The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-24
WEEKS CATTLE BUSINESS
SOME LARGE SALES WE'RE MADE AT
KANSAS CITY.
Prices Showed an Upward Tendency.
A Good Sheep Market Prevailed
All the Week.
Especial to The Post. ]

Kansas City Stock Yards. February 23.
The past weeks cattle trading has been
accomplished with prices tending upwards
and loo to zoe OF the previous weeks de-
cline was recovered Tho weeks supply
amounted TO about $4,000, or 1000 less than
the receipts of the week next preceding.
large percentage of Mondays $500 cattle
In the native yards was on the stocker
and feeder order and packers turned their
attention to the Southern yards, where
there were 2ioo cattle which sold quickly
but not at prices apprcclably higher than
at the close of the week before, There
was n wide range In quality and prices,
extending from $40 for some common
steers from Louisiana weighing around
ZOO pounds TO $50 for load OF choice
1900. pound steers which were marketed
for Lcight Brot hers Of Pilot Point, Texas,
who shipped the cattle from Fort Worth,
where they were on exhibition during the
convention.
Other sales Of Southern cattle on Mon.
day ranged largely from 36aGi,3a Tues.
da's Southern arrivals footed M. slS head
and the market was considered 1ruor, but
the general quality was Inferior TO Mon
days offerings md prices ranged from
|. r.. to 3aS for 1887 and 1ld2.pound
steers, from ID. Waggoncr 4 Son. Bowie,
Texas Wednesdays supply Of cattle from
The South was unusually heavy, consist,
ing of 144I head. which ranged from 7sS
TO 1910 pounds in weight and 3.i5Hi.oo
In price There were 1880 cattle received
In the southern yards GU Thursday, max
Ing 1913 cattle for the four days, against
o2SI for the Hrst four days OF the week
preceding and ao9S for the e"rrssponnd'n ns
( Thursday from $40, for some very ordi-
nary S30pound steers from ,Durant, l. T.,
to AS for the J. W. Shields cattle from
! M. nf IN alaa UFpr n
/ 3.s0@4l5 and one load brought A2S, Bulls
are coming freely and sell at 3,oOm323.
! In the native yards, tho best grades
Of dressed beef and export cattle con,
/ tlnue In demand ut prices ranging from
sell largely at 100000 and lighter weights
steers bring 4.75@4.9o medium weights,
! 1850 to 1900 pounds, bring 425m4.65 ana
lighter weights downWards TO $50
Among Stockcr and feeder cattle the
most desirable cattle are the heavy feed
ers which win finish to the best advantage
in reasonable time, BY this Is not meant
been experimental with and are Just OF
frame and quality Such steers weighing
s 80 '0 10 " 70 f f ecdSs
quotable at 425@465. Light to medium
feeders are worth 4.onGA.50 with occa:
4.s6, aud calf weights, running from $50
to $50 pounds sell at 425qi.s5 Common
! cattle extending through all of the above
! weights bring 3.25Gl4.OD.
! Native cows are quotabe at 3O0m4 %
! for fair to choice grades and Gamer quail
! ties at 2250i2.90. Native hefcrs bring
! 3.256f4. so; Western cows 2.5oQt375 and
| Sout = I'm lots 265M3,50.
| good sheep market prevailed all week
| but the moderate supplies do not seen
1 to stimulate competition sharp enough y
| push prices mucA above 300 per ion
| weight for the best fed lambs with coca
! slonal small lots selling up to 5.ln and
! 5.15, Not enough wetbers are coming tf
test the market hut 3.f5M440 about coy
ers the quotations, Fat ewes sell quickly
pourss. at T. 25m475. 4 choice lot OF
clipped 1l7.pound sheep and yearlIngs sold
| on Wednesday AT $50 and some 1n7-ponnd
/ clipped ewes at 400, but they were strict
| ~ fancy Some Of the sales OF Western
sheep were: Thompson Morley; Las
Aniinas, Colo, 523 lambs, Is pounds, at
500 D. j. Daze, Las Anmas, $50 lambs
90 pounds, at 800 Mecrs s. Co, Lamar
4 Colo. 200 lambs, 6s pounds, az 800; A, 6;
/ Norwood, Las Anlmas. 80 lambs. 81
! pounds. at 4.95. and Rogers \ Payne. Pom
I ca City o. T.. 62s Mexican lambs, 70
pounds, at 500, and 1872 Mexican yearllngs
! 10 pounds, nj 475.
Hogs remain at the high mark OF the
| year, the bulk selling az 5.i5atJ4Q. In
! GLIDING heavy, medium and light weights
/ while pigs sell at 4.50Qi5.05.
Receipts OF cattle during the past week
were $4,000: hogs 5000. and sheep 1900
/ against 32.7OO cattle, $500 hogs and 49,
900 sheep for the corresponding week last
year.