The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-01
RANGE WAS LOWER
Hog Prices Dropped Steadily De-
spite Good Demand.
A GOOD CLEANUP OF CATTLE
Most of the Sheep Went to Feeders
News of the Western Live
StOcs. Trade.

South st. Paul, Mimi, March Receipt.
OF hogs this week at South st. Paul will run
little short of $4,000 against Il, 002 a week
ago. The marketngs here are gaining al
most daily over last year, the tota, to date,
showing an increase over 1901 of nearly a.
GOO. The week opened with slight decln.
and tendency in prices has been downward
every day until yesterday dropping 5 GEMS
on Monday, cents on Tuesday, 5 to IL
cents on Wednesday and fiat 10 cents on
Thursday. Yesterday there was a l0-cent
advance SO that the total decline for the
week, under the close of last week, may be
placed at about 20 cents. In spite of this
drop there has been an excellent demand for
hogs at South St. Paul and several thousand
more could have easily been moved without
bringing any further reduction. Ruling quo
tations at this time about $5.25@$590,
for underweights and light mixed; 5000
6.15, for mixed and butchers; IS. 1o@6.2o for
common to choice heavy.
Cattle-February continues to show a gain
in cattle receipts over 1901 while there is
an increasing decline in calf receipts. During
the past week there has been e very liberal
supply of butcher stuff sale and the mar
ket taken as a whole, has been satisfactory.
Until Thursday prices held up steady to
strong Oh all kinds but, at this time, only
fancy cows, heifers and steers, are selling
steady, All other butcher stuff is weak to
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The war weather has had the eff
feet of cutting off the demand fol-
butcher bulls and prices are lower ranging
from a shade, on best bulls, to % cents on
common and bologna bulls. Veals sell
ing 50975 cents under last week. The stock
and feeding cattle market has differed but
little from a week ago. There has been a
very good demand all week for the better
grades Of cattle at unchanged prices. Buy
ers have not objected to taking straight loads,
wherever offered and in this way consider
able common stuff has BEEN moved although
lower prices were obtained than If sorting
had been allowed. There is every indica-
ton that, by the time the yards close to-
night, the supply of stock and feeding cattle
on hand will amount to but very few head
of common and ail-end stuff. Best milcn
COWS have held steady all week but the me-
dunn and common animals are a shade lower
than week ago.
Sheep-While receipts of sheep have been
fairly liberal all week large part of the
stuff that has come in has been consigned to
feeders direct and has not been on sale. Al
offerings have not been sufficient to meet
the demands of packers feeders have been
called to supply several hundred. Very
fancy lambs selling about steady with last
week but all others may be quoted 10@l5 cents
lower. All grades Of ewes and wethers ar.
moving readily at prices fully steady with
d week ago. IneTe is d SpOu Inquiry 1OI
stock and feeding stuff at steady prices.
Estimated receipts of hogs at the Unior
Stockyards to-day: Cattle $50; calves, 90
hogs, 1900; sheep, 10; cars, 80.
The following table shows the receipts from
Jan. 1, 1902. to date, as compared with the
same period year ago:
Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Horses. Cars
1884, ss5 as4s s 1885 1885 S5555 50 M
Inc 1851 -. 2o,7s2 51,14S - ASS
The following table shows the receipts for
the month of February to date, compared
with the same period a year ago:
Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs. Sheep. Horses. Cars.