The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-02
HIGH PRICES FOR CATTLE
LAST WEEKS RECORD THE BEST IN
TEN YEARS.
Lambs Also Reached the Highest Point
OF the Year-Sone Experiments
In Feeding.
Especial to INC rost.J

Kansas City Stock Yards June mot
since 1891 have May cattle prices reached
the height attained during the past week,
and only once in the past seventeen years
has 5.S5, at which several lunches OF
cattle sold on last Wednesday, been ex.
cceded in the month Of May. Most OF the
column were at or above $500 per hundred
weight and for anything rating good TO
choice" $40 and upwards was paid. West
ern fed steers sold at 1850 80, bunch
Of 10 steers averaging 1858 pounds hay'
ing brought the latter figure
Among The arrivals on Wednesday was
a consignment Of yearline steers ana
hefers from the State agricultural college
AT Maphattan, Kansas, which had bccn
tho different selected kinds Of feed care
fully noted. Alfalfa hay AMI corn, AlaltA
hay end kahr corn, prairie hay tWO-tmids
corn and pne-third soy he ms. and prairie
hay, two.thlrds Kafir corn and one-third
sou beans were the ratious given the TOUR
hdifiarent lots and the anal deductions were
that prairie hay, two thirds corn and one
third soy beans Is the most preHtallc feed
combination for fattening cattle. seventy
four of the helfers weighed 1855 pounds
each and topped the hcfer market for the
week at 5.35. The yeailing steers AVE- I'VE
aged s3S pounds and o4V per hundred
weight for the college.
rrom statistical standpoint, II was
necessary to go back TO the second week
I'm March to find cuttle receipts in me
Southern division to equal those OF the
past week and It would be necessary 10
20 back many years to hnd when snhlh-
ern cattle brought prices this late In the
season that would approach those now pre-
vailng. Mondays receipts 10 the south,
ern wards amounted TO 22OO cattle and 3JO
calves and the highest price Of the year
/ was realized by b. A. Jarboe OF Le1apah,
! / r.. when he received J.35 and 80 for
/ his cattle. Tuesdays supply was $50
I cattle; on Wednesday $40 head came III
land on Thursday $40 cattle and 2m calves
arrived. After Monday, 90 was tue nlgn.
| Z 10 10 cents In strength ana was pro
/ nounced the highest market ~ the year.
\ Hog receipts continue liberal aud l3UW
I 10 81 600 heavier per week than AZ the
/ same lime last year, yet prices range 6l
| ~ TX cents higher thar at that time an !
/ ocnl packers ship IN tralnloads each hhy
| from other markets, 50 great ls the demand
for pork stock at this point. The bulk Of
! The heavy and medium hogs sell NJ On
/ 10 nj. light hogs bring $40 Ia $50 anc
Mig weights 40 10 o.35.
Clipped Colorado lambs 500 on Inesdal
et 10. the highest point Of The year, ant
/ cinned Texans followed suit by selling VI
4 ~ / 10 Wooded Colorados brought Dos
and strictly choice offerings would have
beeten Thai price. clipped Texans sheet
seid a, 4i5 on Tuesday and shipment
~ Texas feeding sheep were disposed 81
~ 2 ~ on Thursday. The market ON bot
sheen and lambs eased OF after Tuesday
aa,d 10 choice lots declining 3 ~ 10 cent
s snS roor, light mixed sheep 10 10 ~ cents
a decline IL thought 10 be Temporary a
NJ demand is good and prices were onl
lowered by surrounding conditions ~.
'Soad IN choice lambs are worth SOY
a.. fatr N choice lambs 4.65fiju0; weth
ers 0ga4 so. yearllngs i.4ol4.I5, fat eve
! 5n54IS; Texas grass shetp 3ood4, ~
Texas lambs 4.4od4.65, ana Texas feedei
1 a
'peceipts OF live stock FOR the past WEE
me 81 5O0 cattle. 81 900 hogs and 24.nt
sheep, as eomPared With 49,; ~ hat' nrsc IVY
80 nsat and &c, 500 cattle, 7OND hog
IVA 5sO0o sheep for the corresponding
week last year.