The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1903-01-21
NOTES ON THE
STOCK MARKET
Status of the Trade Given By
the DrOver..-StOck-

COW stun and stockers and feeders
Hogs sold at steady to easier price.
from $3.50 o $685. the bulk at s6.47 IL
@6.55. The sheep market was steady.
The week closes as usual with a
very small run. Receipts for the week
however, were tolerably liberal, foot
ing up 1897 head, or some 5000 heav-
Ter than a week age and about 1.5Oo
heavier than for the corresponding
week last year. Offerings have been
made up very largely of fair to good
three and four months fed cattle. with
very few good to choice finished
beeves.
Beef steers-About the only mark
ed change in the market during the
past week was a lower tendency to
prices all along the line. There was
a good inquiry from all the dressed
beef men but the liberal offerings and
the very bearish tone to advices from
other markets created a very weak
feeling. There was considerable com
plant from the packers of the general
ly Indifferent character of the offerings
and in fact buyers have been rather
hard to please all week. Chicago re-
ported a 25@40c decline for the week.
and while the decline locally was not
more than a dime, the general trade
was sluggish and unsatisfactory. The
best cattle here this week brought S.
90 and strictly choice finished beeves
would probably sell up to $3.50 or bet
ter. Fair to pretty good 1900 to 1,4OOrS
beeves are selling at s4.4o@4.s0 with
fair 1000 to 1,25O-fb beeves at $4,000
40 and the poor to fair warmed up
and short fed stuff anywhere from
5 Us to $500.
Stockers and feeders.-The Increase
in receipts this week brought about 4
decline in prices this week and the
ordinary run of, stockers and feeders
are all of 15@25c. lower than Monday.
Prices have ruled high for some Tina
past, largely on account of the very
small receipts. The demand was OF on
ly moderate proportions and the more
liberal supplies this week naturally
caused a reaction. During the latter
half of the week yard traders were
more anxious to sell of what they had
on hand than to further increase their
holdings and the market closes with
a very weak feeling. although the
yards have been fairly well cleared
Yesterday 20 loads were shipped to
the country and the weeks shipments
have been fairly large. Choice to ex-
ira feeders are quoted at $4.OO@42o:sg
good to choice. s3.7O@4.OO: fair to
good stock steers. $S,4O@3. 80 fair
stockers. $3.20@S so. and poor to fair j
grades, $s.5o@3s25i stock heifers, $2-0e
OATS; stock steer calves s3.5094i75. ID.
SHEEP-There were mot enough
Sheep here to make much of aaotestsI
of the marietta few fat wethers sold 81
at $3.50 and $3.50, which looked about =
steady with yesterday, hut possibly Ca
a little lower athan they would have ga
Tuesday, the high day OF d
the week. A bunch of western ewethers ot
sold to a. feeder at So 9OoltThere were.
no choice lambs here to make a5testds
of the market, there being only a few %
airIdlambs in sight, Western ewes q
soliitto arrive were weighed UP at
$3.7bpup Fl 90 doln~ III ystsnid VOC aJsl
The market Chas1 been in neScsllepths
shape ALL this week andseyerythine s.
receiyed.qiboth d sheepa laadmlambs has o.