The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-23
|pGE SALES OF CATTLE
Gfp1s AT KANSAS CITY SHOW A
BIG INCREASE.
Il. Was Some Decline in Values
the Past Week--l4oas Have
Advanced.
lsnsclaI to The post.N

"A tSQ3clul 10 Iue lOSL.'
&,,as city Stock Yards, June 22.-Dur
& h first three weeks of June. 1900,
we're $500 cattle and calves re
HI 10 the Southern yards, while tho
&spndlng three weeks this June have
NJ 1900 eartle aud calves to their
ID 10 the same division. Comparative
show pretty extensive decline In
~ hut with the class of cattle that
"A been coming 1t is difficult matter
4aie qualities, and where o criterion Is
he the difference In worth does not
sg 50 glaring. The decline during the
Ten days, quality considered, extends
ID K to l0c on choice dressed beef and
NJ steers, to Coo to soc on very com
j grass representatives, The bottom
j p 10 have been struck, however, and
Wednesday and Thursday many sales
A quoted as having been made at nd
n Of Zoe TO 3oc per hundred. The re.
n set In on Wednesday and after
laued trading undor tumbling valua-
Y for 50 long 1t was hard for packers
nillie that they must pay more for
and equally as hard for statesmen to
4 " that the decline had been checked.
~ we're uneven, and, as one local paper
II would have taken a Dutch uncle
/ upper the market"
nv % prime beef cattle In the native
y sell az 500 to So 90 and Western
@S az % TO 50. %, while the best
[HshtallleS OF a southern feed sold on
~ at $3.50. The ] s Casa Lsn cattIs
'iily against "a IS on the preceding
INK 6li the last consignment aver.
4 wy YIN pounds. which was ~ pounds
NNsn tle one of the week before. and
unelence ~ weight must have cut
h Hgpfe In the 45c shrlnkage. GraS,
Nv hIlhg $500 To 81 10, though most
heavier lots have known the taste
mntsllc feed and show It. As the
n saNanceS The range qualities will
l,..gts'Ier ana the range of values will
WV improve Range COWS sell around
. 10 IN the Southern yards, while
n Yea natives command all the way up
rM May prime helters continue to
Il nvanl S9.oO, but the general ruu Of
Il WINS ami heifcrS sell 26c In 30c lower
y iee nigh time early IN the mouth.
E,s.A .,aiue unless very stylish, are not
lM' Mlef, but good heavy feeders are ia
su agSutlhn at prices ranging up to 81, 90
Es refuse 70 he downed. ana while
nNslc shnde lower on Monday, I'm
FsrE WIN INC. decline occasioned by
N usual Mondays run. the advance
~eNs a gain Of Toe to 1lJac on tho
~ iep hogs sold on Thursday at
s, ahu ne bulk Of the heavy, mixed
- ,Sl nogs at ass to 600, Light
70 9'N, and pig weights mt 5.25 20
NV receipts were liberal during the
INA WV INC general decline on all grades
NY sgopt loo TO 21c Texas sheen aud
s :. lambs constituted The lnrger pnr
49, e supplies. anG as about all Of
~ nave been sent to market, the
,Ie,lfe VIII have 10 eat the col l-stor,
!. iSle until the range lambs start.
,s1nhunlp OF the fed-lamh market was
I.xs,nl'ihg 70 those who had held On
N me clean mp to command higher
IN, sg' rs g matter of fact the last
N a sea lambs soil soc 70 76c lower
Ii,,' Aey would have brought q month
\ !, NsWoNdo wool lambs are worth
4 ~ sM choice spring lambs AS %
If5ss's western wethers 3 2j 10 400:
Il III s-VV to 4 50' fat ewes 800 -
(; ~ N ana Arizona grass sheen 500
|tsI,, sood stock sheep > 30 to 800.
n AZ ~ or 1--we stock for the past week
"a V ~ cattle, $4,000 hogs and 22,500
~ ~ compared with $4,000 cattle, -Sl-
n M, sng y 5000 sheep for the preceding
Iear. Tue 'orresPon"'us