Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-30
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Saturdays Live Stock Market in Br

Saturdays Live Stock Market in Brief
Weeks total: Cattle, 62,s0o; hogs
10000; sheep, $4,000; badly depress-
ed values in weeks steer trade; range
down % to 35c from last weeks level:
relief from heavy runs now badly
needed; fat cows and heifers also ham
mered severely; Gamers steady-bulIs
ltwer--calves higher: most feeders off
Is to 25c-market weak; Saturdays
hog market without quotable change;
values opened stronger but closed
weak; days average price S5.39-weels
ago, $5.3S; sheep show decline Of IS to
zoe for week; lambs are off 30 to 35r
supply continues heavy.
Receipts.
Last weeks receipts, compared with
the previous week, increased $500 cat
tie, $500 hogs and $4,000 sheep Com
pared with the corresponding week a
year ago there was an increase of T.
200 cattle, 1000 hogs. and $4,000 sheep
Cattle.
Extreme prices and bulk Of corn-fed
beef cattle sold here last week quota
tions for carload lots, with con1pari-
sons:
Extreme range. Bulk sales
Range this week $3.90@640 S460@6.1s
Previous week 4.00@685 5O0@61t
Four weeks ago 4.25@6S5 520@625
L edT ago ldSC
week :. ;. ;. 3.70@5.S5 47065.45
Butcher Stock.
Values for fat COWS have fallen
Sharply, the closing range exhibiting q
loss of 20@30c compared with a week
ago, though the shortage of medium
grade cows and helfers enabled selling
OF such clarSes at only 10@15c decline
The whole market, however, has ruled
extremely dull In late days, and parti-
ularly selling Of the grassy cows and
yearling heifers. Many OF the light
heifers have sold off 4o@5oc from the
high point, while instances OF soc loss
We're noted in some transactions
Traders had anticipated a drop in val
ues for these, and the slump did moi
prove surprise, while conditions now
favor further drop in the event OF
liberal marketing this week.
Export bulls have sold off 15625c
during the week, such classes meeting
very poor demand, while the bolognas
and butcher grades went largely 10d
l5c lower Receipts of export kinds
were not very liberal, but demand fel
far under the normal and prices, II
consequence. suffered a severe drop.
Prime heifers and cows occasionally
sold up to $500, but most good tc
choice fat cows and heifers went al
$3.65@4.50, while medium lots made
So.loW3.oO, and the common kinds
$2.60@3.00. Bulls sold up to $40, but
not many exports went above $4.15
Most butcher grades sold at $3.406
1855, bolognas largely at $330@3.4O
and the inferior and common bulls un-
der $3.50.
Calves.
Receipts In the week fell close tc
1000 under the record value of the
previous week, and the bulk of medi-
UNI to good veals advanced 25@5Oc
though some of the common light veals
show no gain. Several hundred poor
light calves have been tagged as
hobs" and inspectors state that lots
weighing 100 lbs. will be tagged this
week when showing a poor condition
Such kinds should be kept at home q
week longer, and allowed to grow into
better grades, which will pass inspec.
ton. few prime veals have lately
gone at $500, but most of the good tc
choice lots made s5.50@6.25, with com.
mon to fair kinds at $4.5O65.25, anG
bulk OF l-eavy calves at $3.50@425.
Representative Sales.
Following are some Of the represen.
tative sales made in Chicago Saturda,
showing lowest, medium and highest
prices paid;