The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-09
Chas. L. Haas
Commission Company,
LIva STOCK COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SOUTH ST. PAUL.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.

CATTLE-The receipts OF cattle this
week have been very light and much
short of the demand. During the first
three days of the week there was only
a sprinkling of fat cattle on the market.
Today Thursday dozen loads were In,
running from good to choice, and good
prices were realized for everything. Good
dry-fed fat steers and cows and h if;rs
are selling fully steady with last weeks
prices, while the cattle showing grass are
lower, in some instances as much as 10
to Is cents. This is especially true. as to
cows and heifers.
The run of stock cattle has been very
light and many buyers have been unable
to fill orders. The best quality stockers
and feeders are selling steady,
while the common kinds and the grassy
stuff is slow sale at lower prices.
The best quality steer and heifer
calves are in good demand and
selling at good strong prices, but there
is tendency to pay less for the COM
mon ones and we are of the opinion
that they will go quite a little lower
next week. Stock cows and heifers are
in good demand at steady prices.
Stock bulls are selling at prices about
the same as last week and butcher bulls
are in good demand at good prices. Milk
ers and springers are in good demand
also at steady prices.
We would respectfully call the atten-
ton of shippers to the fact that the
time of year has come when grass cattle
can be found almost anywhere. This
class of stuff is not in the best demand
and will not be, and 1t would be well to
be very conservative in buying, as moth
ing like top prices can be obtained.
Our quotations are as follows: Best
beef steers, $4.65 to S.; common to fair.
$4.25 to $3.50; strictly prime fat heifers,
n n "a haifQrS
1878 to 81; medium, So to $3.50; Gamers,
$1.75 to $3.50; young feeding cows, $3.50 to
$3.25; best feeders $500 to 1000 pounds), "a
to $40; best yearlings and twos, 81 to
40; common TO fair, So to $3.85; best
stock calves $4.65 to IS; common to fair
kinds, 81 to $3.50; Jerseys and Holsteins,
$2.75 to 1925; fat bulls, 1925 to 1878; bo-
logna bulls, $3.50 to So; stock bulls, $3.50
to $40; mixers and springers, $25 to
$45.
HOGS-The receipts for the first four
days of the week amount to 6,100. AS
general thing the quality has been fairly
good, although there are some grass hogs
coming in and they hurt the sale of the
good ones. Buyers in the country should
be very careful and avoid the grassy hogs
and pigs
During the past two weeks we have
heard considerable complaint from ship
pers in connection with the heavy shrink
on their hogs and we believe that 1t Is
due to the fact that when they receive
them the hogs are full of grass or soft
feed, and under such circumstances, by
the time they arrive here, there is bound
to be heavy shrinkage. This can only
be avoided with care in the first buy
ing.
Our market has been very good all
week, very close up to Chicago and fully
cents higher than any other Western
market. Today Thursday the hogs in
here sold at $3.571h to $3.65 for good mixed
butchers with a few punches of choice,
light, sorted hogs to local butchers at
s3.76 Rough sows are selling at 1885; pigs
weighing less than 1870 pounds, 1925;
stays and boars, $3.50 to g.
SHEEP-The receipts have been light
and the market has not been very salts
factory, The opening prices on Monday
were lower and the stuff offered was
practically unstable unless of the very
best quality. During the last two days
there has been little Improvement, with
prices holding fairly steady at the decline,
but sales have been slow. Top sheep
have been selling at $780, with fair stuff
at S. Choice lambs have sold at $500
and $40, with the common ones quite
a little lower. Spring lambs are very
slow and the very best ones sold today
at $3.50, with fairly good lambs as low
as $4.75. We are of the opinion that the
ture.
Very truly,
CHAS. L, HAAS COM co.