The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-12
Good feeding steers. 600 to LOO

Good to choice COWS and calves. .S5.OOa50.O0
Common to medium cows and
calves ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. -1OcOQSJ-Uu
Hogs-Receipts 5000 shipments, 2,00O
The combined receipts of hogs for three
days indicate a decrease of over l5,OOO
compared with the time last week,
and the receipts to-day were about the
same a week ago. The demand Tor
hogs, especially from local packers, con-
tinues Indifferent. therefore competition Is
not strong enough TO maintain uniform
prices and the irregularity in sales makes
the market very unsatisfactory To sellers;
in fact, this is considered the worst fea-
ture OF the market at present. Shipping
orders were not as liberal to-day as yes
terday, and the market began with the
bidding lower Tor practlcalIy ali xmas, anu
With sellers reluctant IN accepting prices
offered, very few changed hands in the
first hour. Later, occasional sales OF the
best weight hogs of uniform quality were
considered almost as high as yesterday,
but generally there was decline of about
sc that class and lighter averages were
generally considered 10c lower. A good
clearance finally made, the last sales
being fully low at any time during
the day. Prices ranged from S.35 TO $3.50,
and very large proportion OF the supply
Good to choice medium and heavy. S6.00G630
Mixed and heavy packing. 5.5Od610
Good to choice light Weights 5.6OH5@
Common to fair light weights. 5.35Q55
Common to good pigS................ 4.5OG550
Roughs .....-.-...--..-.....--..--- 5-Voa9."
Sheep-Receipts. 800; shipments, $50. Thus
far this week the receipts of sheep and
lambs have been comparatively small: The
large as week ago, and barely one-half
as large as year ago. The quality repre-
sented was below the average recently,
and with no really urgent orders the mar
ket was quiet, and it was difficult to ne
gOtiate sales at steady prices. In fact
some dealers quoted a lower market for
sheep. On account of an absence of any
fancy kinds there were no lambs reported
above 81, and the top price for sheep was
50. Quotations.
Good to choice lambs. $4OOd46 so
Common to medium lambs. ......... 200q3.75
Good to choice yearlings. 3O0Q3.50
Good to choice sheep................. 25Od3.o0
Common to medium sheep.......... 2O0d2.25
Stockers and feeding sheep......... 1.50d2.50
Bucks, per 100 lbs. Observation-Disclosures. 2.00q2.2 %
Horses-AnOther small supply of horses
arrived for the regular auction sale to-day
the Blair-Baker Horse Company having
received around 100 head, against 223 the
same time last week and $50 the CORE
spending time a year ago. A good variety
of horses was represented, but the quality
was nc better than the average for some
time past, and there was a great scarcity
of animals that might be considered fancy.
The attendance of buyers was about
large as usual during the dull season, and
the demand was steady, but there were not
enough urgent orders to cause active COM
petition, and it required more or less time
to transfer consignments. A good clearance
was finally made however, at prices much
the same as those current for equal kinds
a week ago. The principal shippers to the
market were Andy Schicketanz of this
city. with chunks and drivers; John w.
Sligar. Efngham, Ill, drivers; John
Brown, Sullivan, drivers; j. w Rocker,
louisville, chunks: n. B. Lee, Casey, H.,
chunks and harness horses; j. w. Igo,
ShelbyVille, Ill, chunks and drivers, and
Cowan & Smith, Newton, ILL.,, mixed load.
Single coach horses sold as high as S225,
with coach teams high 1925; heavy
horses up TO $157.50. and the bulk of the
sales of medium to good chunks and
drivers were at $75G125 per head.