Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-06-25
Chicago Live Stock Market:

this week, which was due principally
to the resumption of eastern shipping
demand and surprisingly moderate
receipts, says Rappal Bros. e. Co., of
Chicago, in a special letter to the Her
aid;
Course of hog trade has been disap-
pointing to the packers. All week
there has been deteriorating in
quality, which means that cellars are
not being filled with product, fat
back hogs being unusually scarce.
Receipts were way below buyers
expectations, and competition was at
fever heat. Bulk of supplies were
quickly gobbled up at s5.15 to 1926,
and top of $3.50 was paid in num-
erous instances. We are of the
opinion if the country had any con-
siderable number of mature hogs they
would be coming now. AS matter of
fact, they followed cattle to market
earlier in the year which accounts for
the present light runs. The outlook
for next week is especially bright, and
it is the concensus of recognized
opinion that values will reach higher
altitude.
Cattle trade, aside from choice,
strictly dry-fed steers and butcher
stock, lacked animation, which was
due principally to the heavy arrivals
of Texas green goods and grassy
native stock. While choice corn-fed
beeves sold up to $685., and anything
worth $500 and up was fully steady,
enough grass stuff arrived to make a
10 to 10 cent break, which extended to
everything except the best kinds Of
beef cattle, butcher stock and calves.
Keen discrimination against fair to
good heavy weight. common and
medium steers and grassy butcher
stuff is now seasonable, and margins
are widening at lively pace. We
would advise the immediate market
ing of all cattle possessing flesh,
particularly the kinds of steers that
are now selling at S4.15 to $3.50, as we'll
as butcher stock, aside from strictly
choice to fancy corn-fed COWS and
heifers, as Southwestern grassers are
now arriving in large numbers, and
frequent declines will be the rule on
all grades of steers lacking style and
finish, and butcher stuff with signs of
having run on grass.
Sheep and lamb values ruled
generally:steady, but the outlook is
decidedly unfavorable, as South
western grassers are now arriving in
large numbers.
Prevailing hog and cattle prices are
as follows:
Bulk of sales 1918 to S5.25
Heavy butcher. $40 to 270 lbs. 5.25
......... $1,000. ........ to 5.3O
Light butchers 100 to 230 lbs. 20
.......... to 3 20
Light bacon. ). ITO to 185 lbs. 5 10
Observation-Disclosures. to B. 10
Light Light ...130 to 155 lbs. So
.................. to O5
Heavy shipping .26O to 300 lbs. %
Heavy packing ESQ to 400 lbs. 10
Mixed packing. 200 to $50 lbs. 5 30
.............. to 70
Rough heavy grades. -. 80 to $40
Light mixed. ITO to 200 lbs. 5 ID
............. TO ~
Poor to best pigs. go to 100 lbs. so 4
CATTLE.
Choice to prime beeves. 1913 to
............... -. $40
Fair to good heavy steers. 5 IS to
..........,.. ............. b lU
Fair to good export and shipping
steers. ................ 80 to D ~
Medium beef steers. 4 80 to 5 80
Inferior and plain steers. Is to Is
Good to fancy cows and heifers.
~ to D ~
Good to choice feeders. ). I. 4 90 to 85
Poor to fair stockers and feeders.
Observation-Disclosures. 2 40 to 3 85
Fair to good COWS and heifers. -.
Good cutting and fair beef cows.
.................. 30 to 3 III
Common to good canning cows.
.............. ......... % to 2 %
Bulls, poor to choice. 49,. 2 10 to 60
Calves, common to choice. 2 25 to 80
Corn-fed western steers. 40 to %
Texas Bulls and grass steers. Is
.............. TO 70
Fed Texas steers, fair to choice.
4 80 to so