The Goodland republic., 1906-12-28

CllrlsluEs Day Receipfs NJ Knnsas
City Were Only 5000 Head
Kansas City Stock Yards, Dec "a
The cattle supply today Is Of the usu-
al small Christmas proportions. 5000
mead One-fOurth the regular Monday
supply Trade last week was slow and
oraggT, as most OF the killers were
pretty wen filed up. and presumed
New Years Prices declined 10 to 25
cents before the close OF the week.
most on heifers, although beef steers
showed q light Improvement Fri
day Today the small supply was eag-
erly snapped up at uneTenly higher
prices. some sales OF steers being
called 25 to 30 cents above last We'd
neSday- The excellent market today
was entirely the result Of the limited
supply, and with ordinary Monday re-
ceipts there would have been no un-
usual interest Opinion is divided
about the probable trend Of the mar
ket Immediately after the holidays in
dicauOnS from some localities point
ing to heavy movement to market
account OF the high price OF hay,
while on the other hand the demand
from consuming ceuters will be great
as soon as the public appetite recOV-
ers from its holiday indulgence in
poultry and game StOckers and feed
cleaned up close last week and prices
firm today A few beef steers sell at
$500 or more, bulk OF steers $3.50 to
S5.75, COWS S2.4O to S4.25, heifers
calves 1925 to $7-0Os stOckers and
feeders $500 to $3.50.
Hog prices make many changes but
within a small radius Run is mod
crate, considerably below this time a
year ago, and there seems no pros
pect that the supply will get any
nearer a normal figure for awhile.
Run is 1000 today, market 3 to 10
higher, nothing very good here, sew
eral loads at the top price, S6.55, bulk
Of sales S6-25 to $6-35. Some predic-
tons OF lower prices are heard, but
they can always be traced to interest
ed parties, while all the conditions
point the other way.
Mutton receipts have been small
since the middle Of last week, only
5000 here today, ma Grket strong. The
situation remains strong as long as re-
ceipts are light, but liberal supplies
bring a reduction in the price Fed
western lambs sold at S7.45 today and
all the decent lambs bring upwards Of
S7-CO, yearlings $3.50 to $40, weth-
ers 34S5 to $3.50, ewes $3.50 to S5.25.
J. H Tapp Of St Francis, Kan has
had a long and varied experience in
the live stock business For sixteen
years Mt Tapp was q regular ship
per to the Buffalo market from Logan
county. O., more than forty years ago.
When he was so years OF age he 10
Gated out in the extreme northwest
ern part Of Kansas, where he is still
carving on the farming and live stock
business. He has been a shipper to
the Kansas City market for almost
twenty years At 73 years Of age
he is as robust as a man OF middle
age. Besides looking after his farm
interest and live stock, Mr. Tapp
handles grain at St Francis People
will die in any country" said Mr..
Tapp yesterday, but I believe they
will live a little longer in northwest
ern Kansas than any place ever resi-
ded That is an ideal farming and
stock country, where the farmer can
pay for land in a few years raising
grain. Wheat IS the leading crop, and
il has made money for the farmers.
We have no really poor farmers in
that country, and, Of course, we have
no milliOnaireS."