The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-02-16
NOTES ON THE
STOCK MARKET
Status of the Trade Given By
the DrOver-.-StOck-
man

same was true of COW stuff. Stockers
and feeders ruled about steady. Hogs
sold &c lower than yesterday at Sc. 40
to $500, the bulk at 1866 a 6.75.
The sheep market was steady.
There was another liberal run of
cattle today 2OS loads, 1880 head be-
ing received up to noon or about twice
as many as were here last Wednesday.
The three days supply has been about
800 heavier than for the correspond
ing days last year. In quality the of
ferings showed no noticeable change.
certainly nc improvement.
Beef Steers-Conditions in general
were substantially the same as on
yesterday and trade was dull, drag
ging and weak throughout. Mild
weather, the shortage of refrigerators
cars and the continued heavy receipts
at all points have a very depressing in
fluence on the trade and dressed beef
men act and bid as if they did not
care very much whether they got the
cattle Or not. Prices have ruled so
Uneven for the past three days that
comparisons have been ext~remelydiffi-
cult. The market today was perhaps
a little livelier than yesterday, but
that is not saying nue. although a
very fair clearance was made. As
values are right around 15Q25c lower
for practically all grades and the tone
to the trade is very weak.
Stockers and Feeders-Local traders
put a little more life into the trade
today but did not advance prices any.
Yesterdays shake-up brought about
a rather better demand from specula-
tors today and there was also a good
line of country buyers here after sup
plies. Good cattle of all weights were
wanted and sold freely and while val
ues in general were about 1O@15c low
er than last week, the tone to the trade
was reasonably healthy throughout
and a very fair volume of business was
done. Yesterday twenty-seven loads
were shipped to the country. Choice
to extra feeders are quoted at $40
q 40; good to choice, 1915 q 400;
fair to good stock steers, SO so a $50;
fair stockers, 1926 q $40 and poor
to fair grades, $3.50 q 1926; stock
heifers, $500 q 800.
Cows and Mixed Stock-With heavy
receipts of butchers stock and can
ners and no very good demand from
any quarter the demand was very
slow again today, and the trend of
of values lower. Values averaged
fully a quarter lower than last week
the decline being rather more pro-
nounced on the fair to pretty good
grades than on the common and can
ming kind. 1t takes choice fat stock
to bring So so or better now, and fair
to very good butcher and beef grades
are selling around $2.75 q 1925, with
Gamers and cutters at $1.75 q $50.
Veal calves were Quotably unchanged
at So .OOQ6.O 90, and bulls, stays etc..
just about steady at 81. O0@3. 60. Milk
ers and springers were in moderate
request and steady at $2OQ$40.
Sheep-The following are the days
quotations; Good to choice yearlings.
$5.25 q $50; fair to good yearlings,
81. rs q 5.25; good to choice wethers,
$4.75 q 800; fair to good wethers,
$3.50 q AIS; good to choice native
ewes, $500 q 4.5O; good to choice
western ewes, $500 q 50 100; good to
choice Colorado lambs, Sc. 90 q 6.25;
good to choice native lambs, 1918 q
6 90; fair to good lambs, $500 q
5. so; stock and feeding lambs, IS. 65
ATS; Gull lambs, $500 q 800; feeding
y~earlings,. $500 q $50; good to
choice old feeding ewes, $500 "a
n : Ia oru faadipo ouaS 81 90 m