Evening times-Republican., 1903-12-22
Small Receipts Have Caused
Better Prices For Most
Grades This Week
GOOD STEERS 25 CENTS HIGHER
Best Cattle Were in Great Demand
Today and Heavy Were Selling Bet
ter Than Usual-stocker and Feeder
Trade Still sIow-Hoss Were Active
at Cents Advance.

Chicago, Dec. 22.-Cattle--OWing %
the small receipts this week and ex-
tremely meagre offerings prices have
advanced 10 At % for most kinds. medi :
um to good steers selling 25m35 higher
than the lowest price last week. To-
days receipts were composed largely
of common to fairly good and trade
was rather animated at steady prices
Good cattle We're wanted and heavy
We're selling better than usual as were
cows and heifers, but the stocler and
feeder trade was slow.
1t is evident that the country ship
pers have taken the hint and concluded
that it was a wise policy to hold back.
as they had been advised. The sup
ply Monday was the smallest for a
very long time. 1t was none too
small. however. TO suit the conditions.
Buyers so far have wanted about the
usual number and found themselves
a little short OF certain grades. Choice
cattle have been very scarce and in de-
mand especially from shippers. All in
all the situation has changed very
much for the better. The advance has
been uneven, but most of the cattle
sold 10Ml5 higher than late last week.
There have been cases where the Inn
provement was more, and some where
il was less. Certain kinds of medium
cattle. not too heavy, sold very well
and made about as much advance as
but, on the other hand. buy
ers were particular, and the kind
which did not suit them sold very
slowly, and but little better. Light
steers of good killing quality find ia
ror this week and some that sold very
low last week made quite "a satisfac-
tory improvement. The very common
thin cattle were not wanted and were
hard to get rid Of, even at last weeks
prices.
Hogs.
Today's receipts We're about $4,000
md 1900 left over from yesterday.
There was an active demand. prices
showing further advance of so
~.
The quality yesterday was much
poor than week ago. with larger
of pigs and light weights
the arrivals. The market for
was slow all day. while
everything with any considerable
weight met with good demand.
Prices for pigs and light weights yes
erday and today averaged lower, while
he heavier grades averaged a little
higher than Saturday. Packers seem
@ want the hogs with weight, but they
neglected the lighter weights,
ind many of that class went
,ver in first hands to be
,fYered again today. Country dealers
want to watch the market closely on
light weights and not overstock the
market, as more than usual of this
lass is apt to get here in the next
ew days.
Sheep.
With receipts of only $4,000 prices
we're firm. there being fairly active
.eneral demand.
One load of fancy lambs averaging
lose to 90 pounds sold yesterday UP to
;5S5, but the lambs that went at so.10
we're of very choice class. Some OF
he best western lambs went at $500
md the very good fat class of western
ambs averaging a little under 20
pounds went at s5.25@5.35. A string
# $50 western feeding lambs, averag-
ng close to SO pounds, sold hehe at
4.10 and some rather plain Dakota
eeding lambs averaging close TO 30
pounds went at s3.75. Native ewes
we're in good demand at prices about
ID to the range of sales during the
asst half last week, a very choice class
selling at 1925. and the bulk of fair to
,ood fat ewes at s2.s5@315. something
ancy quotahe a shade above 1926.
Native wethers sold at $500, and big
strings of choice fat heavy western
earrings went at $500, handler class
It s4.25, which the salesman consid-
red 10 cents higher, and some very
.hoice handy weight western year
ings and good light Mexican yearlings
IN to $3.50