The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-06
GOOD BEEF SCARCE
Not Enough Choice Butcher Cattle
on the South st. Paul Mar
ket This Week.
Moderate Gain in Hog Receipts
Steady Demand for Good
Butcher Sheep.

oouth st. Paul, Dec. 6.-Cattle receipts this
week total 5000 head, against 2,45O head last
Week ana $3.50 head for the corresponding week
year ago. Calf receipts this week total 1925
mead, against 300 head last week and 800 head
last year. Although this weeks, run shows a
fair- gain over the corresponding week year
ago tnere mas been decided shortage in butcher
CATTLE and prices were maintained during the
nfst or the week Ill spite of reports of heavy
drops at eastern points. Within the last day or
TWO there has been slight reaction on the
eastern markets and the stuff in here has been
selling steady, to strong. Shippers have been
gett1nS eastern prices for their cattle all week
as d result. Veals have dropped 25c this week
ana are now quoted at IS for the best, 75c
under the high time. The run of stockers and
feeders has been light but it has been sufficient
to meet all demands, they have been light
Even the best grade of cattle have not been brisk
and the bulk of the common stuff has been going
TO packers for canning purposes There have been
occasional sales of stock calves that could be
Gnl1ed good, but the general market has been
SLOW on on the little stuff and much of 1t ha;
sold for veals. Butcher bulls are steady. Stock
and feeding bulls slow and weak. Choice milch
COWS are barely steady at last weeks decline and
the common animals are very dull.
Hog receipts this week total p, 900 against
q 200 last week and "a 400 for the corresponding
week year ago. The market opened the week
steady. but slumped 1Oc Tuesday. This was
followed with q steady market on Wednesday
and ali advance of 1Oc Thursday. Friday
prices were again Up :'0l10c, that the week
barring a decline to-day Is closing higher than
last week In spite OF the increased receipts
The record run made on Tuesday of last week
was allowed to stand but a short time, fol
it was broken by few head again last Tuesday
1t is expected that all records, daily weekly anC
| monthly, will be badly broken by the end of thi.
1 Sheep and lamb receipts this week tota
Sheep and lamb receipts this week totaltot
about IL, 900 head, against 10 600 last week ant
| II $50 for the corresponding week a year ago
| Only comparatively small amount of the stuff
| in has been put on sale. Some of it has gon
| through to eastern points and some has been pu
| on feed at this point. Butcher stuff has beef
good at all times, with the result that price
are holding steady to strong. With the adven
Of cold weather the habitat stuff is also finding
better SALE. Better quality stock and feedin
| stuff is finding good SALE but there has bee
but little Improvement in the trade on common
and thin stuff.
| Estimated receipts at the Union Stockyard
| to-day: Cattle, 1875; calves, %; hogs, 5000
sheep, 30: cars. 65.
The following table shows the receipts fror
Jan. J.. 1902. to date, as compared with the sam
period in 1901:
| Year. Cattle. Calves Hogs. Sheep. Horses. Cars
1902. 25s OS6 sc, 702 $50, 1927 575332 S,00S q Il
19J1. 14S579 80 $50 542 S76 306 S93 49, 1914 Is, 1t
Inc... 1895 G,222, 42,451 26S, 439 49,. 5,9G
Dec. 49,. -........:.. '.l.oo -.
The following table shows the receipts thu
/ far in December compared with the same pr
| riod in 1901:
| Year. Cattle. Calves. Hogs Sheep. Horses. Cars
1902 29SS 41S q ,S4S 1892 90 A
1901. 2,2e2 21s 1867 4,91a II 81
Official receipts for the past week are as TO