal re-
ceiving points. the local market for hogs
yesterday more than held its own, and for
the moderate receipts was strong for the
bulk of sales and steady for al others.
There were no hogs carried over from the
day before, and the market opened yes
terday morning with only q small line of
local stun in sight, and this was not
very heavily augmented for some time
after In fact, the wagon trade, while
). sair as TO volume, was not more than that.
a showed up only moderate for the en-
IRE day. The car stuff commenced com
Z ing In early and most of this branch was
received and sold and weighed up by an
early close. The demand was again good
as has been the case all this week, and
part of last, and the supply was far in
adequate to near go around. The local
call was especially strong, the Dold oom-
pany taking large line Of slaughterlns
hogs, and could have used more. Other
buyers took smaller lots and the trade
was at ali times active and brisk, the light
run being readily absorbed and the tone
strong. The quality was only fair. There
were no choice or extra stock in, and
a. the same time there was not so large
eper cent Of mean and common hogs as
has prevailed some of the time the past
ten days The average weight for the
past four days has run about even, 220,
and 22l being the figures. yesterdays be-
ing again ri. 1t can hardly be said that
the grade of hogs received yesterday was
up to that Of Wednesday. unless posi-
bly, the two top loads. which were 212c
above the top for car hogs the day pre-
vious, the wagon tops being the same for
both days. The bulk was S3.eOd3.7O. the
range being 213 cents more than that of
Wednesday. The Innate strength Of the
market was shown in the fairly stiff prices
which were paid for only ordinary hogs,
and for hogs not nearly so good az those
OF the day before, which did not bring
any more and in most instances not 50
much. The prices ran steady and very
even for great part Of the day, S. rs
and so being the prevailing figures for
large bulk of the wagon trade and for the
best Of the car hogs. The entire range
Of the days sales was So. 25Q3.15, but from
S3.52Ia 10 $50 took in all the car sales
and practically all the local trade, two
lone sales OF s.. b and $40 being all below
the lowest car sales recorded. Consider
ing the quality Of the hogs offered, the
prices ruling yesterday were in evry in
stanc strong and serve to indicate the
real tone OF this market one day with
another. The daily comparisons are as
follows: For yesterday: Tops, S3.75; bulk
of sales, g. 6OG3. 20; average weight, 221; re-
ceipts, 77S. For the day previous: Tops.
S3.75; bulk Of sales. S3.G0G367l2; average
weight, go; receipts, 1.126. For the same
day last week: Tops, s.. IS; bulk of sales,
3.60d3 7215; average weight, 23S; receipts,
1890. Off the same day last year: Tops,
$500; bulk of sales, s.. $4,000; average
weight. 217; receipts, AIS. Shipments out
last night, cars on eastern order.
REPRESENTATIVE SALES.