The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-28
BEEF OF QUALITY
HAS BEEN SCARCE
SOUTH ST. PAUL DEMAND WOULD
ABSORB LARGER RUNS.
A String Of Western-Fed Beeves Sold
at $4.35, for Average 1,222-lb Weights
Fed for Seventy Days-Hogs Not
Plentiful and Scarcity of Offerings
Makes Prices Firm-Sheep and
Lambs in Good Demand and Not
Many Moving to Market. -

South st. Paul, Jan. 2s.-Receipts of live
stock at South st. Paul for the first hve days
of this week total 3643 cattle, 436 caves H. 10y
hogs and 2O,O64s sheep, compared win o'o1o
cattle. 3S1 calves, q ,64S hogs and l,4ll sheeP
last week and 1861 cattle, 313 calves - ~
hogs and 31,156 sheep for the corresponding
week last year. 49,,
The supplies of good beef and butcher cattle
have been small, practically all of the arrivals
being of only common to fair makeup. Ia s
supplies of the latter kinds have been marAedeu
at all points and trade here on such graues
has followed decline elsewhere. There mas Deeh
strong inquiry from local packers for Well
finished dry-lot cattle, and while nothing Oh tnis
class has arrived and very little thaI GUY 'l'
lay claim to being good has been at hama WIN
which to test prices the market on GOOD grades
is quoted steady with week ago. Conllon
to fairly good warmed-up steers ana tae sa4 ~
grades of COW stuff generally quoted ~
to 15c lower than week ago, sales ouiins :
the week including string OF !3o heau VI
222-lb fed western beeves, which had oeeh
on feed for period OF seventy Gays, a. s1 o.;
Good to choice cows and hefers have sold
Kinds fTo@ s. 10 1nE
week on about steady basis, veal caves has We
declined about 25c few Of choice quality are
still selling up to So, but most of the fa1rly
good kinds are going from $4.25 to $500 ana
inferior heavy grades down to 81 Inc stocAei
| and feeder market has suffered sharp de 1
cline The country demand has been poor al
week, due partly, no doubt, to the severe Weatn,
err of the fore part of the week. regular Saru
dealers VINO CdFFleu ONei IoAI o"PP-~S
week and stocked up rather freely on MONDAY:
became bearish buyers and by the Close "
| Wednesdays trading decline of 25c from the
close of the week previous had been recorded aea
on most grades. Since "Wednesday there mas
been no improvement In the market.
Good feeders have been scarce ana were
salable in some instances within loo or ruling
prices Of a week ago. ,
Hogs-With moderate receipts OF hogs at the
various large packing centers to Friday TINS
stock made good advance. The strength IL,
the market. however, brought out lperai
| supply at all points on Friday. which resulteo
| in a 5 to 1Oc lower market on that uay al
| the close of which days trading the market
| displayed an advance Of fully lOc to l5c over
Saturday of last week. There Is broad de-
| mand for fresh pork and pork products and
strong undertone to the market. The quality
| of the hogs here Friday the best for some
time. Tops sold on that day at $40 and the
| bulk from $4.45 to $3.50.
| Sheep-Supplies Of native sheep and lambs
continue very light and the quality of the
| offerings Of an ordinary makeup. The demand
continues very strong for good fat grades, ant
prices are holding up to the best OF the season
! Closing prices on choice stock are lOc to To-
| higher than late last week. Choice lambs woult
! undoubtedly sell here up to ST. and str1ctl!
choice class of ewes would likely land up tt
S4.75 The lamb market looks little top
| heavy to some traders, who say that lambs arr
| likely to sell lower or sheep higher than a
present, as the spread in prices Is considered
too large.
Estimated receipts at the Union stockyards to
day: Cattle, IS; CALVES 10; hogs, 3'Ooo; sheep
| The following table shows the receipts iron
.tJan l. 1909 to date, as compared with the SAM