The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-06
SIOUX CITY HOGS
HOLD VERY FIRM
THE FAT CATTLE MARKET
RULED RATHER UNEVEN.
Chicago Weakness Effective in the
Steer and Grass Cow Pens, and
Prices Fall Off 15c to 25c on the
Best Lots-The Common Stuff Slow
and Some of the Gamers Almost
Unstable Except at Price Conces-
siOns.

Sioux City Stock Yards. Aug. 6.-The
weeks business in cattle has comprised
the disposing of las cars, which was just
twice as many as were on sale last Week
The marketing of stocker cattle has not
been very liberal and the increased sup
plies have been disposed OF in a fairly
satisfactory way. The demand was main
ly for strong weight stockers and feeders,
and altho there was no great activity to
the trade at any time the strictly good
steers sold at good strong figure. AS
high as $3.75 was paid for a good bunch
of grade HEREFORD yearlings, and $3.50 was
paid for feeders, but the larger share OF
the fair quality steers changed hands at
So to $3.50, with the common kinds as low
as $2.25. Toward the close of the week
the common class of steers of all weights
sold a dime lower and were hard sellers.
The heifer market has been draggy, but
with very limited receipts the offerings
were taken care of at 50 to $3.50. A few
punches of choice she stuff sold as high
as SO. Farmers are very busy at present
and it is a little early for the feeder trade
to start up. The dealers have managed
to effect pretty good clearance.
The fat cattle market has been ex-
tremely uneven. The uncertainty from
day to day has been the cause Of the trade
being good deal on the catch-as- catch
can order. On account of the heavy run
at Chicago last Monday, prices dropped
| at this point Is to % cents on the good
steers and good grass cows but at the
| same time there were cattle offered fol
| sale that in a good many cases could moi
| be disposed of at % to SO cents lower
| than last week, and cattle that was for
.warded to other markets sold at about
| the same bids that were received here
| The just fafr steers and Gamer stuff are
at present almost unstable and the
! packers are not in the trade for this class
of stuff until they have more facilities
for the canning Of the same The bes
of the beeves sold at $3.50, with gras.
steers at 81 to $3.50. Good grass COW:
sold up to $3.50, with the-b bulk of the sup
| ply at $3.50 to So. The first consignment
of range heifers arrived this week anC
sold at So IS and $685..
Hogs-Close to 49, 900 hogs have beer
received this week, and, with plentituds
of orders in the trade on shipping &C
count, the supply has been well takel
care of. The Cudahy Packing compan,
has been increasing the buy daily, an,
they close the week buying more hog
than at any time since the strike Their
has been a good deal of f1uctuation il
the trade, but values close the week abou
a nickel higher than last Monday an,
steady with the close of last week. TIL
good mixed and butcher weights are sell
ing from $500 to s5.15, with the common
mixed and packing grades at $495 to St
Receipts-Cattle, 300 hogs. 5000.
Ho ase lower Sales: 70, $50 lbs, $3.50
&c 3$G ss s' as 2gs lbs SSo
lbs 81; 10, 1925 lbs 1925; 81 1851 lbs, S. e
cows and heifers, $50 lbs, $2.4o; 81 s41 ID,
$2e5 T. 80 d14I hI lbs s1o st 1S S 7sq b
lbs, $3.50. :