Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1903-02-27
Our Market Letter
KANSAS City, Mo-, Feb. "a, 1908.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Feb. "a, 1908.
Special to the AGITATOR,
The cattle receipts tor two DAYS
amounts to 2O.5OO head, a big increase
over the corresponding days last week
but the stuff is again light. Arrivals OF
light and middle weight beef cattle are
liberal, but choice heavy ca tile are scarce.
TIE market Tor corn cattle has been I'M
even, but the average for two days has
been steady with Friday The top to-
day is at $500.
Good cows and heiiers arc selling steady
to strong with the close of last week,
and some statesmen claim they sold as
well as last Wednesday, when the best
prices OF the season for good she stuff
were realized. Gamers are dull, bulls
steady and stock calves 10 cents higher.
Stockcrs and feeders are much more
plentiful than last week, but prices are
being well maintained, especially on
heavy feeders. Some fancy black feeders
sold at S4.75 yesterday. Other sales
were made at 81 80 TO 81. so, and these
cattle are selling much better, compare
| lively, than fat steers
Hog supplies for two days amount to
10000 head, a liberal sum compared to
recent weeks. Spectators were not
much in the field yesterday, and packers
not very anxious for hogs, and the
market ruled from steady to five cents
lower, with $7.15 for top price To-day,
prices took another decline, and the
top price is $40, aud bulk of sales at
$3.50 to 81 co. Hogs under 200 pounds
| followed the lead of hcavies, and top tor
those is $500, Pig buyers bid lower
be tn Yesterday and to-day, and weights
under % pounds bring up to $6.25.
The sensational prices paid for sheep
and lambs last week have hot shown
any decline this week. Lambs sold as
high as Sc 60 and yearling up to $500.
Wether sold at $5.15 yesterday, and
Idaho ewes. ted at st. Marys, brought
$4.65. Sheep and lamb prices are right
at the top notch tor the winter, and
about on par with this time year ago.
Receipts last week amounted to 800
cattle, 37,0Ou hogs and $4,000 sheep
against 10000 cattle, %, 500 hogs and
10000 sheep the corresponding week
last year. The run of quarantine cattle,
she stuff and stockcrs and feeders was
light, and that of beef cattle heavy.
Light corn-ied cattle sold readily, but
heavy ones were somewhat dull Com
pared with the previous weeks close,
light ca title closed 10 to 90 cents higher,
and heavy ones steady TO scents higher.
The top for the week was So 10 against
$5.25 the previous week. Cows and
hcifers closed % to 40 cents higher than
the previous week. Vcals advanced so
cents, but stock calves remained dull.
The top on hogs was $7.25, the high
est price of the year Hogs closed strong
on Saturday, with the top at 81. 22h.
and 10 to 20 cents higher than he prey.
ious week, and 80 to 81 20 higher than
a year ago.
The sheep and lamb market was very
strong. with prices the highest of he
season. The week closed with muttons
% to 90 cents higher than the previous
week, and lambs 30 to 10 cents higher. !
All the top hogs at S7.25 last week |
came from Kansas. W. NJ. Reinhardt
OF Lebanan, marketed one load, 274
pounds. Another load vas brought in
By A. Ciboski, of Cora, weighing 3O4
pounds.