The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-05-16
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EAST BUFFALO, May 5.-[Special. l-Ransom.
reSort: + '01 Lao care. ineiuSinr 20
Canada stockers. Market active and q shade to
l0c higher for handy steers. and fat butchers
steady; plain half-fat and medium quality easy;
best heavy steers. S.. 30; medium TO good.
t;S5asls; Light to good butchers = sSt a.,
fat heifers. A.5oG4.7 10; hight to good. s3.s594. 40:
hest fat cows. s4.15a4. 40: poor to good. e.
heavy export, Sd4.3O; stockers and feeders strong
for good ones. common and coarse. ill-bred dub
and lower; best stock calves. So. l0g5. 80; stock
steers. fair to choice light. $685.; feeders.
choice. A.50q4S5; common, $4G4.40; mich cows in
good supply and lower; veals active: tops. $50
Hogs-Receipts, 100 cars. Market opened a shade
TO a nickel lower. Demand fair to decline. but
sold; Workers.. AG405; mixed packers grades.
A.O5Q4Nh; mediums and heavy, 10;
pigs. Aa4.05. closing at 81; roughs, sS.Sq3.45;
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, So cars on sale.
Market opened with fair demand for good lambs,
while for a number OF green and half-warmed-up
lambs the market was very dull, there being
several loads of these kinds on sale. Fair to good
handy mixed sheep were full easy. but heavy
export kind strong. especially native wethers.
Thin culls and skippy lambs hard to sell at all.
Top lambs generally sold at Sc. 40G6. 90: fair to
good. s.. 5OQ6.9O cul!s and common, g. 75@5. 40;
common culls, s3.Sd3.s5; fair to good grassy and
h sa a { IL green cSa1. lambs az IDS Sgs; TX mixed nstb. sheep sIa tops.
lings, s.. 15Q5.35; heavy native wethers. A.15ds.25;
Westerns. $4.90d5. 10; spring lambs scarce; tops.
s7G11; culls TO fair, SQ6.50. Closed steady, with
good clearance.
CHICAGO, May 15.-There was a lively demand
for cattle to-day and prices ruled strong to 1oc
steers. s515G5.35 mediums. s4.s5d4JS; beef steers.
S.1Sd4-60; stockers and feeders. Ad5.15; bulls.
fed steers, A.4OQ52; Texas steers. SS.scg5;
calves, A.J0d7.
There was a good local and shipping demand
for hogs. but the supply exceeded most expecta-
tons and prices were of 2h@5c; fair to choice,
So 2ka gik: heavy packers. ss.55@5sO: mixed.
g 65as.S7lA; butchers. So. N@ss2't; lights. $500
There was an active demand for sheep and
lambs, prices ruling fully sc higher: Colorado
wooded lambs, Sc shorn lambs, -.
clipped sheep, s425@5.3O: yearlings at the top;
spring lambs. Sd9.5O per 100 lbs.
Receipts-Cattle. 1900; hogs, 5000; sheep.
II, O0.
KANSAS CITY, May observation-disclosures. LOO
natives and LOO Texans. Liberal supply OF
slaughtering cattle: opening trade was a trife
mostly at steady to higher prices: no heavy native
steers offered; medium steers brought A75dss5;
light weights. 81. 2564.s5: stockers and feeders,
s.. %; butcher COWS and heifers, SO. 25d4. 50;
Gamers. %; Western steers. s4.O5d4.sO;
Texans. S3.7594.55
Hogs-Receipts SEQ. Good demand for pack
ing grades at steady prices; choice butcher
weights steady; few punches Of common light
hogs 215c lower; heavy, a mixed, 5000
S1I2; light. so: pigs S409S.5o.
Sheep-Receipts, $3.50. Animated demand for
25c higher; spring lambs, s797.5O; wool lambs. sea
6.25: clipped lambs, SIS. 60G5. 90: clipped muttons.
81. 70G5. 10; stockers and feeders. 50. 50q5; culls, 81
1850.
NEW YORK, May 15.-Beeves-Receipts. 2,213.
Market active and steady; steers. &.65G5. IS; oxen
and stays. 81. 5OaS. rs: bulls. So. 25G3. S71k: cows,
$2.25d4. Gables quote live cattle a. ud12c, dressed
weight; live sheep. 13hG1ihc; lambs, 15c, dressed
weight: refrigerator beef. SIC. Exports to-mor-
row. 600 cattle. 1.079 sheep and Ass quarters OF
beef. Calves-Receipts. 5,607. Market active and
prices higher; common to prime veals, Sat. 20;
tops, %07.2: culls. 8.
Hogs-Receipts. IL, 500. Market slow and lower
at 81 10G4.30.
Sheep and L-ambs-Receipts, 10, 75S. Sheep
steady and lower; lambs less active and lower;
clipped sheep. Has so: extra, $50; choice unshorn
lambs. S7.3i5; common to prime clipped lambs.
S.J0G6 go; Southern spring lambs. So '5OG5 each:
State and Western. s3.25d475; cuIls, s175; spring
lambs, per 100 lbs, $5.70
ST. LOUIS, May 5.-Cattle-Receipts 400. in
Guiding 1,400 Texans. Market strong: fair TO
choice native shipping and export steers. $500
5.25, fancy grades worth $50; dressed beef and
butcher steers. $4.i5Q5. %; steers under LOCO lbs.
&Q4.C0: stockers and feeders. s.. 1915. so. the top
for yearlings; cows and heifers. 81. 25G4 IS; bulls,
s.. IJQ45 Gamers. s2U2 So; Texas and Indian
steers. S.+oQ4. IS; cows and heifers, SSa425.
100. market easy 10 SC lower:
pigs and lights. 50. 7eq3S5; packers. So. 75d3. 80;
butchers, S.s5d3.9 50.
Sheep-Receipts. 400. Market steady: native
muttons. s475g5.10; spring lambs, Sds.O.
CINCINNATI, May Ca strong at ss65.
Hogs active at s.. t0G3.50.
Sheep steady at Sg5: lambs steady at "a. 7OG6.