The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-10
FITCH & COMPANY
Live Stock Commission Merchants,
SOUTH ST. PAUL.
Weekly Market Letter.
South St. Paul. Mimi, Aug. 9, Il

South st. Paul, Mimi, Aug. 8, 1899.
CATTLE-The receipts of cattle have
been quite a little more liberal than last
week and prices have ruled fully firm on
all kinds of good cattle. Outside buyers
have been on the market all week and,
as a result, stock cattle of all weights
have been in good demand and In many
cases have brought prices trifie strong
er than last week. There has been a
particular scarcity of feeders, not near
enough in to supply the wants of the
market
There has been little or no change in
the fat cattle market. Not many West
erns have arrived yet, but a few loads
are coming in each day. The steers are
selling from $4.25 to $780, and the choice
butcher cows at $3.50 to 81, with an occa-
sional bunch of very prime cows up as
| high as $3.50 Western feeders are SELL
ing at $375 to $4.25. The general run of
good native butcher cows are selling at
$3.25 to $3.50, While the choice ones go
as high as "a and occasionally a little
stronger for the very best. The COM
mon cows sell at $3.50 to 49, Gamers,
81 to 1925. The demand for the native
cow stuff is going to grow less as the
receipts of Westerns increase. Good to
choice native butcher steers have been
scarce, but will find ready market
at IS to $5.25. Fair to good ones bring
$3.50 to IS. Butcher bulls are selling
at - to $3.50, according to quality. Best
veal calves sell around $3.50 and the COM
mon and heavy kinds at $3.50 to S.
We quote: Stock and feeding bulls,
$275 to So; steer calves, 81 to $3.50; heifer
calves, $3.25 to $780, yearling steers, So. rs
to $25; two-year-Old steers, $3.50 to 81:
two-year-old heifers, So to So 40; feeders
(SOO to 1000 pounds, $685. to 81 for the
pulk with the choice ones selling at $425
| TO $40; mixers and springers, $35 to $45
Tor the good to choice ones and $2S to SS5
! 1or the common to fair ones
We look for a good market during tbA
coming week, with firm prices and nor
much, if any, change from the above quo
! tations.
HOGS-Our hog receipts have been ex-
tremely light this week, not near enough
TO supply the demands of the trade. and
as a result, prices have been on the boom
order. The week opened with the best
! mixed hogs selling at $3.50 and 81 FL on
Tuesday there was an advapca 81 ~
cents, and today "wednesday prices
were shade lower. The bulk of the
mixed hogs today sold at $37O, with a
range of So. So to So 70 for the best. Choice
hght butcher hogs sold at 81. S21b and
$3.50; packers, $4.15 to $425, and stays and
boars at $3.50 to $275.
mere was a good example on the mar.
! 'ONo1J VI the range In price on tha
oest mixed hogs and the grassy and rouob
ones While the granted hogs sold at
g. TO no. the rough loads brought but
$50 and $3.50. Shippers should be verv
tsIeIul l.,i IN buying these rough hogs, as
! Ihey VIII not bring good prices.
SHEEP-There has been a good de-
manu- Ior sheep and lambs all week and
the receipts have been fairly heavy, Fat
Sheep are selling quite a little lower thar
| last week and we do not lool, for 80.
Improvement in the market, as the West.
erhs are coming in in large numbers
G Io0or lat lambs are selling fully Is cents
| ioWer than week ago, although the
demand is good at the decline c.
STOCK STOCK sheep and lambs are in very good
demand and are selling at about stea6I,
Very truly yours,
mares tftch-Cattle salesman
Den FItch-Cattle and sheep salesman
Fercy Vittum-Hog salesman.