The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-02-21

| W. 114IlSTs druggists
market whit hogs and cattle The hogs
| were mediums and sold without dock at
| the popular bulk price.
| Joe Knoblauck of Colwich was in per-
son on the market with a car of medium
| heavy hogs of fair grade and selling at
once at the top of the bulk.
| F. B. Staley of Rose Hill was in with
| a car Of medium hogs, good enough 10
! take the bulk top figure.
| W. 8. Thomas Of Ponca City was a ship
per Of heavy hogs, which sold without
! lock at the top Of the bulk.
| L. NJ. McCrocklin of Derby had on sale
| the heaviest hogs Of the day, and they
sold readily THE top of the bulk.
| T. w. Hannigan of Deer Creek, Okla
| homa, was in whit car load Of light
/ hogs, which sold well within the bulk.
| Popplewell & Short, of Rome, were SELL
I ers of light hogs on the close, the price
| being strong in the bulk range.
Steiner & Blair of Lyons were shippers
/ of medium weight hogs. the best assort-
ment of which sold at the top of the
bulk. the Bennett order taking the lights.
! S. D. Sautbin, Of kremln, Oklahoma,
was on this market for thief first time yes
terday. His hogs were light IN weight,
/ but sold strong within the bulk Thos.
T. McCreedy was in person in charge of
the consignment, and expressed himself
as well pleased whit all conditions at the
| yards as he found them. The load sold
well up in the bulk range. Mr.. McCreedy
states that at this time there are not
many fat hogs in his section, but that
hte prospects for stock hogs are good and
many will seek a market soon. Hereto
fore this firm have been shipping east,
but WIFI henceforth cOnsign here.
c. @. Handy of Norwich, Whitmer Bros.
Of Conway Springs. and VIM. Garland Of
Kiowa, We're shippers of hogs through the
day whose cOnsignments will pass over
the scales early today.
w. II. Donnell of Haven was in with a
car Of cattle. stockers, the load averag-
ing 1O36, and selling to Robinson at the
top cattle price of the day.
Joe Scott of Peck was on the market
with car Of cattle. The Dold company
bought all that were sold out of the car.
The roads which hauled in the stock
Sunday and yesterday, and which was
handled and disposed of on yesterdays
open market, were as follows: Santa Fe,
8; Missouri Pacific, 3; Rock Island, 4, and
Frisco, 3
The statement of yesterdays business
on the open market is as follows: Tops,
s.. 40; bulk Of sales. s.. 25d3. IS; average
weight, 224; receipts. 1866. The bulk range
showed a compass Of 10 cents, and this
included all the fourteen cars AMI a
sprinkling of wagon offerings. The re-
ceipts We're above those of any day in a
long time and the demand for fat, we'll
finished killing hogs was good, although
the supply of this latter grade was la
mentally wanting Nevertheless. the Of
fered hogs were accepted by the buyers
and nothing suffered, as the three loads
left unsold will cross the scales early to-
day.
]. z. Burch of Perry, a new shipper at
this point, was Saturday dealer on this
market. his car of mixed hogs selling at
a good price
The business at the bold packing house
yesterday was good. There was good
line of packing house produce sent out
in the straight contract division, as we'll
as a heavy line of express and jobbing
stuff
There were several newshi ppers on the
market yesterday, besides a good array
of the old-time, reliable, regular shippers.
Though the market was unfavorable, 1t
was in entire sympathy with all other
markets, and all expressed themselves
as satisfied with the conditions as they
found them.
Other markets yesterday reported as
follows: Chicago had estimated $1,000 hogs
for yesterday, and received 5000 and this
increase had no little effect on the lower
markets, affecting provisions first and ex-
tending its influence to other live stock
centers. the Wichita market very natu-
rally acting in sympathy, as did all the
other western markets. The final bulletin
sent out from Chicago was as follows;
The large run of hogs resulted in another
collapse in prices. Sales showed a drop
of fully 5 cents" The first dispatches
reported the market as weak, TO 1Oc
lower There were left over from Satur-
dav 2TGe hogs. and the estimate for today
is q. 600. The total hog receipts on Satur
day. official, were IS, $50, with shipments
aggregating 1854. Kansas City received
$50, and the first report from that point
was TO 10c lower and slow. The last
Associated Press reports did not alter
the quotation at all, but assigned the
weakness and lower tendency to the break
in provisions ST. Louis had in 5000 hogs,
with the same market quotation as else
where
Heavy foundations through commission
houses resulting from the large receipts
of hogs and declining prices at the yards
depressed provisions. May pork opened
10 cents lower and after wahbling up ana
down, closed lower. Ribs closed - cents
off and lard Ice off.
Receipts at the ST. Louis National Stock
yards during the week ending February
IS We're 1850 cattle and 1884 hogs.
against 1911 cattle and 36,O59 higs re-
ceived during the previous week. These
figures show a decrease Of 1927 cattle, an
increase of 6.635 hogs. AS compared with
the corresponding week a year ago, cattle
show an increase of 200 head, and hogs in
creased 800 head.
Price Current: The marketing of hogs
the past week discloses a further IN
crease in numbers. Western packing ag-
gregated 41500o. compared with 400 coo the
preceding week. and SIS, GO two weeks ago.
For corresponding time last year the num-
her was 475.o00 From November !. the
total is SS70p0o. against $4,000 . year
ago. The quality is almost uniformly
good. Prices at the close average slight
" lower. compared with a week 90. The
movement has enlarged in the last part
of the week now ended. showing an in
creaSing tendency. There has been no
special activity in the provision market
during the week. and values have been
easy. closing moderately lower than q
week ago. but there are indications OF
some revival II trade. and q. better tone
appears 20 prevail. The weeks export
clearances OF product were % fair vol
un2e.
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