The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-17
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts none; shipments
me- Nothing doing for want of stock The


CHICAGO Jan. 1.-THE light supply of cattle
received to-day resulted in strong market. Buy
competed against each other fer the choicer
consignments, and prices for such showed an
upward tendency, while the common and medium
grades sold at steady prices. Fancy cattle
brought S5SOQ6 choice steers, $5.406l5.75; medium
steers A.75q5; beef steers, $3S06470 bulls 81 50
Q4.20; cows and heffers, $1,000 Western fed
steers $4,000; Texas steers $S.e0q490 calves, 81
Q7.1O
sales We're on an average Of 212c higher. After
the buyers had taken the best of the offerings they
became Indifferent. and refused to buy except at
concessions, and the early Improvement was
largely lost Fair to choice, So. so: packing
So 5214Q3.75; lights $S.45d3.75; pigs s.. 1908 go
The most desirable hocks of sheep sold at
lower, owing to excessive offerings. Poor to
prime sheep s204 Is: heavy export sheep SO 500
S:99; yearlngs' $S;gDq4.5o; lambs, $3l3n515, with
lambs.
Reeeipts--Cattle, 1850; hogs. 10000; sheep.
10000
NEW YORK. jan -Beeves-Receipts, g. 759:
market steady. Medium to choice s4.9Oa56O good
to choice oxen and stays, 81. 10q5.10: bulls. So 2 %
choice cows, A.1004.15. Gables frmer live cattle
at London. 11%Gl21zc; at Liverpool. 11AQl2c:
dressed weight; live sheep. 11M11#c dressed
weight; refrigerator beef. 94c rer H. Exports to-
day none tomorrow 600 cattle and 4410 quar-.
ters of beef. Calves-Receipts, 6l3; market steady
and active. Veals $56IS. Is; barn-yard calves,
S550q375; yearlings, sSq3.20; no Southern or
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, $3.50; market open
ed slow; sheep steady; lambs steady to a shade
-
s2.75d460; choice. $47O lambs ordinary to
choice, S5G5.55; l car fall clipped, &.S7h culls.
$4E0 Canada lambs
Hogs-Receipts, IA. 554; market 15020c lower. Or
binary to prime, s3.7014.95; common and rough.
$780, choice and extra state pigs, S.15.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 16.-Cattle-Receipts. 3 100, In
Guiding 2,c00 Texans: market strong Fair to
fancy native shipping and export steers S450@
5.S5, bulk at s5Nf5.35: dressed beef and butcher
steers. S3G5.50 bulk at S4G5.25; steers under coo
lbs. 1894 10. bulk at S. 604; stockers and feeders
So l5614 So, bulk at $3.25G4 %; cows and heifers
s24450 bulk OF heifers So. 75d4.2 90 bulk Of cows
s2GG3: Texas and Indian steers, S304 20. bulk
at 30: cows and heifers, 81 25a3.75.
Hogs-Receipts. 1900; market stronger. Pigs and
lights sS.45q3 co, packers, sS.40@3.60: butchers,
So ecl375.
sheep-Receipts. SEQ: market slow. Native NUT
tons. s4Q415 lambs, s4G525.
KANSAS CITY. Jan. 6.-Cattle-Receipts, 3N0
natives, 2.1l0 Texans. All grades saughtering
cattle in active demand at strong to lee higher
prices. No choice native steers offered. Medium
native steers. s4F0G520 light weights, 81. z56f5;
stockers and feeders. s2.20I4.60: butchers cows
and heifers 81 s0G4 -; bulls. 81 s0Q3.65; Gamers.
s2a2 Is: Western steers, $1,000 10; Texans $3.50
m4.T5.
Hogs-Recepts. 1850; market very active: the
light supply quickly absorbed az strong 70 Zoe
higher prices. Heavies, 35,C043I0. mixed, S3451
$40; lights. 3.30GS50 pigs So 15N3,s5,
Sheef-Receipts. S.400. Weli-matured muttons
Toe higher other grades active at firm prices.