The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-13
SLIGHT FALLING OFF
Cattle Receipts Were Lighter This
Week With About $500
Head in All.
Prices Took Slightly Lower Range
EARLY in the Week and Held
T.. It Throughout. -.

South ST. Paul, Mimi, Sept. 13.-Catt1e re-
celpts this week fall quite u little behind last
weeks heavy rum, but are nearly double the cor
responding week last year. The total for this
week Is about $500 head, against IL 100 head
last week and 1880 head year ago. Calf re-
ceipts also fall short of last week, but are
quite little heavier than the same week
year ago. The total this week. about 525 head,
against 625 last week and 300 head year ago.
medium grade butcher stuff with the extremes,
common and choice, holding steady. Since the
opening day there has been no change in prices.
Receipts the latter part of the week have been
unusually light Veals have remained
changed all week. Bulls are 15@25c lower In
the stock and feeding division the good quality
selling about steady with last weeks close.
Common and taii-end stuff, however, has been
even slower than usual, and unfortunately, the
bulk of the stuff that has been received this
week has been the common to fair order.
Quite lott of this common stuff has sold as
low as 81, while lot could not be disposed
of even at this price, and remains unsold. Stock
and feeding bulls, unless very choice, are 100
25c lower. Alich cows in demand, with the good
ones selling strong
Hog receipts are less than last week, but show
a gain over the corresponding week year ago
The total for the week is about 1900, against
$500 last week and $3.50 year ago The hog
market has been an uneven one, UP one day and
down the next but the change in price has at
no time been very marked one and the Weel.,
as whole, has been most satisfactory one for
| shippers Yesterday hogs touched SIS in Chi
cago and our market showed even more of an ad-
vance. than the eastern point, but the quality
! Of the hogs was very common and the best
price obtained was $40 Buyers would readily
have paid $685. and possibly better, for the
right kind of hogs 1T Is now thought almost
certain that the fall crop of hogs will be late
| in reaching market, and stockmen are of the
opinion that the market will hold fairly steady
| for little time.
Sheep receipts this week total about 5000
head, against 252oO head last week and 7,10)
head for the corresponding week a year ago.
In spite of the falling off there have been about
as many sheep and lambs sale this week as
| last, owing to the fact that the bulk of last
weeks receipts were not offered on this market
| Killing sheep have been in good demand all week
at fully steady prices but the bottom seems tC
have dropped out of the lamb market. Choice
lambs are selling at $50. Stock and feed
| ing stuff is moving nicely and at prices fully
ing prices close to those that packers paying
for killing stuff Culls and buck lambs slow
and weak.
Estimated receipts at the Union Stock yard
to-day: oc Cattle, 159o; calves 80; hogs 400
The following table shows the receipts iron
Jan I, 1902, to date, as compared with tn
Year Cattle. Calves Hogs; Sheep; Horses. Cars
1901. &c. 719 Is, 3S5 $50. OF 100 056 II, 274 922
Inc. 57,776 3,461 54,75e 126176 go: $50
The following table shows the receipts thu
far IN September lde1 as compared with the sam
Year Cattle Calves Hogs Sheep. Horses. Cars
1902. 1906 lib 9.297 3O,464 Ats 1,13
1901. 7,13s 61s 1896 1880 166 IS
Inc. 12,56S 4s5 932 1861 300 sc
Official receipts for the past week are as fol